Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
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l April, 1880.
Dear Judge whiteridge:
1t seems only right that should tell you how
the whole thing happened. I never got fair
chance at the trial And think you will agree
with that it has all been pretty darned
unreasonable
In the first place. my father sent for me to
come home. had only been abroad two years,
and think anybody ought to look around be-
fore he picks out life work. OF course,
father had been hard up, I wouldn't have said
a word, but there wasn't much evidence that
the wolf had been gnawing the doormats while
] was away. found new Hoyden eight in
the garage, and so after I'd had q pick-ne-up
or two, took it out and went down to the
plant.
guess you know my father, so / don't need
10 tell you what he's like-red headed and red
tempered He is not q reasonable man. But If
you could have seen him sitting there when I
went in you'd have known he wasn't even as
reasonable as usual. He looked like porcu-
pine getting every quill ready 10 shoot.
He shook hands with me across the desk, but
he didn't jump for joy or anything. Have q
good trip?''
Parrish" said. There was cute blonde
aboard"
He didn't pay any attention to that-though
you'd expect father to show interest in the
interests Of his son.
did they serve McGregors marmalade?" he
asked.
How should / known" said. do you think
] spent my time in the pantry?"
mo" he said. 81 think you spent it in
the bar"
You can see by that how the thing went.
All the same, you could have knocked me down
with pipe cleaner when he snapped out at
me, When you going to work."
Going where?" / said, kind Of dazed. us
that resort?"
At guess it would be about the last resort for
you" he said. IT mean, when are you going
into the marmalade business?"
/ couldn't help laughing. What do you think
I'm going to do? Squeeze oranges?"
mo-" he said, 81 think you're going to squeeze
me- It's what you always have done. But now
want to get something for my money"
LIE had it all doped out. too was to spend
so much time IN each department
ing, slicing, boiling, bottlng, sales. -.
don't know what. And then he going TO
make a job called assistant general manager
and get me ready for partnership. Can YOU
tie it? come home with my mind full Of art
and life and literature and things like that, and
he offers me partnership in marmalade
factory
StI, tried to be reasonable. well. now,
look here governor" I said. Seems to me
you're doing pretty wen by yourself. guess
your marmalade's all right and, anyway, It
brings IN . miIifon minute or So ana
wouldn't it be just profiteering to put me In
and double your income? I think it would be
better for me to 60 into something else"
''what?" he said, short like that ''What?"
~ don't Just know yet" told him. But
I've been looking around. ;"
Then he shot on the works The way he
jumped you'd have thought he had paper Of
pins his clothes. He banged on the desk
and he kicked over the waste basket and he
threw the inkstand on the floor He got so red
1T made his hair look pale pink.
you've been looking around two years." he
said, land what have you found? lot Of
dude clothes and high hat and hole In the
bottom of the sea TO throw my money in. :"
You can't reason with man like that. And
so, pretty soon I said I'd think it over and let
him know Monday morning.
That night ] went to Larry Felton's to q
party And it Is just unreasonable as 1t can
be to say that was drunk, because II you knew
Larry FELTON, you'd know he's too tight with his
bootleg to get anybody tight but himself.
Mignon Tirren was there. had been half
way engaged to her before went away, and
now decided to try being all the way engaged.
Mignon Tirell is q bright blonde and the way
she can roll up those blue eyes and draw down
that red mouth sayl After while I
took her out in the car to get the engagement
over know people say Mignon Is little bit
speedy. What Of IT? Does that prove was
speeding?
1t is pretty unreasonable anyway, 10 say
was going 20 miles an hour. A speedometer
doesn't tell much after you have stopped. And
we stopped all right when ran into that car
II did run into II. think. myself, that the
car ran into me-
The trial was shout as unreasonable Q thing
Is ever saw. Every time tried 70 ~ word