The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-15

rode on the traetion company's re
pair wagon. was going 70 give her ii
poodle as Soon AZ his brother got the
hauling contract in the Ninth. And
the man who always ale spareribs and
spinach and said he was a stock
broker asked her 10 20 to "Parsifal''
with him.
Il don't know where this place is.
said Aileen while taking II over with
Tidy. "but the. weduing rings got 10
be on before | put Il stitch MIC d
travelling dress. Amt that right: Well.
/ guess
But. Tidy:
In steanling, chattering. cabbags-
scented Bogie's there was almost Il
heart tragedy Tildy. with the blunt
nose, the hay coIored hair. the free
kled skin. the bag q meal figure. had
never had an admirer Not niau
followed her with his eyes when she,
went TO and fro in the restaurant
save now and then when men giarea
with the beast hunger for food. None
of them bantered her gayly to coqupt
fish interchanges of wit None OF
them loudly joIlied her of morn
ings as they did Aileen. accusing her
when the eggs were slow in coming
of late hours in the company of Ell
wed SWANS. No one had ever given
her a turquoise ring or invited her
upon voyage to mysterious. distant
"ParSifaI."
Tidy was a good waitress, and the
men tolerated her They who sat al
her tables spoke to her briefly with
quotations from the bill of fare and
then raised their voices in honeyed
and otherwise favored accents elo
quently addressed TO the fair AiIeen
They Writhed in their chairs to gaze
around and over the impeding form 0f
Tidy, that Ai!een's pulchritude might
season and take ambrosia of their
bacon and eggs.
And Tidy MAS content 10 he the I'm
wooed drudge If Aileea could receive
the flattery and the homage. The
blunt nose WAS loyal to he short Gre
clan. She was Aliens friend. anG
she was glad to see her rule hearts
and wean The attention of men from
smoking potpie and lemon meringup
But deep below our freckles and hay
colored hair the unt1andsomest of Us
dream of prince or "a princess. no.
yicarn,us. but coming 10 us alone.
There WIS n,H'ning when .Aileel
tripPed in to work with Il slightly
bruised eye and Tildy's solicitude was
almost enough TO heat any optic
Fresh gny, explained Aileen. .,iaSi
night as | was going home at Tweniy
third and Sixth. ssshayed up. so lie
did and made "A break | turned hila
down t.old and he made Il sneak. hut
followed ME down to Eighteenth ana
tried his hni air again Gee. bui
slapped him a good one side of h.,
face Then he give me that eye
Does it lock real awful, Til: | should
hate thar Mr. Nicholson should see il
when he comes in for his tea ant
toast at 10
Tidy listened 10 the adventure with
GREATNESS admiration No man had
ever tried to follow her She was
safe abroad at any hour of the rwen
ty-four What bliss it must have beeH
to have had man follow one ana
black ones eve for love.
Among the customers Mt Bogle's was
d young man named Seeders. who
worked in a laundry Office. Mr. Seed
ars ,vaS thin and had liorht hai.. and
to have heen recently rough
dried and starched. He was TOO dir
dent to aspire to Aliens notice. ~
he usually sat al one of Tildy's tables
where he devoted himself TO silence
and boiled weakfish
One day when Mr. Seeders came il
to dinner he had been drinking beer
There were only two or three custom
ers in the restaurant When Mr. Seed