Show I IThe Th e Frisking k In g o f art b OU JI oe By y SEWELL FORD FORDe Copyrighted Co by bythe the Associated Sunday Y Magazines bIa Inco Incorporated rP orated Say Sar If It youve got any dippy freak friends comin com In to town or If Ie uro ro anybody trou ltd d with enlargement of ot the ego Just send em my way wa I seem to be a kind of or receiver celver r for tor all such missed the tho squirrel house Im as as handy hand as a day nursery In a department store and as as a new hired girl When hen It comes to references theres Purdy Pell Ive Just been b en doin doln a stunt for Jor Jt r him that ought to get me a recommend recommend recommend mend It aIn aln t clear to me yet though I how I come to be bo put on the Job Course I 1 know him more or less bavin havin been lIeen out to his place on the sound a few times and ond hes been one ono of ot my here at the studio for quite a spell but butI 1 I cant cont say we ever got real thick Purdy Pell aint that kind HP He limber up any moren a length of gas Pipe Now ow Mrs Purdy ells Just the other way a bor fixer she sho Is and so M long ong on as as its het hel Hakes out the invitation Invitation Invitation tion lists youre liable hablo to run Into ail sorts out to Rockywold Not that Pur Purdy Purity dy ity dont try hard enough to be sociable u u tu in I 1 1 t t 1 hl ft 11 kl n d but nut unless unless ne he gets L ju vv u ins sown unu un u u uhe he acts about as much to home as an Icicle at a May lIay party you know one of ot them human cold storage stora e plants Still even the frostiest of em has their little fads Trout Is his You let anyone come along and open up about fly lly rods and click reels and brush and Purdy thaws out like a water pipe pip been given ien the bon bonfire bonfire bonfire fire test Hes about the last man oud pot c for tor to develop any ny blood 1001 ut I guess its there Every spring he lie heles roes PCS way off into Maine where all the places plaes has names ending in untie and ant bago and stays stas with the game a couple of ot weeks Maybe Id heard hearil about his bavin havin been up there this year and maybe maybe I The news woul nt have kept me awake nights nl if ir I had But when he shows up Itt at the studio the other day dar he seems seem to take it for granted that Ive had a full tull report and know all aU the de details details details tails Professor McCabe says he Its never Shorty with him always professor sor Mr I really dont know what 1 I am going to do about Caribou Joe Joc That so says sa s I Is It glanders or orn ora orn n a touch of ot the mange that ails him Beg pardon says he I dont dot get the connection Me le either says I You was 01 something about some Joe or other but ou mention whether he ho was a horse or a bulldog Why Vh says he Caribou Joe is my m mold old trout guide the best guide In the and ho is making his first trip to the tho city Well WIl says I If it hes a guide he ought to be able to find his way war round rounda a place as well labeled as New NewYork NewYork NewYork York the trouble He Is coming as my nir guest says sa s sPell Pell and unfortunately there Is a di dT directors rectors meeting which prevents my meeting him at the train as I promised to do Thas too bud bad says I Now Sow if It I knew this Joe of or yours by br sight Id Just as soon sub for or you as not Oh you help knowing hm after he had once been described says sas Pell Besides I 1 have a photo of him himin himIn himIn in my m pocket and if i It be too much trouble professor I 1 should be bc Why Vh sure says sars I Show us his map and Ill try my hand at the thee re act Say Sar think Id been stung times enough to know that you ou But that first offer of mine was only a bluff and when he took me up on It unexpected there was to do but look cheerful He dont leave me any an chance to but starts In givin me a description and life lIfo of ot this Caribou gent Seems that Joe was a French Ca Canuck Canuck nuck drifted over the border Into Maine so long ago that he was almost a native and had worked wort e 1 up a reputation in the guide business that must have gone to his head to Purdy Joe tee could smell trout under un ler a log lo loat at the bottom of ot a pool anil an mesmerize him Into he was hungry for rubber files Anyway this last trip hed steered Pell to a place where he caught em big enough so they the need much muth lin about and Purdy has such a spasm of ot gratitude that he turns t around and invites Joe to come down and have hac a look at the red reddest redd reddest dest d st spot on the chart Joe Joo shies at first but after fter Purdy gets home and and Mrs Pell hears him tell what a wonder Joe is she sh makes him send another in invite invite vite VUe raped w aped up in railroad passes That fetches him Ill bet If It had been beena a one way war pass to the Main Sulphur Works Joe have missed a tree free ride And he was due on the 4 Boston express Its awfully kind of ot you says Pell Poll There another person I 1 could trust with this errand for Joe Is such sucha a 11 wild impulsive fellow rather a des desperate desperate desperate character I fancy But you have hart havethe ha the knack of managing mana such Say Sa says 15 I I r know they the grew wew any an bad men up Bangor Ban or way hats his hll specialty gun or knife earvin earin Yell Well really says