The Washington herald., 1913-12-07

in the barber shop right this minute,
spelling his finger nails, waiting till
come back. See if his names on
this and slipped her the note.
"Say, she lit up like a Belasco sun
rise!
"I didn't know he was. here she
said, but it wasn't to me she said it,
and she Just fairly ate that note with
out salt or pepper.
"'You may tell Mr.. Hardy that l
cannot write a note just now,' she
said, but to please send up his card to
mother and me right after luncheon.
I'll see that he's received
You'll win,' l told her. I've got
bet on you
when l told young Hardy the stun:
that was cut out for him he turned
the color of his collar and got per-
fectly limp.
"'Cheer up l said. The returns
are NOT all in yet, and if there's any
way your Aunt Bessie can help stuff
the ballot boxes, all her other engage
ments are off,
That night he was waiting to walk
out to the car with me, and beaming
like a custard pie. He simply had to
recite it all to somebody, and was
the only audience he could nail.
AZ saw her. he said, and I'm to
see her once more, though l guess that
will be about all; at least that's what
was given toNnderstand, and rather
plainly. There's no chance for me-
Don't tear up your ticket before
the bell rings | told him. Every
thing comes out in the wash, for while
there's life there's soap. When does
this dying interview come off,?
Tomorrow night he said. I'm
to take them to the theater.'
That's when decided to wedge in.
l can't keep out of It. 1t all comes
from my East Side bringing up, where,
whenever there was midnight fight,
every man in the block yelled out of
the window for them to wait till he
got his shoes on. If there was any
thing doing we all wanted to be in it,
and | suppose I'll be tickled to death
with my own funeral, just because I'll
be there and have the best part in the
cast. l had a fine plot, standing right
where l was, too. l get 'em often
that way. Amt l the little Bessie
Bright?
"'Tell you what you do l said.
After the theater you bring your
crowd over to Churley's for bite of
supper, and I'll get up a little play for
you that'll beat any show on Broad
way. Don't get there too quick. Mosey
out of the theater slow, and be sure
you're the last ones out. Go back to
your seat for something to kill more
time. When you get into Churley's
I'll have table saved for you. That's
all you have to do except sit with
your back to me-
"Of course he was crazy to know
what was coming off, but l wouldn't
tell him. l wasn't quite sure myself,
yet, but the next morning was, for
my passe Mr.. Passay waltzes in as
usual to have his wrinkles pressed out,
and the smile l gave him would have
melted this milestone brick ice cream
that they put up for picnics. He was
so tickled l thought he'd do a head
spin, and by the way Billy frowned /
knew I'd done a perfectly scrumptious
Job on grandpa. After he had his
rorning face put on, of course he
came toddling right over to me, and
my, but l was the giddy young thing
1t only cost me two gIances and anoth-
er smile to have a theater invitation
for that night, and at 5 o'clock l hiked
home and put on all my kilPem-deads
from the plumes down.
when Uncle Antique saw me in
the uniform l felt sorry for his re-
spectacle family, but l will say he
knew how to do the honors, and the
way he tucked me into my seat you'd
have thought l was the Queen OF
Sheba.
81 enjoyed the show while | was
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