The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
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Ellie Drysdale was a peach.

Ellie Drysdale was a peach
Put her in a bottle and label her
From California, and you couldn't
have told her from the marvellous prod
uct of the land of sunshine fruit and
flowers.
There are not many like Ellie Sne
had been admitted to the third de-
gree of the Order of Man Killers
She did things with her eyes that
old ladies disapproved and she did
them-well. she did them so that it
hurt for about three months. and then
healed.
Soft eyes and soft hair had Ellie.
and. as we approach the footlights and
speak with fitting Quaver while the
orchestra sympathizes in G-fiat, let
us state that her mouth was the kind
you'd bite your way through IL
miles of dense, tropical jungle to kiss.
and she had the figure of thousand
dollar bank note-so fine figure that
about showing it on upon every pos
sihle occasion
So much for Ellie Too much. per-
haps. for she was too much for al
| most everyone save Tommy Spini-
ticker And even Tommy had Elne
pretty bad. The minute she gave
him the housekeeping handshake, it
was all up with Tommy.
Then they went at it
Now. Tommy had seen girls be-
fore, and he knew the game, violets
he knew in midwinter. and five-pouni
boxes of chocolates. and cabs and
/ theater tickets But. curiously enough.
| such expenditures failed to capture
her, Ellie had her chamber wall pa
pered with love letters and what she
/ didn't have time to read she gave to
.er French maid to answer.
Tommy bought a SO horse power
| auto raised vandyke beard. wrote
for the magazines. had a scandal with
a show-girf-hut it was no use Elites
and she refused to discuss PERSONAL
ties
| Tommy went and had appendicitis
and jungle fever. but even this failed
to interest Ellie.
An old man in whom he confded
| told him to neglect her. Tommy tried
it for week and Elfie didn't seem II
| mind it u hit. She bought new hat
and went TO the opera with \ boy
of IL
Then Tommy made a pilgrimage
to the far east and engaged \ prayer
wheel in an old Buddhist temple,
scared it to a gas engine, and let it
run for 40 days At the end of that
time his plea was answered, He ar
rived at home Just rs Elfie's engage
mens TO a divinity student was an
nounced> Tommy waited till the eve Of
the wedding,
That niShs. with four of his frater-
nifty, masked and with false mus
taches. he fell upon Ellie as she was
coming home from church, thrust her
into a cab. and drove her to y lonely
vacant house in the suburbs Here
the divinity student was waiting,
bound hand and foot Elfiess screams
had been mufiled in medicated veil
and when she came to her senses
Tommy was in a dress suit The -four
members of his fraternity supported
her vigorously.
wilt thou have this man Tommy
10 be thy hushandr~ the divinity stu
dent muttered fearfully. prodded from
behind with hat pin.
j Il will.~ Ellie exclaimed in firm
voice
Did I do it ali righte asked Tommy,
tenderiy. when the guests had depart
ed and they were enfin seules>
1t was perfect" she murmured,
smackinS her wonderful lips
Then she grew calmer-
There is NO girl in the whole
world she said. slowly. who doesn't
simply long to be abducted A hur'
ried marriage is better than nothing
an slopement is good enough, but to be
run away with against ones will
), why. Tommy, Joan of Arc would count