The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-05-04

baCh. LelllIle ger you some cider, Lee.
Ben sent us up the press and we
made it right here ourselves. Lemme
get you some"
"No, l gotta make a dash for the
opry hose. We gotta ring up prompt
If we wanna make the Ieven-seven
getaway"
"How's the girls and all of them,
Lee? Gee, amt we sat here winter
night after winter night and talked
about you all We used to follow the
route list snowy evenings and laff and
laff thinking about the girls kicking
and nagging among themselves about
the hotels and tanks"
THAT gang would kick in a canoe.
I nearly canned them all in Lawrence
vile, Kansas. We close in Sedalia
next Saturday, and there amt ten of
them would get another job out of me
with pair of pinchers. Mack's meet
ing me in Trenton and then l hike
back to the big town with him."
Mack
Eyes, I told you I'd land that Am
sterdam Roof show of his, didn't II"
Broadway for sure, Lee Say,
you'll be giving Belasco lessons next"
He ran finger along the top of
his tall collar.
I'm going to put on the biggest girl
show that town ever seen"
Gee, but-but I'm glad for you,
Lee"
He glanced at her sidewise
What you going to do, sister
stick around this Dump"
II dunno"
Fine place for murder or a deaf
and dumb school,"
TIT amt so bad, Lee, when you
get used to it; the neighbors and
friends they"
"Mm-m-m. Live spot for a kiddo
with your face"
1T amt like l was without any
friends, Lee. There's Ben and"
BENZ
"You know, AIS friend"
''The guy that owns the town.
'Yeh, he owns this cottage and
everything else, Lee. We've don't
even pay rent for it. He's the fellow
that gave us the chair you're sitting
on and the lamp you're seeing with.
There never was a friend like him,
Lee. Where would the money have
come from all the months after the op-
erations and all Tiff he hadn't been
sent to help us just like out of heaven
Givin' and givin' us so we wouldn't
know it. Helpin' us so we couldn't
see it, keeping up AIS nerve, helpln'
him To-"
Ben Collings?"
"Yeh. Gee don't I wish you could
meet him. Lee. After the aldermen's
meeting tonight he'll be stopping in.
l just wish you could see him for your
self, Lee, honest l do. You never met
fellow like him, honest, you never
did"
He regarded her through film of
abstraction as if her words only half
filtered to him. His glance was for
her white throat where it rose above
the black and the timber easy line of
her silhouette.
Honest, Lo, you're better looking.
Kind of filled out and toned down a
bit. Country air, Ell? Some little
loOker!'
Jaw, Lee"
He shifted his cold cigar.
Guess you'll be pulling up stakes
around here pretty soon, eh?'
why, l dunno, Lee"
There amt many girl-shOws being
booked for summer. Me and Mack's
got the first grab at 'em, too"
The Amsterdam Roof is sure the
SWEETEST on Broadway, Lee"
You think I forgot MY promise
20 you, kddo, nOw-now that you're
out in the swim again, don't you? You
think I've forsot?'
"What?'
"You think I forgot that 1 prom
ised you last fall that there's for
tydolar job waiting for you In that
show"
She grasped the arms of her chair.
"Oh, Lee, L"
you on?"
"I-oh-I-I gotta stick around here
for awhile, Lee. Since everything hap
pened tit just seems like l can't
think. I try to think and think and
it's just like my brain hurts"
"All you got to do is to say the
word, kiddo, and you can tag on the
leven-seven tonight with the show and
transportation back to New York
thrown in."
Lee I"
That's the kind OF a sport l am.
You don't wanna hang around here
Twin off this guy, do you, or may
be"
"Leew
"The house is his, amt It? You said
so yourself. It's the easiest getaway
you can make, kiddo; 'leven-seven to-
night"
mo, no, Lee, II can't"
He made a grandiose bow.
Excuse me! Excuse me and no
harm meant. Far be it from me to in
terfere between any lady and her gen