The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

must Joined fortzy years ago or 20. and
when de next set was called for, p'cheel II
dey didn't grab OF de unknown and Maggie
and make a side, De old gazeeboos was
not so woise at dat. High and fancy step
ping must been one of the things Joined az
DER college; for dey wasn't Longing in no
back seat. none OF de time Maggie got q
fierce scare on when she found herself ar
one end wit Boston. and she didn't do her
best; but de unknown was right In IL, and
was having de time OF de evening. when
Whiskers holds out his hat about five feet
up. Say, she let go, and de toe OF her shoe
runs through de top of de silk deer so far
dat it held on. and picks il on for her. and
when / does IL she was laughing 10 her.
self. and huIly geel 1 was on In a minute
it was Willy Widdyl
1 didn't have to ask de answer. / knows
it was some game she'd been helped In wit
Duchess. and says noting. but goes on a
still hunt for dat goiI, keeping de pune
tured dicer in me hand. i didn't have TO
look far for I soon sees a figure dat I'd
know for Duchess a mile OF IN fog. and
/ waits till she was out of de set she was
dancing, and 1 says to her: Woman
says. what's doing?" / says.
says: Dat was a good boy for TO capture
Whiskaire's hat. Give IL to me and 1 win
make il into ten dollair.'
De cheek of her paralyzed me so dat
yielded de deer and asks was to be lie. In
to de game she was playing. Sure" says
she. Madame Harding is fond OF sport.
and she asks me could / get her here and
home wit nobody knowing-dat was when 1
tells her dat you was to take Whiskaire
and Msieu Bostong here"
You had a right not to go and tell her
nothing" i says.
"Of soitanty." says dat saucy hussy, II
had a right not TO, but had right for to
do 1t also"
Say, what can a man do when he has a
wife like dat? didt dare TO put de swells
wise, for dat would be giving away Willy
Wildly, so / just hangs around to see dat
no bad break was made, but wasn't need
ed. Wildly was at de table wit de leaders
and de swelis. and she was coming 'em
like dey was come-ons and she was a steerer
for a green-goods layout
She was as good as a actress out on top
of de stage. for you wouldn't know her voice
in tousand years If You was her own fad
der. De leaders bote ask her in to supper,
but she says dat she had RAIDER have sup
per at de Lobster Palace. and at dat Boston
jumps at his chance and he gives her an in
wife to supper dere. She says sure. but
dat she would have to ask fren, and dey
says any fren of hers-anodder bottle.
Well, say, tings was doing swift after
dat. Wildly goes to Duchess and dat saucy
goil sends for me. Dey says dat dey is go
ing home, but foist Wildly wrote note for
me to take to de Lobster Palace. She reads
me de note, so dat would know what cards
was in me hand. She writes TO Whiskers
dat instead of one fren she has asks four
dose was to be me. Maggie, me fren de
barlxeep and Duchess. Den she tells whis-
kers in de note dat he had forgot his hat.
and dat / was to fetch ii TO him, and dat
dere was $40 hat check charge on it. She
tells him TO say to Boston dat he was to
treat her frens well, dough. as no masks
was worn in de Lobster Palace, dey would
have TO sit at anodder table
One OF de leaders digs up dicer for
whiskers and dey was off to wait for de
unknown. Den me and Duchess takes
Wildly home, and meet me fren and
Maggie, and de four OF US chases TO de
palace. / seen Whiskers duck when he
pipes Duchess and me. but I goes up 10
him and gives him de note. He reads 1t
and near falls off his chair, and when
gives him his dicer wit de hole IN IL. de
four Of 'em at de table, me swells and de
leaders. has fits for fair. Well, Whisl<ers
punglcs de tener for de dicer, and Boston,
he calls me UP. and says dat my party was
to take a table and order on him. We did.
Say, he must have Job cutting of coupons
for Duchess orders dat supper, and she can
order to beat de bank when de check goes
TO anodder party to be settled. but Boston
never winked when de waiter hands it out
to him.
We had to get home before breakfast, so
we leaves before de odder party. Boston
was telling de leaders how to run DER jobs
before we left, but de next morning he
only says to me. ''Chames," he says, You
promised to get us out of de ball wit de
retoin of our hats for a dollar a t'row."
Excuse me, sir" says. Dat was only
your hat insured" Den he laughs so dat
he couldn't pour de soda into de glass
where I'd put de odder part of de mixture.
and he says, Van Courtlandt had 10 pay a
hat check, when de hat was ruined. I'll
tell dat at de next class dinner"
He tips well, dat sporty Boston boy, and
L hope dat his sociology studies viii do
him as much good as dey do me.