sars Pell PeU I 1 cant say sar that he Is as bad as that In fact I have never seen lIeen him do anything really violent v or ar vicious but I 1 have havo gathered from things he has said that perhaps he was somewhat of or a lL desperate char character character acter when he crossed Oh you got it from him did you rOU rOUIa says Ia s I He had He thought too there was wasa a a wild strain In Joe that might make him bloodthirsty at times If iC not handled han handled handled right Gee says I I hope he dont bring his appetite for tar gore all the way to New NewYork NewYork York Id look nice I bein chased down Fifth avenue by a moss mossback mossback mossback back from th the state of Maine But Pell says sa sn s that as soon as I men mention mention mention tion his name there wont be any trou trouble trouble trouble ble and all I 1 has to do is to spot Joe when he gets off oft the express steer him round to the New Haven local take him out to Rockywold and hand him over overto overto overto to Mrs Irs Pell Pelle So that afternoon finds me over to the Grand Central in the concourse holdin a snapshot picture In one hand and lookin sharp for or a stoop shouldered shouldered shouldered dered long haired gent with a pair pall of or black eyes and a grizzly mus mustache mustache mustache tache long enough to tic tie under his chin chinI If I I always tended out on the shows at the Garden maybe Id been pic picturesque picturesque picturesque in the wry of or costume but Ive JC seen enough Maine guides to know that apt to hit town dressed t tit t the minute even if it it t takes the last cel celluloid celluloid celluloid collar in the box So I 1 was le mostly on Joe by the th bonnet honnet string lip whisker why wh when ium the train pulls in and the pro procession procession procession cession begins to form lorm on the asphalt a walks I come mighty near the th party in the coon skin cap and the red sash Just as lies les Ies passin though I gets geL a glimpse of or the soup strainers and the raC rat terrier eyes and then I knows it must be Caribou Joe Hes a little up old chap felt boots with rubber bottoms a blue flannel shirt and pockets all over oer It Slung over his shoulder is a blan blanket blanket blanket ket roll 1011 with a coffee pot and a pan strapped on top but outside at of wrapped up in a newspaper all the baggage he has lias From the cookin tools it looks like Joe want goin to take any an chances on Pell Pelt and find In all the taverns shut up He was fixed to camp on Broadway or anywhere else Say lie Ite was a nice arti article article article cle to step up and claim In a crowd Id paid money to have been there and seen Purdy purd Pell done it But It was up to tome tome tome me Just then so I falls into step along alongside alongside alongside side of or Joe hits hilts him a pat on the back ack and sings out Hello Caribou Hows things up along the he It was the wrong I see sec that the minute I makes the play pIa Joe goes right up in the air side steps Into a pussy old party with a cane caroms off ocr against one of oC them red capped brunette bru brunette nette neUe baggage and nearly nearl raises a panic Hay he squeals You quit that or Ill lambaste ye e Dont get et excited now Hou says sas I to calm him down Im only I blow ye gol ol ding ye says he heed edgin ed ln off Youre one one of them bunkum fellers Scat Feat cat catAll Ah Alt can nn that kind of hollerin says I 1 Im nubbin for Cor Mr 11 Purdy Poll Pell Joe He be here himself and antI he wants me to take you out to his house hou c See Sec heres your our picture he lie gave ave Inc me Well that soothes him a little and after Ive e suid it over three or four lour times tines and give ie the run to a couple of that tried to take Joes part parthe parthe he hc looks me up and down real careful and concludes to take a chance eh nce I lose any tim about leadin him into the car of the local but even after Id rd got him stowed safe saCe his little rat eyes eres was dartin four faur ways was for tor trouble Youre all right now IO Joe Toe says sas I 1 ebby so save saye sa e he lie hut but I got 14 sewed inside my shirt and the man that gits its it has got to take it off my dean dea body Im Caribou Joe bash Well Veil says saS I you ou look it I hear youre oure a bad man in a muss too And say sa I could see rl ht away that was vas the lead to follow His eyes e es snaps and his chest begins to swell out you rou hear that says he Why Wh most every one in New York knows about you says I They says youre oure the of oC the That fetches a great big grin out of him and Inside of about two minutes I had him coin goin oln just right hats your our particular line Joe says I says pays he tappin himself on onn the breastbone I r dont to talk much about it but when It ft comes to In Injun Injun Injun jun Im to home know them Bangor went on the war path often oCten says sa s I Bangor he snorts Guess you mean Oldtown Wall Nall them then kind dont why I aint never had a chance to show what Im made of but If ever everI everI I start west once after them and Apaches hear of or things make yer er blood run cold Aint tackled any an of em em yet et then says sa s I INo INo No Xo says sas he but Ive Ie read lots lots about the cusses in books bools See Seend And nd what do you suppose suppose he shows up A roll of