Evening star., 1921-04-03
A FEW GUESSES ABOUT SULLY
<<V YELL WE'LL" says ]. stop
NN/ PIN short in the middle
" of the ivin' room and
--.,-s 1~ar AZ the win

DIN 0noIG Su0 AhANNsS
" Of the Mvin' room and
Eaxin' over at the win
eat .wbat-what's the Dig
idear ,,,c.h.
ro, +here Is Master Sullivan Mcoaoe'
al Aossed up in a clean collar oes'
hnickers and Sunday shoes. Aiso ~
r.ca and ears have been scruooeu
n;nk. except for the freckles. ana his
.,,r,,, shock of brown hair shows
neat part. Here 1t is n'ce S
shiny Saturday afternoon TOO.
he's usually out playing WIN III.
-,nS and seldom shows up home un
iii after dark. More'n that, he's si'-
t;n. there quiet and readin' a booK
a1 didn't know the dancih iesS'"s
had beoun again" says l.
.11g 70 marty them" I asks Ut
Ala vo, forget and think this was
Sunday? e. hreaks
unheard of thing for your son 70 "
fairiy clean and decently dressed On
Huh. says L MY error. Of CO. course: ,,e:
But / don't ever remember tnas ia,, - .
happened before. He amt SICK or
ny xnm must know. Chorty." says
sbe "we are expecting caller. Miss
Lillith Cutting is coming TO ,.9 Tea.
Gosh. says I. sssS; gaspy;; rhat pdd old
Lillith. the lady poetess' i"a' ~
Shorty Mccabe" protests Sad,e; ne;
vigorous Aren't you ashamed! nish'
before Sully. too" .e .r.at
f.vorite OF Sully's either. Didn't ne
come near gettin' in wrong win hef
the last time she was here: say. "a
hadn't arrived just as / did hea
have had our old tomcat ana Una.
little white white ,ppoferea,1 poodle al he He was just
onenin' the coupe door to chuck Ola
Tom in with FLUFFY when inter-
fered." .c,,,,,
wrir1Ied away from Miss Cutting
when she wanted to talk to him. anu
he was so sulky that had 10 seno
him out. He looked a sight, too. IN
that old foot ball costume ana WIN
his hands all grimy But we nay, naSs
and /. He understands now that while
Miss Cutting may have her Httie
peculiarities. she is really quite q
talented lady, who writes poems Tor
the magazines-beautifu poems aDuue
some OF them. Haven't I. Sully?
"Yep," says Sully. smoothin' out
grin. as
on, "if Miss Cutting should see suliy
and his nice manners, sne isHt r.
write a poem about him. and have II
printed in one Of her books.
Huh" says L
-Oh, don't expect you TO app.e, :,
cjate what an honor it would be,
saws Sadie. But I've explained 1t to
Sully. and he understands. And ne
is going to be real little gentleman
to her when she comes. Aarent YOU
SullyT' .; -, e. h.
deep in his story book.
ssIt ought to be worth watchin.
says l. "Not that I'd care to be too
close when Lillith starts gushln Sne
be back in the lib'ry here. soin' over
some bills. and maybe can get a
glimpse Of the big act. Say, that
must be her car rollin' in now"
It was: Some classy little closed
YOU might get the idea that there's
been a big boom o. in poetry prices.
maybe I'd better state that Miss Cut
ting amt strictly supportin' herself
that way. Hardly. With all the gilt
don't need co do a thing and this
poetry>line of hers is entirely on the
side. Maybe what she turns out amt
so bad. either. for the kind. Any
way she gets it printed. Has had
whole book Of it published. and if you
don't watch your step when you're
talking to her, she'll give you one
free.
It's her gushy conversation that I
can't stand for. You know the kind.
She Just gurgles enthusiastic over
everything. Specially youngsters.
They're her long suit. Course, being
an old maid. she claims to know all