Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE IS. 1913

by, the top loaded and off in the background to
side the Palisades OOrnln up against talrWeather
set while in the middle you clear up Yonkers.
Honest, it's almost good as of them things on
the insurance calendars, and m standn gawpn at 1t
when Brooks Bladen and Marjorie drifts along
Well" says he, sort OF MOURN.
THAT must be OF the Albany hight boats gon'
up" says l. Shell be turnin' her liz GIFTS on pretty
quick. And its goin to be corkin' evenin' for river
trip You tell that by
But just here Marjorie gives jab with her elbow.
SOW, yes!" says l. rememberin' my lines. "Un-n-1n-
MN! Fine feeln. Very DARN too, very! And when
to the tech stuff-why, its there in clusters.
Much obliged-erm IS | guess you can send this
Maybe he want used to maxim such quick sales; for
he stares at me OF puzzled, and when turns to
Marjorie she's all pinked up like strawberry sundae
and is smothern' giggle with her mesh purse don't
know why, either. Strikes me I'd put it kind of
smooth; but there to be slip somewhere it
me for the rapid back away
"Thanks, thatll be all today" | goes on, "and-and
I'll be watin downstairs, Mar orie.
SHE don't stop me; SO pushes through the mob at
~ the tea table, collects and lid, and slips
down the first floor where wanders into the DRAWN
room No arty decorations here. Instead of pictures
and plaster casts, the walls hung with all kinds of
mounted heads and horns and the floor is covered with
odd lookin skin rugs,-tgers, hons and such.
I'd been waitin there sometime, inspectin the still
life menagerie, when all of sudden in from the hall
rolls of these invalid wheeled chairs with funny
little old bald-headed gent manipulatn levers What
hair he has left is real white, and of his face is
covered with thin growth of close cropped white
wfskers but under the frosty shrubbry, well as
all the bare space, he's colored up bright
bottle of maraschino cherries It's the of sunburn
sandy complexion gets on; but not in a month or
year You know? One of these blond Eskimo tints,
that go clear through the skin. How he could
get it in wheel chair, though, couldn't figure out.
Anyway, there want time Quick as he he
throws his reverse gear and a stop between
the portleres.
We'll young man." he raps out sharp and snappy,
"who the particular blazes youo
But, say, I've met too many peev1sh old parties to
let little jab like that tie up my tongue. "Ne? says
settin back easy in the armchair. "Oh, I'm a buyer,
representa- private collector"
Buyer of WHAT says he.
Cart" says l. "Just picked up a small lot that
with the Albany nightboat in it, you know.
He stares like he thought batty, and then rolls
his chair closer. "Do | understand says he
that you have been buying picture-here?'
"Sure," says l. Say ain you yet and you right
in the house? Well, you ought to get next"
Il mean to-" says he. "Bladens stuff, | SUPPOSE
"Uh-huh," says |. And believe me, Brooksy is
paint singer; that is, fine feelin DARN echnic all
that sort of dope
Il see," says he noddin his head. Holding sale is
he? On of the upper foors?
top says l. Quite classy little studio joint he's
made up there
"Oh, he has, has he?" says the old boy snappin his