The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 10, 1920, Page 17

THE SEATTLE STAR Br AN O. HENRY STORY EVERY DAY—Humor, Pathos, Romance jew fall stock of goods. 1 leading from the thought repository lish poke In your collar t# too short /any further In the way of expense.” From Each | Bven Broadway that morning was jor the other, |by the distance between Troy and| “Pinay ‘em to the cetling,” maid | & discord in Vuyning’s ears, and tn} In the firet place,” anid his com. | London, A plain gold link cuff | Om on, with boyish amile of joy his eyes it paralleled for a few! foe with the air of one who) button would take all the shine out] “I've got @ roll as big arc x howling, posh Tg seothing malodor | jto ‘Waderetend that I am a croe settings, Those tan shoes would be [ya the wrapper of a twoforfiver, I yed peas and na loone of safe of the Farm nk of Butterville, Ia, , degmars, |xecond-story man, yegeman, box-|Ma’am on a two weekw visit to| the burglarpr wright, 1920, by Dewdieday, Poge| M4Ve drivers and veiled women in|} man, allaround burglar, cardsharp| Lake Ronkonkoma I think 1) ers’ National t ‘ Y Co. ; pudi id dy apecial arrange- | CTs Without horses, the sun biasing and slickest con man west of the| aught a glimpse of a blue s#ilk| flew open some t oe aoe ment with the Wheeler brightly among the bazaars, the ples | Twenty-third street ferry landing ok embroidered with rusnet litte p> the tu of $16,000 . . Gyadionte, Inc. of rubbish from ruined temples inj that'’s my history. That's to show |ofthe-valley when you—improperly Aren't you afraid Hier the street—and then a lady, Pas) I'm on the square—with you. My drew up your trousers as you sat} nin that I'll call a cop and hand Vuyning left his club, cursing It} ing, Jabbed the ferrule of a parasol in| name's Emerson.” fwortly, without any particular anger.| his aide and brought him back to| { From 10 tn the morning until 11 it! Broadway wn. There are always plain ones] You over?” }to be had hurt ron, cool the stores, ave I You tell me,” said “Confound old Kirk with his fish eon, Baecea?? why I didn’t keep them.” stories,” a © hitheelf, re i had bored him immeasurably, Kirk) jive minutes of his stroM brought | with wiiek ait ka wee, thru his| “Double the ante? cried ‘the eritt:| M6 laid Vuyning’s po oF trey with Dis fish story, Brooks with bis) him to a certain corner, Where &| pockets for a ecard. “It's pronounced | Claed one, greedily. “Give me more bows - the bide ty ‘sibaa meat 7 Torto Rico cigars, old Morrison with! number of ailent, paletaced men are) ‘Vining,’ he enid, as he tossed it/of it. There's a way to tote the “he ads tue reveling his aneedote about the widow, Hep) acoustomed to stand, immovably, for lover to the other, “And I'll be as|haberdashery, ar T want to get],,¢ an,” maid Vuyning, ereting \ burn with his invariable luck at/ hours, buay with the file blades of/frank with you. I'm just kind of|Wite to it. Bay, you're the right] 1d you ever hear the tale Kirk Dilliards—all these afflictions had) their penknives, with their hat brims|, joafer, 1 guess living on my dad-| kind of a swell, Anything else to] ') nag the six-pounc bean repeated without change of Dill) on @ level with their eyelids. Walllay'y money. At the club they call|th® queer about me?” phen —, odie. oe er scenery. Besides these morning | xt apecuintora, driving home in their!me ‘Leftat-thePost.' I never did a| “Your tle” aid Vuyning, “ta tied ens not” ald » evils Miss Allison had refused Bim