The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-28
Our Daily Sport Story

before pleasure. don't you know. I-I musn't forget" Pleasure" returned MT. Dobbins, neatly lis my business. So have pleasure before pleasure and pleasure after pleasure; in fact I'm very busy at it all the time"
 Whereupon MT. Debevoise called for another round, and time went on-and on-and on.
 The others left, but the two still re-
 mained. Debevoise kept constantly re- ferring to something that he had to do T must not forget business" he said. But he did forget business. He forgot everything. It was after five o'clock
 in the morning that his head sank up-
 on the table and he fell asleep. Mir. Dobbins. who had drunk sparingly
 during the evening, but who. neverthe-
 less. was weary. called a hotel por- ter.
 T think I can improve on Higgin- sons plan," he whispered to hsm-
 self. Then he spoke aloud to the por-
 ter. Porter" he said. this gentle
 man and I are due at East Monroe, up
 on the mountain. at eight o'clock. Can you get us a rig?"
 East Monroe. as Dobbins had found from inquiry the night before, was
 small deserted village far up the
 mountain side without railroad accom-
 modations. Dobbins reasoned that if
 MT. Debevoise were landed there. he
 would have some difficulty, consider ing everything in making connections
 with P. B. Hathaway, the manufactur-
 CTS of glue. The rig was procured--a
 large. old-fashioned affair; and they hoisted Mir. Debevoise inside. and Dob bins took a seat beside him. and they were off. for a long, gentle, weary drive up the hill side. It was such a tedious drive that MT. Dobbins him. self. was forced to close his eyes; and side by side, the two men slept At
 East Monroe the driver woke Dobbins,
 and, as Debevoise still slept. they car ried him gently into the village tav-
 ern and put him carefully to bed. Then the carriage turned around and went back home. Now" whispered Dob bins to himself, as he sat beside the prostrate form of Debevoise in the iit- tie room, now I've got to keep awake
 to see that he keeps asleep" Twice did Debevoise start up somewhat wild ly, his hand on his notebook. and cry that he must attend to business. But Dobbins religiously piled him with the cup that cheers and interiates as we'll,
 and he dropped of once more All
 that day Debevoise slept, and all that
 day Dobbins watched. At dusk the
 landlord called Dobbins down to the
 telephone. Higginson was at the other
 end of the wire. He had found out
 at Donaldson that they had climbed
 the mountainside.
 You can come down now" he said
 to Dobbins, just as soon as you like. Good-by." Then he rang off. Dobbins
 went back to Debevoise with a broad
 grin on his face
 Hey. old man." he said, wake up.
 You've got some business to transact.
 Don't forget that you've got to go
 down to P. B. Hathaway's."
 Debevoise stretched his arms above
 his head and yawned.
 "P. B. Hathaway's." he asked. For what?"
 Dobbins grinned. ITO get an order for that glue"
 Debevoise snorted. Then he reached in his inside pocket and drew forth
 paper. Good Lord," he answered, there's their order. for the whole blamed thing. I had it in my pocket yesterday afternoon. and had packed my grip and was going home when you chaps met me-" He rose and slap
 ped his thigh. By George" he ex-
 claimed. T knew there was some | thing. For IS hours I've been trying
 to send back to the shop a good news | telegram and haven't done 1t yet.''