New-York tribune., 1906-05-13


Honest now, there was more'n I'd want if |
hadn't been fed for week Generally | can
worry along with three squares a day, and
when | do feel like havin' bite before | hit
the blankets a SIOeitsevkaSe sandwich does
me. But this affair had seven acts to it, and
everyone was a mystery.
Why, | didn't know you were such an
epicure says Sadie.
." Ne either says | but I'd never let
myself loose before. Have some more buLr
from the odyronSeA, and help yourself to the
the other thing
Shorty, tell me how you managed it," says
She
I've been taking lessons by mail" saws l.
ou'r re dear to do it, anyway" SAYS she.
uSt think of the figure I'd cut coming here
by my lonesome It's bad enough at the
hotel. with only Mrs. Prusset. And I've been
wanting to come for weeks. What luck it was,
finding YOU to-day
Say, don't run away with the idea that I'm
maxim a days work of this" says l. " I'm
havin' little fun out of this myself. There 5
worse company than you, know.
And I've met a heap of men stupider than
shorty McCabe" says. she, givin' me the jolly
with that sassy grin of hers, and lettin' go one
Of those gurgly laughs that sounds as if it had
been made on clarinet.
1t was Just about then that looks up and
finds Pinckney standing on one foot, waitin'
for a chance to butt in.
Why, professor! This is a pleasure, -
says he.
Hello" says l. "Where'd you blow in
from?"
Then / makes him acquainted with Sadie,
and asks him what it II be Oh he did it well
seemed as surprised as if he hadn't seen me for
a year and begins to get acquainted with
Sadie right away. | tried to give her the wink,
meanin' to put her next to the fact that here
was where she ought to come out strong on the
broad AS and throw in the dOntcher-knOws
frequent; but II was no 60. She didn't care
a rap She talked Just she would to me,
asked Pinkney all sorts of fool questions. and
inside OF two minutes them two was carryin'
on like a couple of kids.
- I'm a rank outsider here, YOU know" saws
she, " and If 1t hadn't been for Shorty II never
got in at all Oh, sure, Shorty and | are old
chums We used to slide down the same cellar
door"
s'elp me, I was plumb ashamed of Sadie
Pinckney seemed to think 1t was great sport.
Pretty soon he says he's got some friends over
at another table and did she mind if he
brought EN- over.
Think you'd better" says she. I'm the
Mrs. DipworthY of the Drowsy Drops. YOU
know and that's tag that won't come of %
" If you'll allow me" says he, IN attend
to the tag business. They'll be delighted TO
meet YOU
say" SAYS /, soon as he'd left, don't be a
sieve, Sadie Just forget auld lang syne, and
remember that you're travelin' high
They've got TO take me for what l am, or
not at all, says she.
Yes but you amt got no cue to tell the
story OF your life" says l.
That's my whole stock in trade, Shorty"
says she.
was lookin for her to revise that notion
when | sees the kind of company Pinckney
was luggin' up to spring on us. ia seen their
pictures in the papers, and knew en- sight.
And the pair wasn't anything but the top of
the bunch. You know the Twombley-C Cranes,
that cut more ice in July than the Knicker-
booker Trust does all winter, Why say to
see the house rubber at EN- as they came sailin'
our way, you'd thought they paid per-
formers stepping up to do their act. 1t was
a case of bein' in the lime-light for us, from
that
Hully chee'" says |. Here's where l
ought to fade"
But there wasn't any show to duck; for
Felix was chasin' over some more chairs, and