Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

their time so has him give me an outline 1t was
something like this Coffee and rolls at ten-thrty
A. NJ hair dreSSeTS, mancureS, and massage artists
till twelve thirty; drivin' in the brougham till two;
an hour off for lunch; drivn and shoppin' till
five; nap till SIX then the maids and Wallets and so
to fix 'em up for dinner; theater or opra till
eleven supper at some swell cate; and the pillows
about two NJ.
Then the curt ain goes up 70. the second act, and
Hank had got his eyes glued the stage. AS we'd
come in late hadn't got the hang of the piece be-
fore but now notices it S one of them gunless Wild
West plays that s hit Broadway SO hard. 1t was
breezy kind of scene they showed up. To one side
was an almost truly log cabin, with tin wash basin
hung nail just outside the front door and some
real firewood stacked up under the window. OFF up
the middle was mountains piled up, one on top of the
other, clear up into the flies.
The thing didn't strike at first, until hears
Hank dig up sigh that sounds as if it started from
his shoes. Then l tunbles. This stage settin' was
almost dead ringer for his old ranch out north of
Bedelia In a minute in comes bunch of stage
cowboys. They a lot cleaner lookin than any
l ever around Merrtys, and some of 'em was
wearn' misft whiskers but barrin' a few little
points like that they fitted into the picture well
enough. Next we hears whoop, and in bounces the
eadn lady, rugged out in beaded leggin's, knee
length skirt leather coat, and Shy Ann hat with her
red hair 1yin' loose.
Say I'm good deal of come-on when it comes
to the ranch business, but I've enough to know
that if any woman had showed up at Merritys place
in that costume the COW punchers would have
bushed into their hats and took for the timber line
l looks at Hank, eXpectn to see him wearin' grin;
but he want. He's most starin' his eyes out,
lookin' at them painted mountains and that four
piece log cabin. And would you believe it, Mrs
Merrty doin' the same! | couldn't that
either of EN- moved durin' the whole act, took
their eyes off that scenery, and when the curtain
goes down they Just naturally reaches and grips
each other BY the hand For quite sometime they
didn't say a word. Then Reney breaks the spell.
You noticed it, didn't YOU Hank = says She
Couldn't help it, Reney!" says he huskily
g expect the old place is looking awful nice,
just about now" she goes on.
Hank was swallown' hard just then, so all
he could do was nod and big drop of brine
leaks out of one of them buttermilk blue eyes.
Reney it.
\ Hank" says she, still grippin' his hand
y and talkin' throaty-"let is quit and go back!
~ Say, maybe you never heard of them
r. flannel shirts call the home from the next
u county. A lot of folks who paid good money
IN 30 listen to weak imitation was treated to the
~ genuine article
"Wee-e-ough! Glory be-" yells Hank,
jumpn up and knockin' over chair
1t was splitter, that Inside of a
"a minute there special cop and four ushers
81 maxim rush for the back of our box.
:* Here, here now! says one. You'll have
q to leave"
v "Leave!" says Hank Why gol durn you
white faced tenderfeet, you couldn't hold
here another minute with rawhide ropeSl Come
on Reney; maybe there's night tran!''
They didn't go quite sudden all that
Reney got him to wait until noon next day.
she could fire few maids and send bale
=. of Paris gowns to the second hand shop but
- they made sit up till most mornin' with
y EN- while they planned out the kind of ranch
de luxe they goin' to build when they got
back to Bedelia AS as could come to it,
there goin to be four Chinese cooks always
standin' ready to fry griddle cakes for any
neghbors that might drop in, dance hall with
floor of polished mahogany, and not bath
tub on the place. What they wanted was to
get back among their old friends, put their
old clothes, and enjoy themselves in their
way for the rest of their lives.