The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-05
KICKS R Ps:., inevitable, Dss. D S.,


Star By Peter y. hyne--Another Con
snd until The telephone company can
break IA enough now Firls 90 handle
tho traffic. my phone u DEAD"
We'll SOS mine" Cappy almost
solhed. Hut q wasn't until that in,
tcrfsnnF Old brute. McTayiah. spoiled
my lay Tor mo The morning That
strike was called. I realised that
that faced The l,icks enterprises so !
had my secretary take tho receiver
off The hook and ~ there with Il 10
hcr ear until o'clock that day
and then central came on the line.
Al once I took the receiver ana
spoke 20 the angel voice thiulyi
"My dear younE lady, want
20 talk 20 you, and all want 10
ask j. your nAIne and address.
You need not be suspicious 20
mr. I'm a man ~ years old.
and the lack OF telephone sery.
lco j. costing mr. moro money
than some people have hay.
When you give me your name
and address, I'm going 20 send
you up a hundred dollar bull
DO We understand each otherg"
That's trading talk" says Cen
trai. 'Numha. pleaaef''
From that time on tho Blue Star
Navigation Company and the Kicks
Logging and laundering Company
...-..-...-s.a ..-ffH t....lssa.. -. ..a...f
That Eirl was peach and we were
al AZ happy hs plEs In n wailow un'
an old Mcrayish dropped IN 20 zee
mo yesterday. While he wuA present
l called for a number and got Il like
a chain % lightning. hcTayish
prtcked up his earn and stuck around
an hour and watched mo Ee, several
numbers with far more celebrity than
he was used 20 In non strike times
Well gentlemen. the result WA
that McTnvish. whose offices are Just
across the hall. decided that. since hs
couldn't raise Central on his own
phone u would ba a grand idea %
patroniza ours. which no did. bat
being a dog BY birth. nature and In
clination. he couldn't rcaist raEEinE
that nice telephone central OF mine
when Eho gave him tho wrong mum
Der. His very voice Is an offence and
after no had abused her twice. she
called me up and complained tina,
somebody Ia my Office was no gentle
man and tina, Il had 70 stop"
4 trotted out into the general OF
fee and gave all hands particular
IIadea but everybody denied Il. No
body knew Il was old Mc'ravish DO
cause he'd core into our ante.noom
and uso tho telephone booth there
Finally no must have sald something
awful 20 central. because this morn
ing She sent back my hundred-dollas
bin and a note stating that the STUFF
was all off Well. We didn't set q
single number ali day and ! WIS halt
crazy. hate mysteries. But jus'
a. Jeff the office 10 como 20 lunch
con spled old man McTavish alp
ping into our telephone booth. 20
sncaked up alongside and listened q
him rattle the receiver and euau and
spit like a panther kitten.
THE mystery was no longer
mystery. While waited for him
10 come out Of the booth I kept
getting moro and moro angry,
until. when he did emerge, WA
beside myself forgot all abou,
my icmpcramenta liver and my
blood pressure. All wanted was
blood--and by the Holy Pink.
Tool Prophet, 70, H."
Il wore out on old man MeTavirh
a good $50 umbrella that was pro
scnted 20 me by ths Marine cools
and Stewards Association OF tho Pa
eific Coast for insisting. IN 6 meeting
Of the Steamship owners association
that they waro entitled 20 mory
money because OF tho increased cost
OF living. Ny attack was furious
undlgnifIed and terrible andI'il never
get over r."
rob. yes. you will" Ulysses Grubt
soo.hed the unhappy Cappy. 'olt
man McTavish Is. as you nay. dog
and every dog must have his day
McTaylsh has lodged his for seventy
odd years. but today he got II. and
that 10 a. Il ought 20 be. lie, Us hops
you recover from the attack but that
McTavlsh may not"
You are quito right. Ulysses" Ed
die Smith assented. TITS n Ions
lane that hasn't got n blind pig al
the end OF H. Cheer UP. Cappy. and
try a BIT OF clear soup. Before ths
day IL over somebody you know viii
do something fins and decant snc
abb The world and old man MoTay
ish. BY tho way. can you furnish
mo with that telephone girls name
and address. I'm on the same circuit
with you. and II she can't give me-
service herself. shs may know OF
some girl who can"
"oh, don't bother me about bust
ness. Gus" cappy pleaded YEARLY
Il tell you I'm H."
At that moment Mr. Skinner,
the general manager Of Cappy
Kicks lumber interests, paused
nj the Round Table. by the
way, Mr.. RicIss," he said TO tho
old gentleman. II managed 10
get Mable 10 answer our telo-
phone after you left, and I ex.
planned TO her NIL about old man
McTavish and how you had
licked him for oussIng her. Sho