Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

was!" says Pyramid as She goes out after a
refill on the bucks. Let see. he asks as she
comes back, you're Mlliken, aren't you,
my dear?"
"Gee, but you dr,,mmers are a fresh lott"
saws Lizzie sammin down the plate. "GuesS
again old SPORT" Which puts a stopper on :. s-sl
Mr. Gordons reminiscin bug until after VIZ,
breakfast &
He gets at it again though. as soon as he's
interviewed the landlord and started gettin' H.
line on some of his old chums. Bailey N
the hotel mans name; but he hadn't been :
there but eight or ten years, so he Couldn go
very deep into ancient hstry. no matter how
willin he to try.
Eyes, there s quite a lot of them old codgers
still hangin' on says he. you'll find en-
roostin' around Fnnev's stove, down TO
Marbles harness shop.
"Ah!" says Pyramid. "Playng checkers |
suppose and swapping yarns?"
"Maybe," says Bailey; "but mainly they're
KILN time until the moving picture show
opens'
what" says Gordon. zone of those clap
trap things in Motifs Mills"
"The Nickel Bijou is the only live spot i'll
this place." says Bailey, Especially in winter"
ayes, suppose it is rather dull up here Just
now," admits Pyramid; "but we'll liven things
up for once, Bailey. thought it all out last
night. | want to give my old friends reunion
dinner; and see that you make it the best old
fashioned dinner you know how. Nothing
fancy understand; but such things as baked
BEANS steamed brown bread doughnuts mince
pie, and apple pandowdy want enough. and
want it good. Let you know the number of
plates later Come Shorty, we'll go
and deliver the invitations
And, say, it almost worth the price OF
admission to see Pyramid look SO beamin and -
cheerful Why, you'd thought he'd entered
the gveaway handicap and that
he d adopted the whole population of Vermont bosom
friends. That square cut mouth of his actually begins
to curl at the and his steel blue eyes kind
of widens out and sparkes with good nature Also he
has CHEEKY hail for everyone we meets.
"Isnt this great, Shorty says he pixies down
Man-s sidewalk that has been tunneled through
thesnowdrifts IIshowyou of the old boys
WELL, the three that found punched around the
=" big coal stove at Finnevs looked like antioues
all right. One was readn' New York sportin extra
from the night before and the other Just oastin
themselves and binkin. Pyramid don't seem to know
EN-, and they don't take any notice of him. Just then,
though out from the back of the store tall,
skinny, leather faced old chap carrvin bod of coal
"Well, WE'LL" says Pyramid, real hearty. isn't this
Long Lafe?"
"Uh-huh," says Leather Face lookin us over sus-
picious "Want to rent the hall for some show"
"Why, Lafe!" says Pyramid, holdn' his hand.
"Dont you remember Teddy Gordon, that YOU used
go to school WITH
mo- says he Vaughn his head vigorous @And any
way can't cash any checks for YOU Git that old school
boy friend worked on g'ar about twice month"
"Why, blast your old skin" says Gordon, II don't
want any checks cashed! I'm Teddy Gordon, tell you!
Didn't go trout fishing together up Cedar Brook and
swimming together down at the mill hole and didn't
swap jackknives-"
ooh, Tucker Gordon, eh?" says LATE. ~Yes, seems
to me | do remember. How be We: Amt been around
the Mills lately, have youo'
"This is my first visit in nearly forty years" says
Pyramid.
"Sho." says LATE, openn the top OF the and
hostn up the bod. Frosty out, amt it,"
1t all cordial enough SO far as it vent but it
didn't go very far Pyramid want to be choked off
that way though.
"Where is Ned Gibbs" says he.
"Gibbs?" says LATE, scratchn his head. "Why. there
amt been Gibbs in Motifs Mills for twentv-odd years.
All died or moved away, guess. | amt kept track
EN-"
"How about Sammy Goss?" goes on Pyramid, you
know the fellow that used to beat all swimming and
thlete. he
"Not quite" says LATE.
"Whv he was lust age O a month saws Pyramid.