Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-13

pN1Aih6 thdi Aioot VI In tpS
who have taken 1t away from the Com
mon People, hide their Black Jacks
and Masks after they become Bank
Directors and, after that. want to talk
about Paintings, and the Opera.
He had just started to eat up a
thrilling Piece entitled, How it feels
to be Red Headed when his Attention
was directed to two Pearls of Young
Womanhood planted directly across
the Aisle.
Ciaudine's Porous Eats
They were Regulars and had over
looked Nothing. They were clipped
high and had been dipped In Flour
and had large rolling Eyes and wore
One-Piece Gowns which did not seem
to be securely fastened. The ex-
posture included a long vertical Stretch
Of Shin-Bone.
This Traveller had no Desire to pry
into the Secrets of these Cnties, who
probably came Of Refined People, no
matter what they looked like. He was
no Eavesdropper. InterIoper or Buttin-
sky. If he could have kept out of
their Confidence he would have done SO.
But his only Chance would have been
to get off the Bus.
Because he could not help himself,
he heard the whole Story, involving
IN undramatic Prologue, a treaehereus
Betrayal, Scandal and Dirt, Plot and
Counterpart, the dissolution of Friend
ships and the bust-up Of Loves Young
Dream. That Is to say. he got It in a
General Way. Some of the Intrigues
were q bit turgid and the Details be-
came jammed In the Talking Machin-
ery but, as nearly as he could gather
1t up and sort it out and unrayel ii,
here was the whole Seismic Disturb
ance
Everything had been @. X. between
Edna and Claudine up to the time of
the Picnic. 1t must have been. be-
cause the two of them packed in the
same Basket, and it was understood,
from the Beginning. that they would
eat with Raymond and Ollie, but moth
Ing was said before the Picnic about
Claudine's Boob Cousin from Spring
field who was nothing but a Ringer
and had an Appetite like a Horse.
1t wouldn't have been SO bad IL
Claudine had come through Fifty
Fifty, but she was always looking for
a Chance to make a Splurge with some.
body else's Chow. For one Thing, she
didn't bring any Pickles or Thousand
Island Dressing, after promising, and
her Sandwiches were so thin the Sun
could shine through them. Just the
same, she told Everybody where to sit
and let on as il 1t was her Party. all
the time telling Edna what to open
next.
Elmer the Goof.
All Of that Rough Stuff at the Picnic
might have been forgotten if she
hadn't traipsed all over Town the next
Week telling Everybody thai Edna had
told Alma that Raymond was going
to be Captain of the Basket Ball Team
instead of Elmer. Always trying to
start something. Her Middle Name
E WAS Certainly wal. E5dtd IhQ tOiN
Alma, right in front OF the Public
Library, or 1t might have been more
In Front of the Service Garage. that
she hoped Raymond would be Captain,
because everyone knew he was the
best player. but she hadn't even men
toned Elmer's Name and wouldn't
have, for the World. becuz she had
always been friendly with Elmer and
liked him. in a Way. even II he was
a Goof to look at, but Anybody who
said that Elmer had any License to be
Captain of the Team must have Mush
In the Coco, to say the least. coming
right down to 1t, as far as that's con-
cerned.
1t was a Funny Thing that Claudine
would knock Raymond the way she
had and then go out to vamp him.
And get away with It'll Right from
the Start Claudine had misrepre-
scented, In every Way. Shape, Manner
and Form, everything that Edna had
said about the Basket Ball Team. even
going so far as saying to Raymond,
after he didn't get to be Captain, that
he would have been all right If Edna
hadn't queered him by going TO the
Superintendent and some Of the Boys
and shooting Off her Mouth and get
ting everybody sore at her. All OF
which was a Pack of Lies. becuz Edna
never opened her Face about Basket
Bah unless she was asked and then
said, In a Nice Way, that she hoped
Raymond would be Captain becuz that
was before he had gone Blooey, In the
Bean and fallen for the ~pinheaded
Wiggler and Giggler.
Probably Raymond was a Goner un.
Ie4s somebody could get to him and