The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-13
POLLY QUARRELS WITH THE M. NJ M.
AND THROWS UP JOB ON THE CHAMELEON

! ture and letters Come down. there's a
dear" So 1 went.
1 was spending the week with friend
out In the nineties, not far from RIVER
side. She is a very charming youns
woman employed by one OF the pupilsh-
ing houses up here. and we are planning
to do some work together she Is soihs
TO write book and I am going to Illus
trate il gust as as we can get une.
| have enjoyed being with her for
get so tired of Penny. She is SO inter-
tcring, and always sides against M
Size is furious because | threw up my
job, aGd she says she knows | am gong
to starvc hut if worse comes to worst,
| will 10 tc the poorhouse and wire DAD
to come and get me out, which ne VIII
probably do Tor the honor OF the famiIS-
What with my new hat and other nee
essary expenditures. l had not saved
very much so / was glad to go down 10
Greenwich Village to help Miss Thorpe.
l love to go down there, ner pretty home
is So attractive and her mother such d
dear.
We had dinnerd ana then she said:
Now, I have a great many letters 10
write, so l am going over to the Wal
dort and get the public stenographer TO
take some dictation for me, and In the
meantimeI am going to get YOU to get
these circulars ready to mail to the cluo
women of Brooklyn.
l did not know there were so many
club women in the wnole United states
as there are in Brooklyn, and 1t was
after eleven o'clock before 1 got all those
enveIoped filled and stamped and ready
for the mail Still Miss Ann had not
come. She had not told me to wait for
her. but I hated to leave her mother
there all alone, so | sat and read the
Post, and about midnight heard the
click of a key in the latch. and in she
of LET in
arms.
1 really believe that had forgotten
my existence.
For mercy sake, child" she cried.
why didn't you go nome? never
dreamed you were still mere.
I was half asleep Patty, and between
you and me, had not dreamed of going
home I thought. of course. they would
ask re to spend the night, as they do in
the south
But she stopped not on the order OF
my going, but hurried out to the car.
when YOU get to Broadway" she said,
be sure to get the right car. She
kissed me goodnight, ana said she would
call me in the morning. and was gone.
I got off the car at Broadway, per ner
instructions, and true to her admoni-
tions. when | stepped the next car.
sa id: rs this a Broadway carr? and be-
ing assured that it was, settled myself TO
wonder on the inhospitaoIe ways of New
Workers who do not you to spend
the night with them.
/ have walked much on Broadway, and
did not take much note OF the lighted
streets. but here and there some brill
liantly lighted place caught my eye in sn
unfamiliar way. Evidently l had not
been as noticing as / thought had been.
I sat up and watched the passing pano-
rama with keen interest. II was certain
IN puzzle The street with which had
F~SA
strange and unfamiliar aspect. Just
about the time 1 becoming intensely
Interested. the car stopped and the con-
ductor called out something about trans
fers.
do I transfer here?' I asked in Some
surprise.
sure" he said. You are at the end
of the line
THE end of the line"' You mean
II means You is at South Ferry. Where
cid you think you was. lady. Where
dye wanta go?"
why, I want to go to Ninety-nin.h
street"
The man gave me long stare and
then turned to the motorman: This
lady thought she headed for Ninety
ninth street Kin We beat it?' The mo-
tornan Joined in the statee.
And I said nonchalantly, "Oh. well,
suppose / can get there. somehow
sure" they said in an Irish chorus,
that sounded friendly enough. Stay on
the car and you'll make it lady, In time
It's a long way from South Ferry 20
Ninety-ninth street You see YOU took
Broadway car goin' south instead OF a
Broadway car goin north
And then I heard him say to himself
again with a chuckle: kin you beat
it?'' And the car started back on its
long journey.
Now. PATTY. here is something 7 did
not know so I will tell you. you will
know If you take a Broadway car. 60
ing north or south, find out If ii Is
n ed Rrna d.