White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-03-21
The Dude
Wrangler
Caroline Lockhart
: Copyright. Doubleday, Page 8 Co.
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Continued from previous 1ssue)


CONTINUED from previous issue)
On an impulse, Mr.. Henry Appel
after consulting with his wife, got VI
abruptly and went inside for the pur
pose of having plain t Xix with Mr.
Cone
Mr.. Cone, who was making out the
weekly bills, pretended not to see hin
until he cleared his throat and said
very distinctly:
MAY I have your attention, Mr.
Gomez"
Quaking, Mr. Cone stepped forward
briskly and apologized.
Ignoring the apology, Mr.. Appel be,
gan impressively:
you cannot have failed to see, Mr..
Cone, that my wife and havs been
thoroughly dissatisfied this summer,
as we have been at no great pains to
conceal it. 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 it anything in particular
thing which 1 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 accusingly-"I found an
eye-winker-in the hard sauce"
Mr.. Cone stammered:
"I'm v-very sorry-it was not my
ye-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
lay his grievance before Mr.. Cone, 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 were out of it. / should
judge" he said, acidly, that you re-
cruit your servants from the Home for
the Predetermined, and, personally,
am sick Of it,"
ut is almost impossible to get COM
petent help" Mr.. Gone protested. "The
man shall be discharged and 1 prom
Use 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 1t because wished to see how long
it would remain, there. have no rea-
son to believe that it will be removed
this summer. / am sure it 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 MIR. Gone, 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. s ~. i
1t was useless for Mr.. Cone 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.. Gone 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
tude, his obsequiousness, only added |
to 1t.
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 were 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 q
month is $1,000" said Pinkey. "And
twelve months in the. year times at
$1,000 is. $4,000. And, say"
81 ut
j, 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 confdentially:
! "You can't fgger out ahead what a
dude Is :goin' to do any more than a
calf or a sheen, If we treat 'em right