Evening star., 1920-03-07


she breaks out. "Sue Harkley has
gone and married that young Miller
fellow. the one who carried on so
with that grass widow Tillie French,
after he came home from the army.
l don't see how she could. But he
must have steadied down some see
1t says he has a position in the First
National"
"Oh, Al. Mller's all right" says Miitl
Little frisky about being in France
so long. but there's good stuff in him.
Say, l see how old Tim Hendry's had
another stroke and has to quit busi-
ness for good. I expect that son-in-
law of his will have to run the furni-
ture store now. And the Presbyte-
rians have raised fifteen thousand to
build new church; Indiana lime
stone. with spire. That'll be quite
an addition, won't it,
They've started up the Fortnightly
Euchre Club comes in Luella. First
meeting at the handsome new resi-
dence of Mrs. William DeErow on
Huron avenue. Humph! Reads we'll,
doesn't it? Remember how she bragg
ged that they Were going to put in .
tiled bathroom and steam heat, and
then when they got the contractors
estimates concluded to leave out the
tiling and get along with a hot-air
furnace? But l suppose that two
story stucco house with it's dinky
porte cochere looks pretty swell to
Tamarack. And the Degrows pretend
to be-"
Il say" breaks in Milt Who do
you guess is dead, Luela? Judge
Abel Martin. And Mrs. Martin plans
to live with her sister in MiIwaukee.
Going to sell the old mansion. Got
it advertised. furniture and ALL"
You don't mean it. Milt!" says
Mrs. Higbee The very place you
always said you meant to buy when
the Park made good. How-how
much do you think it could be bought
for?"
'Oh. thatll go cheap" says Milt.
Too big for most folks, too much
ground. Two acres of lawn to keep
up
But tit wouldn't be too big for
us. would it, Milt: Suggests Luella.
Il should say not" says Higbee,
ewellin' out his chest. "And you
know. Luella. that could be made a
hSH's AhC houSSs Win liIIlc
ing over. could get one of those
crack architects from Grand Rapids
to draw the plans and make it a regu-
lar humdinger. like some of those
swell places we saw out to Los
Angeles. Best location in town, you
know. Course, the grounds would
have to be handicapped modern and
all that. wouldn't it knock their eye
out if we should do it, thought"
Mrs. Higbee is just gain starey
over the top Of Milts head.
II rather guess I could entertain
the Fortnightly then eh:" she puts in,
after 4 minute.
And maybe they'd let me into the
Tamarack City Club" suggests Milt
Well. why not MiIton"' demands
Luella.
Gosh Lueila" gasps Higbee.
That's what | say. Let's
And bla med If they don't go to a
fond c!inch right there. spillin' the
Pekingnese and the Evening Records
all over the floor in their excitement.
Excuse us, shorty" apologies
Milt. but we-we--'
Go to it says 1. My guess is
that you're on the right trail at last
Might be interestin enough wan
derin around France and Italy but
III bet you'll have more fun back in
Michigan makin' the Tamarack folks
sit up
1t was a decision. all right TDey
checked out at 10 am. the next
nlornin'. Milt only havin' time
enough tc call up over the phone to
say goodbye.
Hardly slept 4 wink all night,
either of u.s." says he. Both plan
ming what we mean to do to Tamarack
when we get there. I'm going to
buy in on the street rar line for ono
thing. and run the tracks out to
Higbee Park. Going to have a house
on every blamed lot If have to build
'em myself. Said I'd show 'em some
time. you know"
Sic 'em, Nilt.." says I. Make 'sm
change that minus sign to plus.
And III bet when Mrs. Higbee dis
plays that wardrobe of hers in Tama-
rack she'll have the ForuiEhtry
ladies jumpin' through hoop for her.
En-"
And as I hangs up hears Milf let
out a chuckle.
Copyright. 1920 by Sewell Ford)