New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20

stranger blow himself 50 hard on their account
They didn't know how Westy was feel1n about the
Tearl necklace nor what q wad OF easy money he d
INST coIiared. and THROWN a modest bluff was only
right and proper But II struck me they was over
dom the act; for every now and then catches EN-
swaUDin the most hopeless. desperate looks, which
the case didn't call for at all
All let him 60 as far as he likes Whispers 10
Teddy. These fits OF his don't come often
But we really can't accept such tavOrs, says
Teddy, and We don't wish to
That's all he had time to get out though; Tor
Westy IS calm for details OF MS past lie ana MS
future plans all IN one breath
that you're IN, Teddy
You don't say!" says Westy. Does II pay
weT?" .-z
to nine hundred this fall
Month gasps Teddy. Nc, 70. Nine hundred
year ,.,-- W ..,-,7 ~, t,a5
But he chokes himself off just In time and takes
II out IN lOokin' EN- curious, While Ieddy goes
on 10 tell how he hopes he won't always have TO
teach school as he has studied mining engineering
some bv himself and if he could only save up
enough to come down here and take cheap sum
rner course he might get into a different line he
thinks possibly they salt away couple OF nun
bred by next summer, provldm he gets ODD JOBS
on the side.
Westv's face takes on a queer look as he listens
Maybe he was accountin' for the baggy- condition
of Teddys weddin trousers and the awkward SCI
AbernI" saws he . 1t has lust occurred to
that l haven't done anything yet IN the way OF
wedding presents. To make up tor that am go
ING to take YOU two out on little shopping trip
and well see what pick up before the stores
close. Come on Shorty, shall need your advice
THEY tries to hold back; bur it's no use While
l. they're franin their objections WeSty has ru1lS
up a cab. and the next thing they know We We been
hustled M 10 one OF them swell FIth-ave- POINTS
that looks as much ike store as gold bread plate
looks like fryin pan negro IN nT 1 buttons
and coat of arms embroidered the lace curtains
in the front door panels is all that g1ves you hnt
1t amt a private house; but Westy makes the
manager trOt to the curb and take INSTRUCTIONS
Il want you to fit this lady out with a completes
travelling costume" says he, and Il you think
YOU can't do 1t inside OF a hour Just say 50 now
We can, SIR, says the manage ger -,
"An right, says Westy- Wen be back ~
fve-thirty.
Bv the look Mrs Blossom gives left,
YOU d thought InaroOn1n her on a desert
island. but before she renlg the cab Is under
way and we're headed for 6oakem Brothers, where
YOU can buy ready made the kind OF clothes King
Eddie wears twice the price 1t takes less n
half an hour ut Teddy TO a suit OF featheTWelght
tweeds and a tWenty-dOllar Panama, and with a
pair OF channels gloves and malacca stick he looks
almost ike d real sport
Then We goes back after Mrs. Teddy. She keeps
US waitin only half an hour before she floats
down the steps. And say, the result worth
all the delayl That manager chap must have put
his whole force on the Job for he changed a
country lookin girl into lady sumner that looks
like she d lust down from Newport Tor the day
From the dish briInmed feather lid to the silver
buckled French pumps, she's trim and classy
ANYTHING you Il see comm of the Lusitania
month They've even shaken the dOughnut twist
out of her back hair and done 1t up Merry Widow
style.
thing Hke How do they feel2
II hardly know says Mrs. Teddy, actin
kind Of dazed. lin afraid they were dread
fully expensive.