Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-04-13

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back. Lemme get you some cider, Lee
Ben sent us up the press and we
made 1t right here ourselves. Lemme
get you some"
mo l gotta make a dash for the
opry house. We gotta ring up prompt
II We wanna make the leyen-seyen
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 canoe.
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 / hike
back to the big town with him."
'Mackw
'Yes, I told you I'd land that Am
sterdam Roof show of his, didn't I?'
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"
Zine place for murder or deaf
and dumb school"
"It-it amt so bad, Lee, when you
get used to it; the neighbors and
friends they"
Minimum. Live spot for klddo
with your face"
1T amt like / was without any
friends, Lee. There's Ben and"
"Ben?"
"You know. AIS friend"
"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 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. helpin'
him to"
"Ben CollingsY
meet him. Lee. After the aldermen's
meeting tonight he'll be stopping in.
just wish you could see him for your
self, Lee, honest do. You never met
fellow like him, honest, you never
did"
He regarded her through film of
abstraction as IL her words only half
filtered to him. Ills glance was for
her white throat where 1t rose above
the black and the timber easy line of
her silhouette.
Honest, Lo. you're better looking.
Kind of filed out and toned down
bit. Country air. EN-? Some little
looker!"
saw, Lee"
He shifted his cold cigar.
"Guess you'll be pulling up stakes
around here pretty soon. eh?'
"I-why, 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"t~
"You think forgot my promise
to you, kiddo, now-now that you're
out in the swim again, don't your You
think I've forgot?"
"What?"
"You think forgot that prom
ty-dolIar Job waiting for you la that
show"
She grasped the arms Of her chair.
"Oh, Lee. H."
"You on?"
"I-oh-I-I gotta stick around here
for awhile. Lee. Since everything hap
pened. tit just seems like can't
think. l 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
leyen-seyen tonight with the show and