The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-01-19
Fable of Leroy's
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By GEORGE AIDE
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named Leroy Gadsbie and
~ when he left Paluka to seek a
Laurel Wreath and Wheel
barrow full of Jack in the seething
Metropolis, the Weekly Efflatus spoke
truly when it said that the Best
Wishes of the community went with
the respected young Townsman. He
was to the halfportion City known
as Paluka what the pale-faced Prince
is to the British Isles, viz, the Double
CarnatiOn of the Botanical Section.
He was the blue-eyed Son of Destiny,
the chief Ring-Tailer and Loud Noise.
Some Bucko!
In addition to having 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 out
spoken Regard of the Hard Element
because he was a Demon on Second
Base and had hung up bloody Rec
ord as Half Back.
Sometimes you find a Lad who has
Money, Looks, HORSEPOWER, Polite
Manners, Sand, Gumption, and open
faced Democracy, all mixed together
to make him King of the Works. Lee
roy was husky, amiable, accommodate
ing and suavely masterful. No one in
Paulka 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
idle Fancy. One who is curly-headed
and has the Biceps with which to over
turn an Ok can do no Wrong, or, If he
does, he can get away with it.
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 Favorites.
The Latest Model.
Word came that he was thriving
in his new Environment and finally ar
rived the Cards telling that Beatrice,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Wetherby was the Lucky Girl, with
the Ceremony at the Church and a
Reception at the Home of the Brides
Parents.
There was Grape hanging from
many Chandelier after the sad It'd
ings had been circulated. Everyone
hoped for the Best but just knew
that she wasn't good enough for Le-
roy. He had the Markings of a swell
Husband and it would be Tough Luck
If he drew a Blank. Some of those
kh0t In Do111lyo
tainly seemed good enough, even for
a Gadsbie and so there was general,
y not to say aching, Curiosity to get a
4. Peck at the Goddess who was so much
superior to the homegrown Article.
When Leroy brought his 1882 Model
Bride out to Paluka so as to get her
used to his Relatives, 1t was not
known to Beatrice that she was about
to be put under the Microscope and
given the Acid Test. II she had been
wise to the Situation, she would have
known that in order to make good she
would have to be peerless Combina-
ton of Cleopatra, the Venus de Milo,
Queen Marie of Rumania, 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 Reception
given by Pa and Ma Gadsbie in the
Ancestral Palace with the Cupola on
top of it. She was sparebuilt, with
the general Lines of a Racer. She
seemed laid out for Speed rather than
Endurance. She had the usual num-
Der of Eyes and her Bobbing undoubt-
edly had been done in Beauty Shop
instead of the Gem Tonsoral Parlors
and her up-and-dow Frock was fig
ured 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 Fee
male Member of the Smart Set of
Paluka said. after getting Flash at
Beatrice, "Well, I'll declarew
1t is almost impossible 70 indicate
in cold Type just how they said 1t.
There was more or less Emphasis on
declare" but the second Word was
HUI uGSlCCIGu anu lACIC was, dlSc,
quite bit of Stress on the "Well."
The manner in which they calculated
"Well, I'll declare" seemed to indi-
cate that they were surprised to dis
cover that Leroy had married fair
sized Mortal of the Genus Flapper
instead of an Angel with Halo en-
circling her Head and two fully de-
yeloped Wings sticking out behind.
What helped to complicate and en-
barrass the Situation from the very
Start was the Fact that nearly all of
the Men seemed to cotton to her and
gave her the rolling Eye and the pro-
longed Hand Clasp. They seemed to
think that she was fully up to Plans
and Specifications, whereas the Wom-
en- Folks all began to Yes-But. They
said her Clothes had been picked out
by an Expert but they didn't think
that She, Herself, was anything to
rave about. When they all said the
same Thing they figured that they
must be right.
Mrs. Pilkins seemed to voice the
Consensus when she said that Mrs.
Gadsbie had certain doll-like Beauty
and a kind of Self-Assurance which
gave the Impression of Poise but her
Faro somehow seemed lacking in