Evening journal., 1900-05-17

THEN SHE STARTED IN TO WRECK THINGS.
your father. Here's another half TO as.
sist you. This is simply preparatory,
sammis. Quarters and halves and dol
lars VIII chink and rattle around here
and pass from me to you with aston
ishing frequency. All you've got to do
is to look out for my interests"
"Yes. SIR"
"Should a wcman call here, Sammls
An oldish woman. with red hair and a
sharp nose and voice like a file"-
"You are out. OF course. She's the
woman who wants contributions for
the heather, and you don't want 10 be
bothered"
Exactly, Sammisl And you are a
iewelg' he said as he patted me on the
head. q am always TO be out when
she calls. You are TO discourage her
from calling again. You may even hint
that have removed TO Chicago or St.
Louis. l see you closely scrutinizing
my side whiskers, Sammls. Don't you
Ike the colorw
"Yes, sir, but they are false
"Ah, Sammis. another quarter for
the gigantic mortgage. It's a little no.
ton OF mine TO wear false whlskers for
a few weeks, and nothing need be said
about IT, What we know we know, but
we keep mum about t. You trust me;
| trust you. Wen make that mortgage
look sick IN a month or two. Ia. Ia,
Sammlsl think we understand each
other"
I thought so, too, and it was all
right for two or three weeks. Mr..
Rockaway didn't come down with any
more halves, but / didn't lay that up
against him. II was what he said and
did that hurt my feelings. One day at
the fourth floor a lawyers boy called
me a sawed Off liar. l stopped the ele-
vator TO punch his head and thus was
late getting up TO answer a call from
Mr.. Rockaway. He was mad about II,
and. taking me by the ear, he said:
"You trifiing young monkey. but III
have no more Of this! I've a good mind
to report you to the agent and have you
bouncedl What do you mean by such
conductY
I'm sorry, sir"
THAT makes no difference. From
this time out shall have an eye on
you. and you'll either walk chalk OF
get the bounce. DO you hear mer'
The Iron struck home. From that
hour / waited and longed for red
headed. sharp nosed woman 70 appear
Luck was with me. On the afternoon
OF the fifth day she walked In and
made straight for me and said:
"Bub. I'm looking for a man named
ROckaway. I'm his wife"
"Have you got business with hlmr
asked.
Il have-strict business. Is there
such a man In this bulldingf"
There IS a Mr. Rockaway here, but
he's got side whiskers."
ooh. he has, Well. I'll pull 'em Of IN
three seconds Take me right up"
took her up. am not a bad eleva-
tor boy at heart, but boy In my posi-
ton has got to maintain his dignity
among the tenants. held the elevator
until saw her enter room 6S and
heard the first shock Of collision. and
then had business elsewhere. What
happened after that was told by, the
typewriter IN Mr.. Rockaways Office.
When the redheaded woman bounced
into the room, she first attacked those
beautiful side whlskers, and they were
wrecked in a breath. Then she started
in to wreck things, and her language
was English and her tones loud. She
had the whole floor alarmed in two
minutes, and the people who rushed in
found the typewriter girl hiding un-
der the desk and Mr.. Roekaway on the
floor and mixed up with broken furni-
ture. 1t was lively while it lasted. and
the redheaded woman had breath
enough left 20 explain that the man on
his back was her lawful husband. but
had run away from her in Buffalo a
year before. He had nothing TO say In
reply. and when the agent came up and
told him that he had better look for
other quarters he prepared 10 move.
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