New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
By Clarence L. Cullen
Drawings by Peter Newell

ends of our coats and he calmly but
determinedly yanked Us back into our
seats We glared at him with an ad-
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mixture Of surprise and reprobatIOn IN
" Pianissmo has 1t, hombrcS, OBJ { Wi
served Turk, taking long lnhale out = -
of his shuCk cigarette. Naul rs
The girl suddenly stopped shrieking, AxI
and. looking down the vague aisle OF -
smoke and reek We saw that her bravo S
had replaced his pOnlard IN his sash E<%
and choking her. using both of his
pretty hands, in peculiarly cool and s
wOrknanllkt manner hen he tossed
the girl. limp and inert. into a corner.
As good time to drill any,
suggested Turk. and went ont into
the sweet, mist laden air.
All the same Turk. observed one
OF Us who had been pulled back into -
his chair by our mentor and chief at
the instant of the girl greatest seeming
danger. that stuff wasn't like YOU. <zEsfNss3s
How'd YOU know the girl wasn't going
be sllthered to ribbons right III front
OF our ewes. And Is II the regular thing
for 10 sit by and allow women 70
be done that way:
Turk scorned to make reply. II was
not until after We d had fourteen hours
sleep. and CantaloupS and coffee and were loungIng
around, still IN palamas. II the large room OF our
lodging pulling in the first smoke of the day, that he
gave Us his view Of the proceedings of the night
before with special reference TO his own state OF
passive aloofness therein.
T DON'T Just remember which of YOU cub armadIl-
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wise on a bed IN the most hideously motley suit OF
paiaInas ever built seen IN North Ameuca " but
il kind OF floats back to that OF YOU started
10 hang me on high cactus last night because yours
1aerrilv-and CautIouSlv-dldn swing into a GreaSeT
twirl-around and grab Beauty IN Distress out OF
the reach OF a gleamv machete. with the spotlight
turned on two thousand ampcres. motion pictures
being taken. zithers zIpping. and Carnegie Hero
Medal l-Jring up bigger a New Hampshire PIE
plate.
I reckon the reason why didn't bulge and
Sf- I4uucelGf and Curly BallOO
and lin Bludsoe and the rest OF those noted heroic
hicks was that lust when | ought 10 ve been busy,
was wearing smoked glasses and gazing earnest
like into a rain barrel IN the basement always
do that in recent wears. when the lovely piece OF
chilaware 10 he rescued Is a member OF the GreaSer
tribe hike 20 figure mvselt bell mOuthed bundeT-
lss stuffed 10 the nozzle with sugs and mails when
Il comes TO being the firing line 10 help our
women when they r bayed up IN squeamN plncheS,
but when G-easer folks have their troubles, | IN
looking out OF the window. watching now the even
ing holds UP. I'm absent with or without Ave
when the Spiggoties begin to mix It
"Uh-huh. push back the really ana lI'Iy
noble rebate that q woman Tor all thdt,
and that any woman IN trouble, OF any land or na-
tiOTl-and 50 on. lust like that And m not paw
ing the ground Ike a bull carabao over that view,
either The trouble with IS that nudged INTO
the liruelight once and rescued a Greaser maiden
from what the high spiecrs call imminent peril.
T hat stunt cost me 5yIEe rubber provinces ana d
couple Of hundred thousand acres OF good banana
land and other little biouterie like that. Winch IS
why folks have got 70 show me the blueprlnts and
cross sectional drawings and other eXpos1tory stun
when thev expect me. nowadays TO catapult INTO
q Greaser scene Of mussiness and yank the GreaSer
maiden involved into the serene spaces