The Coolidge examiner., 1932-12-09
Fable of Leroy's
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By GEORGE ADE
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~ named Leroy Gadsbie and
when he left Paluka to seek
Laurel Wreath and a Wheelbar-
row full of Jack in the seeth-
ing Metropolis, the Weekly Effla-
tus spoke truly when it said that
the Best Wishes Of the community
went with the respected young
Townsman. He was to the half
portion City known as Paluka
what the pale-faced Prince Is to the
British Isles, viz, the Double Car
nation of the Botanical Section. He
was the blue-eyed Son of Destiny,
the chief Ring-Tailer and Loud
Noise. Some Buckoi
In addition to having a Social
Status so elevated that he was
Miles and Miles above the common
or sport-shirt variety of Slicker
who clogged up the Pool Rooms, he
had earned the outspoken Regard
Of the Hard Element because he
was a Demon on Second Base and
hung up a bloody Record as Half
Back.
Sometimes you find a lad who
has Money, Looks, HORSEPOWER, Po-
lite Manners, Sand, Gumption, and
open-faced Democracy, all mixed to-
gether to make him King of the
Works. Leroy was husky, amiable,
accommodating and suavely master
full. No one in Paluka felt like
kidding him about the Spats and
the Walking Stick. The Boy who
can knock off Blocks has a Right
to wear Anything that suits his
Fancy. One who Is curly-headed
and has the biceps with which to
overturn an Ok can do no Wrong,
or, If he does, he can get away
with 1t.
Long before he escaped to the
larger Opportunities Of the Big
Burg, every Tessie around the
Place was ready to be overpowered
by his Brute Strength, but he played
no Favorltes.
The Latest Model.
Word came that he was thriving
in his new Environment and finally
arrived the Cards telling that Be
atrice, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Wetherby. was the Lucky
Girl, with the Ceremony at the
Church and a Reception at the
Brides Parents.
There was Grape hanging from
many a Chandelier after the sad
Tldings had been circulated. Every
body hoped for the Best but just
knew that she wasn't good enough
for Leroy. He had the Markings of
swell Husband and 1t would be
Tough Luck II he drew a Blank.
Some of those that had been grown
in Paluka certainly seemed good
enough, even for a Gadsbie, and so
there was general, not TO say
aching, Curiosity to get a peek at
the hOuutSS WIN was 81 uluIn su-
perior to the homegrown Article.
When Leroy brought his 1882
Model Bride out to Paluka so as to
get her used to his Relatives, II
was not known to Beatrice that she
was about to be put under the Mi
croscope and given the Acid Test.
II cha had haap xpica fo tho Cft,,o
ton. she would have known that in
order to make good she would have
to be peerless Combination Of Gle
opatra, the Venus de Milo, Queen
Marie of Rumanla. Elsie Janis and
Mary Roberts Rinehart. She had
to have Everything and, even then,
maybe she couldn't put it over and
make the Grade.
They saw her first at a Recep-
tion given by Pa and Ma Gadsbie In
the Ancestral Palace with the
Cupola on top Of 1t. She was spare
built, with the general Lines of a
Racer. She seemed laid out for
Speed rather than Endurance. She
had the usual number of Eyes and
her Bobbing undoubtedly had been
done in a Beauty Shop instead Of
the Gem Tonsorial Parlors and her
up-and-down Frock was figured with
Gold, so that even the most hard
boiled Critics would not discover
many flaws in the Tout Ensemble.
In the Old Days.
Nevertheless, practically every Fe-
male Member of the Smart Set
of Paluka said, after getting a
Flash at Beatrice, "Well, I'll de-
clare!"
1t is almost impossible to indicate
in cold Type just how they said 1t.
There was more or less emphasis
on declare" but the second Word
was not neglected, and there was,
also, quite a bit of Stress on the
well" The manner in which they
calculated "Well, I'll declare !"
seemed to indicate that they were
surprised to discover that Leroy
had married a fair-siZed Mortal of
the Genus Flapper instead of an An
gel with a Halo encircling her
Head and two fully developed
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