Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-15
MAIDS AND "A
MILLIONAIRE
~ STUART z. Ssone.

y. Pelham YaS mge1 exas5e-eszd
Tnea his tis slx-cyllnder Pei Death
lmEed Up II The sign Of the Brown
{ Fiagon. There was mud On BIS back
and mud q his ehaufesr's hack and
< al KIDS u broken little i5ois-saa-nEt-
thiHgs grcaned End tangled beneatn
1s ear Also TT. Pelham vas rzVen-
+ assiy, mad aniEgly huAgzy-
i was kacause Of these things that
4Ir- Pelham planned tie ncst dzl5-
/ esous sarcasm for the waiter Who
should come for Els order He hal IN
{ nini 70 call fhe lingering attendant
aIE TcrEciss AID then % request MIN
o Iu5ricase his iaszts.
And then the swinging doors opezad
and sOuet hing entered that choksd
The halfutFered rage On the young
mans bps. The something was z rosy.
radiant o1oTn-eyed cfi'. who smiled
saueily q 5lT. Pelham as she ratfed
her thick coiIed hair
Your order. pieassz~ she asked 50
that the young nan could not say
whether she tested
Very doubtfully. very awkwzzdiy he
commanded that roast besf ard fish
and Ials ale and paier cheese BE-
brought. and the brOEa-eyed girl dis
appeared. with the millioaslre's eyes
following her closely. Ard W Pei
ham was not sure bat that she sniclz-
cred
For - long minutes he SAT At ths
empty board until the pleasing reTe-is
Of the 5rovu-eyed maid gave gradually
away At the licking Of the EEaHty-
drst Minute TIE doors SWING bacr
again and another dream passed b.
fore the gaze OF the hungry maz
This was a fa.rer. mzturer Tisi0n--a
vision With hair Ike spun gold and
eyes Ike the Tuscan sky Tie uozC
1iveFting diuDis played UPON the PINK
CHEEK As she placed an empty pate
and shining cutlery before the dazei
young man
I an desperately hungry. madam
groaned Mr. PeIhzm-
The supper IS in preparation. the
vision rsassased hiu- as she seemed
to drift from the room.
For FIVE minutes mere 1Ir Pelham
haiE-dreaued. haIf-frsued BIZ his
empty plate. and then a gTezt-limbsi.
beaureOus Juno appeared with q bowl
OF simmerfng. steamiag stun This
she brought over TO the wondering
man and would have set il before him.
but tie toe OF Juno caught On an
earthly chair and thi-d Of the Juno
esqus sew weut-sl0sh .-In the nil
ECnaiTes lap
..z,-,--- --s+s--r-- -..= r. Pei.
ham. Is this a den O. torture
But Juno had gone. with the haugh-
test Sir and Pelham could bar
gO6bIe the unzpilled tWo-thIrds Thils
he rubbed al his burned. soaked leg
It vas a rsd-hafred dznsel Eho
brought 3Ir- PeIhan's meat. but ths
creamy timing Of ner features ap-
peaIed 70 him most Of all SIN she
ruined his beef with overturned vine
gar ard giggied And the fifth 2 nut
brown maiden Of charm. stepped upon
his tendeEest corn And the last fair
maid smiled moczingly Through clear
gray eyes as she asked if Re Vas el-
siTeiy satisfied
Entirely, bsamed Mr. Pelham
Though It had taken Two hours for the
feast OF beef and beauty. M Pelham
was now really eompIacent- He nestled
behind the Adirondack Weekly Pho
neer, and the hrst thing vas his.
Misses Eunice. Edna. Era. Elmz.
Enrica and Eli. daughters Of Host
Palmer Of the Brown Flsgol. are az
lom= from Vassar.
well. blast me- said Mr- Pelham
I fidn't think they could b dOmes-
lies He picked MS gold-rimH-ed
-eeth. then mattersd IN satisfaction
II IS the preuiest place n the hills
think I shall stay q bill
As the shadows fell lights loomed
n The little uarIor and the sounds OF
musical stunning came 10 1Ir. Pei
lam. At his smoking on the porch
rhe music lured AT the window h5
.aited and peered IN
The gorgeous. glorious six sat. dzz-
lingly gowEed. playing. laughing
haiteriag. cooling in corners With gal
ants Twenty-three swains from the
Ills strolled about turned music
lurmured compliments. looked tai
erly. From the corner nearest hin
fr Pelham caught the words Of
livery voice:
oh. that fellow in the zuto-he vas
joke. We took the cOnceit out OF
i'm all right and three Young men
lapped their thighs. laughing IN a
rating bass
4 tOarss voice rang out IN the night
was Pelham. the Young millionaire.
alling 10 Els man Of the gcsglss and
.ver.
Bring TIE Red Dean around Who
ants 10 stay in silis hcle- sayhOw,-
island chsapiy Bought
Il ,--h--sS- hay IN ire New Eah-f.