The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-15

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around at meetings OF boards OF Ill.
rectors and old associates like us
three were. Old Smoke. em-out leads
us into kind OF summer house In
the yard near tho gate and took up
the harp Of life and smote ON all tho
chords with his mighty right.
Gents says he. I'm glad 10 a@'
you Maybe you can help inc out OF
a scnpe. I'm getting bit old for
street work. 40 I leased this dogdays
so the good things would
come TO me. Two weeks before the
season opened l gets a letter signed
Lieut.. reary and one from the Duke
of Marlborough. each wanting 20 en-.
gage board for part OF the summer.
We'll. STR. you gents know what
a biz thing for an obscure hustierS
IL would be 10 have for guests two
gentlemen whose names are famous
from long association with iccbcrga
and the Cohurgs. So l prints lot
Of handhllls announcing that Wood.
chuck Inn would shelter these dis,
hoarders during the sum.
mcr. except In places where IL leaked.
and | sends 'em out TO towns around
as far as Knoxville and Charlotte
and Fish Dam and Bowling Green
And now. look up there on tho
porch. gcnts.' says Smoke.'em.out.
at them disconsolate specimens OF
their fair sex waiting for tho arrival
of the Duke and the lieutenant. The
house Is packed from rafters to Gel
lar with hero worshiperx
There's four normal school
teachers and two abnormal: there's
three high school graduates between
81 and ~. there's two literary old
maids and one that can write. there's
"A couple of society women and lady
from Haw River. Two eiocutionists
are bunking in the corn crib and
I've put cots In the hay loft for the
cook and society edltrcss OF the Chat
tanooga Opera Glass You see how
names draw. gents
"'weii.' says I. how In II that you
seem to be biting your thumbs a,
good iuck7 You didn't use to be that
way
II aint through says Smoke
'em-out. Yesterday was the day for
the advent OF tho auspicious person.
ages I goes down to tho depot 70
welcome EN- Two apparently sub
stances gets off the train. both car.
rying bags full OF croauet mailc,s
and these magic lanterns with push.
buttons.
81 compare these integers with
tho original signatures to the letters
and. well. gents. reckon the mis-.
take was due TO my poor eyeslght
Instead Of being the Lieutenant. the
daisy chain and wild eerbens ex.
plorer was none other than Levi r.
Pecvy. soda water clerk from Ash.
VILE. And the Duke OF Marlborough
turned out To be Theo. Drake Of
bookkecpcr In a
grocery. What did I dor kicked
en- both back on the train and
watched EN- depart for the lowlands.
the low.
Now you see tho fix I'm In.
venta' goes on Smoke-'em-out Smith.
ers. I told the ladies' that the no
torious visitors had been detained on
the road by some unavoidable cir.
that made a noise IKE
m ice jam and an hciress. but they
would arrive n dry or two later.
When they find out that they've
:. 40
every yard Of cross barred muslin
and gaturaf waved switch In the
house viii pack up and leave. It's
a hard deal says old smoke'em out.
Friend says Andy. touching the
old man on the aesophagus why
this jerernad when the polar regions
and the portals OF Bienheim are con
spring to hand your prosperity on .
hail.harkcd silver salyer. We have
arrived
"a light breaks out on smoke.'em.
outs face.
Can you DO II. gcntsT he asks.
Could ye do TT Could yc play the
polar man and the little duke for the
nice iadiesy WIN ye do itT'
Il see that Andy IL superimposed
with his old hankering for the oral
and polyeiot system Of buncolng.
That man had n vocabulary OF about
10000 words and synonyms. which
arrayed themselves into contraband
sophistries and parallels when they
came out
Listen Gays Andy 70 old Smoke
'em-out Can we do TT? You be-
hold before you. Mr.. smithers. two
Of the finest equipped men on
earth for inveigilng the proietariat.
whether by word OF mouth. sieight.
ofhand or swfftness OF foot. Dukes
come and go. explorers 70 and get
lost. but me and JET. Peters, says
Andy. go after tho corne-ons for.
ever. IL you say so. we're the two IL.
lustrious guests you were expecting.
And you1l find says Andy. that
well give you the true local color Of
the title roles from the aurora Dor.
saiis TO the ducal porteullis.'
odd smoke-'em out IN delighted.
He takes me and Andy up to the
sfh " az aPtT@'s tf7AAAHE W vi
he way that the finest fruits OF the
IAN and luxuries OF the fast freights
should be ours without price as long
~ we would stay.
''on the porch Smoke 'ern-out ~ayr:
Ladies'. have the honor TO intro
luce His Gracefulness the Duke of
Marlborough and the famous in
sentor Of the North Police. Lieut.
Peary'
The skirts all flutter and the rock.
ng chairs squeak as me and Andy
BOWS and then goes on In with cid
smoke 'ern-out 10 register. And then
ge washed up and turned our cuffs.
md the landlord took us to the
'ooms he'd been saving for US and
rot out a demijohn OF North Caro-
ina real mountain dew.
II expected trouble when Andy be.
IAN to drink. He has the artistic
netempsychosis which In half drunk
when sober and looks down on air.
hips when stimulated.
After lingering with the demijohn