carriages, love to point out these Men! day's work in my life; and I haven't| with absolute precision and correct “Yat gain on the night before. But that , » | news.” to their visiting friends and tell them | the heart to run over a chick “Lye heard tt scores of times. That's of this rather famous lounging plac®/ when I'm motoring. It's a pretty] “Thanks,” gratefully—“I mpent why I won't tell you. I was just the “crooks.” On Wall st. the speo |shabby record, altogether.” jover half an hour at it before J thinking how h better this is ulatora never use the file blades Of) “Phere's one thing you can do."| “Thereby,” interrupted Vuyning,| 4 ah 0 club, their knives. |eaid Emerson, admiringly; “you ¢ my tailor? Vuyning was delighted when one| carry duds. I've wate oadway store win eee ‘ Was a chronic trouble, Five times she had laughed at his offer to make her Mrs. Vuyning, He intended to @sk her again the next Wednesday evening | Vuyning walked along 44th st. to in| “completing your resemblance to a od you sev-/dummy in a of this company stepped forth and/eral times pass on Broadway, You | dow ewe purchased from Peter Michael lends @ touch to B (ted ds b “Toys, and elderly sts.” maid on the rigbt track for oy . Y y urch = age a i a roadway, and then drifted down the) a adreased him as he was passing, He| look the best dressed man I've seen Yours truly,” eald Emer sit-l vuyning, five daya later at h lub, | » 1 Emerson. “You're the ship only prestige ran i ro ‘in Raaein Go aoe tae and c de range o! differing largel: es, eat aluice that washes out the dust! was hungry for something out of the| And I'll bet you a gold mine I've| ting dow again. “It's bully of youl ateemne shrine ans May ng deg Ha na ie rr ciiumn nike coals ae sein ahenihst ae a of the gokt mines of Gotham. He | ordinary, and to be accosted by thts/ got $50 worth more gent’s furnish: | to put me wi smooth-faced, keen-eyed, low-volecd,|ings on my frame than you have.| something wrong, but I couldn't Just | Kooy athletic member of the underworld,| That's what I wanted to see you! put my finger on it, I guess it with his grim, yet pleasant smile,/about. I can’t do the trick. Take | ¢ I knew there was] where his rie ¥ s out the br mine from the W # by nature to know how to] tante ss gathered, a me, “a friend of t will dine at our Wore a morning suit of Might gray, low, dull kid shoes, a plain, finely Woven straw hat, and his visible this evening.” linen was the most delicate possible! naq all the taste of an adventure to|a look at me. What's wrong? | wear clothes.” Will he ask if we have heard the shade of heliotrope. His necktie! ing convention-weary Vuyn ‘Stand up.” said Vuyning | “Oh, I suppose,” said Vuyning, | intext from Denver?” said a member, Wes the bluegray of a November! «prcuse me, friend,” said he.| Emerson arose and slowly relwith a laugh, “that my ances juirming tn his chair FY eky, and its knot was plainly the|/“couid 1 have a few minutes’ talk | yolved picked up the knack while they we “Will he mention the new S3.0tery ; @utcome of a lordly carelemness| with you—on the level?’ | “You've been ‘outfitted,’ declared | peddling clothes from house to ! Masonic Temple, in Quincy, Il.? eombined with an accurate concep-| “Certainty,” sald Vuyning, with a the clubman, “Some Broadway win-|a couple of hundred years ao. I'm | inquired anc ther, dropping hia nose tion of the most recent dictum of) amie, “Hut, suppose we atep aside | dow-dresser has minused you. That's told they did that Blanes fashion. |to a quieter place. There is a divan/an expensive suit, tho, Emerson.” | “And mine,” sald Emerson, cheer “WI he spring one of those West ow, to write of a man's haber-|—a cafe over here that will do. | oh hundred dollars,” said Emer-/futly, “were making their visits atlern Missiwippl river catfish stories, @ashery is a worse thing than to| Schrumm will give us a private cor- [night, I guess, and didn’t have &]in which they use yearling calves for ‘Write a historical novel “around”! ner." rrwenty too “much,” said Vuyning.|chance to catch on to the correct; palit?” demanded Kirk, flercly Paul Jones, or to pen a testimonial; Schrumm established them under | “Six months old in cut, one inch too styles.” | “Ete comforted, Vuyning. | to 4 hay fever cure. ta growing palm, with two seidis be | jlong, and half an inch too much| “I tel you what,” sald Vuyning.| “tie has none of the little vices. He ‘Therefore, let it be known that the| tween them. Vuyning made a pleas-|japel. Your bat ts plainly dated one| whose ennui had taken wings, “Ill ia a bu r and safe ywer and a 3 deseription of Vuyning'’s apparel is|ant reference to meteorological con-|year ago, altho there's only a six-|take you to my tailor, He'll elim! | pat of mine.” germane to the movements of the! ditions, thus forming a hinge uponjteenth of an inch Jacking in the te the mark of the beast fr your ‘Oh, Mary Ann?" naid they. “Muat Story, and not to make room for the which might be swung the door brim to tell the story. That Eng-lexterior, ‘That is, if you «gre (0 Fo | you always adorn every ment jwith your alleged humor?" } It came to pass that at eight tn | the evening a calm, smooth, brfMliant, jaffable man nat Vuyning’s right j od during er. And when the ones who pass their lives in city jstreets spoke of skygerapers or of |the little czar on his far, frozen j throne, or of insignifieant fish from jinconsequential streams, this big |deep-chested man, faultiegaly clothed ; e eye ous siice of street that he remem /Out West I am known as Rowdy | exactly the articles to work into} don't mind telling you that I was not | A His Abili bered in Morocco, He saw the strum! the Dude. Pickpocket, supper man,|the heart of a Brooklyn sehool-|touring among the Antipodes when . gling mass of dogs, fakirs, | ‘ you won't,” sald Vuyning.| ™4ne, and throw him till he put the iow, shall we go to) time steeds to enjoy; he read thom | halterrifiea eyes. | dropping = tear ypon her salad the great, rough epic of the cattle| “I was going to propose again to-| “What do you think?” i and the hills that had not been spoll-| day,” said Vuyning, cheertly, “but I “Betty!” exclaimed Vuyotngs ed by the hand of man, the mason.! won't, I've worried you often enough.) “What do you mean?* % iia words were a telescope to the! You know dad has a ranch in Coto “rll go too,” said Mina Allison, had looked | rado. What's the good of staying | forcibly. Youngstown, O., and whowe|b Jumping jonquils, but it’«| Vuyning filled ber glass with Apok ues had called it “West.” great out there. I'm going to start Mnaris« n, whone ¢ fact, Emerson had them “go-| next Tuesday.” “Here's to Rowdy the Dude fie: “No, you won't,” ald Miss Alli-| ga a toast mysterious, * e ° ° ° non. “Don't know him,” said Misa Allie The next morning at 10 he met What?” #aid Vuyning. son; “but if he’s your friend, Jimmy> Vuyning, by appointment, at a 424, wt. cafe Emerson was to leave for the West that day. He wore a sult of dark cheviot that looked to have been ara alone,” said Miss Allison here goes upen him by an ancient Grecian tailor who waa a few thousand years ahead of the styles Mr, Vuyning,” said he, with the clear, ingenuous smile of t ful “er it's up to me to go the limit for you any time I can do so You're the real thing, and if I can ever return life I'll do it.” “What was that cowpuricher’s name,” asked Vuyning, “who used to catch & mustang by the now 6 nuccenn © favor, you bet your and bridle on?” * sald Emerson, Thanks,” said Vuyning. 