Show I i t tI FABLES OF I Everyday Folk THE SOCIAL GRAFTER Once upon a time there was a aI I woman who had little an and affected much That is to sa say she endeavored endeavored ored to impress ove everybody that she was healthy wealthy and wise She SheI I had a very fetching way with her I That is it fetched her considerable Her Iier name namo was Miss Grafter Gratter Whenever she wanted to go down downtown town to do o any shopping she would woul telephone to a lad lay friend saying saing Dearie Deane it is such a lovely cia day clay and andi i Jones Smith Co have a great sale Bille lon 1 on Do come along Wo We will hire a taxi and have lunch downtown come como on The friend would fall for it ft and when It would come to paying pain for forthe the tho taxi an argument would begin as asto asto asto to who would pa pay for It It- But Dut of course the other woman always did It was the same with the luncheon Miss Grafter just didn't have quite the Ule change and the other woman settled settle the bill I Of course she did not try the same Barno game ame again with the same friend She was very careful about that Also she sho was forever looking ahead When hon honshe she was with a good thing tiling she would cast little hints for future futuro wel wel- fare faro And thus sho she grafted invitations Hans for dinners suppers theatres s etc ete Sometimes a whole week went by and she never ne had ha a meal at home I Also it happened occasionally that when liar her acquaintances were going away for trips she would sug suggest est Oh how I would love to go along Cant you squeeze me In somehow Of course I will pay par all my own expenses expenses expenses ex ex- and wont won't be a bit of trou trou- ble And sho usually went It happened however as she sho know knew It would that her frien friends s did nearly nearl all the paying an and her expense figured figured fig fig- lg- lg up vcr very little HUle indeed On ono one of or the these o occasions after aCtor I considerable effort she sho managed to lo get a trip to a winter resort where there were man many millionaires She Sho hadn't much money but as usual I expected to get b by by on her nerve She made mado made a nice appearance an and a good bluff blurt She spent most of her money on clothes in anticipation of a bi big catch For she had tho the marriage bee boo in her hor bonnet Again her fellow travelers did most of the paying She Sho put on Oil airs and dressed fit fit to kill She Sho mado made her small income appear very large indeed in In- deed It was a successful pose Everybody thought she was a wealthy woman and as there were man many men looking for such she had hada a number of or admirers Thus It came cameto to pass that one of tho the most popular of or these paid her court She had heard it whispered that ho was a great catch and had been at this expensive place all winter I ISo So sho she continued her little graft game came Ho He gave save sumptuous dinners i ifor for her and arranged all kinds of ot trips and parties Ho He wore a now new suit every day dar and did everything to shine In her eyes ees He spent money lavishly and Miss Grafter GraUer was delighted ted Here was her herlong herlong I long Ions looked for opportunity the opportunity the man manof manof of or wealth who could coul advance her social social so so- cial aspirations She encouraged encourage his attentions with considerable tact Ono One moonlight night the inevitable hap hap- He asked aske hor her the momentous question ques ques- tion lion an and sho she chuckled Inwardly ly He was hers She did dill not watt walt long to lo announce It She did not want to take a 3 chance on losing losin him In fact sh she agree agreed to marry him and begin the honeymoon right then and there So tho the next day clay everybody knew It and before long the knot was tied Then came tho the awakening The Theman Theman Theman man she married whom sho she thought was a retired business man was one of or those who lived from hand to mouth He too was was' looking for tor a bonanza and believed ho ha had found it ft itin In n her In fact ho had borrowed borrowed bor her rowed the he monc money to come to the winter winter winter win win- ter resort hor hoping his attractiveness to women would bring him an heiress and that the they would woul live happy ever over after Thus Titus they found themselves es In tho the same boat and both had hall to go to work In order to keep the marriage craft afloat They The found great difficulties dUff dUff- S In keeping up appearances and grew to hate hato each other in the gle Each learned this moral Many fan a grafter gets ets caught at his own garlic game Came bI I IS IG l 17 Iv lv Ih Ii III 1 lre Ill Al |