The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03
CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF
JOHN, NARY and BEAUTY
w EDWARD ". TowNsRND.


nwaLened by a rattIing OF pebbles against
M. bedroom window. Jumping out Of
~ and running TO the window he saw
Gobemourhe dancing about ON the lawn
tna great state Of excitement.
NJ vor@," exclaimed John. throwing
am the window. what in ever Is the
I matter With yOu?r
sToprnsment IL on" exclaimed Gobe-
mouche. Hurry down. for you must
arrange to meet tho crisis
.WLat have I got to do with itP" de-
randed John. who rather wanted to get
hack into his warm bed. he was not fond
NJ archery.
sYcu are q healthy old Minister for
yinapce exclaimed Gobemouche. IAN
The sandU iches in the country nave been,
wdered for to-day and the price for 'em
b simply booming.
Il wsnt YOU to sell EN- short on our
advance information. Vel make moro
money than We can stun in OH pockets.
'You do the selling. I'll bust the market.
and vel divide the pro6ts. Come. coneI
Get action, Sir John
There vas something about Gohe-
nouche's rafting way OF talking which
communicated excitement and John dressed
In 40 much NJ a hurry AZ ever ne could and
n,shel ont 70 meet GObemouche. who was
trying to modify his impstience by throw
InV gravel from the path at 4 cat in a tree
which Was making faces at him.
well what's the tournament called OF
sur3' John asked as soon al he Joined the
Man in the Street.
Snakes in the grass" whispered Gobe-
mcuche A fellow who was down at the
! border with the targets told me. Grass
full og snakes. Anyway. no a he's
ursttv sure he saw one"
What Of it?T asked John IN Surprise.
what Of it?" repeated Gobemouche
Indignantly. DO you suppose We want
10 endanger the lives Of oar soldiers? Half
n EN- will be barefoot and the other half
wear knicts. Nice time they'd nave with
millions and millions Of poisonous reptiles
Waiting 10 bite their precious shins.
what you al TO do il to run about
to ali the delicatessen stores which are
plum out Of their heads because they can't
All their orders for sandwiches and sell 'em
short. Then I'll come out'with my Snake
Extra snd-well. say. what will we do with
all the money we'll make?
Hush Here comes Princess and Lady
Mary. Don't let them know until we've
sold the market own to the last crust"
John fatty refused to go into the spec
ulation. and Gobemouche. telling him that
he was a foo not TO take advantage Of his
advance tip, himself rushed OF to sell the
sandwich market short.
Good morning. Sir John" said Princess,
Who was very amiable for 40 early in the
morning. though she had refused to wash
her face. and that helps the temper some.
Il have concluded" Beauty vent on,
TO call on that archery business and give
q sandwich party in the park instead. I
tried some OF the sample sandwiches yes
terday and they are simply heavenly.
"Archery's no fun anyway. and as Lady
Mary was just saying, the whole end and
aim OF any expedition is TO 60 somewhere.
eat what you've got to eat and come home
again. Why not cut out the going and
coming and just keep in the eating?
That's pretty good sense. II Lady Mary
did suggest it,"
Besides" said Mary, -all the ladies' Of
the court are going TO wear new frOcks.
% what's the use OF taking a horrid nice
long walk and getting the starch all out
-four skirts!
The hired girls scold enough al it 10
about the washing-what are you laughing
at, John. you silly7"
John tried his best to explain Gobe-
mouche's market operations and how the
increased demand for sandwiches would
certainly take his last penny out OF his
pockets. But they could not understand.
Suddenly the whole city resounded with
the raucous cries Of -ExtraI' and John
bought one OF each kind. Gobemouche
had the snake. in the grass story played up
In every color OF ink and illustrated with
pictures NJ the most fearsome looking ser
pents swallowing anguished little boys.
The rival paper announced the change Of
plan made by her Serenity from archery o n
Z the frontier to lunch in the park and limited
deeply and darkly at the financial embar-
rassment Of an important pool which had
backed a reckless plunger in selling the
sandwich market short.
Within no time thankful multitudes were
saying that The snakes had been discovered
blythe Princess herself and a public calamity
bad been averted by her marvellous fore
sight and wisdom.
Gobemouche didn't look very down.
hearted when John met him at the park.
7 didn't lose a penny by the smash Of
TIE bear pool he whispered to John.
When you wouldn't rig tho market for me
Igot a lot Of fellows who are no good any
way to form that bear pool.
They were chumps and muckera who
didn't like me. but. oh, how they did bite at
ne sandwich proposition
You sec I'm a philosopher. I am, Sir
'ohn, and so I ciphered 10 ON that IL the
! pool won I'd enjoy cutting them apart from
nyshare inthe whaCk up; II they lost. Why,
Fdenjoy seeing EN- squirm.
And squirml Why. they squirnncd hhS
snakes! Oh. by the way. the snake tho
hrget man saw was only Q make believe
ono planted there just TO base my Extra
story on.
But I'm. out Of the newspaper business.
The editor was ons Of the bear pool. and no
nays I'm too funny to be wasted on . rod
Ink issue.
I'm going to be a social prOr'oeer. Want
PhelpPr b,
What's the good Of that1' asked John.
hes.
Nothing but good!' declared GObe-
nouche. You always get your mann In
unong those present; you get loo cream
nearly every day. and II you pull on a good
piece OF work q yet. your commission.
know tho job, perfectly. but I, need,
ute To help out. You'll do. There's q
cnap here from over the border. Hes o