The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

Rialto and a sundae at Crafts. IT'S a
hard world. my masters
| 1 have not had a real laugh for this en-
tire week. But one. And that was on
myself. SO one can hardly be very jov:ai
about IL.
| IL quite late in the afternoon and !
twas very tired. 1 had left my key at the
office, and I felt quite despairy. All the
people who have been away have come
back. in spite of the fact that one would
expect them to be out Of town at this
time of the year, and Penny had told me
that morning that the room across the
hall from her had been opened.
| / decided 1 would get Penny to go back
&c the office with me to find my key, for
she is rather dependable even II dis
agreeable. at times. And / grouped my
way down the hall In the direction of
the door. The light had not been turned
| on and 1t was pitch black. AS neared
the end of the hall heard the most pc
culiar sound. Ba-Ba-Ba! Be-Be- Be!
| Bo-Bo-Bo! Ha-Ha-Ha! He-He-He! Ho-
Hc-1oi Ga-Ga-Gai Ge-Ge-Gei Go-Go-Go!
Patty. 1 felt every hair on my head
standing straight up and every drop of
blood blood run cold! 1t sounded like
a mailman. What in the world? And
| then. like flash it came to me what 1t
was. Penny had said to me: Now, IL
you ever hear or see anything in New
York that you do not understand. do not
get excited. Just count ten before you
speak. and by the time you do. viii prob
ably find that it was all nerves
/ went down to the tearoom. and sat
down at a table and began to count, but
all the time that awful. chattering
sound rang in my ears, like something
gibbering chimpanzees. I counted and
shook and shook and counted, and at last
went over to the table in the corner
where Miss Thorne sat. and said to her,
very gently:
70 faII
but am afraid there is a man upstairs
seeing things"
Miss Thorne turned and gave me a long
look, and then she said: ut HAS been a
warm day. You must not go out in the
sun too much Have a cup OF tea and
you will feel better
/ gripped my chair and counted ten.
ana then leaned over and whispered be-
hind my hand: Il am awfully sorry TO
tell you but l think he's having tremens
-delriuam tremens. He goes Ba-Ba.
Be-Be! Bo-Bo, Ha-Ha! He1He, Hobo!
It's awful
Miss Thorne looked at me in mild sur
prise. oh she said Its the doctor"
The doctor That nice old man."
was terribly shocked. Does he have
'em?"
''Oh. quite often. He teaches EN-
TEACHES Emp" / stood I'D and for
got to count ten. TEACHES EN-? The
brute-'
Everybody turned and looked at me,
and Miss Thorne pulled me back down
into the chair. Hush; idiot,'-that was
her exact language. He's a suffering
professor and he is having a class and
they are all taking suffering exercises
at the same time. Ba-Ba. Bo-Bo, BE
don't you see?'
"Oh, I see / said IT see think
III go out and take a walk. Miss Thorne
and cool off. It's kind OF warm, don't
you think?'
Penny says she likes 1t. Penny is most
peculiar and likes the strangest things
like suffrage and socialism. She SAYS
when he first came back and held his
suffering classes she was terrified out
now she has gotten so she rather enjoys
1t. 1t sounds sort of friendly she SAYS
to hear them all in there, suffering 1T
the same time. But cooperative slut
tering don't appeal to me-
But. then. Penny is strong minded.
and strong minded people are not afraid
of anything except mice.
Speaking of mice reminds me of Tabby.
She Is very cunning. and I sent her to
Cousin Miriam. and she is wild about
her As for me- / wish / had never laid
eyes on her, for Penny does nothing bu. !
preach these days. and am getting
tired of being browbeaten. Suppose I was |
not properly introduced? Goodness
knows. he saved me from worse than
death. I might have been sent to Jail |
for disturbing the peace and Dad would |
have had to go on my bond
But Penny never will listen to reason.
Your blue and lonely
POLLY
p. 81 have Just received a great big |
box OF American Beauties And who do |
you suppose sent them. No. you guessed |
wrong. The Meanest Man in Manhattan,