Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

wall there lady. or You'll loosen the plaster.
What's the sad tale anyway
With that pulls her shoulder around and
she Jumps mp like Ia touched spring Then
sees she's one Of the creole brand lust tinted
Up enough so her face has that duskv look,
with the red shown through from underneath.
And mad | see III = minute it want plain
grief that als her, bat grouchv brain storm.
Go way man, SAYS she. or | Il
"Whv." SAYS Pinckncv, >toppn up,-"why,
IT 5 LaurInC. ism IL,
1t was I.aurinc happens to bc Mrs Pinck-
ncys pet parlor maid. and she d disappeared
from Soun,lmcrc the day before without >avln
why She'd been such prize that they was
talkin' of advertiser reward to anyone that
would bring her back. and the minute
Laurinc sees Pinckney her chin drops and she
stands there lookin' sheepish and meek.
is this Your idea nj ENJOYING vacation:
says Pnckney.
TT didn't take Iaurc long t. tell the tragedy.
And it all centcrs about u coffee c"iorcd head
waiter bv the name of Billings. She Il met up
with this Mr. Billings when she dom hotel
work, and he a real elegant party. with a
curly black :nustachc and a hair part that
looked like it had been done with a straight
edge and a goupe Hc. whispered tender
words ~ her, Mr.. Billings had, and he'd asked
her to be his true lady love on three separate
,n, distinct occasions, and she givln HIM the
afugacious turn down every trip, haNin her
own ideas about the uncomtluity ni head
walters set.
1t was to keep him from pcsterin' her with
his .ssimerations that she'd left the hotel
and taken up with the pari"r maid Job: and
she suttlngv did have To own that Mrs, PlnCk-
nev had used her nice. But tins Billings man
was as much Of Il letter writer he was a
rnnverser. He put in poetry out OF a book.
and he ,iisscverttcd that he ready to fly
with her on demand. Also he sent a twelve
by fourteen photograph, full length view,
taken in his dlnin room costume.
And it was the picture that turned the
trick. Laurinc had kept it stan'lin on her
bureau. where she could see it when She got
lonesome. That. and the lack OF excitement
and refined colorcd society out at Soundmere,
worked on LaurIne SO that early one morning
she packed her grip sneakcd out the back
way. and took conmutcr tram for the city
with the idea al allowin' herself IN be made
Mrs Jackson Billings before night. 1t hap
penc.l that Billings had resigned his head
wa:tership, on request Of the management,
but the new gave her his street number
and Laurinc had discovered him dining one
tam-weQl with a two hundred and tftv-pound
wife and four kids. IIcnce the BRAN agitation.
Homes, Mistah Pinehncy," says She, Nh
could cut his heart out les then
"Realv." saws pinckncy And how do
you feel about that sort Of thing now:
Huh says She, THROWN her head back
and dom the scorrsfi, hand wave, All
wouldn't cas- NAH eyes on such black trash
no no, VIII the nlissrs take me back:
Will she!" says Pinckney. 'Nhy-er-
well, she might, you know
''Ah'n do anything ii An get took back
says Laurine.
Shorty" says he, pullin of side,
what do YOU think about it,
Me-" say l. An can think OF is how
much she looks like that balky Princess OF
Sadies, only this is Il live one.
The Mahareneei' says he. You says
Laurine looks like her, Whv-why- By
love. Shorty! i have an inspiration
When Pinckney is struck with thought
hike that he amt got time for explanation.
First he has to rush into the studio and do Il
lot of telephonin', and when he comes back
he's all business.
"Laurinc," says he, you're to come with
us. We are going To take You to Mrs. McCabe,
and if YOU can do exactly She tells YOU for
the next few hours probably You will get
Your place again. Do you want To try it.
Laurne grins. Sure, Inside of three min
utes Plnckney has whistled up roony taxi
cab and we ire hummin' down Broadway.
At the first fake iewelry shop we hauls up,
and me and Pincknev piles out. Ever in one
Of them Bridgeport gem dispensar,es. Say,
they're wonders! They showed us four-foot
rope OF tishskin pearls, everyone big the
end Of your thumb. all for three and half.
III take that y says Pinckney Now
some diamond tiaras.
He blows in Il couple of twenties and gets
what looks to be a million dollars worth of
stuif.-rubics and emcrds and sapphires,
and every piece set in warranted gold wash.