Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
A BUNCH OF SURPRISES

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| good deal about the East Indies and the
| Straits Settlements, and who spoke as frfv-
olously about matters out at the Cape" as
| If the Cape wasn't any farther away than
| Alexandria. He had a large repertoire of
English-bult sack suits. His sojourn in
the states, it seemed, had something to
| do with the transfer of a vast combination
| of American breweres TO an English syn
dictate.
His manner was so killing that the land
| lady didn't mention the little matter of pay
for the food and lodgings she was providing
him until he'd been the Second Story Front
| for two weeks. For himself the Second
Story Front appeared 10 have overlooked
the little ceremony of paying up. AT the
end of the two weeks the landlady called
him into her little reception room.
Mr.. Montagenet, said she-his name was
a. l. Alwyn enet-''my-er-bills are
coming in. and--er-if you could find ii con-
venient to-
Bah Jove. how thoughtless O me- pom
my word!' exclaimed Mr.. Montagenet.
| What d balIy absent-minded chawp l am
to be. sure! However, I'll just make a
drawft. which | dare say you'll be quite
willing to cawsh-perhaps I'd better make
ii for two hundred, say, and you can
The landlady had heard about "drawfts'
before. Consequently she froze right there.
and told the Second Story Front that the
cash was good enough for her at his ear
liest convenience.
"Bally peculiar, that Bah Jove.' muir
INJURED the Second Story Front Back
home a fellah always pays for his cham
bers, y'know, with a bit of his own paper,
and
The cash. at your earliest convenience"
interrupted the landlady.
The Second Story Front didn't come to
taw with his two weeks board money on
the day after his little talk with the land
lady, the day following. He didn't
appear to be worried. He still talked as
jauntiy as usual at the table about the
Irl fSh of NaI-lp nd oil a,.
things.
The landlady went to a locksmith on the
second day after she had delivered her ul-
tmatum. The locksmith said he'd be up to
put the paddock on the door in the after
noon. At o'clock in the afternoon the
landlady invited to take a boat ride
down the river She went, first instructing
Eliza, the colored chambermGid, with re-
gard to the coming of the locksmith TO put
q paddock on the Second Story Fronts
door. As soon the landlauy left the
house. however, Eliza donned her purple
and fine linen and went calling. Ten min
uteS after she bad gone the locksrnith rang
the basement bell. The fat colorCd cook
answered the ring, and she told the lock-
smith that the paddock was to be put on
one of the doors on the second fioor-she
didn't know which; that was the absent
ELIAS business. The locksmith rubbed his
chin and reflected. He reached The conclu-
sion that Second Story Front wouldn't
be at outs with the landlady. So he put
!
Story Back and went away, whistling
cheerly.
The Second Story Back-he's in the De
partment of State-got in at quarter past
/ and went upstairs TWO at clip. He had
an appointment to take Her and Her
mother who live in Baltimore, and who
were in town for the day, out to dinner
at half-past i, ana he had a lot of pri;nping
and logging out to do.
When he saw the huge maddox on his
door he came near falling down the stairs
For abotI+ four r1irutrs he coiIldn'r think
at all Then he nulIed himself Together
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aactad md be!d ai,raI. hne,, snail, 70 rho
mimi, ,,.itb ~ 49, in ian, od h
Ia ~ i.t3 80 n IL - s tr;I',1.
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' ~ ~ '.tiZt' "te III NJ -
-, i'ii ~ Lo'ttt " 80 80 - -
! u"WH ana sd" the i1l coi"red Gooh' VINO
lpll iiiil " us'lUe'N ,idl sue hL''i. ! hIioW
dIiH 'i'l5 ''pout IL ne Nel.l ul'7'''iiS ''Sf'i
/ anu Sat Gown on thc Top starr
wv 9uidh TINS make you SMOKE up: ne
gfoWled TO himself. iln" me dcKtns am
l gong TO get At my tuxedo ana things
that what d ike to
just then the Second Story Front let
himself in at the front door and started
M the stairs. whisting mellowIy Relieve