New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

press clothes bettern any tailor, give you head bab
shave and pack a weekend bag Wnllc you was loohn
up your train Featherswan had told HIM that Ilyyer
never forgot and always did the right thing az the ngh,
time, lust like an elght-day CLOCK
Nv little side remarks seemed to peeye I'nckney too
and he suggests that, when 1t came 10 zn people upl
didn't have any brilliant record back Of me. Tivven
world suit him. ne was certain; and, be was startin
for Palm Beach in the mornin he soon nave chance
"0h, well" says I, Il wish you luck"
THAT was Tuesday, and its only Friday when who
should run across, gon out on the tye-seyenteen
but Pinckney again.
why, thought you was down on the sunny sands,"
says l. Didn't make long trip Of it, did your Hows
Tivvers the uneXCced!'
"Oh dash Tivvers!" says he
Course | springs grin at that and 'Oshcs Pincsney
along until he gives up the details Maybe II want
anything that would have bothered you or me 50 much
but perhaps you can imagine P'nckney, when he oome
to dress for forenoon stroll along the palm walk and
finds Tivvers has laid out suit Of thick Harris tweed
that would have been nice and conf table up IN Quebec
about then. The flannel pants and the blue serge coat
are missn but there's the Norfolk Shoom Jacket and
a pair Of striped worScd tea party trousers 90 90 with
the frock coat that's been left behind. And IN place
his Panama the hat box dscloSes silk Id and scaskir
cap Also there's four dress shirts no studs and only
one pair of socks.
Haw. haw!" SAYS l. Then there was some re-
marks uOHl EOu' SAE'N'' '''''' ''''~'- ''''S
TO Say?"
mot a word" says Pinckney. He just stood and
blnked with that idioC stare on his face So We took
the next train back. I'm sure ! dom know what's
wrong with him
Maybe he wants windin' up OF ol.ln,, says
ALL Of which didn't seem to have any bearin, at the
IA time on this affair at the Purdy-Pels. ! heard
something about how this Cousin Hac.gg had showed
up there the day before and dropped ac mat as he
was bein helped in and I'd dopcd it out from the de-
scrption as polite way Of sayin that HadIey had come
in Spilled.
But Sadie insists it was nothing Of the kind Seems
he'd just got in from Egypt, where he'd been oAtun
around the Nile and the north edge OF Africa, and he'd
accumulated some kind Of coast fever that the steamer
doctor hadn't been able to jar loose with constant diet
OF uuinne pills. So he lands here with complexion
ike the top crust Of Bre cheese, hectic flush under
each eve a temperature Of a hundred and twJ IN the
shade and just sense enough left 70 dodge an ambulance
ride by visitin' his relations.
And the first thing that grcets me when get home
after seen PinCkney the train bulletin from sadie
that Cousin Hadey is worse and that shed promised 70
send me over right after dinner.
How thoughtful says l. Want me TO rcs-nbe
for him, do they?'
No it want that; Hadlcy had turned batty. He'd
informed the lady nurse that the reason he coudn take
his medicine was that he was camel and could 60 even
days without a drink He'd backed up that statement
by lopn around the room all fours, and the butler
was all wore out tryn to hold him in bed There vas
man nurse comm out in the mOrnin; but here was a
whole night for him TO cut up in.
And Mrs yPc is fearfully upset over lt, says