Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
CAPRICIOUS CUPID DEALS
FRED KEEFE CRUEL BLOW

reading, and, incidentally. attract no.
| tice to the race and swell the re-
ceipts.
! Grends Selected for @Goat."
The press agent took it upon him.
self to select the hero in the affair
and picked big ALT Grenda, who was
the "bearcat" of the grind Grenda,
| big, handsome and with the 1.-THE,
slender figure of Greek god, Miss
Mack, tall. beautiful, graceful of
| figure, magnetic and the voice of a
| diva. Grenda surely was the one for
the hero role. But to the disgust of
the P. A. he was informed by the her.
oine, when she was approached in re-
gard to the fake" romance. that she
had already started to sail on the
uncharted sea OF love. This, of course,
was a set back to the P. A. and with
a sigh he said, well, another good
idea gone into the discard"
"Oh. That Nice Mr.. Keefe"
Then, to the establishment of the
eyes cast down and rich color mount
ing her cheeks, demurely stated that
she thought Mr.. Keefe must be a
lovely boy and she was certain that
he was the most manly chap in the
race.
With hope renewed the P. A. in
quired, do you know Keefe?"
No." replied the singer, "but ]
would dearly love to meet him. / saw
him go crashing into that box Mon
day, and I saw him fall three times
yesterday. and he is Just my idea of
real man, for after each accident he
got up smiling and 1 know he was
badly hurt and in great pain. And he
never WINGED, either, when the doctors
pulled his ankle back into place." con-
tinued Miss Mack, shooting a radium
glance from the big black orbs at the
line of riders circling the little track.
BY this time. the P. A. was en-
thralled In an emotional rough-house
and little Cupid was ruthlessly
brushed aside.
"I'll arrange for you to meet him. y
enthusiastically continued the P. A.,
as he replaced little Dan. He is just
as fine a fellow as you think he is,
and I'll wager it will be mutual. for
I've seen him looking at you every
time you have warbled."
1.-THE Plot Thickens..
The meeting was arranged and after
her next song Miss Mack was escort
ed to Keefe's cabin at the trackside
and introduced. That night, after the
third leg of the race. the singer as
sisted the Australian as he hobbled to
waiting taxi. The next day Miss
Mack was singing only for Keefe and
she changed her song about blue
eyes" TO brown eyes" so that It
would fit her hero. The romance was
on and the P. A. did a mental flip flop
and dashed to Newspaper Row with
his story of the romance of the girl
from Tin Pan alley and the six-day
rider from Australia.
It was sure-enough romance, for
outward appearances showed 1t and
the confessions of the principals was
convincing proof. When Keefe fell on
Saturday and broke collarbone, Miss
Mack almost collapsed. and after he
was fixed up by the track doctor,
Keefe sat in the cabaret stand with
Miss Mack, and when she was not
singing they sat together apparently
watching the race. but to the close
observer they were more engrossed in
each other.
License Clerk Spells Act.
Sunday, when Keefe called at the
Arena for his bonus and prize money.
he swelled out his chest and stated
that he was going to be married and
Miss Mack was to be his bride. Mon
day they TAXED to the City Hall to
procure a marriage license. The
hard hearted license clerk, who leans
more to law than romance, said they
would have to wait a week. Five
days later Keefe appeared in Newark
and he was brideless. Not only was
he brideless. but also speechless-on
the subject OF the romance. at least.
and when he sailed for Europe with
the European invaders. he was still as
mum as the Sphynx.
Whether or not the romance is
ended is not known. Maybe II is
ended and there is a moral. Here is a
moral which might fit this particular
story:
When you have time for reflection.
you often change your mind