Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-20
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS
RILLY.S LETTE. Rs.

er YOU know or not but they is some
ting to these stories about the hiEa
cost of living more so than / had
thought until began to bust around
in society When you get in the JOB
is getting out There is no way OF fig
gering ahead what you are going to be
set back when you go somewhere to
mix in the swim as yours truly discov-
cred Tuesday mite when he accepted
invite to a small affair, that's what Jen
said It was going to be, al the house
Of one Of her girl frens.
When I was a kid when we was TO
20 to somebody's home for a good time
we used to bring something along with
us. couple OF ham sanwiches or some
pickles or cheese, & so forth. which
made it easy for the hostess TO give
swell feed without costing her par
ents anything. So | said when Jen'
said we was going to spend the even
ing at her girl fren's house why not
lnle go to the store and buy some brown
bred and some cheese and a couple
cans of sardeens which would be
brung on the table when we got
i through with the sociable time like
singing and listening to the VictToly
I No, said Jen. them stunts was not IN
good taste in society no more, and hzr
| fren certainly would never forgaye
her if she brung anything to eat. as it
would cause the naybors TO think, for
you know they watches all callers, and
when they sees them carrying in bas-
/ kets they peddle stories that the fam
/ bly, is calling on their frens for food.
Jen said it wasn't going to cost us a
! cent that her fren was d lovely girl
and that she always felt honored when
/ she had some of the boys and girls
spend evening with her at her home.
Jen said it was to be a informal af-
fair and that barred my dress SCOT,
you know the one that | tolled you
about that I rented. You may be sur
prised to learn that the SCOT is now
my personal property. l having bought
en- il outright. that is I made the first
payment on 1t. and I hope to be able
to clear it befoar | get it worn out
We arrove at Jen's fren's house
about $50 They was another man
present, and / guess he wos Jen's
! fren's steddy company, at least he act
ed as if he was acquainted with the
house which no stranger would he.
He helped in receiving us at the door
and tolled us we was very welcome
just like we was coming to his own
home. Jen said that was customary
& Chas the way he cut up during the
evening with Jen's fren Id lay little
bet that they are engaged on the sly
Jen says he is a fine young man. and
cuddent pick no flaws in him and I
looked him over pretty closely The
evening started out with music and
it was lovely, Between peaces me
and Jen's fren's fellow we smoalzed
cigarets, We was in the libary Won
know and it was all right bekose when
Jen's fren's father passed through she
hall ! guess he was on the way 10 the
hay all he did was turn up his noas
and say that it would be well to put
the soft pedal on tn, Victroly after
IA O'Clock ..
When it came 1o O'Clock aud
thought it was about time to start
tor home our hostess asked If WI
cared for cards I said / dident cara
much for them bur ! wuddent be dis
/ agreeable Jen said she just Loved
cards, and the two other ones was
crazy about them Then we all moved
to the dining room, where they was
a nice little round table standing il
the middle of the floor. Noboddy men
toned any particular game, bat Jen's
fren reached into the sideboard ant
she brung forth black box and open
ed it. Them is her tools, | said tt
myself You know, Chas. Won can
toy with them chips unless they il
E something in the middel of the table
was ashamed to admit that | diden
know nothing about poker The othel
three said a Child could play poker. &
that it was the socialablest of games
E and that noboddy could lose much be
kose the limit was never put higi
among frens. Jen clapped her hand,
and said she knowed il was going tt
he exciting. So Gid | if Jen diden
bring some dough with her. Jen1
fren's fellow be said that we woult
make the limit nikel That was al
rite with me, and Jen and the hostes!
agreed that it was going to be III,
gratest kind of fun We all bought ,
dollars worth of chips I asked i
they wassent kitty Jen said the,
was bekose she saw one earlier il
the evening That showed her igner
anace right off the reel.
They is no use telling ycu all VIII.
happened and what did not happel
what I had hoped would happen. Al
/ got to say is when Jen's fren rum
into bit of hard luck, IL she ever doe
and ! hope she doant, all she's got. /,
do is keep her tools working. Wher
] reached the house that mite I hat
j ten bones. When farewells was saif
: had just so cents. When Jen ha,
: burned up her buck she give me Til,
distress signal and what was to d,
Chas but push her over stack o
t chips. She kept my right arm novin,
IN her direction pretty regularly
: When l figgered it up Jen had squan
/ dered Just IS of my hard earned cash
: She played like a drunken sailor, am
as il money was nothing to her, an,
I | have suspicion Chas that them