Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
The Dude
Wrangler
Caroline Lockhart
Copyright, Doubleday. Page & GO.
CONTINUED from previous Issue)

On an impulse, MT. henry AppoA,
after consulting with his wife, got up
abruptly and went inside for the pur'
pose of having plain talk with MT
Cone. q
Mr.. Cone, who was making out the
weekly bills, pretended not to see him
until he cleared his throat and said
very distinctly:
MAY have your attention, Mr.
Gomez"
Quaking, Mr.. Cone stepped forward
Briskly and apologized.
ignoring the apology, Mr.. Appel be-
gan inpressively:
.@You cannot have failed to see, Mr..
Cone. that my wife and / have been
thoroughly dissatisfied this summer.
az we have been at no great pains to
conceal 1t. We have been coming
here for twenty-five seasons. but we
feel that we cannot put up with things
any longer and are hereby giving you
notice that next Thursday our room
will be at your disposal"
Is 1t anything in particular-any-
thing which I can remedy? Perhaps
you will reconsider" Mr.. Cone plead
ed, looking from one to the other.
"Last night-at dinner"-Mrs. Ap-
peI eyed him aceusingly-'T found an
eye-winker-in the hard sauce"
Mr.. Gone stammered:
I'm v-very sorry-it was not my
eye-winker-such things will happen
Il will speak to the pastry cook and
ask him to be more careful"
Mr.. Budlong, who had come in to
Law his grievance before Mr.. Gone, in
terrupted:
For two mornings Mrs. Budlong
and myself have been awakened by
the man with the vacuum cleaner who
has wanted to work in our room be-
fore we we're out of it. I should
Judge" he said, acidly, chat you re-
cruit your servants from the Home for
the Predetermined, and, personally, l
am sick Of it,"
1T is almost impossible to get COM
petent help" Mr.. Gone protested. Tine
man shall be discharged and / prom
ise you no further annoyance"
Mr.. Budlong, nudged by his wife,
was not to be placated.
"Our week is up Monday, and we
are leaving"
Miss Matte Gaskett, encouraged by
the conversation to which she had lis
tened. declared with asperity:
There has been fuzz under my bed
for exactly one week, Mr.. Gone, and l
have not called the maids attention
to it because wished to see how long
It would remain there. / have no rea-
son to believe that it will be removed
this summer. I am sure 1t Is not
necessary to tell you that such filth
is insanitary. have decided that you
can make out my bill at your earliest
convenience"
But, Miss Gaskett-
She ignored the protesting hand
which Mr.. Cone, panic-stricken, ex-
tended, and made way for window
from Baltimore, who informed him
that her faucet dripped and her rock
ing-chair squeaked, and since no at
tention had been paid to her COM
plants she was making other arrange
mentS.
1t was useless for Mr.. Gone to ex-
plain that with the plumbers striking
for living wages and the furniture re-
pairers behind with their work, it had
been impossible to attend Immediate
ly to these matters.
Ruin confronted Mr.. Cone as he ar
gued and begged them not to act has
tily. But something of the mob spirit
had taken possession of the guests In
front Of the desk who stood and glow
cred at him, and his conciliatory atti-
tide, his obsequiousness, only added
to it.
The Happy Family" of The Colo
NAL had decided to make up a con-
genial party and spend the remainder
of the summer at the Lolabama Ranch
in Wyoming. They we're expected on
the morrow, everything was in readi-
ness for their coming, and, after sup
per, down by the corrals, Wallie and
Pinkey sat on their heels estimating
the probable profits.
'Ten heads of dudes at 500 a
month is $1,000" said Pinkey. "And
twelve months in the year times at
$1,000 is $4,000. And, say"
Wallie interrupted.
"But I've told you a dozen times
they all go South in the winter. The
most we can. count on is two months
now and perhaps more next summer"
Pinkey replied confldentially:
"You can't figger out ahead what a
dude is goin' to do any more than a
calf or sheep. If we treat 'em right
and they get stuck on the country
they're liable to winter here instead
of Floridy. Now, If we could winter
-say-ten head of dudes at $3.50 a
month for seven months, that would
be $1O,5OO. The trip through the Vel
lowstone Park and Jackson Hole
Country is goin' to be big item. Ten
head of dudes-say-at S. day for
say-fifteen days is"