The Ocala evening star., 1922-02-03

Copyright, 1870. By The Wheeler Syndicate Ina
"Hear-hear! Say, outside of Moo
York-you'd thrive like an orange
grove in Alaska"
Gee, a story-and-a-half cottage In
M-Michigan, with garden and
props under the trees to keep the
fruit from breaking them, and a pal
ing fence all around to keep the kid
dies in while you're cutting cookies
with the lid of a baking powder can.
Gee, little of that would make the
silk velour in the Turkish room at
Churchey's raise its nap for shame at
takin' your money"
"Migawd, whisper that line of talk
in a phOnOgraph record, Birdie-birdie
and I'll send it to Maisie for CEN
tennial present"
silly"
Rave on, l can manage you if you
get violent"
Whats them lights over there,
GinyY"
That's Bay Shore-another dump
like ours, only they got picture show
and two hotels and dancin' on Friday
nights"
She raised her head like a hound
scenting it's trail
"Dancin'-lead me to 1t, honey lead
me to it!"
Keep cool and Fletcherize your ham
sandwich, Cleopatry-Friday nights
was what I said-Friday nights-and
Pm on dooty!"
Miss Fink waved her sandwich above
her head so that the long arm of her
shadow danced across the sand.
Oh, that teasing, teasing Tango
Swoop!-oh how it makes your brain 20.
Let's start that teasing Ta-a-ango!
"Oh, no you don't out here, kiddo.
Wait"till Saturday night and you'll see
the way the gay birds do it out here
limit"
"The Virginia what?'
zone night me and your friend Mai
sic tried three steps Of the Boston
Glide and | amt been so nearly out Of
a job since the Sea Side hotel fire"
Miss Fink's eyes were like Sits, her
shoulders and her waist and her voice
swayed with the hestitating rhythm of
a worshiper of Buddha under his Bo-
tree.
do you know the Singalese Dip?
It's the hardest of them all, Gilly-"
I'm the neatest little dipper you
ever seen-ask 'em when you 60 back
if they know me up at the Fifty-ninth
Street Pallay doc dance"
He tossed the remnant Of his sand
wich into the lake and pirouetted to
his feet as If the song of his soul was
being played to dance music.
"Tll tell you what let's do, sis-it's
a half hour row to Bay Shore. Let's
go over to the movies-it's better than
overworking this scenery game"
There comes the moon!~
"Yes, it's a habit out here-but
come on, they got an imitation Of a
shew over there and place called
Luna park that would give Coney the
Mysteries If she saw it; but it's the
liveliest spot around here. Come on,
are you gamer"
Sure"
The wings of their bonfire had flown
into the night; only the sullen en-
bers remained, red eyes guarding the
remnants of their cannibalistic feast.
They scurried down the beach and in
to their bobbing canoe. as they
pushed away the red eyes blinked out
suddenly as If night bird had died
on watch, and the gloom was imme-
diately a shade bluer and the mucil.
laginous mist of night rose off the
water
you're a nice boy, Gilly; but gee
you're a bum paddIer. You jerk boat
around like a subway train coming to
quick stop. Say look at that moon
will you, like red Chinese lantern
| hung from a STAR
yep"
"La-la, ira la, ira La Ia la-tra la +
Sing to me, birdie-birdie-Tm game
on the poetry stuff if you are. That's
one of the main excitements up here
-singin' on the water"
Through the catacombic gloom they
| smiled at each other.
When they play that ragtime lullaby
"No-lemme begin over again.
/ Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea-e-e-e-
| BloW-blow-tra la-la-
! ''Tll remember the rest in minute
Mr.. Gilly piled rapid paddle.
| We won't go home until mornin'
| We won't go home until mornin'-
won't We Gilly?"
Sure we will. I'll have you back
in your two-a-day. southern exposure
a little while after the convention Is
finished singing its eleven O'Clock
song, and has presented the grand
| master of the Kokomo lodge with a
| silver loving cup and tied the vote be
tween Elkhart Lake and Minneapolis
| for the next convention"
"Oh. geel"
"WhatT"
'T-I-say. what time is 1t by your
gold watch and chain?'
"Nine-thirty-the night is young
Morning Glory"
law, who wants to go over to thai
little old dump anyway, Gilly! II
looks like a good SDOt for your fayorffk