Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-10

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StorD OF Peter Flint
DIDN'T record the row I had with
l. Rosie yesterday. did I? Well. went
to Newark to give her a surprise visit. !
knew she usually finished her dinner
about 1880. so ] got around to her board
ing house about that time.
There is a big parlor where you have
TO wait for anybody you want to see.
There are about a dozen girls boarding
where Rosie does. and, in consequence,
there are usually two or three fellows
every night sitting in the parlor.
| knew II Rosie were going out she
would have to go through the parlor. so
thought ] would sit in a oorne and
wait for her and then surprise her.
Having been to the house two or three
times before, I had become familiar with
most of the faces Of the young fellows.
Besides the regular fellows, as ] call
them. there was one swell-dressed one !
had never seen before. He certainly was
got up TO kill and he looked worth
"oo"' Il hlIiilon UDlldTS, AS ] RdLe0 1ulN
around the room, looked at the vase of
waxed flowers on the mantelpiece. looked
for the hUndredth time at the spring Of
the old sofa on which the strange fellow
sat and noticed how 1t almost touched
the floor, and | wished it would give way
while he was sitting on II.
] chirped at the discourag ed looking
canary who never even deigned to turn
his head. Isn't II dull waiting for folks?
] also noticed an old mahogany table IN
the center of the room. One leg had
been broken. glued together and then
wrapped around carefully with Irvine. on
this table was what I called the vintage
library. | used to joke with Rosie
about it and tell her that every book
there is guaranteed a 100 years old at
least. | picked up a copy of an old
magazine. which was even then out of
print. ! was idly turning its pages, when
| heard Rosie's familiar voice:
Sorry 10 keep you. old dear
] almost dropped the book. How did
she know? And then ! looked up and
found to my utter amazement that II
was not to me she was talking but to
the dude. was about to jump up. In
a ONE my passion was aroused and
wanted to makea scene. Then | thought
perhaps he was some relation of hers
At any rate. I decided to see what hap
pened until Rosie saw me.
The dude got up and said, We'll
youngster. takes you a pretty good time
to doll yourself up. doesn't it? Come on
and he caught her by the arm and led
her out Of the room with such an air OF
proprietorship that | could hardly con-
ain myself with jealousy.
] rose and followed them. They walked
half a dozen blocks and then dropped
i.ta n Jr,,o ptnra ,,.hprp frpp, The Nuindnu
| could see them at the soda fountain,
I determined to face them as they came
out. In a few minutes they left the
fountain. heard Rosie's merry laugh
about something she was telling the
dude.
We'll. that certainly is rich" ] heard
him drawl.
Yes continued Rosie as she neared
the door. but the funniest thing Is you
know that-that-' she saw me and her
face went white. then red. You" she
gasped.
I couldn't speak. I had such a torrent
of thoughts ] wanted to express that
their very number choked utterance.
The dude looked at Rosie. then at ms
with a superior 'sneer. who's YOU
young melodramatic friend?"
And who are your" I shouted. YOU'D
better stop that damned %grinning. or else
I'll give YOU something to grin for ano
| looked him up and down conteh1ptuous'
ly n added, Mammals scented pet -
Then he said to Rosie, Who's this
pop-eyed IDIOT"
Well, that was too much for me. oh
yes, I feel sorry now. but ! was mad
then and couldn't think Of anything but
going for him. 1t was soon over. ]
heard a little newsboy say. Gee! that
was a dandy scrap" Yes, while II
lasted said another.
A cop pulled us apart and said will
good-natured tolerance, IF you two fell
lows want to fight about a skirt. go into
some back lot Inc do it."
I turned to Rosie and said. II guess
you me an explanation, don't your
Imagine my surprise when she said
Explanation? No, indeed. How dare
you come spying on me. Just because
you were-get that, bo?-were-en
gagged to me there's no reason why you
should come sneaking on my footsteps
I'm through with you. The next fellow
I get will have to know how to behave
himself"
"That's the way to tell him of. young.
ster," drawled what was left OF the dude
II certainly did me good to see his
collar torn and a few trickles OF blood
at the corner Of his mouth. He took
Rosie by the arm and said, Come on
let's leave him." and it was then his
turn for a surprise. Rosie turned around
and gave him a vigorous slap on his
face. as she said, you're a bigger foo
than YOU look" Then she left us both
/ don't know whether I'm pleased OF
sorry that Rosie and / have parted.