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

at that but as Re stood costume and all he looked
as much part of New York as the Flatiron Bulldln
And while I'm buggn my eyes out and holdin my
mouth open, he grabs me by the hand and slaps me
why, hello, Shorty! I'm mighty glad to
you. Put 'er there!" says he.
"Gee!" says l. Then it's truei Now guess
the thing for to do is to up to Maude Adams
that | believe in fairies Hank, who did it,"
Did WHAT" says he.
why, made your face over and put on the
Fifth-ave. gloss" says L.
DO l look it? says he, GRIMM Would
pass"
a sign. Lookin' as YOU do now, YOU could go to
any one night stand in the country and be handed
the New York papers without sayin a word What
/ want to know though, is how it happened!
"Happen?" SAYS he. Shorty, such things don't
come by accident. You buy EN-. You go through
torture for EN-.
SAY, Hank" says l. ''you don't to say
you've been up against the skinoogists?"
Well he had They'd kept his face in a steam
box by the hour, scrubbed him with purnice stone.
electrocuted his lip fringe made him wear sleePln
mask and done everything but peel him alive.
Look at that for paw says he. Amt it
1adylike?"
It was Every fngernal showed the half moon,
You must have been maxim business of it.,
saws |. How long has this thing been gon on:
Nearly four months says Hank, heavin'
groan.. Part of that time put in five hours
day; but I've got EN- scaled down to two now
It's been awful Shorty, but it had to be done
81 How that" says l.
'On Renev's account" says he She's power
full pert savvyin things, Reney is. Why, when
and eatin' with my knife, just polite as | knew
how. We hadn't been here day before she saw
that something was wrong. Hank, says she, this
amt where we belong Let 5 go back. What
for saws l. ShuCks! says she. Can't you see!
These folks different from us. Look at em!'
Well, | did, and it made me mad Reney, says |,
I'll allow there is somethin wrong with us, but L
reckon it amt bone deep. There's such thing as
burnin' one brand over another, amt there: Sup
pose we give it a whrl,' That's what we done too
and I'm beginnin suspicion we've made good"
% | guess YOU have Hank" says |; but amt it
expensive? You haven't gone broke to do it, have
your
Brokel" says he, smn'. Guess YOU amt
heard what they're takin' out of the Jayhawker
these days. Why, L couldn't spend it all if | had
four hands. But come on. Let's find Reney and
Course, seem Hank had kind of prepared me for
change in Mrs. Merrty; 50 l braces myself for
the shock and tries to forget the wrapper and carpet
slippers But YOU know the kind of birds that
roost along Peacock Alley? There a
double of EN- holdin down the
chairs either side of the corridor, and
1ookin' like Twin exhibit of spring mil
Enery. l tried hard to imagine Reney in
that bunch but it go. The best |
could do throw up a picture of
squatty female in a Kansas City shirt waist
And then, all of a sudden, we fetches up
alongside fairy in radum silk and lace
with her hair waved to the minute, and car =
J: :: J: =: J. :. !: ::
Tyin' enough sparks to light up the subway IN
She the star of the collection, and | ,I//LL
nearly loses my breath when Hank says //MS
Reney, you remember Shorty McCabe nm
don't you9' nm
All rully!" says she, 1iftn up a pair I'M
gold handled eye glasses and takn a ~
McCabe.''
MINNIE too" says I. 1t was all the
conversation l had ready to pass out.
Maybe l acted some foolish; but for the