Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-09
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black In tho face, they turned on me-!
I, who suffered ten times 60 their onea
shall never forgot what Dallas
Brown said to me. standing with .
coal shovel in ono hand and a-wsll.
perhaps Il would b better to tell It
Ill In the order II happened.
1t began with Jimmy Wilson asd
Q conspiracy. was helped on By loot
square piece Of yellow paper and
Japanese butler. and It enmeshed And
mixed up generally ten respectable
members Of society and . policeman.
Incidentally. It developed . pearl col
lar and box Of soap. which sounds
Homogeneous. doesn't It?
It is a great misfortune to b stout.
especially for man. Jim was TO
tund and looked shorter than he really
was. and a. an the lines Of his face.
or what should have been lines. were
really dimples. his face was about -
flexible and fun Of expression -
pillow in tight cover. The angrssr
he got the funnier he looked. ana
when he was raging, and his neck
swelled up over his collar and got
red. he was enhancing. And every
body liked him, and borrowed money
from him, and laughed ct his pictures
The has one In tho Hargfave gallery
In London now, % people buy them
Unsteady, and smoksd his cigarettes.
and tried to steal his Jap. The whole
story hinges on tho Jap.
The trouble was, think. that no
one took Jim seriously. His ambi-
tien in life WAS to be taken seriously.
but people steadily refused 70. Hin
art was huge 3ohs-except 70 him
self. II he asked people to dinner.
every ono expected . frolic. When
ne married. Bella Knowles. people
chuckled at the wedding, and consid-
cred It the widest prank Of JIMMY
career. although Jim himself seemed
to take It awfully hard.
We had all known them both for
years. went to Farmf1Gton With
Bella. and Anne Brown was her ma,
troa Of honor whom che married lin.
Ny frsE winter out. Jimmy had paid
me . loe Of stasntfsn, Hs painted my
portro4t IN otls and haA studio ia
10 exhibit Il. lt was Z very nice Pic.
ture. but Il Aid not hook like me-. % !
stayed from the exhibition. Jim askel
ne 70. He said he wss net . pho,
tographer. ana that anyhow the rest
OF my features called for tho nose he
had given me, and that all the 0reuze
women have long necks. I have not.
After I had refused Jim twice no
met Bella at . camp In the Adiron-
dacks and when he came back he
came at once to see me. He seemed
to think would be sorry to lose him.
and he blundered over the telling for
30 minutes. OF course, no woman
likes to lose . lover. no matter what
she may say about 1t, but Jim had
been getting on my nerves for some
time. and I WAS much calmer than he
expected mo TO be.
III you mean" I said finally In des-
psration, that you and Bella are-are
IN love, Why don't you SAY 20, Jim3
I think you will ind that stand It
vondszfully."
He Frightened peroept1bly.
II didn't know how. you would take
Il, KIT" he saA. ''anA I hops We win
always b butay fs1snas. You are ab-
ooause9 sure 9oa eoos esss . Woo!
1of mo!
AesotuseiN ! replied. ana ~
shook hands ca Il Fne1 no bssan
about Bella; y Wa vsey sresona.
DsIls . . s9os sf4 but had room
"a WITH hef q soaool. ana vas under
70 tnsuae. Wien Jim Invsd about
1e1h anA ncF osa9os lam ne
her ssatsz. I'D painful momeats
vheA rsoonsa 1s0a Learning her
Two ssoes - seeA 1so1e anA the
play % - hasp. wAsn - said shs
VA too suea IT. In. ] never battsd
IN sye. Ara ! sAoek hands seismaly
aesoss ~ To- ts3is aea4n. and
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saia ~ ~ oaN 1a11 saAya1o aGAne.
bvA ~ e vas taa @ souo 11auaDG.
IN 46oDs4 ny1a14. AA6 itsvae really
vs9y tQQe1nt.
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