The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-05

ear. a ray OF impudent moonlight
flicfered upon her nose. But ] WAS
adamAnt. nickel-plated-
I mur go and find out ] raid.
what IN the Voice OF this City.
Other cities have voices. II r. an as
slgnment must have IL New
York" continued. In n rising tone.
had better not hand me "A cigar and
say: Old man. I can't talk for pub
lication-' No other city acts that
way. Chicago says. unheHtarngiy.
I win; Philadelphia says. 7 should /.
New orleans says I used to-: Louis
Wills nays Don't caro ~ do: IT
Louis says. Excuse me; Pitfsburg
says. Smoke up: Nov York
Aurelia smiled
VERY we'll" said I. 4 must 90
ELSEWHERE ana find out
! went into a palace. tiieflocred.
chcrub -cDnged and square with the
cop put my foo, on the brass rail
and said 10 Billy Magnus. the best
bartender In the diocese:
BILLY. you've lived la New York
q long ume-what kind OF n song
and dance does this old town give
your What I mean Ia, doesn't the
cab OF IL seem 90 Kind 81 bunch up
and slide over the bar 10 you IN a
sort Of amaiTamated tip that hits
off the burg In a kind Of an epigrain
with a dash Of bittnrs and slice
Of
Excuse me . minute.- said Biily.
somebody's punching the button at
the side door,
He went away. nme back with
an empty tin bucket: again vanished
! with II fun: returned and said 10 me:
That was Name. She rings twice.
She likes a glass of beer for supper.
Her and The kid II you ever saw
that little skeesicIs OF mine brace up
In his high chair and take his beer
and But. say. what was yourr1"
g~t Kind OF excited when hear them
two rings-was IL tho baseball score
or gin fin You asked for7-
Ginger alc.- answered
I walked up 10 Broadway. I saw
cop on the corner. The cops takc
kids IN women across. and sncn In.
! went up 20 him
-ff I'm not exceedinR ghs spiel
limit" said. let mo ask you You
SEQ New Yort during ifs vocauve
hcurA II IN tho function Of you
and your brother cops To preserve
the acoustics Of the city. There must
BE- . civic tone that II inseiiixible 70
you Al night during your lonely
rounds. you must have heard Il.
What In the epitoms Of In turmoil
and zhoutingY What does the city
say TO your
'Fr1rnd.- mid the policeman. spin
ming his club. N don't say nothing
get my orders from the man higher
up. Say. Guess you're NIL right
stand here for n few minutes and
keep an eye open for tho rounds
msn.-
The cop melted into the dnrkness
Of the side street In ten minutes
he had returned
Married last Tue~day.s he said.
half Kruffiy. You know how they
arr. She comes TO that corner Al
nine every night fer a--comes 10 say
'hclior ] generally manage TO be
there. Say. what was II you asked
me . bit ago--what's doing In the
ci;yf Oh. there's a root. garden or
two jun opened. twelve blocks up"
I crossed . cruw's.foot Of street.
car tracks. and skirted the edge OF
an outrageous park An artificial
Diana. giided. heroic. poised. wind.
ruled. on the tower. shimnercd In
the clear light Of her namcsake In
the sky. Along came my poet. hurry.
ing. hated. haired. emitting dacty In
and spondecs- seized him.
BILL" said ] On the magazine he
In Cicon). give me q lift I am on
an assignment To ind out the Voice
OF tho City. You see. It's a special
order. Ordinarily q symposium COM
nristug the -xicus Of Henri, Ciexs