The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-09

the grocery store makes the Briggs
house in Newark look like the Ritz"
"Higginsville is a rotten dump, Lo
You don't find 1t IN any of the vaude'
vile circuits, but leave it to extrava'
ganZa every time not to overlook 8
dump. But take tonight's stand,
though; there just amt a prettier lit
tie town on the map than Adalai, Lo.'
She squinted her little face into an
amazing grimace.
"Adalai !"
"Yehl l know a young fellow, Ben
Ceilings, started there an errand boy
in a b~ox-factory and now owns half
the town two box factories Of his own,
the opera house, half of Main street
and nearly every cottage on the hill.
Say, I'd brush the Broadway lint off
my coat tomorrow to settle down in a
pretty little tank like that.
ITS a great little town, Lo. I've
been there three times and lived once
for two weeks right with Ben Ceilings
in his own swell house. He'd gimme
his shirt if l asked him, that's what
he thinks of me. Only met him on a
train once, too. He's seen some of my
wood carvings and he'd gimme a job
right in one of his box factories doing
the high class handwork any day in
the week l wanted. That's the kind of
friends we are"
She pressed her finger tips to her
lips, then blew at them lightly as if
she would watt him a rose petal.
Rave on, AL. Rave on %
He leaned to her with an entire
1attening OF tone. You're the only
thing in the world that l can rave
about, Lo; you and your tantalizing
Ways. Ever since l ran away from
an orphan asylum in Utica to join a
show, I've had a picture of a little girl
like you hung on my heart. l can't see
this or any other country, hon, without
you the biggest part of the scenery.
You're the only thing 1 ever had time
to rave about in my life, Lo."
She threw him a smile that was full
of quirks.
ME and the meadowsi The
meadows you're always piping about.
Look at EN- out there Listen to the
grass growing"
A porter passed down the swaying
aisle, lighting lamps. A gassy turbid
glare filled the coach, shutting out the
d%arkening landscape, and the windows
suddenly reflected the murky interior.
"You-you sweet little kid, you.
You sweet little, soft little kitten"
She collapsed in an attitude of mock
prostration against his shoulder, her
cheek, the quality of thick, can
colored velvet, crushed against the
grain of his coat.
How that boy loves me !"
He withdrew her sharply.
always kidding! Amt you nothing
but a doll amt you got nothing bur
sawdust inside of you? Amt you got
no feelings, no nothing, no hearth"
Feel it beating, way down in my
Cant you learn that life amt just
one long ha, ha? Can't you learn that
when a fellows been eating out his
heart and soul and vitals the whole
six months he's been playing in the
show with you, that it amt no laugh
ing matter? Can't you learn that,
grip"
She retreated pouting to her corner,
ler' richly curved lips quivering.
you can't talk to me like that! /
know what's eating you. You're sore
about last night. But you can't talk
% me like that !"
He leaned to her in immediate con-
'Lo, / didn't mean it, only some
lines with your cutting up like you
iidn't care, you drive me crazy, that's
Ill. l amt said nothing to you about
asst night, have L? Amt l been keeping
t inside of me? Only sometimes you
rive me crazy you drive me crazyT
Lego my wrists"
81 tell you when 1 see you cutting
Up from the swing with him down
here in the wings and nearly forget
ing to hurl the bar to me, I get to
eeing things so black that-that it's
wonder 1 don't miss the bar and
reak my neck-break my neck" +,
Lego my wrists" F,
II tell you it makes a crazy man I
ut of me to see you cutting up with
i'm. l see black, L tell you! / get
izzy with blackness." 4
Gee, the way you keep raving for
ear 1 won't swing that bar straight /
Don't be afraid, little boy. 1 been get 7
Ing it to you somehow for a couple
f hundred performances, amt L? Don't
e scared, Al; I'll take care of you" !
A slow red spread to his ears and
own into his collar, but his voice
emained carefully below the rumble
f the train.
you wouldn't dare talk that way to
le, Lo, if it ~as me instead Of your \
who was directing the show. \
.ou know pretty well you gotta be \
s careful each time you swing that
ar out to me as if you'd never done 1t