Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

l. that you've been branchin' out with automobiles
and hardwood floors, and so on?"
Guess | can afford all I've bought" says Rufus.
1--WE amt debatin' that says |. keep one or two
hired girls at your house now?'
"'rwo,' says Rufus. $50 does Mrs. PeaSee.'
"Children grow up and married and moved away,
expect?" says |.
"Your Tom the last to quit the nest want he,
Rufus?" says Abe. And Rufus mods.
"There you have it, then, says |. "Traced back to
petticoats!"
They both looks sort of blank; so goes on. "Need
diagram for that? Well take close look at yourselves
now. Not much fifty, either of you, l expect?
And you re still just busy with the game you
twenty years ago, I'll bet. Oh, maybe things comm
little easier, and you take week off now and
them but you're still fairly busy six days week of
the time You amt settled back and let go for good
yet, have you?'
81 should saw not" saws Rufus
"But how about the women folks?' says I: 1.-TWO in
the family and couple of hired girls apece How much
of their jobs have they got left?"
"You don't suppose m going to let my wife cook and
wash dishes all her life when afford to hire help,
do you?" says the Hon. Abe.
"Did say so?" says 1. "A I'm askin' is what sub
stitute she's found for the job she's lost amt blanin
anyone mind you amt sayln could loaf very long
myself and keep out of mischief. Course my friend
Pnckney here is more or less of success at that but
he born to it. Mrs. Peaslee and Mrs Whttridge
want, were they? And, bein active by habit, they
just naturally had to start something If it hadn't been
Womans Club row, it'd been something else But
amt you two bein let in when you get to takn
sides in scrap of that kind? I'm just askin that's ALL
"Hear, hear!" says Pinckney. Professor McCabe
lands an ethical upper-cut'
Must have been something like that; for it to
have struck in. Rufus, he studies crack in the floor
hard for minute; while Abe brushes his bristly whs-
kers thoughtful. Then all of a sudden they gances
each other.
"B'gum Rufus" breaks out Abe, maybe there's
something in that
shouldn't wonder mite says Rufus. 1--WE always
used to get along first rate together
"And guess we can for spell yet says Abe decided.
4Matildas got to quit. I'm going to tell her first
thing when get home
"Wsh YOU call off Mrs Whittridge while you re
about it,, says Rufus. anyway, let's let EN- scrap it
out alone, Abe"
I'm with you, Rufe," says the other and they pro-
ceeds to shake hands hearty. "And longs we're both
here goes Abe ave nights we'll little more of
New York. What say?"
"You bet!' says Rufus. "How about going out and
hunting up a cool glass of lager?'
Excuse me for butin in any reunion plans says
I, "but want it friend Pncknev who started this
mess? 1t So it strikes it up to him to blow
the four of us to good dinner somewhere What about
the Astor roof"
Gentlemen" says Pinckney, a accept the nominal
ton"
A ND, say, the last l saw of Rufus and the Hon. Abe
that night when shooed the two of EN- into
their hotel about Onethrty A.. They perfectly
ate; but they kept inSStin how that POmmerv stuff
the best beer put in bottles and in spite of all
my advice they would lock and then and
break loose with that old chorus
Come RAIDS come rads
Ever since boys!
Which, when you to sum it all up was some i'm
to Tuttfeld Mass.