Evening star., 1921-05-01

, pie here like Mother Emma Goldman n
used to make. Only you want to be
careful it don't explode in your hand"
I shook my head. III nibble at
these" I said until you get through"
And I reached for little saucer Of
salted peanuts that lurked in the shadow
OF the bowl containing the olives and
the celery. For this, you should know.
was a table d'hote establishment. and
, no such place is complete without its
drowned olives and its wilted celery.
Speaking of peanuts" he said. II
don't seem to care deeply for such. I
lost my taste for them dainties quite
some time back
What was the occasion:" I prompted.
for l saw the light of reminiscence
smoldering in his eye.
1T wasn't no OCCASION he said 1T
was a catastrophe. Did I ever happen
/ to tell you about the time l furnished
| the financial backing for Windy Jordan
and his educated bull. and what hap
pened when the blow-off came:'
| ] shook my head and in silence bark
ened.
1T makes quite an earful."he con-
tinued. Business for agents in my
profession was very punk here on the
| main stem that season. BY reason of
| the dishonest police it was mighty
| ing to trim an Ezra for his roll and
then have to cut up the net proceeds
you had to go back and borrow car
, fare from the sucker to get home on.
Besides l was somewhat lonely and
9w IN egusa 1d Gh he
Caps Kid being in the. hospital. He'd
made the grieVous mistake or trying
to sell a half-intersst in the AQUARIUM
middle of the negotiations something
! came UP that made the Swede doubt
full that all was not well, and he be-
] hauling out a set Of fashioned
genuine antique brass knucks and
nicking up Sweet Caps scalp to such
had to spend three weeks on the fiat
| of his back in the casualty ward. with
! couple OF doctors coming in every
morning to replace the divots. Pend
| ing on visiting Antioch. G:lead, Zion
and other religious towns up state
with A view Of selling the haymakers
some Bemuda oats for their fall plant
ing, when along came Windy Jordan
| and broached a proposition.
This here Windy Jordan was one
Of them human draughts; hence the
strong breeze blowing out Of him in
the form OF the words. II he wasn't
conversing. it was sign he had acute
sore throat But to counteract that
smartest and the largest bull on this
side of the ocean, which said bull an
swsGsd H;e to, to the name ,, 1f =! Emily" w.!
Sure said bull. Why not?
Amt you wise to what bull is?'
Certainly l am. but bull named
Listen. little one: To them that fol-
low after the red wagon and the
white top. all elephants is bulls dis
regardless Of genders. Just the same
fined maiden ladies residin' in New
England and points adjacent Only
show.people ain't got any false mod
Bull is a 5ull: ~hether M srGS It's oaSi"fss iady
properly this here bull. being one Of
the most refined and cultUr ed mem
| oers OF her sex. answers to ne Chris
tian name of Emily.
| X +
i"WELL. this Emily is not only the
! joy and the pride of Windy
Jordan's life, but she's his entire
available assets. Bull and bulline
she'd been with him from ed Fly child
hood. In fact. Windy was the only
parent Emily ever knew, she having
been left a helpless orphan on &C
| count of a railroad wreck to the old
Van Orten shows back yonder in the
| eighteen-eighty-so mething.. So Win.
i dy. he took her as .prattling. infant
in arms when she didn't weigh an
ounce over a ton and a half. and he
adopted her and educated her and
pampered her and treated her as a
ter. until she repaid him BY becoming
not only the largest bull in the bus
mess but the most highly cultivated
| Emily knew nearly everything
! there was to know, and what she didn't I
| know she suspected very strongly
. Likewise, as | came to find out later.
she was extremely grateful for small
! ture. To be sure, being affectionate
with a bull about the size and gen
, eral specifca tions Of furniture car
| had its drawbacks. She was liable
| to lean up against you in a playful.
kittenish kind of a way and cave in
most Of your ribs. 1t was like hav-
ing violent Irritation with a land
, slide to venture up clost to Emily