The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-30

gets de decision and de poisse, she being
referee and stakeholder, bote.
But 1 was going to tell you about Willy
sits on de clubhouse verandy waiting for
easy mark to go around de links wit her.
If de one she wants won't play, she'll be in
a game if it's only lonesome-dough four
somes come her way swifter dan any odder.
So when Whiskers got shy, Wildly was as
gailygaily as any goil III de county. Ouch
ess tried her best to get Miss Fannie to
drag Whiskers over TO Widdy's cottage, so
dat he could see what a push was dere at
Widdy's lunches and teas, and dat she
wasn't sentenced to be a wildly a day
longer dan she wanted to be. But Whis-
kers ducked.
''It is of de aggravated" said Duchess. ut
is dat if Whiskaire see Madam Harding in
company wit anodder, den he is of de senti-
ment urgent. But if he will not go where
he see dat many men admire her, what can
one do?"
"One can guess again." l says Let
your betters alone and fix it with House
keeper to leave Maggie, have dis evening
off, for me fren, de barekeep, is coming
de pike wit him and Maggie"
Duchess never said a void in answer to
dat and L had right to be leary; for
when a woman won't talk, even if she has
cue, it's time for man to get his guard
up, and timber his legs for a side-step. Me
fren comes down by de early evening train,
and coachy lends me dc station wagon to
fetch him; de folks being at dinner and not
seeing me make de sneak wit de wagon.
When we was in de housekeeDer's room
having bite, and a mug of de buffers ale
to wash the cinders out of me fren's troat
Duchess chases me off, and den it was she
puts up her job. Wildly had been giving
Duchess lot of buds, and pchee. if she
didn't rig Maggie up in EN- till she was a
dead ringer for Widdy--only dat Maggie, in
one of dose new straight-up-a nd-down cor
sets was asking wouldn't she break like a
lamp chimney If she sat down. Me frer
was looking like ready money, too; for his
lid and blanket would pass him at a hun.
dred yards for broker on de right side OF
| de market.
Take me out of dis corset Duches.
DEAR" Maggie was saying. For de low,
| of heaven. Take me out before / die
feel like was boarded up-like / was boxeC
| for de expressman to take away"
'Vous etes tres charmante.' says Ouch
| ess, putting on de poor goil wrap Widd,
| used to wear. Don't hold your skirt Xix,
| a mouse was chasing you. Look, hold i
| like dis" and she shows Maggie how to hol,
| her skirt like she was going to wrap her
| self up in it if dere was enough of it.
whats doing?" / says, when | sees des
| tngs.
| Its a play" says Duchess.
who's to be played?"
| Come wit me, and say noting" Duchess
/ says, and de four of us chases out to d.
| road by de lane Den Duchess and me goe
| over to de odder side of de road and M
| fren and Maggie waltzes along by DER
selves, and, say. dey was so like Wildly an,
| some swell Johnnie, dat I'd a yelled onl,
| Duchess pinched me.
| 1t near dark when Whiskers come.
| out from dinner. and starts off for stroll
| to de yacht club house to trash out d,
! cup races once more. AS soon as he cop
| Maggie and me fren, he starts like he wa
| going to cross de road, but den he seems
| to tink dat wouldn't do, and he keeps on
and when he passes en- he hists his lid
me fren hists his, and dat sassy Bower,
| goil, Maggie. sweeps a bow dat made he