1 thought was Yates, Oh, about that to ean—l'd f ve been looking for some guy WATCHES JEWELRY You should make your selections for Christmas gifte now. Kery ‘otten that.” but we do not carry inferior grades. id see for yourself. We'll offer une in a red wagor The best way is to come in ‘ suggertions and help you to choose wi CREDIT GLADLY EXTENDED Wall: Gonbtea, ai task, 17 ee even Select Gifts Now—Pay as You Can be off. For your convenience you can choose your gifts now, pay At 1 o'clock Vuyning had Inncheon a little each week, také your purchase at Xmas and then with Miss Allison by previous ar. continue to make weekly payments after Xmas rangement sanrene, cyclones, round-ups, Rocky “Since 1895” 202 Pike Street, People’s Bank Bldg. ountains and beans and bacon. She oked at him with wondering and “Bacon, toasted on a green willow switch over red coals, ought to put brolled lobsters out of business,” sald Vuyr uc. “And you say a horse at the end ofa 3¢foot rope can’t pull ’ 10-inch stake out of wet prairie? Paes and eyed like an emperor, disposed of | thely Lilliputian chatter with a wink jot his eyelash, And then he painted for them with @ lteard, trend “etrokes/ a, marvelous | iagrat panorama of the West. He | atac ‘ked snow-topped mountains on |the table, freezing the hot dishes of |the waiting diners, With a wave of | his hand he swept the clubhouse into oe a pine-ctowned gorge, turning the = —————__ | walters into @ grim ponne, and eac |Ustener Into a blood.stained fugitive, climbing with torn fingers upon the AT THE ensanguined rocks. He touched the table and spake, and the five panted an they gnzed on barren laya beds, and each man took bis tongue be e ° tween his teeth and felt his mouth bake at the tale of a land empty of ‘water and food. As simply as Homer @ mang, while he dug a tine of his fork leisurely into the tableclotn, he opened a new world to their view, as does one who tells a child of the Looking Glass Country. - An ono of bis listeners might have o spoken of tea too strong at a Madi For in won Square “afternoon,” #0 he doe- pleted the ravages of “red-eye” in a border town when the caballeros of e the lariat and reduced ennui to @ { minimum. | And then, with a sweep of his white | unringed hands, he dismianed Metpo- mene, afd forthwith Diana and Am. laryilia footed it before the mind's be |eves of the clubmen, | The savannas of the continent . spread before them. The wind, hum Of All Men’s and Boys’ | ming thru a hundred leagues of sage Hats, Caps and Furnishings brush and mesquite, closed their ears to the elty’s staccato noises. He told them of camps, of ranches marooned in a sea of fragrant prairie blossoms, | of gallops in the stilly night that | Apollo would have forsaken his day- Thousands of Men and Women Are Buying Useful Holiday Gifts at Far Less Than Like Merchandise Can Be Bought Elsewhere SEE OUR WINDOWS AND YOU, LIKE THE REST, WILL BUY WHERE YOUR DOLLAR IS NOT ASHAMED OF ITS PURCHASING POWER. Feature Photoplay ALICE BRADY —in Back to to Old Times — Raincoats at $5.00 to $15.00 ter 5 Overcoats $] 5 $20 $95 Boys’ Suits Now $9.85, $14.65, $17.50 1" ere ee Boys’ Raincoats $3.75, and Boye’ Knickers Reduced to $1.35 wairrgg oo ited. Bivens. 