nickel sames you ou see these D T kids and office boys bos In the subway trains Say Sa them get some queer bub bubbles bubbles bubbles bles in their gray matter eh Here was this old rooster almost old oil enough to be a granddaddy and goin daffy dart over such sueh stuff as that Yell Well I jollies him along and he pull pulp the throttle wide open Blow Why to listen to him dope it out you might ml ht think hed caught all the fish and killed all the game the Mine woods ever eer produced pro produced pr and that when it came to fo t the hero stunts all he needed was room to swing himself Compared to him a RI Rl Rialto alto aIto how good he was was could be convicted of bein modest Next ext thing Joe does Is to open his coat and exhibit his medals It was a collection that most covers coers his shirt shirtfront shirtfront shirtfront front and they was all kinds from a Grand Army Arm badge to a silver shield won at a turkey shoot I 1 Judged that most of oC em had been faked up by city sports that wanted to string him but Joe seemed as proud of or the lot as if th d all been presented by b congress It was a heap easier to start Joe talk In about himself than it was to switch him off but at last I strikes the com combination combination combination I expect Mrs Pell Poll will be glad to sec see I you rou says I Huh he grunts I dont want to see no women wrong with the ladles ladies says I r L Dont like em cm says sa s he and shuts up like a clam Oh I guess uess take to Mrs Pur Purdy Purdy Purdy dy Poll Pell says I But where I 1 want a n prophet at the station with the rig rl but Joe so much as shaKe shaRe hands with her and when she moves moes over to make room for Cor him on the same seat he lie sniffs and climbs up imp alongside the coachman What odd character he heIs heis heis Is says Mrs Pell to me Hes all of or that says I J Hope you enjoy his visit With that I goes back to town glad enough to get him off of my m hands and when I fetches the studio who vho should I meet comin out but my old side part partner partner ner ncr Leonidas Dodge all rigged out in sporty clothes and w a puff tie with a Brazilian diamond horseshoe almost al almost almost most most life ICe size Gee Leonidas says sas I you look I like money was easy and oud let some I Bowery tailor go as far as he liked Why the noisy uniform Its part of or the business son says he You ant aint gone to makin a book have you rou says I II II II I might of oC known he He ex explains explains explains plains that hes got a job the Deadwood Dick Wild West Vest company geUin gettin together here fran foran early start on the southern circuit But even with a backer a performer on the check book Leonidas is havin his troubles Its because the noble red man Is gettin to be such a n scarce article says he Never saw anything like It before before i in the of the t e tout tent show business Here I am offering a month jl 1 t ry 4 k Z r t e t t ts r r I s e ep et p t L Lf i f ct ui j y rT d r rr jt jiff b it p wW r 1 La a 4 a b bS f d G S z t 0 e k I I a k r i f tt I ri 7 rt r o oA ol ot ox or t A f t f ii x r l i g r J ai tag f w ws 5 2 rF r ti r s r F r tri Y r ts s J t rr R 1 I SG 1 lII f S t tM p r f fi r a y rF t r I r M o SE Ir aa i t it t w f fa f i io r q a a i r y r i t i w i rF h t i 9 b j s sF sis y I F is y Mtr q 1 l E r j jt t t t r 4 a JI I r c p 1 o Cz s 9 I J s f fI fX r rII II 1 Ii 1 t H r l I r i X Hello Caribou Carlo b u Hows How s sI things up along a I ong the board and transportation free Cree and md the best I can do towards m my troupe of or genuine war chiefs chleCH each anti ana every ever one of whom was wa in the thick of the tight fight at Wounded Knee Is to collect a scrubby bunch bunai of oC Cattaraugus county count basket makers that never neer wore a blanket In their lives lIes and know a snake dance from the minuet Wild untutored savages sava es straight ht from Crom the reservations of oC the great wes the re supposed to be but say sa where Ive Ie been boarding em over oer In Brook Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn lyn they the kick if they the dont have fresh Cresh napkins every meal a month and me em In the pip chorus until my throat Is sore I Im even een some of em how to handle their guns what comes of or this Wild lId West est game Shorty Short Well ell I sympathizes with Leonidas and promises to take a run over that evenin and watch him put his gang of oC near reds through gh their drill I was just gettin settin ready to do it too when Mrs irs rs Pell gets me on the wire She wants to know If it I cant come out to Rockywold old right away awa awaIts Its that horrid guide says sas she Hes frightened all the maids half to death threatened the butler with a knife and now hes in the library rolled up in a Turkish rug before beCore the fireplace I snoring dreadfully I 1 have a lot of ot guests here and Purdy Purd has sent word that he lie cant get out till late and we dont know what to do tried turning the hose on him have hae you ou says sas I Oh we dare says sa s she Purdy Purd has told me all about how des desperate desperate desperate he is I dont want to send for forthe forthe forthe the police but I thought perhaps you OU might bring out a what do you call It Ita Ita ita a posse or something like that and Sure says sas I Ive got one right handy |