Caroline Lockhart

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart

Book Excerpt: ...oxfords was well groomed and dapper always."She's driven away our oldest guest." Mr. Budlong lowered his indignant voice a little."He was a nuisance with his snoring," Wallie defended."She could have changed her room," said Mrs. Budlong, taking her hand away from him. "She need not have been so obstinate.""He was very rude to her," Wallie maintained stoutly. "Sleeping next door, I heard it all--and this morning in the office.""Anyway, I think Mr. Cone made a mistake in not insisting upon her changing her room, and so I shall tell him." Mr. Budlong, who had made "his" in white lead and paint and kept a chauffeur and a limousine, felt that his disapproval would mean something to the proprietor."Oh, Wallie!"Wallie felt relieved when he saw Mrs. Henry Appel beckoning him. As he was on his way to Mrs. Appel Miss Mattie Gaskett clutched at his arm and detained him."Did you see the robins this morning, Wallie?""Are they here?"..