Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
STAGING ONE FOR SALLY.
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how she's been buffaloed." says I
when she does I mean to be ram.
blin' somewhere out in the back lots"
She didn't notice anything at sup
per. for the gloom dodgers had 60
that they was ali late. And that eve
MIN they was too tired to do much
besides hit the feathers early: But
after breakfast next mornin saw
Mrs. Markley scoutin' ar. around the ~ va.
with a menacin' glitter In her black
eyes. She looked over the school SUI
perintendent's dyed whiskers with 9
specially disapprovtn' glance ana
cutaway the UP and down she snifrs
audible.
And when I heard her demandin' to
see the landlady slipped hasty
aro%nd the corner srm ana out p sn%,d L%e
see where 1t would be helpful for mo
to stick around Just then.
Well. had nice quiet stroll across
tho fields and a mile or two up the
shore l found couple of patriarchs
consumin' eating tobacco and buildtn'
lobster pots So I hung up there chin
min with them until nearly noon.
Then l sauntered back to the Inn with
my eye out for signs of disaster. But
windows smashed. And there's Wee
canned out in hammock knittin
VEIN says 1. MS II al, overt"
Silly III o.! says She do you mean
iu n don.t" says I. "How did Sally
and the Blur city lady como outT
was wrathy for few minutes. until
Sally 'fessed up and told her the
"she did!" saws T. "And where DO
they go from here?"
"You see. last nirht Sally's conscience
got to troubling her and then she had
a brilliant idea. There are lot Of
college men working In the shipyards
them. Well. when she phoned down
early this morning and told them
about all these attractive western
girls who were staying here ana Of
fered to take any of the boys who had
at it. Half a dozen are coming up this
afternoon. Wasn't that clever OF her.
"Clever" says l. ut was uncanny,
she don't look 1t. She not only has
the nerve to put over good blum. but
she follows that up by deliverin. the
goods. From now on I'm backin' her
to win. whatever she tackles"
guess. When them young college hicks
and those Bluff City queens got things
we'll started Snug Harbor was little
the liveliest resort place you could
have found, expect, between Mount
Desert and Coney Island There was
tennis and boating and bathing going
on all day and a dance every night -
the big barn. You could look out most
anywhere on the rocks and see o
couple establishin' friendly relations
and durin' meals there was SO much
chatterin' and gigglin' you couldn't
hear the hired help juggli1' the crock.
cry.
amateur shipbuilders heard the news
and came down to look us over. whil8
the report Of our merry times spread
to Gunner Point and other dull spota,
until the recruits began to pour In 20
fast that Sally had to put cots In the
attic and hire In two more table girls,
When we left. after two cheerful
weeks, Sallie Pratt almost wept cd
Wees shoulder and insisted that We
had saved her from the poorhouse.
Don't you believe It," says I. with
your nerve things was bound to break
good for you sooner or later. And
say. II this war lasts over another
season I'm going to quit private seos
cling myself and make my everlastins
fortune travelin' up and down the
Maine coast with that little camoufagA
idea Of"
"Of mine" puts in Wee.
"Ehf" says l. "Oh. yes. Right as
usual"
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