New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

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- angelic myself as /
sat here in the front
orlce Nth my collar and nectie shed and my cuffs
rolled back | was wonderln whether 1t was
chlckenpOX was develOpin a case OF baby rash,
and was ready TO throw chair al my grandmother
-wher in drifts my crouch antidote.
One II the Cheer | p Boys: Not on your llte. Get
ne II that frame OF mind, and then let one Of them
a-tlcal grin idiots spring smile button and
he needs 70 renew his accident policy. No, II was
only Duke Pollard.
B1c maybe YOU never had the pleasure: Not
Ae.er mind You'll live Just long. for if ever
there "as a Of irgrown crouch. Duke carries II
arout Just naturally hates himself, Duke does,
ana y1H and and all the rest OF the population
Its worn burrows between his eyes that scowl habit
OF his and it the only thing that bars him from the
Harry Woodruff and Henry Dixey class. Oh. he
there "Ith the Greek profile and the manly shou.-
ders. and that Oi thing but this curled lip bus
fess. and the steyed way he has Of lookln at you.
spoL5 the effect.
us levin that chronic crouch Of his, though.
and KNOWN how little cause there IS Tor IT, always
acts the opposite way chirk7 right OIL
Hello Duke says l. How re they usn you;
rotten ever,
Worse" says he piclin' fresh cigarette out of
gold that has his monogram IL diamonds on
Did your man ay out the wrong pair of silk
socks says l. or couldn't you find your favorlte
waiter At the club,
Couldn't find anyone in this beastly hole says
ne, kIckin' a chair into place and straddhn 1t. All
gone, most of en- in Europe Huh! Europe The
lnvalds taking mud baths III Germany, and Italy
full Of feas. 30 travelling for me-
There's quite a bunch Of your friends lett III
Newport amt there" says /.
Friends" says he. " haven't any If had,
shouldn't 90 TO Newport 70 see EN-. 1t getting to
De almost noisy as Coney Island
Too bad about you, Duke, says teelln 50
much better can grin. What you ought to have
IS little world Of your made 70 order.
He only grlrts and drags his chair over to the open
window where he can scowl down at the I'VE o clock
mo- streaInin' across 42d-st. towards the Grand
Central
Oh, he congcnia company But ! IN used TO
Duke. He shows up here every now ana theA, ana
al|ays II the same state OF mind You lhihk, 70
hear him gronl that his a sad case. 1t IS lie
has 10 spend his income and Kill twenty-lour houTS
eFeTy day. There's nobody TO look alter MN buI q
mother and aunts and forty-seVeIi SCI wants
more or less. It's been that way all his HE Ever
since he got wise 10 the fact that there Wa5 ditay
three four standn' around TO do things TOR MN
he's been tryin 70 think Of something he couldn |
have
:, vacation, don't :" says /. strollin up behlhd
nun an and 8ancn' out at the procession DUKE why
don Z you take a vacatiOn,"
BAN he Rrowls. This is the third time IliS
week that old Joke has been worked off on me, ,,
ABOUT the sixth time" says i, 1t Il get a iausn t
mat mat would sour bottled milk. Why don't you go
jump of the bridge"
Thanks, says he. Il prefer listening to you
ayil9 to be comic It's slower death, but more
You might think to hear US blackguardin each
IIt@t I bu' that's only Dukes way of bein friendly
aS a. - ar as he ever gets to feelin good naturel,
-1 Sle hrst thing ! know he's askin me "hat
'''fH isS By se~el Ford .a Resee