New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
BY SEWELL FORD

just gong, sila Marjorie. iitf dUiIN j. 10 Ctu
for her On about an hour"
Say, then time for wastin fcctin' moments on
any bluff SAY, Marjorie, says !, couldn't YOU get
her to speed up the toilet motions bit and shoe her
downstairs, Don't say who but just hint that some
one wants 10 see her mighty special for a few minutes.
There's good girl
Marjorie gigglcs and shows her dimplcs. Sc" might
try, says She Suppose YOU wait in the library,
where there's a nice log fire.
So me for an easy chair in the corner where can
watch for the entrance Five minutes by the clock on
the mantd, and nothing happens. Ten minutes, and
noVcc. Then hears smothcred smoker off to the left
I'd got my face Ill set for the cheerful grcen too when
! discovers two pairs Of brown eyes inspcctn
rogush through the parted porercs. And neither pair
was any I'll ever seen before
"Iluh," thinks |. nice way to treat guests" and
prctcnds not TO notice. I've picked up a magazine and
am rcadn the pictures Industrious when there's more
smokers / scows, fdgcts around some and fn'ly
takes another glance. The brown eyes twinklin
mischcvous, al four Of EN-.
"Wcll," says l. whats the Joke? Shoot it,
A. that into the room bounces couple Of girls some
1 where around ten and twelve should Judge; tall,
onglcggcd kids but cute loobn', and genuine live
wires from their toes up. They're fairly wggn with
some kind of excitement.
I'VE know who YOU are sngsongs one, pointin' the
accusin' finger.
"You'rc Torchyl" says the other.
"Then I'm discovered, says /. How'd YOU dope it
OUT"
by your hair comes in chorus, and then they goes
to pancly cnch and giggles down each others necks
Hey, ont the comic relief, says "and give
a turn. Which one Of YOU is Peggy
why, who told YOU that" demands the one with
the red hair ribbon.
"Oh, I'm some gIcsscr myself, says I. Its YOU
"Pooh ! bet it was Uncle Ferdinand, says she.
"Good slcuth work." says !. Hes the guy. But |
didn't know hc had such cunnin' set OF nicccs Most
as tall rs me is amt YOU, Peggy"
But that don't happen to be the line Of dialogue
they're burnin 10 follow Exchangin a look, they
advance mysterious until there's one on each side Of
me, and then Peggy whispers dramatic:
"You came to sec Miss Wee, didn't YOU"
~Vcc.~ saws !. loolin puzzled "Vee which,"
cob, You know now, protests Idne tappin' meplayul.
"Sorry say, L. but this is a baby visit I'm payn'.
Ask Uncle Ferdinand if It amt"
"IIumph'" ~ly,P Peggy. Anyone canfoo Uncle Fcrly'
~Bcsilcs SAYS Jane, 1--WE saw picture on Wees
dressing table, and when we asked who it She hid it.
So there,
~Not picture Of me, though, saysI couldn't be-
ayes. II was, insists Jane.
~ snapshot Of YOU says Peggy taken in a boat
won't deny that was some cheerful bulletin; but
somehow had bunch it might be best not to let
too much. Course could locate the time and place.
must have got the film durin my stay up at Roarn'
Rocks last summer.
an boat says I. ~Of al things
and Wee doesn't want anyone to know about 1t,
adds Jane, Especially her aunty.
Why not comes in Peggy looln' me straight in
the eve.
~Vcry curious. says l. shalin my head. what else
did Wee have 10 say about me-,
"M-mm-m," says Peggy I'VE can't tell
we promised not to, says Jane.
you're "a fine pair Of promiscrs!' says l. 81 expect
YOU hold secrets ike a wire basket holds water.
whenever slid word, did we, Peggy: demands lane
"Nopc, says Peggy. Maybe he's the one Wees
at,nf,- doesn't like.