The Washington herald., 1921-05-08

to wake him up at the liveliest vau-
deville in town.
Once / thought 1 had him. I
nailed q pair of cuffs on him one
morning before he was awake: and
I dragged him that evening to the
palm-cage of one of the biggest
hotels in the city-to see the
Johnnies and the Alice-sit- by the
hours. They were out in numerous
Quantities, with the fat q the land
showing in their clothes. While
we were looking them over, Solly
divested himself Of q fearful. rusty
kind of laugh-like moving a fold
ing bed with one roller broken.
1t was his first in two weeks. and
il gave me hope.
Right you are says i. They're
a funny lot Of post cards, aren't
they7'
"'Oh, 1 wasn't thinking of them
dudes and culls on the hoof.' says
he. I was thinking of the time
me and George put sheep-dip in
II Horsehead Johnson's whisky.
wish l was back in Atascosa City.
Il felt a cold chill run down my
back. Ne to play and mate IN cne
move says / to mysek
II Il made Solly promise to stay in
the cafe for half an hour and ]
hiked out in a cab to Lolabelle
Delatour's fiat on Forty-third street
knew her we'll. She was a chorus
girl in a Broadway musical comedy
Jane says / when 1 found her
I've got a friend from Texas here
He's all right. but-well, he carries
weight. I'd like to give him a little
whirl after the show this evening
bubbles. you know. and a buzz out
to a casino for the whitehall and
picked wslnuts. Is il a go7'
"Can he singr asks Lolabelle.
"'You know says /, that
wouldn't take him away from hom,
unless his notes were good. He,
got pots of money-bean-pots full
of it
Bring him around after tn,
second act says Lolabelle, and II
examine his credentials and secur,
tiles
so about 10 o'clock that even
ing / led Solly to Miss Delatour'i
dressing room. and her maid let nj
in. In ten minutes in comes Lola
belle: fresh from the stage, lookinl
u
when she steps from the ranks O
the lady grenadiers and says to tn,
king, Welcome to our May-da,
revels.' And you can bet IL WASH
the way she spoke the lines that 60
her the part.
"As soon as Solly saw her he go
UP and walked straight out through
the stage entrance into the street
followed him. Lolabelle WASH
paying my salary. / wonders
whether anybody was.
Luke says Solly, outside, tha
was an awful mistake. We mus
= have got into the lady's privat
room. hope I'm gentleman enouel
} to do anything possible in the wa,
, OF apologies. Do you reckon She
: ever forgive usT
! "'She may forget it, says I. %
course il was a mistake. Let's e
/ find some beans.
That's the way IL went. Ru
: pretty soon afterward Solly faiie,
= to show up at dinner time for sew
: eraI days. cornered him. We con
r fessed that he had found a restau
rant on Third avenue where the
! cooked beans in Texas style. mad
Z him take me there. The minute
! set foot inside the door ] threw u
: my hands.
There was a young woman q
4 the desk. and Solly introduced m
. to her. And then we sat down an
had beans.
' Yes, sir. sitting at the desk wa
! the kind OF a young woman that ca
> catch any man in the world q
r easy as lifting a finger. There's
: way of doing ii. She was healthy
looking and plain dressed. She Ia
: her hair drawn back from her fore
: head and face-no curls or frizze,
Z that's the way she looked. Now T.
! tell YOU the way they work N
game: it's simple. When she want
|. a man, she manages 1t so that ever
r time he looks at her he fnds he
a looking at him. That's all.
.sTha nexf evening Soliy was