The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08

just as he left it, poor boy And there
are two or three bronchos around the
place somewhere. The assistant
superintendent rides them Bring on
your Miss Blodgett Down on the
golf course would be a good place for
the event, wuldn't it? l will announce
it for half an hour from now and have
an audience ready. If she can do any.
thing worth while l shall ask her to
stay until Monday with u.s.
She's some hustler, Mrs Oakley
Jones is. Almost before Lucille Blod.
gett had time to make half a dozen
more notes she was being towed to a
room where a couple of maids helped
her shed her Sioux City costume and
climb into fringed buckskin shirt,
riding breeches and woody chaps, and
she'd picked out quirt and raw hide
rope that suited her. And while that
was goin' on Mrs. Jones had rounded
up everybody from her verandas, ten
mis- courts and the swimmin' pool, and
herded 'em down to the first fairway
of the course.
Lucille was no gutter, either She
was right there with her act Also
she had the right idea of how to pull
it off, for she makes her entrance I'M
expected and dramatic. Uh-huh!
Dashes out from clump of shrub
berry in front Of the crowd, stands up
in the stirrups with big revolver in
one hand and her rope in the other
and lets out few Yi-yi-yips that
brought the spectators up on their
toes. Then after she has put her bis
cult colored broncho over bunker a
couple of times, and frel few rounds
from the young cannon, she proceeds
to rope a scared caddie on the fly,
make her mount jump through the
whirlin' loop and do few other tricks
that would almost qualify her to travel
with big top.
Course, she's we'll warmed up by
the time she has finished, for it's a
sultry afternoon; and having jolted
out all her hairpins, that ash blonde
couture creation has been wrecked
beyond repair, but Mrs. Oakley insists
on introducin' her just as she is to
about two, dozen prominent people.
isn't it a shame Oakley missed all
this" says Mrs. Jones. II just know
he would be thrilled to see you ride
like this, Miss Blodgett. He must see
it, too. Somebody go find him, please,
and tell him to come right here. You
don't mind doing it again, do you, my
dear +"
course, she don't" l speaks up,
winkin' significant at Lucille.
And so when Oakley shows up five
minutes later, she has to go through
the whole act again.
81 suppose you don't ride, do you?'
she ask me, as helps her of and she
limps toward the house.
"Me?" says l. Not lively hay
burner like that
Then you can hardly appreciate
what it MEANS says she. when
tell you l haven't been on a horse for
more than year"
well, you made hit anyway"
says l, "and you'll have all night to
rest up in. You're a regular guest
now, you know. But here's Mrs. Oak
ley Jones coming after us. Wonder
what she wants now?"
She told us right away. ooh, Miss
Blodgett," says she. would you
rather have your plunge in the pool
now, or do you wish to play a few sets
of tennis first?"
"If you please, Mrs. JONES'" says
Lucille, brushin' some of the damp
hair off her flushed brow, IL
would like to. go somewhere and lie
down; in bed, if l might"
ooh, very WELL" says Mrs. Oakley.
will you tell Parker, Torchy, that
Miss Blodgett is ito have one of the
small suites in the south wing and
that she is to have some supper sent
up about 1902"
"Of course" says Miss Blodgett, as
l turned her over to maid, 81 haven't
seen much as yet, but it seems to me
that these people are rather an active
lot. l don't suppose they keep it up
all the time, do they?"
Mostly" says I. 1--WE knowed 'em
to play golf and tennis and motor
and swim and so on all day, and dance
and play bridge more'n half the night
and get up and 60 at it again next
mornin', every day for a week"
I'm sure couldn't stand that long,"
says Lucille. Nor could the average
working girl She'd be wreck. But
hese women and girls all look so fresh
and fit. The men, too. And yet they
call them the idle richr'
ooh, they put lot of bunk in them
society novels" says I. Chiefly,
expect, because they write from guess
work. But you'll be able to give us
the true dope in yours, eh?,
Pm waitin' to see that book. But
my guess is that Chapter l. won't be
started for a few days yet. Not I'M
less she can find desk she can stand
up to.