Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-28

.ic''N tnc ''abUy cir! To iAs Hotel
Fl"fA~. AID le got IT The ~ aud
bowed r~al..,r stifh4.
7 ,hinA we aaN. M. bvfore. l,
sid
Aad thon Nhlm introduced inc iaotei
'i"Nks .iri. She was lcd-h.adca aud
iiei name WAS Sphinx. Sh. fixed the
caobg Gid will Il sliticring eye and
observed colaly
oh. 1 thin!, | ,aNe neard Mis- SPIT
Then without vasains sfs Kissed
violently.
%~ierhaps / should sas Miss Buttin-
sky.
How VAS ! to know ,iiat the ,;abby
Gsri and the Sphinx had been rivals for
tlir affections OF tn. Hote, Clerk
The Gabby t;iri turned about ~ith a
naughty air.
Il did MOI one hero TO be insul,ea.
supposed this was a gathering OF
sldies aud gentlemen"
1T VAS until YOU came in" sal, the
SPHINX sirl %sio;ously.
Z am not used 10 miXn! society"
declared the Gabby one.
The girl Chnm had brought inter-
fercsi.
Now. Sadie" she said. whats the
use Ut spoiiins the party? We We're
going To have Il perfectly lovely time.
aNd how was M. Simms TO now"
0avSO ny Inc Browns.
How VAS Ny. S!mns 20 kuoN What"
demanded the Gabby Girl.
"Nhy. about YOU and Nj. Ringer"
She turned to me. He used 10 scad
her perfectly lovely boxes OF candy.
and once he took Us both TO the the
at"r. 1t was To see The Way OF the
Tratisslessor al tho 4Alhambra. II was
perfectly lovely. And the i~caoiue lady
vas every bit as good as Maudc -Ad-
ans. IlDu'I Won think Sn"'
She addressed Ringer. The Hotel
Clerk. She was one OF those frivolous,
laxative creatures. who get started Ga
4 subject and lhcn wander on to ar
other n another. until she couldn't
get back IL the post if she tried.
oh, We said the Sphinx. go to ME-
Nicller's every Saturday night"
The Gabby One Ignored Her.
You were speaking of the time" said
the C;abby ono, ignoring this remark
and addressing Chum's girl. before l
had found out the story OF his life" in
dicating The Hotel Clerk.
Ringer WAS decidedly uncomfortable.
III fact. the situation vas so strained
that ii looked as If IL personal encouu-
ter might be the outcome of our inno-
cont attempt at Bohemia. lust then
something happened. The t;abby Girl
had backed off toward the window and
iii, the silade. IL lifted with "a whi-r-r
ana caused nei 10 c&ct:ilnl. Ois, my
goodness" But what attracted me was
beyond the Gabby tiirl and within the
light that The gas she'd on the roof out
side the window. For there. seated va
%riously. were six little Browns. each
with a muut buried in a pumpkins pie.
and all aroun them the remains Of the
feast they had stolen from The box in
the rooul. \ too-iate search OF the box
disclosed its emptiness.
Well. l ncver!" said the C;tsby Girl.
rs I spitns past her and. raising the
window. got o u on the roof.
The Browns We're too quick for me.
Each seized the edible nearest at hand
and made Off over the roof ana into the
'iarkncsS William Brown had a turkey
Under either arm. when last seen. and
he Was going down Il w~aterspout. 1
:;ipied up on the remains OF the pump
kim pies and the cranberry jelly as l
N,,s returning, and hen 1 climbed into
TIC rooms the girls shrieked.
| WAS IL sight. Just cranberry Jelly
and soft yellow pumpkin. While { was
trying to clean II off the Sphinx girl got
over her fright and started to giggle.
Il guess" she said to Ringer. there
won't be any party. [ wish you'd Jake
me to "A restaurant. Charlie" and the
Hotel Clerk was only too glad to get
away. [ think he was happy that
something had occurred to ma. the
%i,iaasure of the occasion. for IL was not
possible for the Sphinx gin; and the Cab
by One 20 live together in one room for
more than ten minutes.
After l had scrapcd Oft the pumpkin.
all the while Chum was apoloeiging. we
held q conference and decided tina the
only thing to do was to follow the Ho-
&c, Clerks example: and go to a restau-
r,nt, .ud the girls. not being hungry
and not knowing just what they did
want to eat. managed to sticl; ua for q
nice little bill of $3.50. AS for the
i.rowns--well. this was a mere incident
in r,i.il ives.