South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 354, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 19 December 1920 — Page 28

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SEATS OF THE HA UGHTY-By o. Hemy

coNTixrni riio.M rAon 11.) than pathways to the crreat walled ity of the whirling 1 -rvis-h .?. "After I bought th- ti-:l:'.-tü I mi.d Solly. I know Iii haMtn by then; to In a, couple of hour. I found him in a f-.vJd-shop. They bad fomo r.e'w lda.M thrr in tin way of tres r.nd KlrUi that h.id strayed down from the Canadian mounted police; und Solly was ;o IntrrsUd that ho nlmos. looked reor-neiled to live. Ho invested about nine hundred dollars In thre.

MAt th oVpot T ear-btore rr.an I l;n' to meet mo at the. Str---t frry with a

v In New York Twentv-thlrd lht of all the

vuddlo-str.Tf s i:i the eity. I wanted trr know wh-ro to look for Solly when prt lo-t. ".Vow I'll t. 11 you what happened in New York. T Kays to myself: "Prlond Heherez.-ide. you want to pet busy and m.ik" Hadad look pretty to the t-ad sultan of tho sour rountenir.ro, or It'll bo the bowstring for yours. Itut I never had any doubt T could do It. "I N t;an ulth him like you'd fV-d a starving man. J showed hirn the horse-car on Ilroadway and the I piled up th" '-m-ations on hirn, but always keeping a lot of warmer ops up my 2eves. "At th. end of the third day ho looked Uk. a composite picture of five thousand orphans too lato to atrh a plcnle steamboat, nnd I wis wilting down a collar every two hours wondering how I could ple.'ise him and wlu-th r I was troinp to pet :r.y thou. Ho went to sleep looking at tho Prwoklyn brldcre: he disregarded tho kjx. rajTa above tho third story; it took throe ushers to wake him up at tho liveliest vuudei'lo in town. "Onco I though I had him. I nailed a pair of euff.s on liim one morning before he wan awake; and I dragged" him that t-vnln to the )palm-Cfik,p of one of the biiceKt lio-f.-N In tho :lty -to tho Johrmk-s and th Allci'-s!t-by-th-hours. They ri out in numerous quantities,

with tho fat of the land showing in their clotho. While we wore looking the mover. Solly divested himself of a fearful rusty kind of laugh like moving a folding bf d with one roller broker.. It was hi.s firt in fvo wof-kr and it gave me hope. " "Kight you are, sajs I. "They'r a funny lot of post-card", .ren't they." "'Oh. I wasn't thinking of them dudes and culls on the hoof.' Kays he. Ifcwas thinking of the time mo and George put hh-ep-dip in Horcehead Johnson's whisky. I wiah I was back In Atascosa City, Hayo he. "I felt a cold chill run down my bark. '.Me to play and matoin one move',' pays I to myself. "I mado Solly promiso to stay In the cafe for half an hour and I hiked out in a cab to Lolabolle Delatour's Hat on Forty-third st. I knew her well. Sh was a chorus-girl in a Uroadway musical comedy. " 'Jan',' ays I when I found her, 'I've got a friend from Texas here, llo's all right, but well, ho carries weight. I'd like to elve hi ma little whirl after the show thi. evenlriK bubbled, you know, and a buzz out to a casino for the whtiehait and pickled walnuts. Ib It a po?' "'Can he sin;?' a.ks Lolabelle. " 'You know,' tviys I. 'that I wouldn't take him away from homo unless his notes were good. He's pot d of money bean-pots full of i' ' " 'I5rin him around after th second act.' says Lolabelle, 'and I'll examine his credentials and securl-ties-.' "So about 10 o'clock that evening I led Sollj' to Miss Delatour's dress

ing room, and her maid let us in. In 10 minutes in comes Lolabelle, fresh rfom the ptape. looking stunning in the eosturrte ,he wears when jhe steps from the ranks of tho lady grenadiers and Fays to tho kln-. Welcome to our May-day revels.' And you can het it wasn't the wayshe spoke the linen that got her the part. "As Foon as olly saw her he pot tip and walke! struiuht out through the stage entrance into the street. I

