Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08

cants. one or two rather curtly. Tn
afraid. Poor devils. They may have
| needed the job as badly as j need thi,
one. l understand there are excel
lent living quarters for the steward
out at this Chicago club. I-er-Mrs
Hunt could go with me. She woult
be of great help in planning deeora'
| tons for the ballroom and in ar.
ranging the tables for banQuets and
that sort of thing Western clubs al
ways have banquets. you know. The
pay is rather liberal, too. And i sup.
pose there would be--er-tipsr
All. come. Beverley says 1. Ditch
that stun. Say. you're gettin' me
sauirmy up and down the spine. Yor
with your hand out! No. L can't see
you in that act"
But I've given tips to club stew.
ards. many time" says he. ''Thi:
may be my opportunity to get 'en
back-that is. if they'll have me. II
would be rather a facter If they
claim to have had actual experience
and I failed to include references
from employers. present or past Thai
might count against me. On the 9TH
ler hand"
ooh. for the love of soup, see what
they say breaks in 1t strikes me
as perfectly batty thing for you &c
tackle. but il you're bent on tryin' it
let's hear whether they take you on
or not"
Then here goes" says he, tearin'
the end OF the envelope.
But for a minute or more after he's
had time to read a long message he
stands gawpin' puzzled at the yellow
sheet. lookin' sort of vague and dazed
So comes in with the sympathy.
Jaw. buck up. Beverley" says
Even IL they won't take you on, re-
member there's nothing to stop you
from hornin' In somewhere else
| that is. IL you must be a club stew.
arc What's their aIibi anyway;
Looks like they took a long night
| letter to tell it. All about why you
wouldn't do. eh?"
No. no" says he. comm out of his
people at all. Tits from some
! English capitalists up in Saskatche-
wan"
''Sas-whfch?" says /. Honest. is
that a regiar- place on the maps
Why; thought it was the name OF
| an old song"
oh. it's real enough" says Bev-
erley. Il was through there once, on
my way to Banff. In, fact I own
i part of it. although I had almost for
dian to unload several hundred acres
| on me. Decent chap, he was. and
played ripping game of golf But
ne was nat broke, and he begged
| me to buy this land of his. So
gave him f30e for the lot And now
| 1t seems something has been diecov-
I cred on it,"
Cold or OILY" saysL.
Some sort of chemical" says Bev-
/ erley. Il can't quite make out. So
dunn suiphide? We'll. something like
that Doesn't sound valuable does II ?'
1 takes a squtnt at the words
May not to you." Gays I. but !
happen to know that it is valuable
and in big demand. It's what they
| need in paper. mills to bleach the,
from Austria but il you own a mine
of it up in that Sas-what-you-calt-i
place-say. what's their proposition 20
That's just what. puzzles me-" says
Beverley "Must be some mistake:
Why. they offer me two hundred and
fifty Thousand for a half interest and
q dollar a ton royalty. lit couldn't
be worth all that could 1T ?'.
You bet it could" says I. with
print paper where it is now. Con-
down the bumpsp and taken it like
| man.. Now you're as good as hack
| in the excess-proft class. Them Eng
lish investors are on the spot and
they mean business See they say
they'll mail draft for ten thousand
in the bank inside of a week"
Ten thousand" says Beverley, still
starin'. "why-why that would-oh-
I say. Laura. Hey, Laura" And he
starts toward the kitchen uShoutin.,
"Wen, what. is. it, Bevvy. dearg.
says Mrs Hunt, appaarin' round the
corner with her sleeves rolled. up and
a big apron on. ,,,
Beverley. he ,rushes up. grabs her
| by both hands and starts dancin' her
! round in q circle while he siugo en-
| thusiastic: "We-don't-haxe-to-g
| Chicago, We don't We don't we
I dontY'
Maybe Mrs Hunt didn't quite. un-
derstAnd what it was all about but
she caught the spirit of the occa-
sion.. all right and Joined in. the
chorus. So I concludes that's a good
time for me to slide out
On my way back through the VIII
faRe pulls up at the telegraph ofYices
again and asks Mabel IL there's ans
other message for Beverley. :
Uh-huh- says she. tossin'. 1t over
"Just came.
And it reads: Report at once for.
personal conference with house COM,
mittee."
That's the one" says I. And I'm
answerin' il for him. Chuck US a.
blank. Mabel. There! How will that
doe Fear I'm not genteel enough.
Scratch my entry" :
Mabel reads. it and giggies. Some
kidder. RI say" says she. Eighty.
two cents, please"
IT'S worth all of eighty-three to.
send that" says l. And we swaps
grins. Mabel and me.
(Cepyrixht 1890. by SevelI ,Ford.)