The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28

our sornere Not to any extent! Her
eyebrows go up, and her mouth comes
open. That s the first indication. Next
her lips shut tight. and her eyes mar
row down, and before you could count
three she's let go of Toodle as if he
was a hot potato, and she s maxim a
bee line for the coy corner.
"Why!" says Miss Lee, lookin up
and foTecastin the comm conditions
in flash. els dinner over? Oh, and
there s DIR. Toodlei' and off she trips,
leavin' the McCabe fam 'ly to hold a
reunion.
.fWen, I neveri' says Sadie, givin
me the gimlet gaze. And say, she puts
plenty ii expression into them three
words.
oMe either says I. "Not very Of
ten, anyway. But a. chance is
chance"
81 hope I didn t intrudes" says she,
her ewes snappin'.
"There IS no tellin y says I.
cit was very touching scene!n
saws she. every
Wa'n't it?' says I. Nice girl,
Violet Z
N1Dltt. 81 vs. SHc.
esThere's no accounting for tasteslo
Jusf what I was thinkin when I
see you with the timelock clutch on that
freak doctor 8 south wing says L
Cdr. Toodle,' says she, twas ex-
planning to me his wonderful self-heal
inc theories. -
ssAnd dear Violet, . says /, twas
putin me through course of sprouts
IN the automatic toothache cure -
ooh, indeed;o says Sadie. "Was
patting your cheek part of itso
ssT hope so,' saws I.
"Hnhn' says she. IT suppose it
workedfo
ssLike CHARM says I. s'All that
bothers me now is how I can dig up
another pain.
t'You might have your dear Violet
see what can be done for that soft spot
time take her off out of sight. please -
ooh, we III attend to that, all right. -
says T. "This havin a green-eyed wife
buttin in Just at the interestin point
is something fercei" And that's
where I spread it on too thick.
My Appetite Has Come Back.
"Don It be a chump, Shortv!' says
Sadie. lettin loose a sudden giggle and
mnssin my hair up with both hands.
Tt IS a way she has of gettin out of
corner, and she's skipped off before
I m sure whether she IS still got a
Crouch. or is only lettin on.
Bv that time my appetite has come
back; so I holds up the butler and has
him Law out a solitaire feed. And
when / goes back to the crowd again
/ finds TOodle has the center of the
stage. with the spotlight full on him.
All the women are gathered round, lis
tening to his CUFF like it was sound
sense. Seems he organized a new deal
on the thought cure stunt. and he IS
workin it for all it, worth. The men.
though, don It appear so excited over
what he's sayin'.
HConfounded rubbish, I call iti'
saws Mr.. Purdy-Pell.
You ought TO hear it from Violet, -
saws /. "She's the star explainer of
/ that combination.
But Violet seems to have faded into
the background. We don't see any
thing more Of her that ev min nor she
wa n t in evidence next mornin' Doc
Toodle was, though. He begins by tell
| IN how he never takes anything but
hot water and milk on risin'; but that
IN the middle of the forenoon he makes
it point to put away about three fresh
/ laid eggs, raw. in glass of sherry.
How interestingly says Mrs. Pur-
! dy-Pell. "Then we must drive over to
Pembroke Farm, right after breakfast
and get some of their lovely White
Leghorn eggs. -
| That was the sort of excursion I was
RING into; so the bunch of us piles into
the wagonette and starts for fresh
| supply of hen fruit When we gets te
the farm the superintendent invites us
to take a tour through the incubator
houses, and OF course they all want.
to see the dear little ehickies and 81
on. All but me. I stays and chins
| with the coachman while he walks tn,
horses around the driveway.
In about half an hour they come
troopin back, Toodle in the lead. lug
gin paper bag full of warm eggs
He don t wait for the others. but pike
for the wagonette and climbs in one O
} the side seats facin me. We was Jus
turnin to back up to the block TO
the ladies, when a yellow kvoodl
dashes around the corner after a cal
Them skittish horses was just waitin
for some such excuse as that, and bt
fore Mr.. Driver can put the curb hi
on 'em hard enough they We done
: quick pivot, eramped the wheels, an
q turned us over on the soggy grass a
neat as anything you ever see.
, Me bein on the low side, strike til
Y ground first; but before I can sauir1
out, down comes Toodle on top, landir
e his 100 pounds so sudden that
5 knocks the wind clear out of ne. He
T turned over on the wav down, so T Y
got his shoulder BORN into my che,
and the heavy part of him on my le
y Course, the Women squeal.
e Course, the women squeals. and IL
3. horses cut IN some; but the driver h:
f landed on his feet and has them I
. the head in no time at all. so we wa n
i dragged arouad any. Noticin' that,
t. laws still and waits for Toodle to p1
Il himself loose. But the doe don t see
p IN any hurry to move, and the ne
y thing I know I hear him groanin' a,
r. mumblin under his breath. Betwe.
v, groans he was tryin to say over tn
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