P. S. Again. Well I have went to about fifty hotels big and little and
to a lot more barber-shops but nothing doing. And I have only et some
milk and crackers because I am scared of spending my last money. But
I had to buy a paper of course for I must not get out of touch with
international affairs. And I see there is a great coal strike being
threatened and the whole country will be without coal and nobody knows
what to do about it and it says the Spokesman announced that He has
took the matter under advisement and of course I know what that means
He does not know what to say about it and He is waiting for me to tell
Mr. Edgerton to tell Him what to say. I picture Mr. Edgerton rushing
around frantic trying to find out where I am and maybe having to call
in the secret service and so I am desperate and tonight I have wrote
him a letter to the big white house and I have wrote it like this, Dear
Sir, My father Mr. James Riggs wishes me to advise you that he has
changed his address, and then I give the address of this room and I
think that is not suspicious and I will come home early tomorrow and
see if he has sent me a telegram or maybe a special delivery letter.
* * * * *
P. S. Another. Well Mom I have had an awful grief and you sure do get
troubles when you go into public life it is more dangerous than any
Western I have ever saw. I have been trying to get a job as a waitress
or anything and about five o’clock I come home tired as a dog and who
should I see going up the steps of the house but Walter. He is just
about to ring the bell when I hollers and he turns round and in about
three seconds more he is got me in his arms and gee Mom it is awful
what muscles that boy is got packing crates all day and throwing them
onto trucks. And there he makes a show of me in the street and pulls me
to pieces and I am so excited that I am crying. And he tells me that
the warehouse shut up for a day on account of the boss’s wife having
died and it is Saturday and so he is got two days off and has throwed
away all this money for a trip to Washington just to see me.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account