Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06


of them self raisin' crests Vincent want
one of the churnmy kind. though He's
one of these stiff backed, black haired
brown eyed, quick motoned, sharp spoken
ducks, that wants what he wants when he wants
it. You know. He comes to the studio reg lar,
does his forty-fve minutes work, and gets out
without Swappln' any more conversation than is
strictly necessary
All the information had picked up about him
that he hailed from up the State somewhere,
and that soon after he struck New York he married
one of the Chetwood girls. And that takes
less capital to start with Guess Vincent had 1t;
for hear his old man left him quite wad and that
or something like that. Anyway Vincent belongs
in the four-cy cylinder plute class, and he's begnnin
to be heard of among the aimony aristocracy.
pUT this amt got anything to do with the way he
- happened to get confidential all so sudden He'd
been havn kid pillow mix-up with Swiftly Joe.
lust as lively if the thermometer down to
thirty instead of up to ninety and he's Just had his
rub down and got into his featherweight serge,
when in drifts this Rodney kipp that's figurin SO
strong the defense side of them pip line cases.
All, Vincent" says he.
Hello, Rodney" says Vincent as they passes
each other in the front Office one gon out and the
other comm in
I'd never happened to see em meet before, and
I'm some surprised that they re SO we'll acquainted.
Don't know why, either, unless it is that theyr
so different. Rodney, you know, is of these
light Completed heavyweights and a swell because
he was born So l was wonderin' if Rodney
one of Vincents lawyers or if they just belonged
the clubs when Mr. k1pp swings on his
heel and says:
''Oh, by the way, Vincent how is grammy'"
WHY" says Vincent isn't she out with you
No" says Rodney, she stayed with only
for couple of days. Nellie said she hadn't heard
from her for nearly two months, and told me to
ask you about her, So long; I'm due for some
medicine ball work. and with that he drifts into
the gym and shuts the door
Vincent he stands ookin' after him with kind
of worried look on his face that comical to see
on such cocksure chap as him.
Lost somebody, have your" says
''Why-er-I don't know, says Vincent runnin
his fingers through the brstles that waves above
his noble brow. Its grandmother. can't i'm
You must have grandmothers to burn says l,
if they're plenty with you that you can mislay
now and then without missn her
"Eh?" says he. mo, no! She is really my
mother you know I've got into the way of call
ing her granny only during the last three or four
years
oh, see!' says l. The grandmother habit is
something she's contracted comparative recent
EN- Amt gone to her head has it -
VINCENT couldn't say; but by the time he's
quit tryin to explain what has happened I've
got the whole story. First off he points out that
Rodney Kipp, havin' married his sister Nellie, is
his brother in law, and they both have couple
of youngsters, it makes Vincent S mother granny
in both families.
Sure" says l. Il know how that works out
She stays part of the time with you and makes her
self mighty popular with your kids; then she takes
her trunk to Rodney and goes through the
same performance there. And when she goes VS.
ltln other places there's great howl all round.
That it, amt it
my low, common breedin by suggesting such a
thing. AS gently as he could without hurtn my
feelins too much, Vincent explains that while my
program might be strictly camels foot for ordinary
people, the domestic arrangements OF the upper
clawsses was on different lines. For instance,
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