Evening star., 1921-04-24

mutual friend in the city. We didn't
know until then We has any friends in
the city. mutual or unmutual, but we
begs him to proceed. Then he wants to
know II we are open to q proposition to
make little piece Of change.
line and we amt never done any
grave-robbin' or kidnapin'. But
says. we're willin' to try. Let the
Gold Brick Twins do your work. I
says. Pray proceed I says; your
openin' remarks interests US strange
so then he sets down among US and
outlines his scheme, and If he'd been
singin' it and accompayin' himself on
the either. his words couldn't "a
sounded more dulcet than what they
sounds in the ears Of me and the
gets through. each OF US is holdin'
him by the hand.
We'll, the net result is that he ad-
vances US certain sums of money with
which to get the rest Of our wardrobe
out of retirement. and he stakes us to
q regular human meal. And the de-
soendin' shades Of night finds US all
three spraddled out In luxurious ease
IN the smokin' compartment of a
sleepin' car goin' away from there at
dream. There we are with cigars in
our faces and soothin' mixtures in our
pockets and one Of the brightest
graduates that Booker r Washington
ever turned out of his seminary to
wait upon our slightest needs. The
General is putin UP for the travelin
expenses and payin' all bills incurred
on root; yet still can't seem to care
for him as maybe should. I'm will
In to do business with him. but l amt
prepared to love him.
IT'S plain, though. that he don't feel
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personally. Any time the General gets
on the subject Of the General he's
prepared to speak for hours and hours
without becomin' wearied. He's a
ure out he's part Scotch and the rest
seltzer. II he ain't got a flask trav-
elm between his hip and his mouth,
he feels something is missin' from the
landscape. The more l see Of the Gem
srai. the more prone l am to unlike
now. he don't share none in them SEN
to himself.
Shortly before midnight. when me
and sweet Caps has moment Of pri-
vacy together in the washroom prior
to retirin'. 1 find my little playmate
entertains practically the same feel
ms that I do.
1T strikes me with great forci-
'iiity. says Sweet Caps. that this
heW-iouho oenelactor OF ours is con-
SIDERABLE OF a Camembert. Sizin' him
up casual would say off, hand that
he's mostly deep yellow, with a fieck
OF green mold interspersed in him
here and there he says.
Sh-h: says; naughty. naughty
says. just like that Let's not be
uncharitable.' / says. Probably he
was born that way. AS the Latin puts
IT. Semper Edam, meanin',' says
once cheese. always a cheese
don't like them milk strainers
ne wears on his upper lip. neither
continues Sweet Caps in a petulental
tone. 'Burnishers has gone ont of
style for wear upon the human face
ne says. When we get to know him
little better, let's club in and buv
him a nice clean shave
Sweet Caps. 1 says, never look
q gift horse In the mustach. There are
several things about the General that
l don't deeply care for. he himself be-
ing chiefly one OF them. But let US
bear with him. l says. until he ceases
to bear. At the present he's our stafr
OF life. Never, I says, never, never
punch a meal ticket until you have to.
And with that l leaves my shoes
IN the aisle. and puts my feet in the
hammock and goes to bed on the bot
tom shelf of Mr.. Pullman's peram-
oulatln pantry.
"THE next morning we arrives
where we're goin' to. It's the
capital city Of one of the --LATEST and
most enterprisin' commonwealths in
this entire sister hood, bein' located
In the heart Of that favored district
which people in New York regards as
the far west and people in San Fran
cisco regards as the far east. l pre-
fer not to name it by name. 1t is
true that the General is now no more,
and he never was very much; he pass
ed away last spring. as / read in the
papers at the time. but the state it.
self Is there yet, and the statute Of
limitations continues to hang on, and
I'm afraid some OF the folks out there
10 still a little mite fretfully inclined
whenever they happens to think of me
and the Sweet Caps Kid So l will
not burden you with too many details.
Howsomever. anytime you should
chance to be out in that neighborhood
you shouldn't have any trouble findin'
the place Just take the hrst turn to
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