Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-16
No Base Like Home
By II. C.. WITWER
BY H. c. WITWER

T1an?" aI1 ! boilers, when could talk at
Jeanne smiles and comes over to me.
osn she says. smoothin' back my
naiI. you Will wake Weelson. II you
VIII have but the little patience, cheri,
Jeanne VIII explain everything. I meant
Ter the delightful surprise. Indeed
YOU should be proud of your little Jeanne,
like--like Charles PicltfoTd and Doug
| las Chaplin, nest co pas?"
Dye mean to say this here Is level?"
yells. wavin' tho circular.
Jeanne sits on the arm of nv chair
and puts her hand over my mouth,
fou snail say nothing til I tell all !"
sne says. TT is then of this way. Jeanne
noes not Ike to sit home all alone by
| nerseu Whlle Edouard is away with the
/ winks. my "'"' "''
Did ! not then tell you to give up
inanI IN ~, wei. after have the small part
and you make such holler about il, Mon
sieur Wright he come to me and say
am the natural actress and everybody
Know OF me now, because your friend
letters OF me and also Monsieur Wright
I'll murder that birdt" I butts, in,
jumpin' UP.
Please to remain seated :" says
Jeanne. II is nothing. Monsieur Wright
is the splendid gentleman. He, too, likes
this baseball and knows all about you.
He himself told me you were wonderful.
non. just-ah--nice. To him everything Is
business; nothing more. Besides. ma
cheri, you should know your Jeanne.
We'll. he offer me contract for 5000
year and 10 per cent of what the
non, because think you will be angry.
Then he say fifteen thousand and say
! must think. Then he say twenty
sss SH' yoS per sS1s ssn "nf The 'fss ra
BY this time got enough.
That's where all this Jack is comin
from. hey?" l says. We'll, tear that
star and I'm able to take care Of you
without you doin' no manual labor.
didn't think you'd take the advantage
Of me the minute, I went on the road
kiplin' had 'em pegged right. A foo
there was and he said his prayers, Just
like me and you, Gunga pin! Well
tell the world What. dye wanna &c
in the movies for, anyways? Look wha
the movies done to Jess Willard" !"
Jeanne says nothin'.
Look here, Jeanne" says. wv
might as we'll get this over and be don't
with it. don't like this stuff your,
pullin' on me a little bit. I may be ;
roughneck. but I'm level. The movi
| thing has got to Eo--or l do! You go
a good home, a baby, and me. I'm will
in to hustle for you; I'm willin' T.
, study English SOS l won't shock you
highbrow friends, which wouldn't know
either you or me II I hadn't got over
And whilst think of it. what's this gu.
, rockingham hangin' around for? There
one baby I'm gonna knock kickin' to
, morrow!'
Again Jeanne smiles.
. ut Is nothing" she says. "Monsieu
rockingham marries next week Mad
emoiselle Van Arkwright the young lad
who ask you to dance with her tonight
!, Edouard, but you are still just one bi
baby-and Jeanne loves you for II ! Blu
, you must listen. Jeanne will not be tn
! housewife and get fat and dumpy-
and lose you ! can be then in the NOV
ing pictures and still love mon Edouard
: Between us we can make beaucou
: francs for little Weelson and I will ge
| YOU away from those vulgar baseball
You shall do something else-Jeann
|, will think Of that, too. We shall haV
! our country villa and-and you sha
play goff MISUNDERSTANDING nest
She took hold Of my head Joe, an
looked me right in the eyes; and
. usually got dizzy, but remained frn
mo-" / says mo wife OF mine.
= gonna be no movie queen! grabbe
my hat, Joe. and started for the dool
n evenin's dress and all. "Good-by fo'