Show r The CO Country Lily By VERRICK SHALMAR IrA S 1916 un Newspaper Union JAWBONE TEAL n and d his partner J JAWBONE J Yen Ten Hock Fenton took off oft their rabbit skin collared overcoats O and made themselves comfortable beside tho tim radiator In theatrical boarding house Yes Tes sir Jawbone said continuing the argument begun when they had left the flip house where they hud bud passed tho the e evening ening These flim lm plots are certainly th the bunk Placid Valley VaHey There never was no such place nor any girls like these tero country countr lilies the Innocent Innocent Innocent- little girls t that at atU U the e slick city villains lure Inre to the wicked city Go Go Goo o- o on Jawbone retorted Yen Ten Hock You oti know about as as m much ch about Placid Valley as these hams downstairs do about Shakespeare Ever Evor lived In a n Placid Valley You have not Ive worked as many hick burgs burga as you have retorted retort d the fat Jawbone I said lived not worked replied Yen Hock a a a- reminiscent look Iu la In his eye I was In a a. Placid Valley once years ago said said- Yen Yen- Hock Hock I 1 I married there thereL What I A country lily t e demanded Ii Jawbone No a sCh Wi with l a n face JUre like a sour apple pie admitted Yen Hock She bad five thousand In ln the bank No No wonder you found the place attractive at at- chuckled Jawbone Yes I was young enough for that line then sighed Yen Hock Widows were my specialty But honest Jawbone that country got Inside Inside Inside In In- side of ot me some way The orchardS orchards and the river river- and and the smell of ot the fields elds Say I That little place was peace plus They called callea it Lazy Shadows and It t was way up In hr the Kentucky hills Where e was as' as th the catch I In It ItT de de- de- de Jawbone The Tile widow had tine a temper No a child a year six brat that that- was a human hyena said Yen Hock I rolling back l his ls sleeve and baring a ascar scar a horseshoe of ot deep blue marks I still sUil have this little souvenir of ot Amy he explained Bit you ou eh eli chuckled Jawbone Some little wildcat Ugly scrawny little runt nt regular bobcat for tor temper I left soon with the five thousand Naturally But I couldn't ever forget that place I kept sort of ot hankering for forone forone forone one like It Itt but I never found fo nd one Jn until last summer uY You dont don't mean Coyote Hole roared Jawbone No n no I I interrupted Yen H Hock ck A place where wen went aft after r th the f u ens ville Job ever eve fin find that place A little gray town gray town tucked away In the bluest hills you ever saw And pe peace e over everything But I I did see a a. a girl Another A lOth-er lOth country lily I 1 suppose suppose snorted JaW Jawbone one Yep rep said Yen Hock Curls and dimples s and blue blu eyes yes es and I Innocence cence and everything I g like that girl I in the movie and then some And I suppose you rou fell for tor her her snorted J Jawbone lone Sh She was different sighed Yen Hock At your age too tool I marveled his partner Well iVe I the wiser they are th the harder the they ta fall 1 I J I- I fell feU admitted Yen Hock Melissa Melissa Me lissa ilesa Ann Ann she was called Regular film m stuff there was a mortgage on the humble home and everything even evena a rube lover crazy to marry her Well I made up my mind to marry that girl so I pleaded for tor elopement on a dark night At last we fixed it up I hired a m machine cl ln and arranged to meet her her- behind the barn arn at ten I had the black bag with the ten thousand from the job in it the It-the the therow row had bad quieted down down and and I hid that behind the barn Her IIer rude lover was snooping around as they always do She met me all right with all her belongings belongings belongings be be- longings In a big pU pillow ow sort slip of bag We set off ofT but after atter while I busted a tire and I had to change This rube rubo fellow had got wise some wa way and he was fo following In a buggy bugg just like Uke a show It took me a few tew minutes to toI I j slip a new tire on And while you ou were slipping the tIre tire somebody slipped sUpped something over over er eron on you your I laughed Jawbone When I got through I could hear the rube coming coining so I Just Jumped Inand inand In and tind stepped on the gas And when you got to the big city the bag was gone demanded Jawbone In a way admitted Yen Hock The rhe girl was gone too She Shed She'd d left that pillow thing propped up under the auto rug with a hat on top and some Borne shoes sticking sUcking out underneath and had substituted another bag for tor tormine mine one Just like Uke It It only It was empty except for this note The old con man mon took a crumpled note from his pocket and passed hover It overto over overto to o Jawbone It read rend Dear Popper Thanks for the ten thousand That Just about bout equals that five thousand and interest you stole from mother back In Lazy Shadows Sorry I spoiled your tire I suro sure must have bitten you right for I 1 Isee Isee see you still have the tho scar It shows when you OU roll up your our sleeves The ten thousand will start me and my my husband off art Just right Your atre affectionate step AMY So you ou see lee added Yen Hock with witha a smile amne which showed allowed h h he could appreciate ap ap- ap predate 1 good joke even If It were on himself The film flim plots plot aint always al ways so far from real life Ufe after r alL |