The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05
The woman grinned greasily, but LOOKED
In noyise chagrined.

The woman grinned greaslly, but looked K
In n wise chagrined.
4You see too much for an old papa, +" sbs
said, shaking a soiled foreHnger at him with
clumsy archness, and then che got down tho
steps as unsteaiily as she had assembled
them.
Half an hour later a Ratchet faced, sharu
eyed with blondined hair, wins
oolored silk dress that made considerable j
Of a rafting noise, and quite an assortment
Of diamond rings, walked up the sters With
a majestic air.
Il desire" she said; haughtily, to the man
with the newsr apar, ito see Mrs. Blank
in private" and she named the cottagers X
wife, somewhat TO his astonishment
"Oh, she's at the bath, or having her hair
curled, or something" said the o~ottager,
not in the least crunched by the woman'sE
m Ia iestic manner "She won't he Town ford
a couple CT hours. What's the trcubls&
anyhow
Trouble, sir?' said the woman, scpul1E
chrally, turning her ra!r Of somewhat
snappy and small black eyes upon him.
Il am not aware, sir that ! have mentioned
anything about trouble"
aOh, 'souse me-" said the man, ~anxiousxl
to find cut what the woman'a graft was
before dismissing her. Cant you statd|
your business to me|
Il feel that you would not understand, \
said the woman, Modified, but hcsitatingl
lam a developer of the dual soul the doubled
mentality. the manifold will, and the null
titudinous spirit, and 1 lave heard that
Mrs. Blank"-again naming the cottager'd
wife-"is immersed in the occult and tha&
| esoteric."
.She's Just abo ut immersed in cantaloupd,
and bacon and eggs by this time, dryly red
piled the cottager. Anyhow, I'm sure shsH
wouldn't care to see you. Good morning !
The developer of the dual soul bestowed
a series of shrivelling glares upon the cot1
tager-which he didn't notice, having al11
ready resumed consideration of the baseball
scores-and rufied down the steps with a
frou frou of her wine colored silk dress that
sounded almost like a %clatter.
A while after that a shrewd eyed young
fellow, carrying the dummy" Of a boob
under his arm, hoped up the steps two at q
clip.
HAL good morningl' he breezed, advance
ing upon the cottage and picking up hid
hand and shaking it impulsively. "Wam
Beautiful piazza here, thought Get thd
breeze, hey? The honeysuokle climbing
over everything is fine. too. Well, we'vd
sure got to get you, Mr.. Blank" correctly
naming the cottager, which caused him ID
wonder how it happened that 30 many peo1
pie utterly unknown to him knew his mama
Got to ave you, for sure thing
Have me, hey2" said the Gotta ger. well
I'm not being had quite 20 often as l used n
be. What is it?"
"'Who's Who in the Atlantic City Cox
tages." said the breezy young chap, display
ing the cover OF the dummy book he carried
with that title printed in clifton the top coye'
"I've got most of the swell oottagers-onI
the real kind get In, you know. Only need
you and a few others to complete it. Going
to get it out in the fall-greatest ]souveIs
thing you've ever had n chance to get int'
in your life. Your picture, and your wife'a
too, for that matter, or your daughters,
you prefer, and a photogravure OF your ctf
tage, with an. interior view or so, and th,
writeup-'bout two full pages Of writeuR
You can do the writing up yourself, and n'E
matter what you gay about yourself, 1t goesE
And only $500. just giving it away. Mem
year we'll get $500 a throw for the sans
thing. Er-here's a fountain pen-jus sign
here, please and the rapid young cnp&
spread out a form Of contract and Indicted
a dotted line at the bottom which involved
the signer's a greement to dig w 500 for thf
"Who's Who" thing"
-Skip!" was tho cottager's sole word q
reply, but he said it in a way that Gcao'ea
how thoroughly he meant it.
The quick young man wasn't in the Ieas'1
taken back. In fact, there was u certain
--a@,,t - ~. t,~, To-, ,hA u,in tn WHICH,
he staked the cottager as he started Gown
the steps.
We'll, they told me you weren't nua
on that fall thing, Guv'nor, "he said, looking
over his shoulder and still grinrinE, 'Bl'
it's all right. No harm done. Say, ~hat =
the name of his Nobs next do"r- the Oh
party with the white spinach on Ms map
reading the paper on tho orch:'
The cottager vouchsafed no reply |"
the question, but he noted out of IN" corner
of his eye that the who's Who yoHNn
didn't take a chance on going to the ne"
cottage.
The cottager stuck it out on the from
porch till after IL O'Clock. During Wv
time, besides those described the Following
mounted the porch and tackled hlih' SA
OF whom he famed:
Two wandering professors of ostcoIa.rn
one a man and the other a woman; h'"
masseuses and one masseur with Nv.
systems of rubbing; W more fake icma
solicitors for children's vacationizins ms
tutions by the sea; seven harpists ana m
dlers who wanted to play on the front pore,
an alleged representative of a New lo,
newspaper who offered to have a ric'ufe"
the cottage printed in the Sunday eoHUn
for $40; two more palmists, an Fast in NUM-
astrologist, and four more husky looN"e
beggars with phony letters. n,
This is an absolutely exact rrcor' The
| cottager swears that he'll never stay on
his cottage porch agaiB on a weekday, SIC.
or no sick. unless the front steps are q :,
moved, but the women folk Of the co't"tcs
don't appear to mind these intiict!ohS' oN"
well used 10 them.