60¢ to $2, Matinee Satur- day, f0c to $1.50. Plus Tax Separate rowers, $3.79 $6.00 $8.50 CORE TAT regular price. Values to $6.00 ‘alues to $10.00 Values to $12.50 Men’s and Boys’ Mackinaws 1/3 Off Barnes and Freemans P Johnson; I PANTAGES Mats., 2:20, Now Tailored Ready Co. Ea (SF THEATRE | n Seattle’s Greatest Store for Men and Boys ights (Sundays), 450, Mats Daily, 27c,. Ladies’ Mats, (xcept Sundays Mats. Daily t 401 to 407 Pike Street Moe hah NILE Filkins Onth ath Ave. § PUBLIC Pine St. MARKET Seattle’s Most Conveniently Located Market Place HAVE YOU SHOPPED IN THIS HANDSOME NEW MARKET? If not, do so t . morrow. See how clean and well ventilated it is—how low the prices are, and courteous the merchants. Jonathan Apples, per { Local Spuds, sk .61.00 box delivered. .$1.10 | Best Onions dely $1.60 People's Frait Co, 4748 Main Floor THE COW BUTTER STORE FRESH MILK Bic | Qt. Norfolk Grocery, Stall 16, No. 3 pail Barton’s White Carnation Shortening 45¢ .22¢ Choice Pork Chops, Yb. DL 85¢ For Sunday's Breakfast Try : Main na Links” Little Pig Sausage, "Soe Floor Dewec cow eeees cocccrcccces = COLONIAL MEAT CO. BETTER MEATS—LOWER PRICES Strictly Fresh Churned BUTTER 60c Lb. Strictly Fresh Ranch EGGS 65c Doz. Fancy Dill Pickles, dozen. ..30¢ Mild Full Cream Cheese, 33¢ Ib; METROPOLITAN MARKE STALL 25 B® We Specialize in Cirele “Wr “Ww” Pciliciee—Reuie al Circle “4 Legs of Lamb and Circle “W” Mild-Cured Hams and STEER STEAKS .............16¢ [~Gome ma LARD, 2 LBS. ................45¢ | Rawmz PORK ROASTS wie Sika Wine bigseg Fancy Dressed Poultry at Lowest Prices DON’T FAIL TO VISIT THE LOWER FLOOR ~° Following Are Some of Seattle’ssBest Known Food Purveyors: MEANOR'S A-1 Quality OUR LOCATION on the LOWER FLOOR enables us to sell and Poultry Products CHOICEST FISH at the LOWEST PRICES—but we do not i Stall 32, Lower Floor quality for price. Sevall EGGS 55c Doz Fresh, Salted Kippered Fish, Crabs, Oysters, Cl Prat Detour ue ees| SEABOARD FISH AND OYSTER CO. Fryers Stalls 29-30 Lower Floor—“The Sanitary Stalls” Saturday and Monday wen ne?" 3 79/ SEABOARD MEAT C0. Ege Mash, Cc. H. MENGEDOHT A. J. MEEKER AeUVERCE seeeeee $3.90 STALL 5, LOWER FLOOR 22% | Wheat, (choles ct. sabe $4.75 Pig Pork Roasts ............ Veal Roasts ......... 2.2... senses nee e 14M | December 18th 30c Porter House Roasts ...... ............25 © QUEEN HATCHERY Armour’s Bacon .......°...........--..35 €) ELLIOTT 2064—STALL, 41 Lamb Shoulders ............ 12 Lower Floor—Pine St. Side, GREEN itunes ON THE RUN Best Fresh-Churne® x BUTTER 57c Lb. Some ls SUGAR ‘4 i Lbs. 396 3 Ibs. $1.70 Always Used o- EXTRA SPECIAL BO Ld “Tall While sdinintid Last Cans , a 8 cans O11 Sardines.....+.-.25¢ |. Bika COFFEE, 29¢ Ib.; 3 Ibs. 85c 10 Ibs. Blue Karo. ..82¢ | so = ie 2 cans Towa Sugar Corn,...26¢ | RELIANCE COFFEE. ....... 43¢ LB. 3.LB. CANS $1 Full Cream Cheese.... +29¢ | Morton's Salt, 2-Ib, cans. Bulk Seeded Raisins, Ib. — Peanut Butter, 15¢, 2 Ibs. nh | 3 tall cans Salmon. a ha. fer Flake White .....+ | New stock Mines” Ae... 2 | ROYAL WHITE SOAP, 5 BARS” cre EXTRA SPECIAL—We have contracted with the Hamilton Studio to make a | FY $5.00 Portrait Absolutely FREE for our customers or any of their family, ASK FOR A TICKET—IT'S FREB! GREEN'S Bit, STORE NO. 4 «22