Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-07-22

and books. she could cit and drsam By
the hour"
How many dozen shall get you,
papa r asked.
Waahhurna's Levo Fer orphaa Girl.
aUm, um. sammis. you are won
derful lad 70 catch onI Herap In q dol
lar on that mortgage. That's what I
wanted to ask your advice about
adopting . young lady. / told you /
was strong on sentiment / feel that I
owe mankind q duty. When l think
Of poor orphan girl Of eighteen or
twenty lighting the world II makes the
tears come. See, SammIs, these are
real tears In my eyes,
Yes, sir; no Crot0n water there.
DO you want TO aak me IL yen should
adopt young woman
''Well, that's about &c, sammia.
have adopted you. but there 40 room
In my heart for another. There need
be no jealousy, you know. Here II n
half dollar on the mortgage. III yon
could Eind such young lady and
bring her here for a talk with me Il
might result In her great happiness.
It should be done quietly and unonken-
tatiously, Sammis. Green win prOha-
bly, butt In, bnt he IL to know nothing.
Go. Samnnis. and may luck 80 with
you
For two days threw out quiet hints
around the skygcraper, and then /
could have headed a procession Of a
hrnNr0A epnxaff0 Ia n,K1m wz,hn wvarkad -
be taken into the fold. They wanted
to be papa's darling along with me.
selected one from the bunch and sent
her up and scattered the rest. Half
an hour after had done so along
came Green and said:
"Sammis, that old hoIlyhock next to
me has got girl typist."
"Weii?'
"Well, he ought to be taken out and
given q coat OF tar and feathers. He's
an old hyena"
"0h, don't know"
But / do. l started to go into his
room just now to borrow a match, but
he stuck in the door and told me to 60
down on the street and buy matches.
know there was a girl there, for l
heard her giggle. The old crocodllai
I'll be even with him for snubbing
met"
II have found him . very nice old
bachelor" ] said.
"Old bachelor! Why, You sawdust
headed kid. be has probably been mar
ried two or three times. I'll bet he has
got wife and six children somewhere
this very minute"
1t was my duty to warn papa that
the enemy was on his tran, ana did
50, and he fred up and said:
'"The old mossback with one foot In
the grave said that, did he3 Why,
Sammis, / WIN lay for him and knock
his block on! Here / have as good as
adopted broken hearted orphan girl
and am making her realize that life Is
worth the living, and that contempt
BILE old hyena impugns my motivesp
Eyes, sir; he impugns. but shouldn't
pay any attention to him. He seems
to be bad man."
Hyena and Reptile Coma Topa4lseF.
Papa promised not to do anything,
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met In the corridor, and there was a
fight. was not there to see, but spec
tators told me it was a sad sight to
see my dear adopted father get it In
the neck and lose his gray hair by
handouts. Later on / met Green, and
he was breathing hard as he said:
"Sammis, | have uncovered the sly
old reptile, and there's going to be fun
around this building within two or
three days"
trembled for papa-that is, trem-
bled for the mortgage money he was
Smelling out. / warned him, and /
think he kept his door locked most OF
the time, but Nemesis was after
scalps. One morning at 10 o'clock two
women and seven or eight kids struck
the vestibule and inquired for both
Washburne and Green. 1t was another
cage that took them up. Green had
given papa away and somehow him
self at the same time. When the
bunch struck the eleventh door there
was something doing, and It was two
hours before the building settled down
to its routine again. Papa went, and
Green went, and the broken hearted
girls went, and now I'm again facing
that gigantic mortgage with no one TO
cheer. SAMMIS,
The Elevator Boy.