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

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seaocacnf srttA the Wheeler Svs-
6tcste. Inc.
s'GAtan." aid jeff Peters. lis =
- 70 work for. When other peo-
~ ara having their vacation II
whSn ~ keeps you the busiest. A.
~ pr. Watts or 81. Paul o. nome
o4her dlaxncstician says: He always
0n1o sosnel5odysfcr IDLE hands to do
r rumsmber one summer when me
nnA ny partner. Andy Tucker. tried
- tnke : layoff from our professional
ana business duties; but Il seems
that our work followed w wherever
- went.
Nov, with : preacher it's differ
onG H cnn throw off his rsspcn-
n1hflities IN denjoy himself. On May
a ~ Wrape moguuitc netting ana
~ f0u around tn ps1pts. wrsns his
ninnck. bruviary and fSshing pole and
hlhea for Lake Como or Atlantic
C5ty according TO the size ofs the
np>,dnens With which he has been
called b. his conxsegaticn. And. ~.
1or thsus uonths he don't have e
1hlnk about business except to hunt.
oruund in Deuteronomy ana Pro
vee4a ana Timothy to find tsxss to
cover and exculpate such little mid
uumnot penances as dropping .
supple looey door on rouge or teach
lng = Presbyterian widow to swim
but was going 10 tell you about
nine and Andy's summer vacation
th&x wasn't one
I'VE was tirrd Of finance and all
the branches OF unsanctified tnge-
uuity. Even Andy. whose brain
rureiy ever stopped working. began
% make noises like a tennis cabinet
= Heixho. hor says Andy. I'm
tired. I've got that steam up the
yacht Corsair and no for the Riviera'
feeling. I want to loaf and indict
ny soul. ~ Walt whittie says |
want to play pinochle with Merry del
Val or give a knouting TO the tenants
"a my Tarrytown estate or do =
monologue at q ChafitauquA picnic
IN kills or something summery and
outside the line Of routine and sand
bagRing.
. Patience says I. You'll have to
climb higher in the profession be-
fore you can taste the iaurcis that
crown tho footprints Of the great
captains Of industry. Now. what I'D
like. Andy says I. would be a sum
mer soujourn In q mountain village
mr. from scenes OF larceny. labor
and overcapitalization. I'm tired. too.
and q month or NO Of siniessness
ought to leave us In good shape to
begin again to take away the white
mans burdens tn the fali.'
Andy fell In with the rest cure
idea at once. 20 we struck the gen.
eral passenger agents OF all the rail-
roads for summer resort literature.
and took week to study out where
~ should go. ! reckon the first
passenger agent In the world was
that man Genesis But there wasn't
much competition In his day. and
when he said: The Lord made the
sarth IN six days. and all very good
ne hadn't any idea to what extent
the press agents Of the summer
hotels would plagiarize from him
later on.
''Wbcn We finished the booklets
we perceived. easy. that the United
States from Passadumkcg. Me. to FL
Pnso. and from Skagway to Key
West was a paradise Of glorious
mDuntain peaks. crystal lakes. new
LAID eggs, golf. girls. garages. cooling
breezes. straw rides. open plumbing
~~I 4.ouia. ana IN xs,ftttx, t,u<. t.<.,tr.s
ride.
80 me and Andy dumps the books
out the back window and packs our
trunk and takes the o'clock Tor
foise Flyer for Grow Knob. kind
Of dernicr resort In the mountains
on the line Of Tennessee and North
Carolina.
I'VE are directed TO kind OF priv
ate hotel called Woodchuck Inn, and
hither me and Andy bent and almost
broke our footsteps over the rocks
and stumps. The inn set back from
the road In a big grove Of trees. and |
II looked fine with its broad porches
and a lot Of women In white dresses
rocking in the shade. The rest OF |
Crow Knob was a postoffice and |
some scenery set an angle of 45 de |
grees and we!kin.
"weII, sir, when we got TO the gate
who do you suppose comes down the /
walk to greet ns? Old Smoke-'cm. |
out gmithers. who used TO be the 1
hest open air painless dentist and
electric liver pad faker in the South
west.
"Oid smoke.'cm-out Is dressed cier.
and has the mingled air Of
. landlord and claim jumper.
Which aspect he corroborates by tell. /
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