The mirror., 1923-08-09

Wnat nave tney Deen UOlHS tO you
now?" enquired Miss Denton as she winked
at the others.
"Dat hair-brained drug clerk at Schnei-
der's-he ist so absent-minded dat he
shake hands nit wooden indian some
day maybe. Blast him! He made such a
mess of everything! leave some Boneset tea
nit him to deliver to mine friend Fritz
Schmitt, und dat rascal he give him Won
bottle und directions vich DR.. Musser
leave for horse nit collie, und he give
my medicine for der horse!"
"Mercy mel" gasped Ida, while the
others hardly knew whether to laugh or
shudder.
"Yah-shure! exclaimed the old doctor
angrily. "Dey make Fritz trot around the
yard NIT blanket after drinking half
pint of pepper tea, until he nearly die nit
sweat Und then they wash him nit der
hose und rub him down! Mine friend
want to kill me! I haf to run!"
They were still laughing when Mrs.
Denton returned to make arrangements for
her new boarders, and Miss True, once her
errand was completed, took her leave.
Passing briskly along her way, thoughts
of all the foregoing conversation ran
through her mind. "I'll bet that young
novelist regards every person he sees as a
potential character for some story. And
that is his reason for wanting to board at
Dentons'-he scents an opportunity to
add zest to some yarn. He ought to meet
Mike Finch and get his lifes story; and
have Mike tell of the Chiropractor who
adjusted his backbone, and nearly busted
it, because Mike had fiat feet; and who
almost jerked his wish-bone loose trying to
relieve nerve pressure which caused tooth
ache! Finch could also spring that yarn
about the evolutionist gardener grating
milk-weed and strawberry vines together
in order to grow strawberries and cream!
I wonder what sort of absurd romance
that young scribe would weave about me
if he once got the chance? No doubt he
would have me married off to some eccen-
tric old hunch-back as grand fnale!" and
Justice chucked to herself. "Well; if he is
looking for farce, or comedy, he'll find it
at Denton's; but for sensation, he ought
to see Mike Finch. Perhaps I'll introduce
them sometime" she unused meditatively.
"Glory Heights" was an outlying district
of the great city of Metropolis. These
"additions" had long since merged them
selves into one compact community of a
halfmilion souls, but "Glory Heights"
still maintained this designation, feeling
that it lent sense of charm and distinc-
ton to their section of the city. 1t was
not "aristocraticp in any way, unless mod
est, we'll built, and comfortable homes of
the bungalow type, inhabited by the better
paid class of skilled workmen and pros
porous merchants, could be called aristo-
cratic. In fact it was just such neigh
borhood as can be seen in every large city;
no better and no worse.
Its chief social life centered about the
"Union Presbyterian Church" although its
members were not all of that denomin alton,
In fact they were not denominationally in
clined towards any particular sect, and
their pastor the Rev. Henry Fischer, was a
Congregationalist. 1t possessed however,
a powerful and intensely active "Ladies
Aid"; hence its popularity.
The only rival of "Union Church, was
the "All Saints Methodist Episcopal. Its
members were not by any stretch of the
imagination, all Saints" and "All Saints
Church., like several others which once
hourished in the community, had several
times "gone under, while its "Sisters in
Adversely" had ceased to exist. However,
the Rev. John Richards, "All Saints"
present pastor, had gathered about him
little band of the more conservative type
of church-goers and success seemed about