Evening star., 1919-03-16

read about. He was going
10 round up three other sports Ike
himself. charter a nice comfortable
Yacht, and spend the winter knockin'
about In the West Indies, with
bunch of bananas always hangin' nn-
der the deck awning aft and cabin
Steward forward mixing planters
bunch every time the sun got over the
: Yard arm.
"Ths lucky stiff" thinks !. as
heard him running over some Of the
Il details to Mr.. Robert. who he thinks
Z can maybe be induced to Join.
''oh. come along. Bob says he.
.Well stop off for look at Palm
Beach on the way down. hanR up
fNw days at knights Key for shark
1sh!ng, then run over to Havana for
y week Of golf, drop around to San
flaRo and cheer up Billy Pickens out
6n his blooming sugar plantation,
&ross over to Jamaica and have some
Dolo with the military bunch up at
Newcastle--little things like that. Be
Sides, we can always have game Of
deuces wild going evenings and
1, ~ "No use, Babe" breaks in Mr.. Rob-
v Art. TT can't be done. That sort of
life Is all well enough for foot
II loose old bach such as you, but with
he it's quite different"
'"rhe little lady at home. eh?' says
Babe. "I'll bet she'd be glad to get rid
Ii you for a couple of months"
"Flatterer" says Mr.. Robert. And
n suppose you think i wouldn't be
missed from the Corrugated Trust,
xither?'
"I'M bet a hundred you could hand
-Four job over to Torchy here and the
Eoncern would never know the differ
&nce," says Babe. winkin friendly at
f1e. Anyway, don't turn me down
Hat. Take day or so to think 1t
bver."
his mink lined Qvercoat, slips me a ten
ypot confidential as he passes my desk,
Ind goes breeZin' out towards Broad
Eay. The ten, / take 1t, is a retainer
Tor me to boost the yachtin' enter
6rise. ! shows 1t to Mr.. Robert and
frins.
sY 'There's only one Babe" says he
4He'd offer a tip to st. Peter, or sug-
4 hest matching quarters to see whether
No was let in or barred OUT
Hes what I'd call a perfect sample
&f the gay and careless sport" says !,
2How does 1t happen that he's escal ed
She hymeneal moose SO long?"
II 'Because marriage has never been
put up to him as game. sporting
"A proposition in which you can either
Stwln or lose out" says Mr.. Robert.
hHe thinks it's merely life sentence
I step Just as well, perhaps. for Babe
isn't what you would call domestic
In his tastes. Give him Home
Eweet Home motto and he'd tack it
& Inside his wardrobe trunk"
s expect that's more or less ac-
4 furate description, for Mr.. Robert has
& known him long time. And yet, you
ban't help liking Babe. He amt one Of
4 these noisy tin-horns. He dresses as
s. huiet as he talks, and among strang-
Hrs he'd almost pass for shy bank
flerk having day Off. He's the real
3 Hing, though. when 1t COMES to pleas
Ant ways of spending time and
3 honey; from sailing a ninety-footer
In cup race, to qualifying in the
tecond fight at Pinehurst. No shark
At anything particular, ! understand
but good enough to kick in at most
Any old game you can propose.
Also he's an original ]. w. w.
1Jh-h Income Without Work. That
4 was fixed almost before he was born.
4Hhen his old man horned In on a big
hill combine and grabbed off enough
hreferred stock to f1ll packing case.
y Maybe you think you have no interest
In financin' Babe Cutters career. But
y fou have. Can't duck II. Every time.
you eat a piece Of bread, or slice of
toast or bit Of pie crust you're con-
fributin' TO Babes dividends. And he
knows about as much how -four Is
Made as he does about gettin' up IN
b the night to warm bottle for nttie
\ Gpotsums. Which isn't Babes fault
K Inv more than it's yours. AS he'd tell
You himself II the case was put up
4 10 him, it's all in the shume.
@ He must have had some dtfhculty
braanizin' his expedition, for that
Same afternoon, when ] eases mysei1
of the 4 :03 out at Piping Rock-haV-
ing quit early, as private sec-de-
luxe should now and then--who should
xkow up at the station but Mr.. Cutler
I IN his robins egg blue sport pheaton
X With the white wire wheels:
Z - say" he says. didn't Bob come
.No." saws I. II think he and Mrs.
&llins have dinner party on IN
X "Bother"' says Babe. II was count
I 4Y1g on him for an hour Or SO OF bill
iiards and another go at talking up
The cruise. Wen land him yet. eh.
Torchy? Hop in and I'll run you out
Il home"
So / climbs aboard. Babe opens the
Aut -out, and we make skyrocket
I Start.
"How about swinging around the
Hountry club and back through the
B middle road? No hurry. are your he
asks.
..Not Bit" says J. elancin at the
II epeedometer which was touchin nifty.
49, s1Nor J." says Babe. "Im spending
4 tny annual week end with Sister Ma
y hal you know, Good old scout, Ma