The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-03-24

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~wny. uan. gao TO see you. were
you in the park?'
Riverside. Beastly cold too. Come
join me in u cup Of good coffee"
The two entered the cafe.
How are you behaving yourself
these days!" asked Merrihew.
MY habits are always exemplary:
answered Hlllard "Rut yours?'
Merrihew gulped his coffee.
"Kitty Killigrew leaves in two
weeks for Europe"
"And who the deuce Is Kitty KILL
crew. demanded Hillard.
"What!" reproachfully. "You haven
heard of Kitty Kiligrew In The Mod
ern MaidT Where have you been1
rippin! Prettiest soubrette that's hit
the town in q dogs age"
II say. Dan. don't you ever tire Of
that sort? can't recall when there
wasn't a Kitty Killigrew. What's the
attraction?" Hillard waved aside the
big black cigar. whats the attrac-
tion?'
"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. l might be reck-
less enough to buy bunch Of roses
when I'm not broke. But / like 'em-
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 rab-
bit and bottle of beer after the per-
Torrance or little quarter limit at
the apartment, singing and good sto-
ries. What you've in mind is the
chorus lady. Not for mine!
Hillard laughed, recalling his CONVEX
sation with the policeman.
'Go on" he said. "Get it about of
your system now that you're started"
Sand then it tickles a fellows vani-
ty to be seen with them at the restau-
rants. That's the way it 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 devil Of Il
fellow wicked, but interesting, and
all that"
Hillard's laughter broke forth again,
and he leaned back. Merrihew would
always be twenty-six; he would al
ways be youthful.
"And this Kitty Killigrew? I be-
lieve I've seen posters Of her in the
xuy},, l,Of u nf
'Well, Jack. I've got 1t bad this trip.
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 you?"
Married her within twenty-four
hours
''Come. Dan: be sensible You are
not such an ass as all that"
"Yes. l am" modify. II told you
that was jackass half the time
This is the half"
"But she won't have you?"
''NOt for love or money"
"Are you sure about the money!
asked Hillard shrewdly.
'Seven hundred or seven thousand
1t wouldn't matter to Kitty If she made
up her mind to marry fellow. What's
the matter with me anyhow? Pm not
so badly set up. l can whip any mar
In the club ut my weight. l can tell q
story we'll, and I'm not afraid Of any.
thing"
mot even of the future" added Hill
lard.
do you really think it's my mon
ey? pathetically.
"Well, seven thousand doesn't go far
and that's all you have. If it were
seventy, now. I'm sure Kitty wouldn'
reconsider. What's she like? asked
Hillard. with more sympathy thar
curiosity.
Merrihew drew out his watch and
opened the case. 1t was a pretty face
More than that, it was a refined pretti
ness. The eyes were merry; the brow
was intelligent; the nose and CHR
were good. Altogether it was the face
of a merry. kindly little soul, one such
as would be most likely to trap the
wandering fancy Of a young man like
Merrihew.
''And she won't have your" Hillari
repeated, this time with more curiosity
than sympathy.
"Oh, she's no fool. l suppose. And
now she's going to Europe! Some
manager has the idea in his head tina
there Is money to be made in Italy
and Germany during the spring ani
summer. American comic opera IL
those countries-can you imagine 1t
he has an angel. and suppose money
is no object"
This angel. then, has cut out a fin,
time for his bank account. and he'll
never get back to heaven once he get!