Evening star., 1909-09-05

Then they begun chuckin the shells around the ROOM
stop that you young tsrors SHOUTS
de guy Soak him!"
Them few of the remarks that come Dukes
way. Then the kids got busy with the clamshells,
and Duke has to up with his hands to his
eyes. 1t was clamshell shower, all right, for him.
Only the maids comm in with the soup kept him
from being bombarded with the plates Not that
the kids seemed SO stuck eatn' the soup, after
they got it. Soup wa mt in their line. What they
didn't spill on the maids the rugs grabbin for it,
they drank as if it was lemonade, or poured down
each others neckS.
Miss Dexter and the matron did their best to stop
the riot but the bunch had started in to rough
house, they didn't seem to know when to quit and
it was only after all hands had been served with big
slices of juicy roast beef and helped roast po-
tatoes and gravy and green peas, that they left off
THROWN things around and proceeded to stuff.
Duke, after his one whirl with 'em, stands back
and scowls at the mob in awhile re1evin his
feelins by grow Inside of thirty minutes it's all
over. Them kids has slowed away everything in
sight, decorated themselves with orchids, put the
damask napkins inside their blouses and started
poundln the mahogany table in time to coonsongs
of EN- howlin out.
The matron in'lly drags EN- out of their chairs,
induces EN- to form line in the hall and stand still
long enough for her to make each give UP what
table silver he's swiped, and then heads EN- for
home They starts off yellin'. Miss Dexter helps
steer the last off the porch, and back to
do the polite.
SUPPOSE should have warned YOU says she
- to Duke; but you said nothing about your ar
rangements you know. I'm very sorry they behaved
badly, and it was real good of you to"
To make such ass of myself, eh? SAYS Duke.
You're welcome. But-er-hang it all l meant
we'll, you know"
Miss Dexter, she sails right up and gives him her
hand, at that. Pm quite you did, says she.
"And it is a great pleasure to do kind things for
others, isn't it? But it is something that calls for
experience. Next time you attempt anything of the
Sort perhaps you'd better do it a smaller scale.
Say, it couldn't have been much what
she said, for there want great deal in
that; but maybe Duke got better view
of them big eyes of hers than did He
was pretty close. Anyway something
seems to sink in deep; for he spends most
of the night l can find out,
chewin' it all over.
SUNDAY mornin when he blows into
- breakfast, he acts like diff rent party,
really has manners enough to help Aunt
Carrie into her chair, and answers questions
. quite decent.
j: !:
M Notice any change this morning,
nm Shortly? says he afterwards.
EEht1 i amt blind, am |" says l. What
SS5 was it struck your"
s Trying it on smaller scale, that's all, ;,
j says he 4 guess that's what she meant
-1&, What she?" says l, 1ettin to be
thick.
"Why-why, Miss Dexter" says he,
pinkin' up.
Say amt helped out in all them he
and-she campaigns of Sadies without
bein' able to tell the first signs Dukes got the
for if ever a man needed the kind of trainin can
see coming to him, it's Duke Pollard. And
shouldn't wonder but what Miss Dexter made
good lob of it.