The Washington herald., 1921-03-06

wrong. and yet I never GO into a
train but what they pile 'em ups on
me. No good can come out OF an
international clinch between the
Old World aristocracy and one OF
us fresh Americans. When people
In Teal life marry, they generally
hunt up somebody in their own
station. A fellow usually picks out
a girl that went to the same high
school and belonged to the same
singing society that he did. When
young miilionaires fall in love, they
always select the chorus girl that
likes the same kind Of sauce on the
lobster that he does. Washington
Newspaper correspondents always
marry widow ladies ten years older
than themselves who keep board
ing houses. No. sir, you can't make
novel sound right to me when II
makes one of c.. d. Gibson's bright
young men go abroad and turn
kingdoms upside down just because
he's q Taft American and took q
course at a gymnasium. And listen
how they talk, too"
Pescud picked up the best-seller
and hunted his page.
Listen at this" said he. "Trev-
elyan Is chinning with the Princess
Alwyna at the back end of the tulip
garden. This is how 1t goes:
Say not so, dearest and sweet
est OF earth's fairest flowers. Would
aspire? You are a star set high
above me in a royal heaven; am
only-myself. Yet am a man.
and / have a heart to do and dare.
i have no title save that of an un-
crowned sovereign: but I have an
arm and a sword that yet may free
Schutzenfestenstein from the plots
of traitors"
Think of a Chicago man packing
a sword, and talking about freeing
anything that sounded as much like
canned pork as that! He'd be much
more likely to hght to have an i'm
port duty put on it."
81 think I understand you, John"
said /. "You want fiction writers to
be consistent with their scenes and
characters. They shouldn't mix
Turkish pashas with Vermont farm
ers or English dukes with Long
Island clam-diggers, or Italian
countesses with Montana cowboys.
or Cincinnati brewery agents with
the rajahs of India"
"Or plain business men with aris-
tocracy high above EN-" added Pes
cud. TT don't jibe. People are d.
vided into classes, whether we ad-
init It or not, and it's everybody's
impulse to stick to their own class.
They do IL, too. don't see why peo-
pie go to work and buy hundreds Of
thousands of books like that. You
don't see or hear of any such didoes
and capers in real life
well, John,y said I, II haven't
read a best-seller in a long time.
Maybe I've had notions about them
somewhat like yours. But tell sme
more about yourself. Getting along
all right with the company"
Bully" said Pescud, Frightening
at once. I've had my salary raised
twice since 1 saw you. and l get a
commission, too. I've bought a neat
slice of real estate out in the East
End, and have run up a house on it.
Next year the firm is going to sell
me some shares OF stock. oh. I'm
in on the line of General Prosperity,
no matter who's elected"
Met your affinity yet, john
asked.
'Oh, dldn tell you ABOUT that'
did I?' said Pescud with a broader
grin.
"o-ho" I said. $50 you've taken
time enough of from your plate
glass to have a romanceT'
mo, no." said John. mo romance
nothing like that! But ,Pll tell you
about 1t.
Il was on the south-bound going
to Cincinnati, about eighteen months
finest looking girl I'd ever laid eyes
finest looking girl I'd ever held eyes
on. Nothing spectacular, you know.
but just the sort you want for keeps.
Well, never was up to the Irritation
business, either handkerchief, auto
mobile, postage-stamp. or doorstep.
and she wasp't the kind to start any
thing. She read 4 book and minded
Der business, which was to make the
world prettier and better Just by re-
siding in 1t. kept on looking out
of the side doors Of my eyes, and
finally the proposition got out Of the
Pullman class into a case of a cot
tage with a lawn and vines rum
ming over. the porch / never thought
Of speaking to her, but let the