Evening star., 1922-05-14
AROUND. THE CITY
BY Mamie Lancaster.

who was coming along-"can you tell
us where to find the nearest tele-
graph ofice?"
No. The other man was sorry.
but he hadn't the remotest tdea
A third man knew there was one
| somewhere in the neighborhood. but
Never mind. sir began the
ancient man, timidly. but the other
cut him short:
thing in jiffy. Here comes an old
gentleman who looks like he might
be honorary president of all the tel:
egraph offices in town. Say. sir. will
you kindly direct US to the nearest
telegraph office?"
The honorary president was too
| deaf to hear a word.
! Never mind. We'll try this fellow
breezing along as IL he knew the
town from A to lizard Say. sir:
will you direct us to the nearest-'
The, man who inspired the con-
stretched the alphabet stopped and
smiled genially:
mo, sir; I'm q stranger here with
the motion picture convention"
well. blankety, blank. blank" ex-
ploded the man who wouldn't quit.
please: sir; don't let me detain
'Now. friend: you Just wait along
side and be patient This thing has
got on my nerves. I'm going to find
q telegraph once II have to go to
the White House and get 1t out of
Warren. Hello. bub; you don't know
where there's a telegraph ONCE, do
your"
turn up a couple of -"
GOOD for you, son. Here's a dime
for your information. which Is worth
double the money. Pilot this gentle
man to its secret lair and I'll make
it a quarter"
The boy accepted his fee with a
grin that showed snowy tushes. The
old man voiced "relief-fur' thanks and
the good samaritan chuckled as he
gave q pat to the age-bent shoulders
and fipped the promised coin to the
*Well, we found it. didn't we? No
~attar how big the hay stack is,
vn, can always find the needle in
it~allowing the needle is there"
e** y
, IN her bleached hair was an arti-
i hctal red rose. Around her callow
neck was a string Of notion-counter
pearls-some OF them missing-and
her beauty pins sizzled with rhine-
stones. Her georgette blouse showed
blue ribbon beneath, and her eyes had
the way Of a vamp. But her inno-
cence was shining gold. That was
'steen years ago, when she waited on
a table In the sage brush. One OF her
admirers, whom she intended to take
fvNo IN
ona woman whom she served-was q
poverty stricken but dauntless miner
who aimed to go to Congress some
day and let her put on "plute" airs
a proceeding that had to be fndefi-
niteiy deferred for the reason that
his partner had borrowed All MS casn
and given him an acre OF desert for
p1 Yesterday the girl and her miner
ware siwhtseeing at the Capitol build
ing, she In sport suit ana honest.to-
goodness dfamoSde and ne wearing
the best and about the loudest that e
tailor could supply. But It wasn't
Congress that brought them. 1t was
o ~ ceren,y am surprised to meet you
an not surprised neither. in this
lcramped up place. Why, It's like lfv-
ing in a cubbord. Anybody can have
ali the washington they want. The
west Ia good enough for me. don't
see howsyou can keep we'll with such
q little BIT Of good air to breathe.
You remember Jim, don't you? He
was the one who give you the rattle-
In memory OF that incident the
woman gave Jim the glad hand. and
sbetween the two Of them she learned
that the acre Of desert land had turn.
ed into an Aiaddin's lamp that had
enriched the two and the partner, and
there was q baby at home.
Whfch shows what wonder tricks
Fate may turn when she takes .
notion!
TTsE great thing to get sorhsthins
= for nothing and In these motor
Edriyen times horses and buEky =