Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

guess by my bein' his private sec; but
when 1t came to gettin' Job lot of
friends wished on him early in his ca
reer, 1 must say he couldn't have been
very finicky,
NOT that Waddy's a regular washout,
or carries perfect vacuum between
the ears, or practices any of the seven
deadly sins. He's a cheerful, good ma
tured party. even If he is built like a
.2x4 and about as BROAD in the shoulders
as cough drop is thick understand
he qualities in the scheme of things by
playin' a fair game of billiards, is al
ways willin' to sit in at bridge and can
make himself useful AT any function
where the ladies' are present Besides,
he always wears the right kind of
clothes, can say bright little things at
dinner party and can generally be To-
Gated by calm up any one of his three
clubs. -
Chiefly. though, Waddy is ladies'
man. With him being in and out Of
the Corrugated general Offices so
much I couldn't help gettin' more or
less of line on him that way, for
he's always consdltin' Mr.. Robert
about sendin'. flowers to this one. or
maneuverin' to get introduced to the
other, or gushin' away about some
sweet young thing that he's met the
night before.
How does he get away with all
that Romeo stuff" asks Mr.. Robert
once, without being tagged perma-
nent? Is it just his good luck?"
''Waddy calls it his hard LUCK" says
Mr.. Robert. ut seems as IL. they
just use him to practice on. He will
find new queen Of his heart, appear
to be getting on swimmingly up to a
certain point-and then she will
marry some one else. Invariably. I've
known OF at least a half dozen Of his
affairs to turn out like that"
Kind of a matrimonial runner-up,
eh?" says l.
Oh, yes, I expect we got off a lot Of
comic lines about waddy. Anyway
we passed 'em as such. But, of
course, there come days when we
have other things to do here at the
Corrugated besides shoot the gay and
frivolous chatter back and forth. Now
and then. Such as here last Wednes-
day. when Mr.. Robert had two COM
mittee meetins on for the afternoon
and was goin' over with me some tab
ulated stun I'd deped out for the an
nual report. Right in the midst Of
that Wadley Fiske blows in and pro-
ceeds to hammer Mr.. Robert, on the
back. -.
II say. Bob" says he, you remem.
Der my telling you about the lovely
Marcelle Jedain? I'm sure I told
YOU" -
III you didn't 1t must have been
an oversight" says Mr.. Robert. Sup
pose We admit that you did
well, what do you Think goes
ON waddy. "She Is here!"' -,
"Eh?" says Mr.. Robert. glancin'
around nervous. "Why the deuce do
YOU bring her here?"
mo. no, my dear chap" protests
Waddy. 'In this country. mean"
"Oh!. and Mr.. Robert sighs relieved.
"welf. give The young lady my best
regards and-er-I wish you luck.
Thanks for dropping in to tell me-"
mot at ALL" says Waddy. drapin'
himself easy on chair But that's
just the beginning"
Sorry. waddy." says Mr.. Robert.
but fear am too busy just now
to-"
"Bah." snorts Waddy. "You can
attend to business any time--tomor-
row, next week, next month. But
the lovely Marcelle may be sailing
within forty-eight hours"
well, what do you expect me TO
do?" demands Mr.. Roberts want me
to scuttle the steamer"
II want you to help me find Joe
Bruzihski," says Waddy.
Mr.. Robert throws up both hands
and rroans. Here, Torchy," says
he. take him away. Listen TO his
rawlings. and If you can discover any
sense--"
put i tell YOU" insists Waddy
"that 7 must flnd Bruzinski at once
every WE'LL" says Mr.. Robert. push
In, him toward the door Torchy
viii help you find him. Understand
Torchy? Bruzinski. Stay with MIN
until he does.
eyes, sir" says I. GRIMM as l LOCKS
m arm through one of Waddy's ana
tow. him into the outer Office "bruz-
inski or bust" ,...
And by degrees I'got the tale FIRST
~ this lovely Marcelle person was
uphill