Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-17
HOW gen" GOT THE CAPE
A Novel In Three Chapters, A
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A ROMANCE OF ANNAPOLIS
Persons Who Have Rooms To Rent In
This Town Please Don't Read This
Story Please DOn'tl
CHAPTER l.


CHAPTER l.
"But. mother, must have a cape to
be properly attired to go to the Navy
hops this winter" said Genevieve,
stamping her pretty foot.
But dear. | don't see how you can
get one, replied the poor tired moth
er. because your father isn't getting
but Sl2 a week now, and the rent is
due Mondsy."
"Ohl (then three or four more
o-o-o-o.s) / do wish l were man"
sighed our beautiful heroine, land
I'd earn the money" gently tuck
! ing back a stray lock of pure blond
hair, and smoothing out ruffie on
her hobble gown.
Here we pause for something to
happen.
There is a slight movement in
Genevieve's countenance as she
watches her mother pull few cob
webs from behind grandfather pic
ture hanging over the Latrobe
stove. The movement expands to
grin. Genevieve jumps to her
feet and strikes pose like Polly
the Circus Girl on the backYof her
ring charger.
And with a graceful wave of her
hand shouts "NNNN AAAA VVVV
YYYY, N.A-V-Y-I've got itr'
CHAPTER II.
Now mother wasn't at all content
e.. when Gen. (We'll call her "Gen.
because her full name takes up too
much space, and the Office is shy on
esp said she got it. Mother
thought it was disease or something
like that. She was unwarrartably
alarmed, however, as events follow
ing Gems announcement predicted.
Gen merely had an idea. It's not
often that girl Gems age gets hold
of an idea, but this one managed to
seep in somewhere.
Gen is talking Mother, call up
Miss ----, over the phone (oh,
yes, they had phone, and father
only got $12, mind you) and tell her
to come over Tuesday and make me
cape"
"But, child, are you crazy?" quer-
led the above mentioned p. 7. M.
"Where is the money coming from
to get the material and pay the seam
stress, I'd like to know. Remem-
ber your father only gets $12 week
now, and / want to get out enough
on the side to get set of puffs."
Money" exclaimed Gen. why,
mother. We'll keep roomers and get
the money. We can fix up that
back room and get $40 month out
of it.
But, my child" replied the
mother, eve pay only So for this"
That's nothing, returned Gen.
eve need the money"
CHAPTER III.
The editor of the Capital sits at her
desk trying to use a synonym for
relation" She has been through
the list and in turn cast, aside refer
ence, aspect. connection, narrat ion,
proportion, bearing affinity, homogen-
city, association, relevancy, perth
neency, fitness, harmony, ration, rela
tiv, agreement, kinsman, kindred,
appurtenancy, and was still groping
after the one word necessary to turn
"hobble gown" into laughter"
when a bashful, modest, difident,
shy retiring, reserved maiden, peach
damsel, lass, girl stood outside her
sanctum (the editors sanctum the
girl hadn't any with herr, and, in a
pure blue voice said:
Il would like to put this advertise
ment in the Capital for three days,
but / want the answers to come here.
I'll call for them.
The editor read:
For Rent-A large desirable room,
good locality, beautiful view of
graveyard creek. Price reasonable.
That will cost you 25 cents for
three insertions" said the editor, and
the maiden said: charge it to
father" But she didn't tell how
much father was getting a week,
CHAPTER V.
Next Morning.)
The editor is still sitting at her
desk, but not working at the word re-
lation.
She had gotten beyond that and
chose the synonym homogeneity be-
cause the was on the outs with the
operator of the typesetting machine
and wanted to have the pleasure of
marking an error because the left he
e'' out She was now deep in an
swering something the Bentztown
Bard had said in the Sun, and was
knocking the crimps off of her lead
pencil and as a beautiful thought
was chasing itself in from the haze
and she was about to grab it, the
phone rang. This was the converse.
ton:
Capital Office
Yes
"Who is u, 4-1I-44' advertising
for roomers in last nights paper?"
Is that so?''
What's the matter-has he lost
his job?"
"Oh, no; I'm not looking for
room, of course, but just wanted
to know"
"'Yes, l should think so. Adver-
tisers ought to put their names to
their want ads. because it must
bother you so much
81 know sit bothers you-if /
were you ] wouldn't answer them"
And the editor hung up the re-