Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23

2f - 0TUBBS fixed it all up with himself the
~ day before. He would hide it in the
s5sSRt inner folds of her newspaper and give
S-@-<9 1t to her when she went home at night.
She would stop at the corner of the al.
ley-'S 'Stubbs Stand" the other newsboys called
it-and smile at him as she gave him penny
for the News
9uch glorious smile it was! Stubbs had loved
ner ever since that first day last November when,
ne was shivering and dancing to keep warm, and
she had come by the early, frosty morning with
nushed cheeks and bright eyes and wind.tossed
hair
IL cold enough to be Merry Christmas, isn't
U'laddieY she had said when she bought paper
ana her smile had made him happier all day.
When he stole in the marble rotunda Of the
great office building that swallowed her every
uay 10 get thawed out until the noon edition was
ready, ne asked the elevator boy who she was
the glrI with the yellow hair with soft puffs
around her face, and the pink cheeks.
they've got new stenographer on the sec.
ond, said Larry "Up at the Consolidated Oil
20. She's all right, too She says good morn
ing to fellow"
After that Stubbs watched for her every day.
Larry told him the third window. left front, on
the second floor was hers, and Stubbs found out
that II he stood at a certain angle on the oppo-
site side of the street, he could see the top of
her head as she sat at her desk
lie hugged his secret to himself. It was so
sweet thing, this having something to look for
ward to every day He would not even tell His
Nobs about it, and he had been his best friend
for over year-ever since the cable car nearly
crushed the life out of him and His Nobs had
carried him in his arms to the ambulance.
But one morning he noticed strange thing
When His Nobs stopped for his morning paper
he carried something in his hand, something care
fully protected from the cold by shiny tissue pa
per. Pink roses they were, and Stubs grinned
in sympathy. His Nobs had secret too. But
when Yellow Puffs came down at noon time with
pink roses pinned on her gray jacket, he under
stood.
And that night they came down in the elevator
together and her cheeks were pinker than ever
when she spoke to Stubs. His Nobs paid for
both papers with quarter and never waited for
the change
Stubs rejoiced and his interest in both deep
ened. He wondered if His Nobs could support
her all right when they were married and he
asked Larry what he worked at.
Him? He's the chief cook and bottlewasher
for the whole show said Larry. He's it! He's
The Consolidated National Humpty Dumpty. His
face is on the letters they send out. He's got
the plunks all right, all right"
And Stubbs rejoiced more than ever There
was no one in all the world too good for the
ady of his dreams He was glad His Nobs was
| top notcher Every noon they went to lunch
ogether and at night he went far the car
With her. Stubbs was figuring the time when
t would all end and she would disappear Mrs.
Nobbs when-one day she came alone!
cts cold, isn't it, laddie" she said when he
handed her the paper and it was sad little
mile she gave him this time
1t wasn't cold, either.
Stubs was mad. Yellow Pufs was unhappy
md it must be His Nobs' fault. He hated him,