The Washington times., 1911-10-24

| explained sebaste patronizingIy. "Ths
ar arnr Is gay gay. but the song tells OF q
The words sound more like broker
viohy bottle!" commented Billy
one can understand? Now. down te
'Yh. you have such songs of the
people In your own country" asked
Mime. de Tourhon, on whom Billy's
sort Of horrible fascination. How in.
They're int're.,in'. all right, al
right" he admitted. ''S,.me Of 'em'a
corksrs; co .s Ever hear Maggie Cline sing z.
II think Mile. Cline has never sung
regretfully; and I've never had the
happiness of visiting America. Is she
shes a fog-horn, and a Jim dandy
one at that And there's a bunch OF
| other hot performers most as good ns
she Is. too. Why
they like the chnzoni we hear at night
on the Napies streets? Cannot you
hum a snatch Of one of ttemT'
Before I could surreptitiously kicl;
and burst forth in the most spiyndidly
tuneiess. on key voice Il has ever beon
my luck to hear-a voice that contained
but two notes. neither Of which, by
thC IdlHttSt CHdnCS, ever was the uOte
required at that particular point.
Mother. mother. mother! pin a rosa
I can't get the girls to leave me be!
When. I give 'em kiss they ask for
threel
Oh, mother. mother. mother, pin rose
on me!
caught my vengeful eye. and sulk;ly
subsided.
sebaste had turned his back to us.
Hts shoulders were shaking Doris
i IS read PITY PITY for for me ne in NTH them. % / liked to
think so. needed II.
The countess had listened to the dog
gerel words Of the song with a panied
heard the music, as rendered by Billy.
with the morbid curiosity that one
might bestow on a three-headed cat.
"Ah, little lyric Of mother-love."
"A corker. A bunch was just begin
min to carol It when / did my jump
across the pond. It's one of the newest
Pretty smooth, eh?''
Doris mercifully called the attention
OF the others to the antics of street
acrobat who was throwing pin wheels
tust below the Masaniello balcony where
we were lounging after dinner.
Say" growled Billy, under cover OF
the general talk, ''whatd you want to
no breaks. That songs all right. You
could feed It to a baby"
"She was making fool Of you,"
answered.
Hin! You're Jealous cause she's
took a shine to my gait oh, you needn't
do the giant curve with your lips. I've
got winnin ways all right when I want
to hand 'em out. AS for this countess
party, anyone can see I'm catchin' her
goin' and comm. Oh, when II comes to
eatin' I'D hearts, I'm a pitiless wolf!
you're pitiful ass! Can't you see
this French woman Is only civil to you
because she thinks you rich and be-
cause"-
l checked myself as was on the point
of adding that she also evidently
thought him q member or perhaps a
dignitary of the scarab organization.
"Well. maybe have made a noise like
millionaire once or twice for her
benz fit" he admitted. But what harm'll
It do? I'm not on the marry. Why
shouldn't she have treat In gettin'
the idea of millionaire's talking to
herr"
He rambled on in like strain Of self
Justification; but I paid no further at
tention to him. NV thoughts had wan
dered elsewhere. Not to Doris Todd. as
they lately had an incorrigible way Of
doing; but to the fact that affairs must
sooner or later come to a head, and that
/ might do worse than force Sebaste's
hand.
A Continuation of This story VIII
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