Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
BY SEWELL FORD

Ehilst with the Treat EN- Rough
Corpse I-asks hopeful
MOT If l got good sense left" says
TONER is NO. sir! How do you think
"a stand III was to get married."
loM Guidnt let you out. Ho'ner."'
sa Siero Not v this time i'm You might get
And before they got to ME the war
might be over. eho" says he. Looks
IKE that was my best bet. don't it?
anyway, that's what I'm gonna do
Homer says 4, gazin' at him Curl
GUS, you don't mean to say you could
Mh VIZ rgirl 'fooi-er, that is. girl
noa hlenty;" says Homer. Vaughn his
the soap o and perfume counter at our
What" says 7. 1.-THE one with the
s en- back eyes and the solid
That's Edith" says he. "she don't
se een on o Wen at home and-and we.
Sourse she's some; snappy in her
iMfaSS W PVT she don't mean nothh' by
Think you could finance fiat on
t" an, week. Homer" 1 suggests,
store" says Homer, I'VE wouldn't
much do these preachers stick yoT,
Tor parlor performance. Ell? Well,
guess we. coi'ld manage 1t by ne
And next. thing heard they had.
But Homer gives the poorest imita
ZION OF smilin:l bridegroom you ever
saw sa, re says. they're eettin' along
an right: That was after tho Art
i Ten days or SO. BUT before the mouth
he o sni,is reefs .se him on the street AMI
q, haddye know about woman
mat clamps down; on your pay en-.
v.elope ana feeds YOU n quarter at a.
itm some ne ai demands That's hosEjn'.
10 tote the family, wad? I asks. her.
but what's the use startin' an ares,-.
ment with one of that kind? She
comes comes right back messy tellin' me
Nv nc Il ger, xal on and It lasts an hour:
tese ,y1, Who do you guess h $
TO rolI out at : am. and start to
nreakLast: Ne! And wipe the din
w wIr hh1she e. too; She even decd $
be bossed around only about four
Teen hours a day. Now IFS a con-
s sir"on rs, performances. with the night
." eettin' wors" and worse,
,,I's'ens to me, Homer" sovu
.life a pair of dispositions roing ~
the mat for a drav. ''''"s 70
az re SNAKES his head gloomy. "Enock-
ta,,,,, more IRE likely" says he, with mo
decide t tne ,, on"nt--that is, If don't
r,w oh vS y9u two Wow win shake down in a
.S = oiten that way at the start"
LOU uon't know Edith at all" soys
Homer "And you're in luck. 81 tbat j"
,o'irae after he's gone I con1In.t
me'p havin, quiet little chuckle' for
81, nLns often you really know OF n
TO lllm. felt Hkc sorre one ounht '' r.,
20 pin r.edal on Edith, A. for
nomer,H threat. to bolt, dia,'t t1 y" =
any any stock In that at all His kind
But MS 50 t,,.,n ney iaek the nerve.
nothing more of him I Got sort 9' w
ourinus' So one day 7 drops around
a. tine ne ID dr u, store. And there's no
ter Rut si IN 9 3,,hi the soda co,n-
nnrrcw-set hlacl, owes 10 ",i" me me
pensin' toilet articles. Driftin. over
cran,,, invests in tube of Shawn
We'll. what if it is?" she snar,
y,,s Excuse me, ma'qm," saws I, but
these Mas % %ona where Homer was
mo "wer1 o Sou :. says she. That's
Then he-hes quit?" suggests
You guessed It," says she. "it's
order" pelh% IN
IN no she don't know where he's gone
ana don't care All she homes ia thot
ne never comes back She. amt y HI
interested in the mystery OF Nvhat
might nave happened to him. ri adj
mt l was, though. in mild sort Of
way. =" 80" 'o' VI
And when I gets this note scr,hh1.d
on red triangle letter head and
uated from an army cnntonment over
on Long island has to pass on the
news TO swiftly at once. - :,
.,,i Remomber your. friend with the
squirrel teeth-Homer Casso" 4snr, +
well what do YOU think he's gone and
Bit somebody in the leg and been
sentenced sntittt to wear a muzzle?" asks
Not at ALL" says I. Hes Joined
up; He's soldier now. Home" Ia
Him" gasrs swiftly He'll make
hot Hun killer. he will. why, he's
100 yellow to chew marshmallow
Tor fear Of swallowing the pitt
:. Just the same" I goes on, "he,s in
the artillery. I'm due out at his ,.oY,
Thursday. to start some new boxin'
squads. so I'll have a chance of SEEM
Homer IN Uniform. 1t ought T. he
worth while. You know he got him a
wife to keen out of the army. and
now he's enlisted to get clear of the
wife" vs. Wv
swiftly grins. That's what I call
some shifty guy" says he
! thought so, too for n while And