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

parties to act so and so it's disturbin'
to have some outsider crash in and
point out where this or that Mr..
Whosit is runnin' exactly reverse to
form.
IL was that sort of smart Alec stuff
This Barney Shaw tried to get away
with while back You remember.
Ihen Jumpin' to another line: These
war stories. We want to feel sure
isht from the start that the noble
young gent who has all the earmarks
or Stacker. and gets the cruel shunt
from his best girl on that account is
really a daredevil secret service man
VINO Will round up whole gang of
desperate spies along toward the end.
same way with the poor fish from the
s se furnishing department who
seems to have a backbone like a piece
OF ooiled spaghetti and the brain con-
slstency of two minute egg: vet
When he gets to the front turns out to
De such a bad actor in a charge that
they nave to rope him to an ex-gun-
man to keep him from rushin' beyond
the barrage. '
NO. traditions like that are glorious
ana sacred. We've been all Of three
or rour years buildin' 'em up and who
am TO horn in and try to kick the
q We'Js VNeIl vi Il playful
mood, mood So when | start slppin' you a
+ re" Facts about Homer Cass / feel
IKE 1 ought to begin by Stain that
n .aas Is Just a personal and private
record which don t need to be counted
IN on the general dope. And ANYWAY.
Homers amt what you might call a
Closed career He's still in the game.
Homer is. That being the case yoIi
never can tell ~"
course some would judge Homer off
a.. tn,
! remember just how he did it. al
though 1T must have been more.n q
year ago. l was in the gym, having
put in stiff forenoon's work on
o oueTu or TOUR Of my reg'lars. mostly
IN the nerves handlin' wild cat mar.
Iket' was scrubbin' up for lunch.
.oo' ana was part way buttoned into
my street toys when swiftly glides in
gentle. "e"'"o MN
Ihats what makes me stop sndden
Emu look up surprised For as n rifle
o"iAty motions are more impetu
Gus. Not that he amt an Al physical
ounture assistant. He is. Barrin' the
caulifiower ear and few facial h1er
ishes which you get used to afto pie EN-
SNOW MIN, Mr.. Gallagher is a credit
10 ms profession. He may have few
iireckles on his neck. and l don't denv
l,,s lanlt or conversin' out of only
49, no VI HIS lnoUsa at a time but
When want a first vice president
we'll lathered up, or some benvv NOD
ueo general manager needs to he
SHOWN how short of wind he is. 7 turn
EN- over to Swiftly -
=; When 1t comes to announcin' guests
ind, me front Office | expect young
laay secretary or a church usher
might nigh. DO it different. AS a general
ihlng Swiftys play is to stick his
.1i IN the door and sing out throaty:
,HeN' shorty! Guy to see yuh."
Maybe ITS the head of some trust
equity joints. or perhaps it's a paper
towel agent with figures on how to
peat the laundry. No fine discrimina-
IONS Tor swiftly. They all get the
same same, from him unless it's a case
as by II three-chinned party in a
mi mn overcoat; or again when
JUS some one whose face doesn't
happen to please him. And I could
guess h ny the way he held his nose
1aiien in love at first sight.
Say, Professor" he growls from
the port side, "they's a poor prnne
out there calm for yuh."
rs; eh?' says I, tuckin' the ends of
my bow tie under a fresh collar.
"Ahr-chee" Swiftly volleys from
starboard. Don't his map slope both
Ways from his squirrel teeth and amt
lie pimpled under the eyes?"
Then it can't be Mr. NIacAdoo or
Gen. Pershing, either" says /. as
built?"
He looks old for twenty-one."
says Swiftly, land if his green suit
hadn't faded some he'd pass as a hui
man string bean"
You're some vivid describer.
swiftly" says l. 81 don't see how il
can. be anybody but Homer Cass."
Come to think of it," SAYS swiftly.
"he did call himself Mr.. Cass. Mister
mind. you! And says how it's i'm
portant."
Sure says T.. "If it's anything
Homer wants. it is important Bound
to be--to him"
So 1 don't rush out excited before I
has my coat half on. Maybe | took a
little more time than usual AS a
matter of fact I'd rather have ducked
meetin' Homer than not Id had that
pleasure before. if you'd call it a
pleasure. AS for me. could work IN
lots of before-luncheon pastimes that
would suit me better; and I'm no
game inventor, at that
Oh, yes. Homer wasn't half the
stranger ! could wish he was. I'd
had him on my hands more or less
for quite some time now. You know
how specimens like that get wished
on to you. Seems his old man, had
been in my trainin' camp way back