Show I P R ROUNDING 0 U ND IN G UP MAGGIE MAGG I E Sy R SEW SEWELL ELL FORD FO RD 4 j 11 1 C Copyrighted by the Associated Sunday Magazines Magazine Incorporated Incorporate Say Sar who was tellin you Ah Aji rwan gwan Them Fea sea shore press agents is II full of fried eels Disguises Them folks I has with me was the real The Rev Doc Do Not much That was my little lIttIe old bishop And It want ant any party at atall atal all ail It was Just a little errand of nerry TIery that got switched it was this way The bishop he heup sf up at the studio for his T ball work that Im him nis MS p s he hp can keep his equator from get gettin gettin tin tn the best bt of his longitude all al on the quIet though Its some thin I aint on the bulletin board or in my list of refer understand Well we Wf f has had our ses Win ami the bishop has Just made a for fr the cold shower and the jn r rom riom om while Im to my clothes for the after roon when In pops Joe the th gym j m door behind him real soft and d Shorty says sas he In that hoarse f fp p r Ji ii gets on when bes es excited lies come Who come com says says I IR R says sas he waln his hs andl Its the old girl gIrI and got gota a n gun Ah say says I r Come out of ot the trance What old girl And what about the gun Maybe youve never seen when hes real stirred up He wears a n corrugated brow and his lower Jaw hangs bangs loose leavin the Mammoth rave ae ace wide open and his eyes bug out like Ilka ho buttons His thoughts come faster filter than he can cm separate himself from the words so 80 Its hard gettin at lurt what he means to say But as near as al 5 T can cn an come to it theres a wide party part out In the front for fo m with blood In her eye ee and andi i s ln section of the unwritten rw r In her hH fist I knows right oft off there must i he tl some ore mistake or else its a case of I 1 opo pe I and I says mys so But Is la plumb sure she Bhe know knew who she was wiLs w s for when she ehe calls for me and b gl roe not to go out Hes for ring n up the police up nobody says rays T r Spose I r wart wI aDt this thing gottin into the pa papers parl pets pers rl If n t Lady Bughouse has strayed m rn here we WI got sot to tg shoo her out as asuIt uIt t as a possible p sible She cant shoot If ifie ie rush her Come on onI I will say for Joe T e that while he h 11 aint KH git any an too much sense theres h re no ocher streak In him When I pulis pul s open the gym door and gives i e word we went through neck and Ji sk 1 Took Lok out jut ut he yells and I sees ees Mm im ni makin a grab at atthe the arm of a beamed old party all U done up lr In pray gray silk and aud white lace And ted sov 81 Its lucky I 1 got a good i nry for profiles for If I 0 tern nn was Purdy tutu Aunt Isabella and sun pun was r thin but her silver slIver h tube we weI I ll have ha been to explain It to tor r 1 yet vet As s It is III Im Im Just near to make a n swipe for with my left and I Jerks his paw l Just as she turns around from u out nut or of the window and gets geb her amps amp on us Say Sa we must have a R pair pall of batty batt ones stand 1 ther hands and starin at fc 1 Rut Put it seems that folks as deaf a ti she st Is aint easy surprised All she shed d ItS es is If feel fel around for her gold eye eyeR R gasses asses with one hand and fit the sil sll silver siler ver eT er machine to her off oft ear with withIe withe he Ie e other Its one of or these pepper KT 1 a lairs and I much hat at f Swift took It for Cor a gun Are you rou Professor Protessor McCabe says su f e Surer Sure I hollers and not kin for such strenuous on n goes up In the air about two fEt et etA A 1 tJ beg pardon says Aas the old girl girt ut will 11 you OU kindly speak into the Po cA o I vip jp closer that r I rii riI ii hc hns the clutch on Swift and I him along Ahr rhoe choe h says sa s This am aint t no brother bother act Is It With that I lets leb him go and me and Auit ut Isabella gets down to business w s look In for some tale about Furdy you know the one that had halt half brother we shunted back to But It looks like this was a new deal for she opens up by 1 kin If It i new a party by b the name v f Dennis Whaley Whale Do I p 55 I Ive known ever oer since I 1 can remember Ieno in anybody Hes my Place out to Primrose Park now I 1 though t ugh so 10 Isabella Then perhaps you know a niece of M J T Margaret Whaley m but Id heard of her mf Whaleys girl that come over en four tour or five years wk bark rk after near to death one et t season when hen the potato crop was S A bed bad Well Welt It seems Maggie has ried r couple of years ears for Aunt Isa Mia bik was as kitchen n i girl KM Then she got quit service and got a flat fIat Work J ork rK Job in a 8 hand laundry eight per hours a day Saturday six teen wn I dIdt tumble why all this was worth win forth about until Aunt Isa na T me that president and w board of directors of or the Lady Pot t f le Improvement j nl ne ot of the t spends her er time wn in I t r to organize study stud for for tor red girls rl who ho have different plans their Thursday after I n o oems I k keepin ems that Aunt Isabella has been special lal tabs on Maggie callin callina MM at I the a and i laundr to give gIe advice I tnt J n her books to t read which I J I a tintype or r her er C dom doln the act ac acI I ordin to rule But along alonS