Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

Please tell Burmah. DADDY.
"Now what on earth could have called him
away so unexpectedly she unused as she
seated herself at the inviting table.
"De Kunnel done left in powful hurry
dis mawnin', volunteered Uncle Jeff as he
laid crumpled newspaper by her plate.
Gan he shore mussed dat publication up
somefin' scandalous.n
Arabella opened it, and almost instantly
out of the advertising columns, and, in
asmuch as this was the page devoted to
classified legal advertisements, decided that
it must have been some legal business that
had called him away so hurriedly.
Later in the day she gave Burmah the
note, and impaired her surmise; but Bur-
nah was at the time busily engaged in SELL
ing a choice residence lot to customer, and
merely thanked her. Later, however, when
alone, he ruminated over the Colonel's abb
sence.
al wonder, he said to Little Billy, what
could have called him out of Port Hatch2
It's cinch it Il be somethin' foolish! Hope
it amt something that costs million or
two
But the note suficed to alleviate anxiety
in the two days following; although it did
lessen curiosity. 1t was on the. afternoon
of the third day that the Colonel's absence
was explained in what he would have con-
sidered most dramatic manner. On Main
St., Arabella, after doing some shopping,
was walking slowly with Lester as an escort,
when Burnah Jones met them and they
paused to talk. Hubbard came moment
later, just as signs of excitement were dis
cernible at the far end of the thoroughfare,
and men were seen hurrying toward the head
of the cliff road. Women thrust their heads
from windows, girl clerks appeared on the
stoops of the quaint shops, and individuals
shouted to one another to know whether it
was fire or a riot at the docks that threat
ened the City Beautiful. Arabella and her
companions paused and began to ask ques-
tons.
ABRUPTLY band burst into blare of
sound, and into the head of the street
swung dingy circus chariot, with the Colo
mel on the seat. He bowed and smiled right
and left, as pleased as a boy with a splendid
new toy. The driver sat squattily beside
him, with his cap pulled down over the
back of his head, controlling with mas
terfu1 hand horses that had been COM
Wandered from Todd Brothers lumber
wagons and were frightened by this sudden
with musicians in gay uniforms, new and
Respondent, and the leaders cheeks were
distended as he added the shrill clamor of his
clarinet, intent on creating all the hubbub
possible for his advent. The drivers on top
of six animal cages grinned their apprecia-
ton of this unexpected honor; for they could
be recognized as men who had been doing
teamwork for new road.
A typical trainer trudged beside very
small and ancient elephant, with hook in
hand, and quite detected camel had settled
to his long, awkward stride. At the rear
came caliope with man in tin armor who
watched the steam gage rise to the popping
point and wished the band would finish.
Finally, in desperation, he climbed to the
keys and sent the jerky strains of Sweet
Violets" out to join the clamor, regardless of
the fact that the band was but short dis
lance ahead and was bravely pumping away
at the latest Sousa march.
A forlorn coyote found lungs to bark a
shrill, painful bark, and poor old hyena
had sufficient appreciation of the situation
to vent cracking laugh at Port Hatch.
Two NANCY old lions stared resentfully
through their bars, a tiger with sore foot
licked his whiskers, and jaguar, the only
animal in the collection worth noticing,
trotted restlessly round his cage. A gaunt
timber wolf looked wistful1y back for
glimpse of the mountains. The cages were
all battered and weatherbeaten and in need
of gilt and paint. which was not to he won