The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14

cause they had fallen low, and very low
50 low that not a man of them but was
glad to take a drink at the invitation of
any free-handed barlounger who might
offer it.
A drover was in the bar and a butcher
"a butcher who had declined the honor
of Leatherby's custom as offered by Ted
dy Norton Norton and Hendy pushed
open the door, and stared about the bar
with a poor pretense of looking for some
of the others-whom they had left at the
show. They stared as long as possible,
and were making a reluctant show OF
withdrawal, when the butcher. with
wink and a grin at the drover, sang out;
Come along-come along in There ain
no charge for comm I'M
They pushed the door wider, mumbling
something about looking for friend
but with eXpectant eyes.
"Ah, your friends bin called out uneX-
pected to his gran mothers funeral Ave
a drink"
They let the door swing to and came
sheepishly in. The drinks We're ordered
and brought. and then the butcher pull
ing out a handful of silver, said abstract
edly, with another wink at the drover:
Let's see; we toss odd man out for these,
don't we?"
The drover grinned and Teddy Norton
made a CHASTITY show of feeling about his
pockets for money. But Hendy only flush
ed and paled and frowned at the floor. He
had his feelings yet
The silence endured for three seconds,
and then the butcher flung the money
on the counter with a coarse laugh "All
right" he said my show" And pres
emily they were all laxative together.
for, after all, there were the drinks, and
the poor players had learned not to be
too thinskinned.
Sam Davis and Billy Mack found their
way across soon, and the drover was
good for another round of drinks on their
| entrance.
Trade in your line don't seem fustrate."
said the butcher, happy in many Christ
mas orders "Aint overcrowded, are
! YEP"
shook their heads; there could be no con-
cealment "Beastly business" Davis an
swered. "'orrid.'
Not very payin' game, eh?" said tie
! drover.
pretty well off if had all that's OWN me,
anyhow"
"Ah, bu- then suppose you had to pay
/ all you owe?" rejoined the butcher, ana
guffawed joyously at his own wit.
"Owlng?" cried Hendy, with excite
ment "Why. the money in salaries
| haven't had I'D start a bank
"Yus-no doubt" said the butcher. and
| sink a snip"
Lets see" said Davis you was IN
/ Trevor Fitz-Howard's crowd. wasn't you
/ when 1t left EN- stranded at Leeds?'
II was that, my boy, an Teddy Norton
/ here an my missis-before I married her
/ That was the second time he put me in
! the cart too" Henry went on with bit'
ter reminiscence "He dropped n com
pany at Bristol once, after three weeks
an | was IN that And that second time,
a Leeds, he collared bag o. mine to
put the plumber in, with a new pair o
boots In IT,
81 bet you'd Ike to have 'em now.
! observed the butcher with a glance at
! the actors dilap dated shoes.
. - didn't know Fitz-Howard," ventured
! Davis, but I've known some pretty near
/ ns not There was Dlgby, that called
I,himself stuart an Wa.degrave. an"
So the talk went ana each poor player
[ fell TO computation Of what he had lost
| In shortages by reason of bad business
y and by the robberies Of rescally mana
gers; so that. If debts were but assets
/ here would SIT a company Of afiluent
persons, sponeing for drinks in the
/ Crown. Scarce q town in the kingdom
/ but one or other had been stranded in q;
/ they counted fl successful engagement
| Chat brought, first to last half the stipu-
! lated salary; and though II was held too
l pad' when manager bolted with the