The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25

square when he was hailed
Hillard wheeled aud saw Mcrrihew.
He. too, vas in riding breeches.
why. Dan, glad to see you Were
you in the parkT'
''Riverside. Bcastly cold too Come
join me in a cup of good coffee
The I'VE entered the cafe.
How are you behaving yourself
these days asked Mcrrihew.
MY habits are always exemplary"
answered Ilillard. But yours
Merrihew gulped his coffee,
kitty Killigrew leaves In two
weeks for Europe"
IAN who the deuce Is Kitty XIII
crew." demanded Hillard.
What" reproachfully. You haven't
heard of Kitty Killigrew in The Mod
Pippin. Prettiest soubrette that's hit
the town in a dogs age"
81 say, Dan. dorN you ever tire ~
that sort? | can't recall when there
wasn't a Kitty Killigrew What's the
attractions" HiIlard waved aside the
DiS bld'h tlSdl w IL = IIe dttIJ'
tom"
1.-THE truth is. Jack. I'm a jackass
half the time. | can't get away from
the glamour of the footlights. I'm no
Johnny. You know that. No hanging
around stage entrances and buying
wine and diamonds. | might he reck-
less enough 10 buy a bunch Of roses
when I'm not broke. But | like EN-
the bright ones. They keep a fellow
amused. Most Of 'em speak good Eng
lish and come from better families
than YOU would suppose. Just good
fellowship. you know. Maybe a raE-
bit and a bottle Of beer after the per-
Torrance or a little quarter limit at
the apartment. singing and good sto-
ries. What you've In mind Ia the
chorus lady. Not for mine"
Hillard laughed. recalling his CONVEX
sation with the policeman.
"Go on" he said. Get It all out OF
your system now that you're started"
"And then it tickles a fellows vani-
ty to be seer with them at the restau-
rants. That's the way 1t begins. you
know. I'll be perfectly frank with
you. If it wasn't for what the other
fellows say most OF the chorus ladies
would go hungry. And the girls that
you and know think I'm n devil Of a
fellow wicked. but interesting. and
all that
Hillard's laughter broke forth again,
- r.-l I ;,, ,.n,,tl
always be tw~enty-six; he would al
ways be youthful.
"And ibis Kitty killigrew? l be-
lieve I've seen posters Of her in the
windows now that you speak Of it,"
"Well. Jack. I've got it bad this trip.
I offered to marry her last night and
was refused"
ut seems to me that your Kitty Is
not half bad. What would you have
done had she accepted your
married her within t~wenty-four
hours
"Come. Dan: be sensible. You are
not such an ass as all that"
"Yes. | am" modify. II told you
that | was a iackass half the time.
This Is the half"
"But she won't have yOut"
"Not for love or money"
"Arc YOU sure about the money"
asked IIillard shrcwdly,
"Scvcu hundred or seven thousand,
It wouldn't matter To Kitty If she made
up her mind to marry a fellow. What's
the matter with me anyhow I'm not
so badly set up. | can whip any man
In the club at my weight. | can tell a
story well, and I'm not afraid of any
thing"
"Not even Of the future" added Hill
lard.
ado YOU really think it's my mon
eyE" pathetically.
"Well. seven thousand doesn't go far.
and that's all you have. If it were
seventy, now, I'm sure Kitty wouldn't
reconsider. What's she llke!" asked
Hillard, with more sympathy than
curiosity.
! Ito be c%ontinued.)