“We’ve had enough H2O for one week,” Penny declared, gazing at her splashed stockings. “Well, for screaming out loud!”
A green taxicab, turning in the street to pick up a fare, shot a fountain of muddy water from its spinning wheels. Penny, who stood close to the curb, was sprayed from head to foot.
“Just look at me!” she wailed. “That driver ought to be sent to prison for life!”
The taxi drew up in front of the Rialto Theatre. A well-dressed man in brown overcoat and felt hat who waited at the curb, opened the cab door.
“To the Green Parrot,” he ordered the driver.
“Where’s that, sir?”
The passenger mumbled an address the girls could not understand. He then slammed shut the cab door and the vehicle drove away.
“Lou, did you hear what I heard?” Penny cried excitedly.
“I certainly did!”
Penny glanced quickly about. Seeing another taxicab across the street, she hailed it.