The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-05

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before the office girl arrived.
Those stairs are the limit" she
gasped. you waiting for me?"
81 am waiting for Mr.. Belasco."
ooh! Appointment
mo"
Got letter from him?"
mo-"
what do you want to see him
about? A job?"
mo. About a play"
She ushered him in, opened the
windows, took off her hat. looked
at herself in the mirror. while she
patted her wonderful hair. She
powdered her nose, fixed her neck
ruffle, apparently oblivious of
Jarvis.
"What time do you expect Mr..
Belasco?"
Goodness only knows"
do you think he will come to-
day."
Far be II from me to say"
"But | wish to see him."
"Many blond has twirled his
thumbs around here for weeks for
the same reason"
"But / am only in New York for
a little WHILE"
81 should worry" said she.
opening her typewriter desk. "Give
me your play. I'll see that 1t gets
to him."
''I'd rather talk to him myself"
"Suit yourself"
hnrA9p
''No charge for chairs" said the
cheerful one.
An hour passed, broken only by
the click of the typewriter. Con-
ventional overtures from the
cheerful one being discouraged.
she smashed the keys in sulky ST.
lence. From eleven to twelve
things were considerably enliven-
ed. Many sleek youths, OF type
he had seen on Broadway, arrived.
They saluted the cheerful one gay
ly as sally" and INDUCED in vary
ing degrees of witty persiflage be-
fore the inevitable, 1.-THE Govern
or in?"
Nope"
Expect him today?"
81 dunno"
"Billy here?"
Dunno"
THANK you, little one."
Sometimes they departed, some
times they Joined Jarvis waiting
party. Lovely ladies, and some
not so lovely. Old and young, fat
and thin, they climbed the many
stairs and met their disappoint-
ment cheerfully. They usually fell
upon Jack, or Billy, or Jim, of the
walters, who, in turn, fell upon
Belle, or Susan, or Fay.
what are you with? How's
business" were always the first
questions, followed by shop talk.
unintelligible to Jarvis. One youth
said that he had been to this Of
flee ten successive mornings with
out getting an appointment. The
others laughed, and one woman
boosted that she had the record.
for she had gone twenty-eight
times before she saw Frohman,
the last engagement she sought.
But he engaged me the 29th, :"
she laughed.
They impressed Jarvis as the
lightest-hearted set he had ever
encountered. They laughed over
everything and nothing. BY one
O'Clock Jarvis and the cheerful one
were again in sole possession.
Don't you ever eat?" she asked
him.
"Oh, is 1t lunch timer" he in
quired.
Come out of the trance"
She went through the entire
performance before the mirror, In
putting on her hat.
"Shall | bring you anything,
-dearie?" she asked him, as she
completed her toilette.
"I'm going, too" he said. I'll
be back
He plunged down the stairs.
When he reached the street he
thought of Bambi's face when he
returned with the announcement
of his futile morning. He went
into a shop, telephoned the club
that he had been detained and
would not be back to lunch. Then
he foraged for food and went back
to his sitting on the top floor of
the Beiasco.
well, little stranger" said the
cheerful one, on her return.
His interest in the afternoon
callers waned. At five O'Clock he
gave it up. He arranged with his
new friend to call her up in the
morning to see If she had any
news from the front Then he
slowly turned his footsteps toward
the club.
His main concern was Bambi's
disappointment. She had sent him
out with such high hopes-she
would receive him back with his
Big Chief feathers dropping. He
was sorrier than he would admit
to drown the shine in her eyes.
He walked down town to postpone
the evil hour, but in the end 1t had
to be faced.
After Jarvis had departed on his
conquering way, Bambi turned
her attention to herself. She made
most careful toilette. When she
was hated. and yelled, and gloved,
she tripped up and down before
her mirror, trying herself out. as
1t were. She made several en-
frances into editorial sanctums.
Once she entered haltingly, drawn