White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-05-28
THE GIRLIGIG
BY DOUGLAS MACK

hook, line, and sinker. Gould
help, Miss? he gurgles.
THAT would be an imposition, Mr.
Jones'"
=, mo, 1t wouldn't. I'd love to help.
Mac has to drag me to the yeranda
The cigar he gives me smells like
burnin' leaves in the fall.
ITS workin', old timer" Mas says
after minute.
"How did you land him." wants tt
know, rememberin' for the f1ftietl
time that it's only game. He leans
near.
II sent him perfumed note, ant
signs Comics name. For some rea
son she amt in the stands. In the
note he is told she can't see him to
night. Then l lasso him; pretends
am insulted when he tries to refuse
the invitation. Clever, what?"
YOU'RE out O. place as baseball
manager" I admits. "What'll happen
when Connie tells him she didn't send
no note?"
after tonight that'Il be up. te
Ophelia. 1 think she can pull him
every other night, anyway"
shivered. Bachelors are natural
ly dubious. But I'm game and when
the dishes is done I find suitable ex
cuse to follow Mac to bed. 1 didn't
say Sleep"
Next day we studied our specimen
close. He shows a lotta pep, and he
amt starved lookin' like he had been
| Connie is in the stands, nervous as a
broken heart can make her. I could
see that. What amuses me is the fact
that Bimbo gives her the cold shout
der. He hits like fool. First time a
double, then a triple and single is in
order. The crowd goes crazy. In the
| ninth Bimbo is purposely walked. 1t
| only aggravates matters. Sims got
one he liked and slammed the Insult
over the fence.
! Mr.. Matthew'S" says Bimbo, when
he can get to Mac, your daughter has
asked me to dine with you again. But
| l feel"
II won't have my daughters feel
ms hurt" Mac tells him.
Bimbo came; Bimbo ate-every-
thing in sight. He got so finally he
don't apologize for his activities. l
am satisfied, only-well, kinda
wanted to help with them dishes.
guess Connie made some serious
effort to get that boob back, but to
NO avail. Finally, We don't see her
any more. But we see somethin' else
every man-jack of us. World $
series percentage. Fight! Man, there
weren't nothin' to 1t. With Bimbo
outdoin' himself steam roller
wouldn't have discouraged us. We
climbed to the top.
Bimbo gets to be a steady diner at
Macs. We go on short road trip.
He acts glad to get back. Ophelia
plays him hard. "Let 'em CO." /
thinks. l thinks of the song, you'll
Be Surprised" l chuckles. "I'll close
the matter soon as the series is over"
1t was over, too, quicker'n radio.
Bimbo Jones, putin on a pound a
day, plays like demon. -Four straight
is the dope. am surprised when
Bimbo pops in for supper after the
last game. puts it up to Mac.
Cant break the news too abrupt"
he consoles. He hauls out telegram.
"Jiggs Holkum wants me to look over
a minor league club that's for sale in
the Three-Eeye. Make the run with
me, will your"
I agrees, and tells Ophelia I'll be
back soon. She bushes.
Mac buys the club after he gets
the dope, and my advice, though he
wouldn't admit it. l falls for some Of
the stock, on a small scale. "a we'd
din present." tells Mac.
We take in horse race. The nag
that comes in second reminds me Of
Slide SAMPSON I grinS Also I GODS