The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1910-05-05
THE BEST
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he found he could be back in town
Friday night he wired Edith to keep
that evening free. Then he wired a
theater ticket broker to be sure to get
the best seats for the occasion.
Occasion is the proper word, for
! Meggs believed in avoiding common
places and surrounding the ordinary
things of life, when possible, with just
enough glamour and Importance to
raise them out of the habitual and the
usual.
On arriving in town Meggs called
Edith on the telephone and informed
her that he would see her at 1880, deli
cately letting drop a hint of the taxi
cab and supper afterward with which
he intended to embellish and round out
the evenings entertainment.
Edith was very gracious. She said
it was just the one play she was dying
to see, and wasn't he clever to wire
ahead for the seats and she would
surely be ready on the minute.
The next thing Meggs did was to
visit the broker and secure the tickets
he had ordered. Then he dropped in
at fashionable florists. The violets
he ordered were the finest and largest
and the orchid in the heart of them
gave just the touch necessary to make
the whole gift particularly worthy.
Later in the afternoon Meggs ordered
his dress suit pressed and had a COM
Portable shave.
AS he whirled in the taxicab out to
Edith's, Meggs couldn't refrain from
congratulating himself on his way Of
doing things. Now, another fellow
| would have waited until he got into
town to secure the tickets. Then,
however, there wouldn't have been a
| decent seat to be- had Or that same
other fellow, if he did get the tickets,
would have gone down in his business
| clothes, making the thing common
place, or would have omitted the little
floral offering, or would have econo-
mixed by leaving out the taxicab or the
supper. In defense of the other fell
low. however. Meggs admitted that it
wasn't every fellow who had the knack
of doing things just right or who had
the finesse and all the other qualities
that fellow must have to attain to
the Meggs pinnacle.
Edith was radiant and appreciative
IS Moggs helped her on with her opera
| ccat
I'm so glad you thought TO wire
me- Edith conhdcd to Meggs as they
| :ped downtown. Tom Pierce invited
| re to go right after your telegram
came and was so glad your invitation
came first
Meggs felt his head swim little as
he realized how near the other fellow
came to being Edith's escort.
AS Edith and Meggs stepped out o,
the taxicab in front of the theatcr they
saw Tom Pierce alighting from his ma
chine with a party of friends. Meggs
allowed his smile of recognition to be
almost a grin. Taking Edith's arm
! possessively, he ushered her into the
theater under Toms envious nose.
1T was hard getting tickets for to-
night, wasn't it?" remarked Tom, as
he stood back Of them, waiting to en-
ter the foyer.
81 had no trouble at ALL" replied
Meggs, nonchalantly handing his tick
| cts to the man at the door.
The. man at the door looked at the
little red slips and then handed them
back. For tomorrow night" he
| jerked out Next, pleased"
"Oh, and it's the last chance have
to see this play" cried Edith, almost
ready to weep.
Il have an extra ticket" put in Tom
Pierce, eagerly. One of our party dis
| appointed us at the last minute. I'd
be very glad to have Edith come in
with u.s."
With no special reluctance on her
part, with polite insistence on the part
of Meggs and with urgings from the
man at the door to please clear the
way Edith was added to Toms party
I'm get the seats all right" declared
Meggs, glaring detiantly at Tom
For once in his life he forgot to be
courteous, for he dashed out OF the
theater without even thanking the
other man for the dubious favor of
separating Edith from him.
With blood in his eye Meggs sought
| the offending broker. His volcanic pre-
sentstion of the situation elected only
polite regret from the man, who point
ed to the large sign requesting patrons
to look at their tickets before leaving
the ONCE:
isn't there any kind of a seat left?"
stormed Meggs.
mot one in town." returned the bro
ker. "Sorry l can't fix you out"
Meggs rushed out Of the place. Then
in the cool night air a grim joke struck
him.
How well do things!" he said 70
himself, tauntingly. Il have such
knack Of looking after the essentials,
raising things out Of the commonplace
and all the rest! oh, I'm wonder,
all right"
Telephones in Mines.