Evening star., 1921-07-10

Even If 1t hadn't been for the time
table and the home paper sticking
from his coat pocket 1 could nave
guessed he was an .out-of-town trip
Per. For one thing, his hair was cut
round in the back. co,il heavens style;
and then he wore three different lodge
emblems-Elk's head in his button
hole, gold square and compass as q
stickpin. and a Shriiler's fob on his
watch chain. Small-town stun that
you can't 60 wrong on. Besides. when
he first came in held almost started
to take of his coat and hang 1t up.
but had remembered that he was away
from homo just in time.
More coffee, sir?" I asked.
"sakes. no! says he. Another cup
Of that and wouldn't get to sleep
until after midnight Don't tempt. me,
."Trust me, mister" says I. Tempt
ing isn't my line. Here's your check" :"
mad. I'm not trying to kidnap you.
grille.
That's comforting" says I. Whats
the folksy idea, Them
Just lonesome. that's. ALL" says he.
Seems See fun funny to you: L.. expect but but
there's 30 many people you don't
know. that after you've knocked
around In It a coupla of days you
begin to feel blue and homesick. But
! suppose you were bonn and brought
+ shut my eyes and INDUCED in a
sketchy smile. Say. it doesn't take
long to put on the New York finish.
does TIT Probably this snappy wait
ress costume, with the short white
smock effect and white SAX hose with
the black clocks helped some. And
then the box cut on my Carroty hair.
Oh, sure! Gwendolyn had wished that
on me the first day. 1t did get a gasp
nrrt ~ IN h,,t 60
going without hairpins and found
how easy it was to coax q curl into
the ends of my rusty mop I was glad
I'd had the nerve to do 1t. And 1t
does give rather a pert, zippy look
that I'd lacked before.
T. WONDERED what he'd say If he'd
known how few months it had
been since left Superior street, Du-
luth. with a vague idea, that Broad
way started from somewhere in front
OF Tammany Hall and ran through
the middle of Central Park to the
Bronx Zoo; or how he'd stare If he
could see sketch of me in the berry,
picking costume I wore when 1 found
1nez Petersen at Tamarack Junction
and let her persuade me to leave home
and stepmother forever.
didn't tell him, though. The safe
bet is to tell these cleft-chin sports
only where they get off and let it
ride at that.
Listen. uncle" says I. watching
him squirm at the pet name. IF I
tried to chirk up all the lonely out
of-town buyers who stray in here
with affectionate dispositions and
have to keep double-entry date books
and the madam would need two more
Mattresses in my place."
That gets him rosy In the ears:
Excuse e, me. -, sister" % says .,., he; but
didn't mean a thing. Honest"
''Then that's that" says I. But II
you should feel like getting bit
frisky try it on our White Goddess.
part Of her job. acting as shock abb
sorber for. the place. You haven't
missed her. have you?"
And I mods at the black velvet
throne affair over by the door where
Ines. in her white satin robe. sits
spectacular behind the white enam-
eled cash register.
mo, I've been watching her." says
he. shes a sumner. all right.
That's what this friendi OF mine
gists' convention told me. Said II 1
was going to stop over in New York
] ought to come down to this here
Greenwich Village and hunt up the
Gave Of the White Goddess. So I did.
But I'm afraid I'm a little past the
goddess stage. Maybe before my bald
spot spread and I took to wearing
forty fats might have sidled up to
her. But now now. I've noticed that
the young sports who have tried 1t on
her tonight didn't get very far. Kind
Of . chilly proposition, isn't she?'
"Inez?" says I. "Oh. no. It's just that
she has something on her mind. You
see, she's been without her gum for
wondering If she couldn't slip in
couple Of slabs of wintergreen with
out getting call from the lady boss.
Dinner all right. sir?"
"Bullyw says he. especially that
most made me homesick~
Il suppose" says I. 1T was some
thing like the way the little wife fixes
"something?' says he. why: it was
the way she used to before-well. be-
fore she quit"
you don't mean" says I. rolling
my eyes up toward where that kind Of
wives are supposed to 60;
don't often mention" says he, but I
mean exactly what I said. She quit.
"Oh" says I. gazing around to see
II the two old maid summers at the
on an extra dessert. They were not.
One was choking over a cigarette she
was trying to smoke and the other
was watching sympathetic. Just
just fitted; nj se61.s ehr 9,v5. ! went on. with
THANK heavens it wasn't so bad as
that" says he. No. I knew she was
going. She told me all about it
weeks before. Not that I got what 1t
was all about exactly. Had some
thing to do with her not. being able
to stand Main street and the Thana..
of the club myself. and we haven't
any street by that name In our town
as know of. We got Marquette ave-
nue. and Huron street. but can't see
er Of them-six or seven blocks Of as
good stores as you'll find anywhere.
even II do say 1t. Mines the. Elite
Pharmacy. across from the Phoenix
House and next door to the Bijou
movie theater. Some way; va though; ,,Seis
"Just a minute" breaks in.
There's a party counting out two
bit tip for four-thirty dinner check
and ! gotta give 'em the cold eye or
they'll get away with 1t.
THEY did, too. but TIL bet they re-
member all the way back TO
Chiliicothe or Salina that low tenn
perature look I gaze 'em.
And then I stro1led back to the Wis
iting Druggist. "Who was 1t you said
got sore7" asked.
Gwen" says he: The wife. you
peared to be as contented and happy
as any in our crowd We were in