Putnam patriot., 1914-06-05

10 enjoy fade eigele. Presently he
controlled rs mlrth sufficiently 70 per
nil of unctnous cuunciatian OF the fol-
lowing cryptic exclamation:
"oh. son Pereeyal"
= sybarite turned pale
You little rnscalr' continued George,
brandshlug the envelope You're a
SIS one. yoa are. always slgnin' your
name r. sybarite and pretendin your
maiden nionakcr was Pete But now
We know you Take off them whisk-
sra-PerceVait"
A really wise mind reader would
have called policeman then and
there. FOR mayhem WIS the least Of
the crimes contemplated by =. syba-
rite.
IF TINT letters for me" he said
quietly give It here please"
Special dhv'ry Jus come an-
bounced George. "oh. you Perceyal-
Esquire"
The letter WIS torn rudely from his
grasp.
Here he cried resentfully Where's
your mauners rercevnlf
Dumb with lmpotent ruge. + syha.
rite climbed huck on his stool while
George sat down nj his desk and, with
a leer watched the bookkeeper care.
fully slit the envelope aud withdraw
lbs Enclosures
ignoring him, + syharite ran bis eye
through the few lines Of notably care
less feminine handwriting
My Dear percavaI Mother and | had
planned 10 take some friends 10 the thea
ter tonight and bought box for the
kuiekcrbocker several weeks ago, but
now We have decided 70 40 70 Mrs. Had
les owens post Lenten masquerade ball
instead, aud AS none OF our friends can
use the tickets thought possibly you
might like them. They say Otis Skinner
ls wonderful. or course you may not care
To sit Ia a stage box without dress suit.
but perhaps you won't mind. II you do
maybe You know somebody else who could
20 properly dressed Your affectionate
cousin, MAE ALNS
Drawing 10 him one OF the Whig
ham * Wimper letterheads, T.. Syba-
rite dipped pen. considered briefly
aud wrete rapidly aud freely Ia mi
mute hand.
My pear Mae Alys-Evory man has his
price. You know mime. puckoting false
| pride 1 accept your bounty with ali the
| gratitude and humility becoming ia "a pooi
relation Ard u arrested f9r appearing In
/ tile box without evening clothes ! ptoWis,
a1emny To- hr81cn IL cut pretend that
hounht the ttcsets myself az steele then
and kstp the newspapers ignorant OF Qua
kHahip Fear not, trust nr aud enjoy
the mosque as much aa mean to enjoy
/ the play
| And II you would do me the greatest OF
| faVors. should you ever again upa an oN
cuse 20 write ine on any matter, pieas,
address me hy tie Initials OF mF rtdiCu'
loua nrpt nano only II is Of course. I'm
1 possible for nae to live down the deeI
/ d8mnatian Of having been horn "a SNha
! rite. hut the Indulgence ct MY friends ear
/ save me the further degradation OF be
Ing known as q tereeval
! with thanks renewed and profound
| romain, all things considered. remotely
| yours. +. SYHARlTE.
This he sealed aud addressed In d
stamped envelopes then he slued round
on his stool 10 blink penslvely NJ MIR
Bross
That gentleman having some tim,
since despared of amy response to his
persistent batting WAS now preoceu
1 pied with a hand mirror and endeav
orlng 20 erase the smudge ~ markinl
ink from his face With handkerchief
It's no use. George" observed +
Syharite presently Try soap and wa
ter. | know it's painful. hut. believ,
ne it's the only way. I'm going I,
shut up shop Ia Just Ave minutes, an,
Il YOU dent want Go show yourself Of
the street looking like difference %
opinion between hnll Gulf and
fountain pen
"Gotcha," interrupted George. risin.
aud putting away handkerchief an,
mirror. "I'H drown myself II you sa,
SO. Anythin's better'n letting You tall
me 10 death"
''one thing more
Splashlug vigorously at the station
AIRY wash stand. George looked gloom
lily over his shoulder and In sepulehra
accents uttered the one word
shoot
"Itow would you Ike TO 80 20 th
theater tonighty'
ard like II So hard" George replied
that i'm already dated up for Al
J evenin' OF intellect'l enjoyment. NJ
and SAMMY Hoits goin' round 10 Nj
| .a~ss ru-A.s - 49, s--s an III