| Show SMITHY AND THE VASSAR GIRL an conversation with ner iier took the ho conceit out of min him when men the boys at our table noticed a strange young lady enter the room the other evenin evening 0 at dinner th there ere was a general inquiry as to the dow comert identity she was tall and graceful with features expressive eyes and a nio mouth util and chin whose firm lines denoted force of character her hair was a light golden brown and altogether the young lady excited no small degree gree of curiosity ta tell 1 11 you what boys observed smithy Sul thY ashes a regular hummer you want to watch yourselves too for thata just about my style see and im going to mako make a play for an introduce I 1 may mention hero that the scene referred JO to occurred in the dining c i room of ofa aa fashionable private hotel hote 1 up town town mr smith popularly known as smithy is a general favorite among the other boarders there particularly with the lady guests his distinguishing characteristics te to are good clothes an exalted c opinion of himself and an elaborate knowledg knowledge 11 o of slang miss ray the new guest was introduced trod to smithy that evening t alter an all hours conversation with her smithy retired to the smoking room and after lighting a cigar casually remarked that this heres a queer world anyhow what a the matter smithy lf I 1 asked youre nut not in love already i in love I 1 well I 1 guess not say that girl in the parlor is a regular walking dictionary just tackle her once on ce and shell paralyze you all tell me all about it said 1 I well it was just this way she asked me if 1 I believed in sub lineal consciousness consciousness I 1 told her ter that I 1 t call that hand and suggested making it a jack pot but she appear to catch on and that made mo me tired then she just waded in wow bowl I 1 but it fairly showered jawbreakers lawbreakers jaw breakers for the next half hour ashes a graduate of vassar college she told me and so sa help me bob that was vue the only part of lier ter conversation I 1 could understand most people she said hold i ignorance hidden in the interstices of f their net of learning then among among other things she asked me if I 1 believed that simplicity is the concomitant of genius and what I 1 thought about elective affinities of course all I 1 could do was to pass out every land hand I 1 told her though that id look these matters up and let her know low but say ive got a headache I 1 have what did you say when you left her I 1 asked oh I 1 just remarked that as this was a cash game and as I 1 had run out of chips id see her later when I 1 was fixed say the meaning of pachydermatous and g gee elbut but my head aches then smithy relapsed into thoughtfulness ful ness now york herald |
