New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
TORCHY HITS
A TESTY ONE

-0RCHY. SAYS AIr. Robert to me kind Of peevish.
as he comes out Of his private Office who let thai
L Isst person n, YOU Mr.. Piddie?"
no YOU mean the easy spoken gent with the smooth
10 and The Craysh haIT and the minister's tie? saws /
vs. that precise one. saws he.
..Iyv il was me passed him IN. saws l. What else
-p 70 Is when he pats sOothin' on the shoulder
- asks confidential i dear Robert Is down TODAY?
az as f4--~v friend, va Mt he2"
AZ was an old bore with genealogv to sell grovls
~ Robe--. and was nearly hour getting nd of
am Family trend See here. Torcly, You ought to
wake up
-sv with Hrl6le strolin by with his ear stretched
- Small Why, Tor an hour after that | was still
---r,-r and n SO dazed lets Piddie put over one
- 7eE --0utled lectures without even so r77,,c, ae
-. him To- 90 make a noise ike q SQUASH ME For
- + a. ADMIT Il reluctant. Il am : often these ring
= o.. - -e phOny ram check: and when i comes
= 5ay-1 l--. Robert hand me that siesta gag-wel
.5sr vas c---r m deep
no wake ~. after that Say. by the time this heavy
~ old female party comes pad6n II and makes stab
s- -s1.r -.e BRASS portcJls, m so much reused I'D
- I ---1.as al over. She amt rnoren opened the
-,-- door tlal ve sprung the safety catch on the
- i I hadn't blocked her some way she'd sailed
80 -ss- 7 --1ut even much as givirl' the salute;
~ VII. --e -an the lever against her She fetches up
a the ra some abrupt, Just if findin 1t there was
s--1-ise
--7-,r- them foundry txns that way They're built
And as about then begun TO feel the first effects
ron .rz- glare II hers. Say, YOU talk about your as
r-'- and battery SrareS " ell, YOU should have seen
- Il chilly darts that was sent nv way for
minute .- Pictured out on paper It would have
'7tet Ike -.e diagram ot collision sea: for them
,s-s u hers exactly mates; not reg lar crossed.
m know .- one seemed 10 be set q little on the bias
cant s- 4 L was only this Catty-cOrnered look or
--4 genera se-p OF TINS old party that gave me the
--k-l -aa- -a-saciOn back OF the ears; but ANYWAY
s-- one -r-a u her felt Ike I ought TO 90 out and
ave ----za.- --- under bonds TO keep the peace.
y-- -. -.E some folks can set your teeth on edge
.-s- wa lust look There sour lines down each
s5a t hex .-- Scol6In TurrOwS between eyes that's
-1-- -- .r- for trouble and tilt 70 her chin that
s,gqes-- a.--.- fought and She's built solid and
.---r -- .. She carries her shoulders well back I
s--s ia. that ten feet from her toes was the near
q SHE . The floor II front OF her. At that she
5ss -1 -o-.-. some 20 make me out.
boy she. sort Of gasPin' It out rasPy, open
So SAYS T. when gets the right pass
zr-=. --- -.- -.- SAID L yeC- Now who II YOU
---r--- -. ...--el 10 see,
W. She. why. Robert. Of coursel'
"Eaz ---- what they al say" I remarks. And
zra.'- --. ----.-l4- business:
1H--- She sno--s. Tell my business to you?
w s-.-. g.. a-v-c-ng OF the
"Be-a-= says J. II your solicirin' funds for day
7r--a-.s a-er- work foreign missions y0u' q
better l-.. The alley and cross M Robert name
aIa.z ..-. -.,-rs man. she pants p1tfin' out her
cheeks. ..---c are -nsolent, III have YOU know
---e-a ---. Sister" I breaks n. III get YOU
PLACED - minute Is Il q church organ YOU re sole
III ---. -l- ------a-n one of them sufragette
Boy. She. --appr Il out peppery, 4 am
E-r-.-- ...- --.-g So recent. she might have got
away --- .-.- then again. I ANT been znOc5ln
a----5 r-- .-- Robert. and dom e--ands up to the
Elm -..-. and been made almost one Of the fam II.
asr.- ---- .s-. te- nOrhn. Ia never seen or heard
-s- r- --. aunt So | cuts loose with some OF the