The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-22

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chen q make ,hem some ICED tss
while they went over their cricket
DOPE BY good luck ID brought
home some cinnamon buns net
long before.
I really came ruund 10 spolo-
gize for helping 60 burn up your
waste basket Nyn sad. But
When I heard that typewriter 20
lng I couldn't help asking about It.
Gosh Ms Foyls W haven any
body down A. the hank thar can
make ths KEYS move like that"
7 suppose somebody must have
called ne Miss Fovls' before
that. the registrar 81 Prairie Col
leee n,svbe. or the Dean Of We
men but Il never struck in before
went the three steps a. de-
ceney with him myself when he
EFT as Pop didn't get off The
porch much Oh Nyn my sweet
how siderable Ven were in those
old gray pants and the soft shirt
and the cricket club hlsEer But I
didn't guess II then I only thought
NV God does he work 81 hank
in that outfit" Darby NH. Old
St David's. meant nothing 10 me-.
How could guess how much
swRnk there IL in that intentional
shahbiness lie was 80 serious
about his big portfolio Of cricket
stuff and the chapters h. had al
ready written
4 guess I'm not very good
wDiter." he said. but the cricket
people won't know the difference
could ~e he wasn't very
good speller either. but I didn't
say 50. I don't know anything
that makes YOU feel more mater
nal and lovely towards a man than
correcting his spelling for him
He WAS trying 10 say something
about what rate should he paw
for getting the stuff typed. but he
simply couldn't get II out. was
embarrassed too. because thi. was
my very first paid Job Of any sort
And Pop kept talking at US from
the porch.
Il tell you" Wvn said. Z better
not leave these chapters with YOU
now. I've got To read I'm over and
get in some more dope your father
has given me. III send them back
10 YOU and meantim. you can
think 1t over. I guess better 70 |
now, I've got 10 get these shingles |
out 10 the farm. were mendint
the kennels
After he'd gone got Pop calm
ed down. Too much cricket tain
wasn't ~ good for him.
Il thought Mr. STAFFORD must
be in the lumber business. said.
Don't YOU ever read your Led
ged STAFFORD. Wvnnewood and
Company, the oldest private bank
in Philly. Darby Mil. that's the
name OF their country place;
there's an old sawmill on the crick
out there. where they cut the logs
for Washington at Valley Forge.
Honey. those folks are so pedigree
they'd be ashamed 10 press their
pants. They hire someone 10 driv.
the Rolls FOR year before they
use IL so II won't look too fresh
Il think that's just as silly ss
the opposite, said. think %
still.
i was pleased At getting the |
tipping job. Otherwise J honestly |
didn't think about the incident one
way for another.
Funny, when we met he was rs, |
seven years Older than me. but |
always think Of him ss almost a
baby. He said he'd been at Prince
ton, and ne didn't mean Princeton,
Illinois. What he did there except |
play games and drink beer ! can't /
imagine Wait though. there was
some prof there put a kind OF no.
ton OF being literary in his mind; |
he bought expensive books al
bookshop in Princeton. once and I
while ne talked about first sdi-
tons. but only lik. something he'd 1
been told was pretty important
Not the vay he talked about /
cricket and besgles and that little
olivegreen Buick roadster. She
was his darling all night The first
time h. turned up IN her, instead
Of the old station wagon, ! SUI
pected something was happening
II was right after lunch. guess
he knew Myrtle would be there
10 look after IN. old man. He ask
cd II wouldn't like n 70 for q
ride We vent up the oxford PIKE
N Fox Chase and Huntingdon Val
ley and all IN. way 70 Sornsl
Horse 7 didn't know what lovely
country there q round Phllly. It's
no wonder the right people settled
down on II and keep Il 10 them
selves n. took m. 10 have tea
with sops artists VINO i've a.
Bsthsyres and showed me of as