In the e early I had quit the laundry t the old gIrl about Aunt Isabella lla on hough 1 kept on the trail t l Ugh run 1 down her ller last ailed and her what she shep l She kept this up p ff fl I T jolt bit t V s site she The was handed the her er last letter come back tr ti acL with C a few remarks scribbled V ro ti In face fate h r TO SU that read such h the th stuff S gave Maggie a pain In InH small of f her back But f It H the worst b all n ll Was if 9 accord 1111 In to Aunt Isa that and Maggie Daggle agle was In Coney T of lt ft 1 says Ins she fihe ho That p poor or ent c ed Place girl In that dreadfully Int It terrible Oh I dont depends know says L I It all Hy lay sas the old girl What u I I I IA S A 1 I f J S J cl r t 01 t ti i ip 4 p 4 S a I i 4 J in I t z r I S I 1 I II 4 W I V Z ZIs Is I 1 I 1 iN I c P It S 1 I S hI I 1 j I rJ I I L rt S SL 4 t I I I S I 1 I T I 2 I II T I r It Expedition Goes V ith a Plunk k I Y I Ever Eyer try t y to carry on a debate through a e silver salt shaker Its the limit limit It would be a lot easier to agree with her I shouts out Sure thing and nods my head She nods back rolls her eyes She must be rescued at once on eel says Aunt Isabella Her uncle ought to tobe tobe tobe be notified Cant you send for him himAs himAs himAs As it happens Dennis had come comedown d down own wn that mornin to see an old friend of ot his that was due to croak so I fig figures figures figures ures it out that the best b st way would be beto b beto to get him and the he old lady together and let em have it out I chases down to West Vest to bring b Dennis back In a hurry and Invites Aunt Autt Isabella to make herself com corn comfortable until he comes too excited to sit down though She Sh goes around the front office now and then lookin me over oer stis s s me bein still in my gym suit and then up the i pIctures on the wall My art exhibit exhibits ex Is 18 s most mostly made up of ot signed photos of oJ Jeff reft and Fits FItz and Nelson in their ring costumes and It was easy to see some Jarred I 1 hope this Is a perfectly respect respectable respectable able place young man says saps she It aint often otten pulled by the cops says I I Instead of ot her down that seems to stir sUr her up worsen ever I should hope not ays she How Hot long must I wait here No you OU feel like maam says I r rAnd And Just then the gym opens and andIn andIn In n walks the bishop that Id clean for forgot forgot forgot got all alt about Why Wh bishop squeals Aunt Isa Isabella Isabella Isabela bella bela You here Say It need any second sight to see nee that the bishop would have rather met most anybody else at that tha particular minute but he hands her herthe herthe the neat return It appears that I Iam Iam Iam am says he And you Jou Well it was aas up up to her to do the ex et She gives him lm the whole x Ot of f Maggie Whaley hale up with how been last heard beard from at Coney Island It dreadful bishop says she And cant ou do something to help rescue her het I Now No 1 I was lookin for the bishop to toay tosa ay say sa some thin but hanged If I he dont chime In and admit that Its a sad Md case and hell nen do what he can to help About then shows up with Dennis and Aunt Isabella lays la s It be before before fore ore him Now to his own account Dennis and Terence always had md it in for Cor each other at nt home and amI he never neer took much stock In Maggie either But after hed listened to Aunt Isabella sabella for tor a few minutes hearin her talk alk about his duty to the girl Irl and an how low she ought to be yanked oft orr the tho toboggan of sin he takes it as serious as any of ot em says he but this do be a black day for f r the Wha leys eys Its the McGuIgan blood comin out in her be done mum Aunt Isabella has ha a program all an mapped out Her Idea Is to get up a l rescue expedition on the spot and start for tor Coney She he says Dennis ought to go for tor hes h s I ggles uncle and has got some authority and she wants the bishop to do any n over her that tha may be As for me says sa s she sh I r shall do domy dom domy my m best to persuade her to o leave her wicked companions Well Ven they was wac all a ed and ready to start when it comes out out that not one of the three has ever been to tho the island in their lives arid and dont know how to get there At that I sees tho the bishop lookin expectant at me Shorty says he I 1 presume you Jou are somewhat familiar with this er wicked resort Not the ong youre oure about says I Ive been goin to Coney every year since I 1 was to toddle and Ill Til admit there has been seasons when some parts of oc it was wal kind of tough but as a general proposition proposition proposition it never Mer looked wicked to me That kind of puzzles the bishop He HI says hes always alays understood d that thO th island was as sort sort of a ave vent sent t hole hoie oIe for Cor th the big sulphur workS work Aunt Isabella Is dead sure s rc of it too and hints that maybe I aint much ch of ot ofa ra a Judge Any Anyway Anyway Anyway way she thinks Id be a good guide for fora fora a a place of ot that kind and prods the bishop on to urge me to go goWell goYen goWell Well Yen says I just for a flier I will So as soon as Ive changed my clothes we starts for the therron iron steam steamboats boats k and nd rants plants p ants