New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER IS. 1910
Torchy Hits a Testy One
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OdY, says II JCN e-iA-
have your
mot vet" says he.
"Then take my advice and don't says
I "Whv, say. with your slow spoken ways
cbe'd have YOU on the run in no time at an
Whv YOU wouldn't stand the ghost OIL
ebow with her Honest, you wouldn L
And ANYWAY, you know Mr.. Robert mas
sent word that you wasn't to f'"ilo'
Here comes the conductor.
1.-TWO for Lenox,' says Thayer' SHOWN
out his mileage book.
"But see here" says l, 81 amt billed to
90 clear through. Well, seein' it paid, eX,
meet | might as well; but you II have 70 tel
MIR. Robert how 1t happened
60 there | am, bound for week end IN the
y Berkshircs, with not even toothbrush
for hand baggage. | don't know yet why
Thaver did it, unless he thought l might
l-cen his mind off his troubles on the way up
II that was his scheme. expect d1dn t help
much bv addin' details now and then of WflaI
a terror Aunt Verona was
Anyway. he was we'll warned by the time
we got there. and why he kept rIght on
r,,nnin' into it was rnore'n | could make out
When the station hack lands us at the house
= maid reports that Mr.. Robert IS drlVln
and that she thinks Miss Lucy has gone out
for a walk somewhere
We'll, YOU scout around for the young
lady, Cap'n,' says l., while l STICK arouilu
here and watch for Mr. Robert :
He hadn't mOre'n got past the corner Oh
the house, and | was Just teStn the Sltt1n
qualities Of one of them bed hamnockS, when
/ hears heavy footsteps approach1n down
the vcranda. Somehow that steady pad-pad
sounded familiar, and was try1n to place IT,
when all of a sudden who should loom up
right in front of me but Aunt Verona. And
if / could have made noise like sofa pill
low I'd done it then.
"Bov," SAYS she, who are you and Wherc
did you come frOm?
I'm only Willie, says |, and m gong
right back ,-s--,u
Haven't seen you somewhere before:
says She. ..o- o.-.o
many strangers.
"Rubbisi1l' saws she. Il believe you're
the inpertinent office boy | made Robert
discharge the other day
"Ah, it's no fair looIin at my hair. says l:
"Humph!" she snOrts. You admit IT.
Then what are you doing here:
"Iust visitin'," saws |. How do you
like it YOURSELF!
Young man." says she, Il believe you
are a suspicious character.
I'm sure of it, says /. II you re the one
that does the suspectin
Il shall have you given in charge, says
she.
You got to catch me first, says l. max
in dive past her and droppin' over the
veranda rail
What was expectin' was a call for help
and me doin hundred-yard sprint from
some fat butler; but that amt this old
girls style. She has her mad up, and she
pixies right down the steps after me. Say,
didn't look for her to keep up the pace
mOre'n dozen rods; but on she comes, and
for the weight she carries she's more or less
lively on her feet.
You Young scoundrelt" l hears her
growlin' after me.
Save your breath. Aunty." says | over
nv shoulder This may be long sprint.
Course. | couldn't figure out what would
be the finish: but anyway | was divertin
attention from Captain Thayer for the time
bein'. besides | was scOrin' up some on her
for the rough way she'd handed it to me.
Course. | might have gone down the car
riage road and hit up the highway so fast