Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

of his he would be a sight The smooth mug and the
and the bat bad enough and when you
combine them with his tourist clothes and the rough
and ready you don't have any trouble in pick
in him out of a crowd.
Do little things like that bar him from minglin with
the Twombley Crane push though? 1 don't know
how he stands the other side; but over here he
crculaes with smart settlers free his title
dated back to Billy the Conk instead of havin been
handed out at the last Jubilee. And it amt just
because he's roin' in wealth, either. though they
say he gets income like beef baron. They seem
"Of course" says Pnckney "hes an odd genius,
always doing the unconventional you know; but he's
a good sport. He has been everywhere and done
everything from shooting things in India to racing
ponies in Buenos Ayres. And he inherited the tablet
business you know from uncle.
That helps some, don't it," says l. But what's
his latest stunt that hits humorOuS!
A. ND you never know what's going to
y that set l couldn't see anything so comic in
it. Seems that while Sir Beasley down to Palm
Beach last March he meets an unknown that he
takes great fancy to-. She's Mrs. Montgomery
Babbs, widow lady-Nevada otherwise, he don't
quite know which. She's some mysterious in her
movements. appearin only and then at the Casino
and hotel concerts, but not exactly mingln with any
particlar bunch Then, all of a sudden, just as he
gettin good and int rested she does the vanishing
act.
Well that had Sir Beasley gon' for fair. He organ
ICES drag-net hunt for the mysterious Mrs. Mont
gomery Babbs. He tries to pump the hotel people;
but they claim they don't know thing, only that she
settled prompt before she had her trunks sent to the
station.
Sir Beasey rushes off to Hot Springs on false SCENT
then to Cape May, and fn'y lands back in New York
to watch the steamer sangs. Meanwhile he holds up
everyone he has speakn acquaintance with and asks
EN- if they happen to know such party. And nobody
does. never heard of her.
From Sir Beasleys description she's AL charmer.
Not that she claims she's any Maxine Elliott, SO far
looks 60. It's the cute way she has with her that
peases him. her snappy brand of conversation and the
general cassness of her getup. He can't understand
why such really smart party as that shouldn't be
all the vstn lists of his friends here unless it happens
that she's one of the American colony in Paris and
don't come often.
Why, he had all his crowd stirred up askn' each
other who she could be- and then one day what does
he do but with whoop that he's found her!
Yes. sir, right here in New York! He gets glimpse
of her sain' down Fifth-ave. in swell brougham,
chases her in taxi follows her into jewry shop and
discovers that she's been Twin here all along. What
do they know about that, Ell?
Well they kind of smiles and says there amt any
They explain to each other how Sir Beasley
is such an original character; besides, he
to understand that New York society is really
very exclusive, after all. So when he springs his
luncheon invitation EN- they just indulge in another
smile. Still, Sir Beasley don't get They don't
know Mrs Montgomery Babbs, eh' Well, it's about