The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-02-23
Danziger's I can get cheaper"

Just what l say l mean"
Mr. Danzinger plunged his hand
into his Scotch tweed pockets, and be
meath the visor of his Scotch twee<
travellers cap smiled down at Mis-
L~efkoyitch b~lushing there beside he,
mother b rich raspberry red O
shame.
Your mama's all right, Miss Els
ther. She isn't going to let any of the
fellows on this boat get too fresh witt
her, are you, Mrs. Lefkovitch?"
She would venture no reply, bat
passed the feld-glasses, via her daugh'
ter, back to him.
Il tell you, Aaron, Colt sci dank, Il
that black line what we see cut there
is land under our feet. Just see how
far away !. looks"
Mr.. L~efkoyitch thrust forward a
face covered with a stubble of black
and gray beard. A smile broke through
it like the white grin Of a faun show
ing through bracken.
"Humph % he said. Mama, / tell
you but hat is q sight for you"
Bent were his shoulders, as if across
his back lay q pack filed with years.
Four decades previous there had been
a pack there-s literal pack of the
small goods a housewife buys at her
stoop. Time n the inch-for-inch
.doggedness that had stopped his Shout
ders had metamorphosed that pack
On the back into a plate-glass en-
perium with mahogany inners, occupy
ing twenty-five leased feet Of the most
expensive Broadway frontage In the
world.
But evef Atlas relieved of his vault
would, for sheer physiological reasons.
have to face the world stoop-shoul-
dered. So Aaron Lefkovitch, with his
latter years light, still let his head
rest like q ball in the valley between
his shoulders.
That such a piece of string ost
there, Bertha. should be landi"
81 tell yeu, it amt none tee soon
for me. Enough Of sea I've got. Never
so long until l die can I forget them
three rough days, Aaron. Like my
w feelings wasn't enough, I had to
have you yet oil my neck and crying
to die"
ZACH now, Bertha, never in ICY life
did l ask such a thing"
Enough to see is enough, let ma
tell you. Like l say ten times a day,
If not for you wanting Europe and to
maui nnnn1n Ecth.r 1nnr Mana
and me would ten times over rather
be home in our comfortable nat In
New York. Amt 1t, Aaron? Ten
times more as thisl Amt 1t, Aaron3'
-Ja, Bertha, but-enough of your
life you've lived on land not to be 30
restless on sea a few days"
"On land, Aaron, many things can't
what happens on sea-"
The tail end of her glance, pointed
and dartingly quick, was for Mr.. Dan
Tiger and his arm, which lay along her
daughters in an approach to a caress.
MI. Lefkovitch turned from the rail-
ing and the white froth of water kick
ing out from the ships huge flank
and the quiet swish-swash of a quiet
sea, and qHirked his left eye with
lightning-quick and vulpine slyness
MI. D~anziger.
Tonight, Danziger, Officer Childs
says we can have u last little game
up In the homegrown, so through the
windows we can see the Gibraltar
when she comes in sight"
aaron, L"
Zach now, Bertha; tomorrow don't
We land in Naples for good7 l ask
Tou, the last night does it make any
Inference a little game more or lessY
81 wish already this minute It was
ime to get Off the boat in Naples"
Zach now, Bertha, my last night on
he boat! What you bet when | got
p today l put on my winning clothes7
got on today enough winning clothes,
.)anziger, to beat you IL you are ten
so lucky like always"
'"That talk, Aaron, don't get ne
Where's with me. Lose just 50 much
IS you like. I don't worry no more.
hats how disguised me and the
on this boat feel about how all
on men lose your shirts Off your
acks to Mr.. Danziger. Pull here my
hair, Esther; that's how disguised 1
eel. The shirt off your back yos can I
,se." {
MANN Z" ]
Miss Lefkovitch lowered maiden
yes before the anusion, assisted her |
aren't to the steamer chair and j
aeked the rug close about her frank
distended ankles. ]
Mama, you-yo~ mustn't say saxh {
,
Mice talk don't 20 no more with
our papa, Esther. Pm ashamed t
too, that ever in front of you
got to talk to him plain, like I feel {
But such a feeling 1 got in my
ones for winning tonight, Bertha, v
should know" I
"All the feelings what you got IN
bones, Aaron, is rheumatism for t
e to rub" v
"Eh, D~anziger, tonight right of t