The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-26

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when all the lights 20 on again
and people are still clappinS. be
calls the waiter over and tells
him to bring Adoreen to his
table.
Pretty soon, Adoreen comes
down the room and the monkey
suits are blowing kisses ut her
and grabbing her hand and she
is eating all of IL up. She IL dis
turbed to see Angus, but she
sits down and orders Scotch and
ginger ale and then whispers TO
the waiter to never mind the
Scotch.
"Addie," says Angus firmly,
i've come to take you home"
Don't be silly, Angus, my
dear" Adoreen says, In q voice
that goes with the cover charge.
I'm getting along fine. Didn't
you hear the applause?"
They wasn't clapping ut your
singing"
August" Adoreen's eyes
start flashing like the red lights
at a railroad crossing. "You
never have appreciated my tai
ent. Well, other people do. !
wish you'd 60 home and leave
me alone"
"Addie, that dress you're
wearin'-it's ripped on the side
and I believe you did 1t on pur-
pose"
Adoreen smirks. "Of course,
it's there on purpose. It's the
latest style. You can't expect
me to sing in a calico apron"
1T amt respectable"
Listen who's talking. How
long have you been out of Jail.
Mr.. MacPhillips?"
Angus is mad now. He gets
up and pulls his cap out of his
pocket. Put on some regular
clothes, Addie. I'm gonna take
you home"
Kindly leave me, Mr.. Mac
Phillips" she says icily. 'Mr.
Fitzwater is going to take me
home after I've finished work
ing at 3 o'clock. Please do not
annoy me-"
For q minute Angus fights an
impulse to grab her and carry
her back to Caleb bodily. Then
he kicks over q chair which
skids into a dowager's shins and
stomps toward the door. He pays
his bill to a waiter who takes one
look at him and doesn't even
wait for q tip. The cool night
air. doesn't calm him any. 1t is
nearly 1 o'clock, and he is sur
prised to see 50 many people
on the streets.
Angus walks over to Eighth
avenue and grabs q subway
train. He gets off at Eighth
street, not caring where he is
going. After the sitting, rosr-
ing ride on the subway, the cool
air feels good. It makes him
hungry. He sees a little white
hamburger shop down the street
and he goes in to order a bowl
of chilli and q steak sandwich.
While he pours chilli down his
throat, Angus thinks about ADO
reen. New York did this to her
and suddenly he Is very mad at
New York in general. Addie al
ways had funny notions, but she
was never like this. She never
went around practically un-
dressed. And she never spoke
to him like that before. Mr..
Fitzwater probably is respon-
sible for the change. He wishes
he could get his hands on Mr..
Fitzwater. He just wishes he
could see him alone for Ave
minutes.
Angus doesn't see the weary,
harmless little man who slides
onto the stool next to his. He
is the sort of city-dweller who
never gets in anybody's way
the sort you wouldn't notice If
you passed him 100 times day.
He is holding open a hamburger
sandwich and looking uncer-
tainly at Angus.
His voice is timid and wheezy.
will you please pass the cat
SUPP" he asks.
Angus takes one look at the
tidy little brown mustache on
the mans lip and springs from
his stool. With one arm he
yanks the frozen little guy off
the stool and lets loose with his
other first. The little fellow
sails over the counter and drops
loudly into a bin reserved for
fresh buns. A jar falls on top
of him and splatters dill pickles
over his face. The little man 5
eyes are closed in deep repose,
(To Be Continued)
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