TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD F. SCOTT FITZGERALD NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1922 Copyright, 1922, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Copyright, 1922, by Copyright, 1920, by THE VANITY FAIR PUB. CO., INC. Copyright, 1920, 1921, by THE METROPOLITAN PUBLICATIONS, INC. Copyright, 1920, by THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Copyright, 1920, by THE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. Copyright, 1920, 1921, by THE SMART SET CO. Copyright, 1920, by Copyright, 1920, 1921, by Copyright, 1920, by Copyright, 1920, by Copyright, 1920, 1921, by Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1922 QUITE INAPPROPRIATELY TO MY MOTHER QUITE INAPPROPRIATELY A TABLE OF CONTENTS MY LAST FLAPPERS THE JELLY-BEAN This is a Southern story, with the scene laid in the small city of Tarleton, Georgia. I have a profound affection for Tarleton, but somehow whenever I write a story about it I receive letters from all over the South denouncing me in no uncertain terms. “The Jelly-Bean,” published in “The Metropolitan,” drew its full share of these admonitory notes.