The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04

ONE Nt4AN3sNV.AN1tlJE; DAD TO CASH "A
CHECK, t,cAusE THE Y BANK IA.
WAS 3C,LOSED-4ANDA lie WAS
A RlCH-I.OOkINGsD DUKE.
digging down ion. that s4a. The doctors
ut llonpa llnd ordered Excitement Tor
dad, but this seemed TO be an overdose,
and / WIS afraid, lctwould collapse, iund
l offered him my glass OF brown pop. to
stimulate him. but he told ane l could
go plumb. and If I spoke to him again
lie woiil, maui me-. He got his roll half
out Of bis pistol, pocket, and then talked
loud and said 1t was a dnmoutridse, and
he. wanted to see Astor himself before
he. would allow himself TO be held up
by. ligllwayTle1l, !, and then all the other
diners stood up and looked at dad, md n
lot. of walters and bouncersl surrounded
him, and, then he pulled out the roll, and
1T was pitlful, to see him wet his trembling
thumb on his trembling dry tongue anu
begin to peel. off the bills, like YOU peel
the layers OFF an onion, but he got off
enough to pay for the dinner, gave the
waiter half q dollar, and SMILED a'sickly
smile Mt the head waiter, and 1 lied
him out OF tho dining room n broken
down old man. AZ we got to the.1obby,
where the horse show Of dress-suit chap
pies was beginning the evening procession,
I said to dad: Next time We will dine
out, guess at that he rallied and
seemed to he able to take a joke, for
lie said: I'VE linel out this time. We
dined out s43,,'' and tlen we Joined the
procession of WALKERS around, and tried to
look prosperous, and after awhile dad
called a bell boy, and asked him If there
wasn't n good dairy lunch counter near
the Waldorf: where a man could go and
get q bowl, OF bread and milk, and the
!, pP fjoit..
lunch place; and can see my finish,
cause from this out we will probably
live on bread and milk while, we are here,
u1,tl I llarte bread and milk. a
Z 1t got Ill + AROUND the hotel, about the
expensive dmner dad ordered for him
self and the little heir to his estnte, and
everybody wanted TO get acquainted with
dad and try to get some stock in his
copper mine. 4 fSnad told dad about my
telling the boysi he was a bonanza copper
1na1ler, and he never sbatted an eye. when
they asked him about his mine and he
looked tho part One man wanted dad
i to cash I I cheek. y cause stipe bank was
closed. 1and lie was a: rich-looking duke
and dad was just isoing to get his roll. o,tt
and peel off se4lles more onion when u
50 Id: Not onfyours ,tintype, Mr.. Duke
and dad .lfft- his Ioll infhs pocket, and the
duke glye me 8 Look 5ktboush.h wa; a
.1herct IS Att f5ierpont Morgan, and ! can
set him Is csish t. i saved dad over a
hundred dollars on that schenrs, and. so
we are making money every minute. We
-wcnt!to o,lrkrOOnui earlySiSo dad could
digest his sl3 worti1riof glad food. ~ 5sals#
Gee, but this house got ripped Zip @the
back before morning. You rernembe.
I, told you about a countess or Il duchess
or some kind of high-up female that. had
q room next to ollr-,room, We'll, she IS
"a beaut from Butte, Mont, or Cuba, or
somewhere, for She. acts like g queen
that has just stepped of her throne for
a good time. She has got n French maid
that IS a 'peacharlno You know that
horse chestnut, with the prickers on,
that put in dads pants at Washington,
Well, i have still got It, and as e gets
dry the prickers arc sharper than neeules.
sharper even than servants TOOTH, as
1T says in the good book. i thought
would give dad run for his money.
cause exercise and excitement arc good
for. u man that dined ..heartilys on n 70;
worth of rich food so when, We wentSto
our room i told d,id that.I was ISL tislied
from what {. bell boy told me tina t thet
Countess IN the next room, WHO liaai
gold cords oveE her sho iders fo1i 8 U.s.
penders, was stuckAon him, because she,
was always inquirng who the lovely old
gent lcn,an was with the sweet little boy
Dad he got so interested that he fo;got
TO #cuss Mo about ordering that dinH4r,
and he said he lad noticed her, ttll q would
like real well to got acquainted with hei';I
cause a man far ava = from horne sick
as dog with no living wife to Elook'
after him, needed cheerful company..ks0
told him l had it all arranged for hin
to meet her, and then + went Oh t in the
hail. sort of whistling around, and the,
French maid came out anu broke some
English for me, and we gotTeal chummyf
'c;llsc she was anxious to learn 11rag isii,i
and II wanted to learn some n f'renct.
words; so she invited me into the room
and VIC sat on tlleFso and e%ehanged
words quite awhile, until she was called.
to the te!ephone In the other room. say,
lp and put my hand inside the sheets
on the bed, and putafthat chestnut IN
thtvc, right about tire middle OF the bed
and then, after learning French auiteGat
spell. with tlp. maid, we tieard Enc
countess getting off tho elevator. and the
maid said must skip, cause IT was tllt
countess bedtime. and went BACK hild
Aold dad the whole thing was arranged
for him TO Tnoat the COUNTESS, IN q. nal
an Hour or so, as she. had to write few
lotters IN some kings md dukes, and Wl,en
slie gave little scrciiln, as though
size was practiciiy her voice on an opera
ar something, dad was 10 30 ana zap ~
the door, Gosh. but ! Wa, iaorry foia
dad, for he w;Ls, SO nervous ana anxious
for the lalf hour 70 @cSp'l'e mar sl1p
walked mp ana down The, room, 3nTo
lool:cl wt Himself IN the mirror. and
acted IKE hoe had indigestion. had
told tic maid that shesnnd the couh tts's
must fee! perfectly safe. .Sif anything
GWp happened cause my dad was 7 ny
braves, man IN the WorldSaildtlie would
rush % tho rnset.e the COIL less. y "a
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