The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-07
THE"
! RACKET DRUG STORE
AT BEENO,

ant tll about six months before he
died. Then Harold Updike, one Of the
.'town boys" came back from the
clty a graduated, full.nedged pharma-
cist and Dr. Poppitz employed him
IN the drug store. THE Racket Drug
Store. Beena. Ark, that was the sign
over the door. but on little tin sign
near the side entrance was the leBehu'
i"Herr Poppitz, Apotheke" The al
vent of Harold Updike lent new glory |
Ito the drug store He wore PINK
lshirt and silk garters to hold up --'S
tsleeves. He parted his hair in tho
middle. and kept Il dropping, name
like. over his eyes after the manner
of the college football hero. lie was
1.-THE envy Of all the young men in town,
lbecause he ruled the soda FOUNTAIN
and every girl in town called MN
III Hal" and quit buying stamps at the
|spostoC8ce. Meanwhile DR.. Poppitz,
I. who. by the way, wasn't a doctor at
all. was disabled almost entirely by
E. accelerated diabetes, and Hafolu
came pretty near "rnaning things IN
the store.
would you like a cooling beverage
Miss Sue?" asked Harold one evening,
when pretty Miss Clayton, who had
II. got into long dresses within the year
Mad bought box Of note paper and
sAlNome stamps. with me, you know
lsIy treat"
q And while she was nibbling daint-
THh ily at It he eyed her admiringly and
stammered: Two years nave maue
quite a change in you, Susie"
They've changed you, too, Hal
We're all glad to see you back-there
aren't enough boys round, you see
nnd-you know Dan Atterbury--
a rOh. that's so. forgot about Dan
Mere is he?"
('He hasn't come back from the
Army yet" she said getting deeper
IN into the CONNECTION, but blushing, too
In "I-that is, we, have been eXpectlhl
him. He said he'd be here for tn
,Fourth and I'm hoping
M"Aha, Miss Susie" simpered Updlke
80 he's been writing to you, Ell? II
Railways was a little sweet
"He was schoolmate with us, wit
YOU toe" she said frowning, with quit
serious attempt at severity an
I think you ought to be glad to Sc
him too, Hal. He's been wounded an
sick, and suffered ever SO many thing
over there in the Philippines. And
Cas in China tool"
7, i but Updike didn't care whether h
IN old schoolmate ever came back, for
had some plans of his own Win
gard to Susie, and he knew that eve
a mink shirt and football hair are n
special advantages over a blue III
form and bolo wound.
IN But Dan came back, just the sam
and the girls made quite hero
Il bim-for a few days. He had sor
presents too, principally for Sus
hut he proved his generosity WI
gifts of a Filipino mat and a Chine
ring to Updike. He brought a gre
carton of Manila cigars for old
Poppitz, and they lay open on |
little table by his bed the night I
W nd OLD dDObuCcdIy ul0us
BGIAfter the funeral was over and
good old doctor was forgotten II
old began to cut quite a figure
Reeno circles. The store owed MOI
to the Hot Springs wholesaler, and
was acting manager for its credit
b Meanwhile he was paying the m
~ ardent court to Miss Susie.
might have bathed in costly perfuI
I'D Toasted interminably on bomb
land ice cream soda without infring
an inch upon Updike's grandiose
nitality. He sent her presents
every kind of note paper, fancy to
articles, soaps, novelties, con
brushes and the rest OF drug s.
fancy goods.
Dan Atterburys star, on the
nv. was on the descent He
I'M aside his weather-stained {
4 SgSaign suit and was loafing. A sol
~ out of his regimentals and out
lob is not usually a heroic spect'
Some of the good people OF Beenc
can to hint that "soldierin' allus
make fellers no count, and After
was commencing to be aware OF
questionable position in the conn
tty. when at her gate one night S
axihg a poppy in his buttonhole,
"Danny, what are you going to
q don't know yet, Sue" he he's
Cd. eve got over two hundred S
up, I told you, and if sell that
brought home I'd have a pretty
ostake-perhaps eight hundred
~ thousand. We could get Marie