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spiritual Microbe, but the Geezer knew
how to annex the Kale.

spiritual Microbe, but the Geezer knew
how to annex the Kale.
When Providence is directing the
Handouts, she very often slips some
Squarehead the canny Gift of cor
railing the Cush, but holds out all OF
the deiectable Attributes supposed to
distinguish Man from what you see
In the Cages at the Zoo.
After the Pater had earned his
Shaft in the Cemetery, Elan became
the Loud Noise around a dinky Manu-
featuring Plant down by the Yards.
The Cracker-Barrel Coterie and all
the Old Ladies who had become mus
cle-bound from welding the Sledge,
predicted that Elan would put the Or
ganization into The Ditch, wrong side
up.
The Well-Wishers, the Brotherly
Lovers, and the total membership of
the Helping Hand Society sat back
waiting for Elan to be dug out of
the Debris, so they could collect Wit
ness Fees at the Post-mortem.
The Junior earned their abiding Dis
like by putting one across.
He made the Fossils sit ND. in their
padded Rocking Chairs and pay some
attention to the Idiot Child.
He never could hold down any Posi-
ton until tried out for a Captain of
Industry, and then he began to Bat
.450 and Field 1898.
After the dusty Workmen had
manufactured the Product, and the
Statesmen had unloaded it, and the
Collectors had brought in the Louies,
then Elan had to sit at a Mahogany
Desk with a Picture of Claudine in
front of him, and figure how much of
the hard-earned Mazuma would be
doled out to his greedy Employees.
Sometimes he would be compelled
to fork over nearly half of the Gross,
whereupon his Heart would ache and
he would become Morose.
In few Years he had lot of new
Buildings, with Skylights and i'm
proved Machinery and all sorts of hui
name Appliances to enable the Work
ing Force to increase the Output.
AS the Bank-Account expanded and
the Happy Couple found themselves
on Plush, Claudine began to scan the
Horizon and act restless-like.
She said the Home Town was I'm |
possible. 1t certainly did seem Con-
trary to Reason
Any Woman with salaried Hus-
band could bust into Society if she
sang in Choir or owned an Ice Cream
Freezer.
Claud1ne was for migrating to some
l1gh-toned Community beyond the
Using Sun, where she could sit in
Marble Halls and compare Jewelry
With proud Duennas of her own Sta
ion.
Seeing Claudine at the corner of
tn and Central, waiting for the Green
ar, one would not have suspected
hat she harbored Intentions on the
'ourt Circles of Europe. One would
merely have guessed that she was on
er way to the Drug Store to purchase
1uch -Camphor.
But she had taken Peek at the
aim Rooms and the powdered
.ackeys and the Tea Riot at the
laza, and she was painting inwardly.
She wanted to hang a silver bell
round her neck and go galloping
18th the white-faced Thoroughbreds.
1t was no good trying to work up l
peed on half-mile track in the {
rairie Mud.
Once in a while Claudine made l
Did Sashay to start something devil
h, but the Fillies trained on the
arm did not seem gated for the t
rand Circuit. t
AS for the Servant Problem, it was |
Ferocious. City Help could i
IT be lured to the Tall Grass, and all \
e Locals had been schooled at the f
ailway clearinghouse. {
Elan and Claudine had Cook ?
med Gusta, born somewhere near {
e Arctic Circle in Europe 4
Her Fried Chicken drowned in thick
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