Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-31
CHAPTER VII
A WORD TO THE WIVES
aeyenth Inning

| and passed 'em.
She was even fascinatin' whilst eatin'
. spaghetti, which is the carbolic acid
test
From then on begin to take quite a
| interest In this second Queen of the
| 6hebas. Joe, and naturally enough I de-
| voted some time to wonderin whom
would be tho lucky guy to turn up and
| grab off a knockout like she with q half
| million for dessert. I didn't have long
to walt, because the thing run Off like
They was a young guy amongst what
| is known to the inner circle as the "extry
people" that fitted in for the heiress
victim the same way the skin fits on a
| lar he-man way he didn't forget that
a shave q day keeps the whiskers away
and as for he!n' .poor--well, he was
workin' for fve bucks day and worked
q week. He seen this alleged stenog-
| rapher the first day he went to draw
| his ten or fifteen dollars and would of
| walked out without the money IL she
| hadn't called him back. Jeanne was the
only one that noticed that when he fin'ly
did tear himself away, he left his hat
there and she winked at me and grinned
Well, joe Ill say that this super was
n fast worker. In fact the kid was so
speedy he would, OF made telegram
lcok like a, paralyzed snail. He hung
ground that office like a summer cold
end a lot of ambitious assistant directors
laid awake manys the night tryin' to fig
ure out ways to send him a box OF
poisoned bon bons and not get suspected,
yet none Of em had the nerve to fire him
because 1t was cinch that the lady in
tho case was partial to him. When he
commenced openly calm on her. Jeanne
calls me into the thing.
She, starts off by convincin' me how
she likes this Miss Huntington and then
she claims II looks pretty serious be-
tween she and this young useless and
whilst Jeanne admits the girls idea Of
gettin husband tailored to measure
Is kinda queer, she don't want her friend
to go wrong. Therefore and to wit,
she wants me to mix around with Miss
huntingtons boy friend and. see IL he
has anything to recommend him besides
his baby stare and the like.
Well, Joe, as l have always been a
obedent young man, folleyed out my
Instructions to the letters and looked
NSF..d over this , bird at close range must
him at the go in, because 1t was my idea
that guy Of his heft should be doln'
somethin' more excitin than bein a su-
per in the movies. but after scant
half hours conversation l was strong
for him, Joe.
He was just big, clear-eyed, clean
kid with certain amount of class that
q somethin else about him that It was
practically impossible not to like.
didn't wonder that the charmin heiress
with the queer ideas had fell for him
and hwas only hopin' he would take the
advantage of the chance, which was
headed his way at mile a minute
and make somethin' outa himself and
not just lay back and kid the world
with Miss Hunting tons dough. Havln
promised Jeanne not to upset the beans,
couldn't very well tip him Off but
when he come right out In meetin' and
told me he expected to wed our charmin'
stenoS, | figured l might be excused for
told him he was lucky, Joe. and
=, You bet I'm lucky" !" he says. GRIMM
like wolf why you don't know what
this will do for me and"
Don't kid YOURSELF" interrupts.
y know whole lot better than you do.
Now III admit that you have gave me a
good impression and you have got my
best wishes for success and the like.
But trust you will get busy and hustle
now and can this bein movie supe
That amt gonna get you nowheres and
right now you gotta make good Why
unfurnished room with the pennies
you're maxim here and you don't want
Miss Huntington to 60 out and stenog
after you're man and wife. do you?"
Il shoule say not! he laughs. "Ha,
Really, that's rich I'm thoroughly cap
able of supporting her, l assure you.
I've managed to get together u few dol
lars and I'm going to throw up this Job
I've been interested in for some time,
and III let you in on another secret
MISS Huntington Is gong to quit, too.
because tomorrow we get married and
Mrs Harmon and yourself are to be the
witnesses!"
Before I could make any answer to
this one, Joe, Miss Huntington herself
loomed up on the horizon and the comm
luckiest guy on the earth beat 1t.
walked away with visions Of the kid
like, as what kind of a other business
could he open with the dough he saved
from bein' q supe. hey. Joe1
lookin' for Jeanne sos I can make my
report, when l hear her voice from the
inside, Just as l am on the brink OF
openn' the door, this young guy begins
kinda strange Voice. Please wait u
Then they is most interestin' (to me)
pause.
Edith !" he says next, that bein Miss
aGntington's first name i have de-
! hear a gasp from said Edith and
VIOLA" she says; 1T is then that
you cannot marree Mademoiselle?"
Il would like" he says in a coldly
voice. TO see somebody stop me -
They was at the least two sighs lei
forth from inside.
The surprise l have is pleasant one
! am not Just a poor-er-super.
hung around here because had nothing
else to do and the work was fascinating
to me-, Also / had a good reason te
study the movies. Then when saw you
Edith, IL couldn't leave. My uncle
who died last year. left me little ,ovei
half million dollars and I've been look
ing around ever since for some safe anc
sane investment. found it-oh-VerS
recently. You will never have to oper
ate typewriter aga In, dear. you car
have everything your heart desires. Iv'
put practically every cent l have int
his business I've gone into but there's
millions to be made out OF II and a!
property, I'll probably be able to give
you fifty thousand dollars for pin money
sweetheart Now /"
Then Miss Huntington come to life
me Whyh thisy befoseS sSs faspS' why didn't you tel
@But i-i-wanted to be sure that yo'
loved me for myself. alone"
That's exactly what l wanted to . fin,
Il don't quite understand" says tn
hid kinda puzzled. YOU"
vsIE,IEdeceived you. too !" says frlen
Edith. I'm, no more a compelled 70 b
shot the words out, Joe, like she wa
anxious to get Il over with "I-why
have half a million dollars right now !!
MY father left me this moving pic
tpre company" explains Edith. But
aont like the movies and never did M
being here at the studio was just whir
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