The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-24

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Then I noticed how unhappy WV
locke Z started ne thinking
norr about I'm thar about M.
7 could tsll hs as feeling lousy
because - had taken TIE trouble
10 put On a blue pin-stripe M
iook Ike BIZ business That meant
the end nf bis career - Patron
~ the Arts and return 70 ne hsnk
We dictated letters = While. snd
ws did a coed joe too. but We both
knew what We were thinking -
Poor baby. 7 can see nov. maybe
he felt he was committed 10 make
sood with me. That's the way =
man would feel Thank goodness
get % know later that wasn't
the way of Il
After while he stopped and ne
really looked 81 each ether. the
FIRST time in several days. I didn't
Ike him IN that dark suit Even
his eyes were darker. and his neck
tic vas sort - downtown and
Bourse-looking
Kitty. when vas At school
they gave me the louise part IN
some Shakespeare play. AZ You
Like II had 70 he an old fool
in long white beard and my hig
line was. In my youth never
did apply hot and rebellious liquors
in my blood. You might remind
me Of that sometimes Put II in
the ticker file"
After while he said That old
bird in the play. the guy who
didn't drink hooteh. said he was
frosty but kindly. That sounds
like iuleps l bet no one ever had
julep in November before. Wen
80 round To market and buy some
mint and have Duval make US
one
Mint julep was only name 10
me-. but | let him SO and DO the
marketing for II while got on
with the letters. and he phoned me
from Duvars when IL was ready.
The frost is on the punkin and the
folders In the shock" he said and
I didn't know what he meant TIL
I saw the glasses. Hop q cab. -
Three nice words. hop cab"
To me that always means Wyn.
calling from somewhere with some
crazy idea.
II was mid afternoon and the
back room at Duvals was empty.
guess Wyn had erept up on one
already. he was looking better.
was all set To tell him not 10 be
too sorry about the magazine be-
ing a flop. and maybe the stock
market crash gave us an alibi for
what would have happened any
way While | was figuring the
right way to say il he came out
Win AAAf FdiAAt AA'hH ~ Na1
holding back. not lettin, on that
I'd been thinking just that It's
good for Wyn not always 10 be
told somebody else has had his
ideas first. Maybe holding any
thing back sort of shows through
on your face. he said 1T isn't
fair
What isn't fair 80
Making your eyes So big"
ITS this julep. It's almost as
good as chocolate coke"
Somewhere at the bottom OF
that julep. maybe II came up
through the straw. Wyn found the
idea OF our going to Pocono.
Wynn. is ii all right TO think back
about Pocono? You don't need 10,
| expect they keep you busy.
you've got too much sense TO think
back about things. The Main
Lines too social.
We sat in bathing suits IN the
sun on that big log down by the
edge of the water. The autumn
leaves blew out over the pond and
the air had a sting To It as soon as
the sun got low Wyn said the
Poeono country was a great place
for snakebite. We better keep
flask handy. That's the way ! re-
member Prohibition. the whiskey
was always warm from being car
ried on someone's hip. But We
didn't drink much. not after Har-
risburg. Il wouldn't go TO that
town again" Wyn said. not II
they made me governor Of the
state. was so plastercd that
night I didn't even see what you
look like. You look lovely"
Like that touch OF chill in the
air. remembering the misery made
being happy all the sweeter. It's
good TO remember us talking. we