The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-14

writing In tho main thing In a story
You've missed me. haven't your"
mo one" said I. whom l hav'
ever known knows as well as you d.
how to space properly belt buckles
serni-colons. hotel guests. and hair
pins. But you've been away. too
saw a package OF peppermint
pepsin in your place the other day
Il was going to tell you aboul
IT," said Miss Bates If you hadn'i
interrupted mo
''of course. you know about Mag
gie Brown. who stops here. Wen
she's worth $40. e0o. 900. She uyesrr
Jersey in n tsn-doIiar fiat. She's al
ways got more cash on hand thar
half dozen business candidates for
vice president don't know whethei
she carries Il In her stocking OF not
but know she's mighty popular
down in the part OF the town wher'
they worship the golden calf.
"wcli. about two weeks ago. Mrs
Brown stops at the door and rub
bcrs at me for ten minutes I'm
Atting with my side to her. striking
off some manifold copies OF a cop
per-mine proposition for a nice oil
man from Tonopah. But I Away,
see everything all around mo. Whcr
I'm hard at work can see thing
thru my side combs. and ! can leave
one button unbuttoned In the bach
Of my shirtwaiss and sce who's be
hind me. didn't look around. be
cause make from SIS to $50 q
week. and I didn't have to-
That evening at knockingof
time she sends for me To come VI
to her apartment expected e
have to typcwrite about 1905
words Of notes-of-hand. liens. and
contracts. with a io-cent tip in sight
but l went. Wen. Man. was Ger
tainiy surprised Old Maggie Brown
had turned human.
"i'Child.' says she. you're th'
most beautiful creature ever ra~
in my life. ! want you TO quit your
work and come and live with me
I've no kith or kim says she. 'cx
ccpt n husband and a son or two
and I hold no communication with
any of 'em. They're extravagani
burdens on a Woodworking woman
want you 20 be a daughter to me
They say I'm stingy and mean. anc
the papers print lies about my doing
my own cooking and washing. Its
a lie she goes on. I put my wash
ing out, except the handkerchief
and stockings and petticoats anc
collars. and light stuff like that. I've
got forty million dollars In cash anc
stocks and bonds that are AZ
negotiable as Standard OIL. pre-
ferred, at a church fair. I'm a lone
ly old woman and I need companion
ship. You're the most beautiful
human being I ever saw says she
VIII you come and live with me
III show 'em whether 1 can spend
money or not she says.
'Well. Man. what would you have
done7 OF course. I fell to II. And
TO tell you the truth. I began to like
old Maggie. II wasn't all on &C
count OF the forty millions and What
she could do for me. ! was kind OF
lonesome In the world, too. Every
body's got to have somebody they
can explain 10 about the pain ir
their left shoulder. and how fast
patent.leather shoes wear out wher
they begin TO crack. And you cam
talk about such things 10 men you
meet in hotels--they're loSeing for
just such openings.
80 I gave up my Job In the hote
and went with Mrs. Brown. Ger
tainly seemed to have mash or
her. She'd look at me for half ar
hour at a time when / was sitting
reading. or looking at the maya
zines.
zone time says TO her: do
remind you Of some deceased rela
tive or friend of your childhood
Mrs. Brown I've noticed you give
me a pretty good optical inspection
from time TO time
"'You have n face she says. EEK
actly like a dear friend OF mine--th,
best friend ever had. But like
you for yourself. child, too she
says.
Then we moved to-where dc
you think7-no. guess again--that'f
right--the Hotel Benton. We had a
six.room apartment. and II cost 500
a day. saw the bill. I began to
love that old lady.
Then Aunt Maggie says she II
going TO give me coming out ban
quct in the Benton thatll make
moving Vans OF all the old Dutch
families on Fifth ave.