Evening star., 1921-05-01
THE BULL CALLED EMILY

when she was in one of her tomboy
moods. I've known her TO nudge
friend with one of her front elbows
and put both his shoulder blades out
by it, never. 1t was just a little way
she had.
were aiming to join out that desi season SoIl
through some way. and for the past
few weeks Windy, had been infesting
lodging house for for mem6fss EAST of ,fh The
street. and Emily had been in live
ly barn down in Greenwich voltage.
just naturally eating her old India,
low as to coin. wasn't able to pay up
Emily's back board and the liveryman
was holding her for the bill. ..
fairly we'll upholstered with cur
rency. he comes to me and suggests
that if III dig up what's & necessary
snare line of bookings in vaude-
vile and Wen all three go out on the
! two "A day together. him as trainer
and as and Emily as 6s
is to be cut up fifty-fifty as between
me and him.
The notion don't sound like bad
one. That was back in the days
when refined vaudeville was run
ming very strongly to trained animal
acts and leading ladies that had quit
it vet. Nowadays them ex-queens Of
tradesy can go into the movies and
draw down so much money that if they
only. get half as much as they. say
twice, as much as anybody would
give 'em: but them times vaudeville
was their one best bet. And next
emosh tis tWicet daily siftS for twenty @o i min.
utes on stretch. without, giving
way anywhere. good trained animal
turn had the call. 1t might be
troupe of educated Potomac shad or
an educated ape or city-broke Gila
monster or talking horse or what
not. In our case twas Emily, the
First thing. we goes down to the
livery stable where Emily is spend
ing the Indian summer and consum-
ing half her weight in dry provender
prie:or of this here fodder-emporium
is named Mcclure. and when ! tells
him I'm there to settle, Emily'S ac-
ens fo s saFres by on 5hensh
not that he's got any grudge against
! Emily. understand. but for other good
and abundant sufficiencies. He states
that SO far as Emily,s personal con-
forced sojourn in his midst she's al
ways. deported herself like a per-
feet lady. But she takes up an aw
full lot Of room. and one of the hands
tration from overeXertionS incum ed
in packing hay to her, and it seems
gets to dreaming that a mouse near
ly an inch and a half long is after her
all bulls is terrible afraid. you
know. that some day a mouse is GO
ing to come along and eat 'em-and
when she has them kind of delusions she
cries out in her sleep and tosses around
and maybe knocks down couple of
steel beams or busts in row of box
stalls or something trivial like that.
Then. right on top Of them petty annoy
ances Mcclure some days previous
has made the mistake of feeding Emily
/ peanuts. which peanuts. AS he then finds
| out. is her favorte tidbit.
s. C'ENTS.' says McGuire to me and
Windy Jordan. 4 shore did
make the error of my life when I done
them peanuts as special treat. but
Emily figures it out that they're the
start of fixed habit he says
| Ever since then, if l forget to bring
! her in one five-cent bag of peanuts
| per diem per day she calls person.
| ally to inquire into the oversight.
until about eleven o'clock in the morn
| ing, and if I amt made good by then
she just pulls up her leg hobbIe by
the roots and droops In on me to find
out what's the meaning of the delay.
".She amt never rough nor over
bearing, but it interferes with trade
for me to be sitting here in my Of
flee at the front of the stable talking
business with somebody. and all of a
sudden the front half of the largest
East Indian elephant in the world
shoves three or four thousand pounds
of herself in at that side door and be-
gins waving her trunk around in the
| air. meanwhile uttering fretful. COM
| planning sounds. I've lost two or
three customers that way he says.
They get right up and go away sud-
den. he says, and they don't never
come back no more, not even for their
| hats and umbrellas They send for
! 'em.
"'That amt the worst Of it, he
| says. Yesterday he says, i rented
| out my whole string of coaches and
! teams for d burial turnout over here
: on McDougal street. Being as it's a
| big occasion. I'm driving the first car
J riage, nontaining the sorrowing fam
! lily of deceased. Naturally, with a Job
| like that on my hands. | don't think
about Emily at all; my minds all
occupied up with making the affair
pass off in tasty and pleasa fash
| ioI for all concerned. Well, the cor
| tcge is just leaving the late residence
| OF the remainders when around the
corner comes bulging Emily, follow ed
! at suitable distance by eight or
nine thousand of the populace. She's