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followed him. Lolabeli wa?n't paying my vsaliry. I wondered whether anybody was. " Luko.' says Solly, outside, 'that was an awful mistake. We mut have pot Into the lady's private room. I hope I'm gentleman enough to do anything possible in the way of apologies. Do you reckon phe'd ever forgive us?' " '.She may forget it,' says I. . 'Of course, it was a mistake. 1 t's go find some beans.' "That's the way it went. But pretty soon afterward Solly failed to show up at dinner time for several day. I cornered hirn. lie confessed

that he had found a Third Avenuo where beans In Texas style, take me thre. The foot inside the door I

hands. "There wa.s a young woman at the desk, and Solly introduced rne to he.r. And then we sat down and had beans. "Yes, sir, sitting at the desk v.as the kind of a young woman that can catch any man in the world as easy as lifting a finger. There's a way of Ioinir lt. She, knew. I saw her

working it. She was healthy-look

ing and plain dressed, hair drawn back from and face no curls or the way fhe looked.

you the way they work the game; it's simple. When she wants a man. she manages it so that every time he looks at her he finds her looking at him. That's all. "Tho next evening Solly was to go to Coney Island with me at 7.

At 8 o'clock he hadn t showed up.

I went out and found a cab. I felt sure there was something wrong. " 'Drive to the Back Home restaurant on Third Avenue,' says I. 'And if I don't find what I want, there, take in these saddel-shops.' I handed him the list. 'Boss.' says the cabby, I et a. steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry. I advise you to try the Fadillc-shop first. "Tia a detective,' says I, 'and I

She had her her forehead frizzes; that's Now I'll tell

don't eat. Hurry up!' "A 9 s-.on as I got to the restaurant I flt in the lines of my plains that I should beware of a tall. red. damfool jia.iii. and I was going to loso a sum of money. "Solly wasn't there. Neither v.as the smooth-haired lady. "I malted: and in an hour they came In a cab and cot out, ha ml in hand. I akod Solly to step around the corner for a few words. Ho was grinning clear across his face; but I had not administered the grin. " 'She's the greatest that ever sniffed the breeze. says he. "'Congrats.' says I. I'd like to have my thousand now if you please.' " 'Well. I.uke.' says he. 'I don't know that I've had such a skyhoodlin tine time under your tutelage aaid dispens.ition. But I'll do the best I can for you I'll do the best I can,' he repats. 'Mo and Miss Skinner was married an hour ago. We're leaving for Tex;u in the morning.' '"Great! says I. 'Consider yourself covered with rice and Congress gaiters. But don't let's tie so many satin bows on our business relations that we lose sight of 'em. How about my honorarium '." "ms.sL Mills,' says he. 'has taken possession of my money and papers except sK bits. I told her what I'll agreed to give you; but she says it's an irreligious and illegal contract, and she won't pay a .cent of it. But I ain't going to see you treated unfair, says lie. 'I've ot j7 saddles on the rach what I've bought on this trip; and when I pet hack I'm going to pick out the best tlx in

The Time is Rapidly Approach ing For One to Take An Inventory of Oneself to Start the New Year Right

CONTI NT" KD i'ltOMJ J A fit: ONE.) maintained to the end that .some unsuspecting one may be alone in a room. An uncle enters a room to search for the paper which hi? haw mislaid. Presto! There comes a pattering ru?h of feet in th hallway, the door i-i slammed, the key rattles in the lock. The alarmed uncle springs to the door. Woo Betide Him. Woe betide him now if ho bo in a hurry, and if he be ungenerous, for ho must yield to the terms of these youthful brigands before he can escape. Ho must solemnly covenant with them that ho will pay to them whatsoever ransom they may demand ero the prison door will swing open. When the prisoner has promised all that 1j asked, tho triumphant youngsters restore him to liberty. Tho officers of the law could smoke their Christmas donation cigars around tho barber shop stove New Year's tvo if all tho young men of the city followed in the footsteps of one of our models, whose path lads to the Young Men's C. A., where he Joins his Sunday school class in their march to one of the churches. During the Pinging of hymns and prayers of invocation to make them moro upright (not advertising pianos) for tho coming' year, refreshments are served. Immediately after the hells have belled and the whistle havo whistled, the members of the class repair to their hornet to dream rweet dreams of the morning's breakfast. Tho young man who tells this wild tale of a naughty spree, although not gulllblo himself, expects people to hell ve that ho spends his evening. fo wickdly! It makes us weep for tho morals of other young mci who havo not attained this Mate of perfection.

