Evening star., 1920-02-08
WHEN VICTOR GOT GOING

the front Office OF the physical
culture studio. l suspicious that I'm to
be called on 10 referee some new move
I'm the career OF this more or less in
terestin pair,
well, what now?" says /. turnin' to
the lady. who's the headliner of this
particular domestic sketch team "Got
a scheme for making Victor vice presi-
dent OF the bank or something"
But for the first time on record. so far
as I've kept the statistics. there's no
answerin' sparkle to them black eyes of
hers, She's usually such a perky little
party, Mrs. Annis. Somehow she re-
mirds me of IL spring robin, with her
quick motions and the odd way she has
Of tiltn' her head to one side when she
talks. Built something like a robin, too
kind OF plump in spots. and yet with
slender lines here and there
Now though all the snap and perk'-
ness seems to have faded out. She sits
there grippin' one hand with the other
and her chin down. ''Oh, Prof Nc
Cabe'" she signs hopeless. IL don't
know what's to become of us. Ask him
about it,"
"Eh"" says |. Listens tragic. Shoot
it. Victor"
AS though he could he persuaded into
doing anything impetuous, Not Victor
Annis. He's one of these rangy, long
geared parties that looks like he was
put together with barn hinges Enough
framework used up in cOnstructin' Vic
tor TO make two or three average men,
and II it was all well padded he'd weigh
close to three hundred. But it amt
While he's no human skeleton exactly
he seems to be all joints and angles and
his clothes hang on him as graceful as
grain bags draped on a step ladder. He
gets under way just as rapid as q heavy
freight puliin' out on wet rails and his
mental processes amt much livelier. So
! waits until Victor has worked up the
proper momentum
u's-its all over with me I'm afraid.
shorty. says he. 'I-l've got to quit
the bank"
Whats the idea?" says I. 81 thought
you was gettin' on fine there"
TITS on account OF my left lung"
says Victor. II had trouble there once
before. and lateiy-well, I've just been
to q specialist. He says 1 may not
i0oN - Cal IL SNlCN 10 UdnkIuK. says
] must do outside work. Right off,"
"Oh WELL" says !, they can't always
tell. May not be as bad as he dopes
1t out. Still you can't take q chance,
OF course. and maybe you can strike
something just as good outdoors"
do you know what that fool doctor
wants him to do" comes in Mrs. An
mis-. work in meat market"
"I'' e always heard that was
healthy" says L. specially in one OF
these big. open stands like they have
downtown"
But just think. says she. "Victor
coming down to that-cutting meat
in linen apron and straw cuffs! And
after all I've done to get him where
he Isl"
| mods. It's a fact. as happened
to know. When she found Victor.
here couple of years back. he was
stock room porter in a department
store. He had the important job of
openin' packin' cases and wheelin'
the stuff around where it was needed.
And from all accounts he was satis-
fed to keep on doin' that.
l expect he'd still be there. too. II it
""N" ooeh Aoi kuiS
lady with the snappy black eyes who
drifted down from some where in Nova
Scotia. started as wrapper girl, and
in less than six months had worked
up to be first assistant head Of tho
corset department. That's where Mrs.
McCabe got to know her and how l
got rung in on this charge account
romance. You see. Sadie begins tell
in what wonder this Miss Robinson
is. Must have got an extra good ht
Or something. Besides she remembers
Sadie for a whole six months. name
and address and all, oven to tho
brand Of what-you- callums she wears,
and in these days when most Of the
saleslades are SO distant and naughty
that makes q reat hit. I take 1t they
got real chummy.
Anyway. Sadie seems to acquire the
whole life hist'ry OF Miss Robinson:
how her folks were in the salt hsh
business up there, and the only OPEN
in she had was either to keep books
in the warehouse or teach school;
how shed turned down both chances
and made break for New York with
only enough left after payin her fare
to stake her to q weeks board: and
how she'd Jumped into the drst place
she found.
Then later IN Radie he's I'd ahout