ourselves on the th up upper u upper per And say we was a n sporty lookin bunch I dont guess There Was vas the bishop in hIs little flat hat and white r you mis mistake mistake mistake take what he wasand wag and Aunt with her gray hair and her gray and white costume lookin in about as giddy gUdy as a marble angel on a tombstone then Jhen hen theres Dennis who who has h put on the black whip cord Prince Albert he always wears when hes sick friends or funerals The only festive lookin point about him liim was wa the russet colored throat hedge he wears In place of ot a necktie Honest I felt sorry for them suds slingers that th travels round the deck peck out Who Vho wants the waiter walter Every time one would come our way hed gets as a far as Who and then hed switch an Ah Ab chee and go away disgusted All the way down d wn theold t the e ld g had her eye e e out for t r wickedness wl ss The sight of Adolph the grocery clerk dippin his beak into a mug of ot froth moves her to sit up and give him the th stony glare while a glimpse of a young cou couple couple pie up against each other along the rail ran almost gives her a spasm Such brazen depravity says she to the tIle bishop By B the time we lands lan ls at the Iron pier she has knocked kno Coney so so much that I has worked up a first grouch Come Gome on says sas I Lets Meets have hae Maggie address and get through with this rescue business before all ill you ou good folks Is soggy with sin Then It turns she aint got any address lt at all The most she knows know is that somewhere on th Island I Well Veil I shouts Into the tube Co Coneys Cone Coneys ne s something of ot a place you s seth St Wh your Idea Id a of qt ln her We must search says s ys Aunt Isa Isabella Isabe Isabella bella be la prompt and decided d Mean leaI to throw out regular a drag dragnet dragnet dragnet net says I She does Well say If It youve Y JUve ever eer b been n to Coney on a a good day da when there was from rom fifty to a hundred thousand folks about youve got some notion of what a proposition of that means Course I want tackle the Job with any hope hoe i of away ay with it but right there then Im struck a n pleaS In thought Do I I gather that Im to tu be the Commander Peary of this expedition expeditions says s I I It was Was a unanimous vote yote that I was Well V ell says saS 1 I you know you OU cant I carry carr It through on hot air afro It takes take coin ln In to get past the gates in this place I II i j I Aunt A nt Isabella lla says prepared to stand all aU the expense ense And what do doJ you J OU suppose she passes out Z A green five Ah say s y t tiis ls aint an any Sunday school excursion says I Why that v Jast nl t us usa a block Guess Gues have Ho tto o dig deeper or call It oft off She w s game though t ough She brings up upa a couple of tens next dip the bish bishop bishop bishop op adds two more and I heaves in one on my ojen on hook Now No understand says I if Im headin head n this t procession there be any back or arguin about the course Coneys Cones no place for a Quitter r theres some queer cor corners corners ners In Iti it 11 but were for apar a par particular particular party so 50 we cant skip any Follow dose close dont ask me fool ques questions Lions k everybody keep their eye skinned for Maggie Is that clear They t It was They t It was said was Then ere ivere off in a bunch This way says sa s I ISay ISay ISay Say It r was wa almost too good to be betrue b betrue true I 1 moren got em Inside of ot Dreamland d before they has their mouths mout ls open open and their eyes popped and nd they was as so rattled they know kno whether they was goin up or o 0 comin down The bishop grabs me meby m mb meby by b the elbow Aunt Isabella gets a 3 desperate grip on Ida his coat tails talIs and anti Dennis hooks two fingers Into the bac baccof of her belt When we lines up lilt Ilk I that we has the fat tat woman her hr I first camel am 1 ride pushed behind th the I screen The barkers out In front of oC the dime attractions takes one look at atus atus atus us and loses their voices for a whole minute and It takes a good deal to to t choke up ip one of ot them human cyclones I gives mes em back the merry grin an ani blazes ahead First thing I sees s s that looks good is 10 the wl brass staircase e whore where half halt of or the steps stes goes up as th other comes down flown Now altogether says I T the coupons to the ticket man and f r runs ns cm m up against the liver restorer at top speed d Say S y that exhibition must rust have hae done the rubbernecks good First we wc w was as all aU Jolted up In Jn a heap then then hen we wo out like lUte a yard Jard of ot frankfurters but I kept ept em m at It until we gets to the top Aunt Isa V I bella bells has lost her breath and her bon bott bonnet bo bonet f net has slid over one ear the bishop Is red in the face and Dennis Is put I fin like a freight engine No Maggie here say L Well i f try somewhere else i No Z 2 on the event card was wa the 1 water chutes and while we was r up on the escalator they the has a chance chanco chan I to catch their wind They get any moren they needed though for Just as Aunt Isabella has started to ask the platform man If f hod hed seen any thing of ot Maggie Whaley hale a boat comes 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