Splash, there goes a tear! On Washington's birthday this fabricator shall receive a picture of George and tho tree. The genial 121ia leaves us these wise words to ponder: "Kvery 1st of January that we arrive at is an imaginary milestone on the turnpike track of human 1U; at onco a resting place and a starting- point for fresh exertion in the performance of our journey. The man who does not at least propose to himself to be better this year than he was last, must be either very pood or very bad indeed! And only to propose to he. better is something; it nothing else, it is an acknowledgement of our need to be so. which is the fir.t step toward amendment, l.ut. In fact, to propose to one's self to do well, is in some sort to do well, for there is no such thing as a starting point in human endeavor.-?. He who is not worse today than he was yesterday, Is better, and he who is not better ui worse." Rather axiomatic, isn't it? Leaves plenty of food for thought. This New Year's eve promises to be minus tho usual wild revelry and hilarity associated with other eves, except for the few who may havo something stored away behind the furnace. No doubt some will pet out the old shot gun and fire a few shots to arouse the neighborhood, but outside of the usual ringing of bells, blowing of factory whistles and a tew watch parties, the night will he he kept sane, like the 4th of July. When the bells throughout the city Peel forth their New Year's chimes. Accept the season's greetings From the South Rend News-Times.

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the lot and send 'em to ynuV " "And did he?" I asked, when I.ucullus cased talking. "He did. And they are f.t for kings to ride on. The six he sent me mut have cost him three thousand dollars. Hut where is the market for 'em? Who would buy one except one of the.-.- rajahs and prince of Asia and Afri:a? -I've got 'era all on the list. I know every tan royal dub and smoked princerino from Mindanao to the Caspian sea." "It's a long time between customers." I Ventured. "They're coming faster," said Polk. "Nowadays, when one of the murdering mutts gets civilized enough to abolish suttee and ouit using his whiskers lor a napkin, he calls himself the Roosevelt of tae east, and comes over to lnvestieatc our ('hautauquas and cocktails. I'll place 'em all 3-et. Now look here." From an inside pocket he drew a tightly folded newspaper with much-worn edges, and indicated n paragraph. "Read that." said the saddler to royalty. The paragraph ran thus: His Highness Seyyid Feysal bin Turkee. Iman of Muskat, is one of the most progressive an! enlightened rulers of the Old World. His stables contain more than a. thousand horses of the purest Persian breeds. It hs said that this- wonderful prince contemplate a visit to the United States at an early date. 'There!" said Mr. I'olk triumphantly. "My best best taddle is as good as sold the one with turquoises s-et in the rim ot the cantle. Have, you three dollars that you

could loan me for a short time?" It happened that I had; and I did. If this should mff-t the eye of the Iman of Muskat, may it quicken his whim to visit the land vi the free! Otherwise 1 fear that I shall be longer than a short time separated from my dollars three.

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Hoy IVeel per,t Wednesday and Thursday in South Bend with hi parents, Air. and Mrs. (lenrge Kreel. Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Carlisle of IM-ward.-burz, Mich., called on Perry Fruitt and family Wednesday. Miss Kmma Segirtrnian f Granger spent Wednesday and Thursday with her ?ister, Mrs. Roy Freel and family. Cdie.s Jff-e Graves spent Wednesdaynipht in South Bend. Dr. L W. Tonkin of Edwardsburg, Mich., was iu Granger Tuesday. Tho Granger Fresbyterlan ladies aid society was postponed en account of the snowstorm. A Dunring of Niks called on W. Goirley Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Staton of Edwardsburg. Mich., were in Granger Tuesday afternoon.

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