Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-11-20
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IDRICKDUST ROW
BY o. HENRY.


wealth would have sworn. bot
Blinker always remembered
that he was gentleman. thing thai
no gentleman should do So be merely
looked bored and sard0nic while he
rode IN hansom 10 the center OF dis
turbancc. which was the Broadway
office OF Lawyer Oldpor. who was
agent for the Blinker estate.
y don't see said alinker. why I
should be always signing confonnded
papent am packed AMI was 10 have
left for the North woods this morning
Now | mast wait until tomorrow nom
lug l hate night trains My best ra-
rors are Of course NJ the bottom Of
some unidcutinabie trunk Il Is plot TO
drive me 70 buy RUN and a monOiogu-
Ing thumb handed barber Give me a
pen that doesn't scratch hate pens
that scratch"
ASit down" sald double chinned.
gray Lawyer Oldport THE worst has
not been told you on. the hardships
81 the sichl The papers are not yet
ready 70 sign They VIII be laid before
Jon tomorrow ~ H. Yon viii miss
another dny. Twice shall the barber
tweak the helpless nose Of Rllnker.
Ne thankful that your sorrows do not
embrace a hair cut"
az said Blmkof. rising. 'the act did
not Involve more signing Of papers !
would take my business out Of your
hands NJ once Give ne n cigar please"
"ir.r said Lawyer Oldport. - had
cared 10 see an old friends son gnlped
down al one mouthful by sharks
would have ordered you 10 take It
away iong age Now let's quit fooline.
Alexander Resides the grinding task
81 signing your name some thirty times
tomorrow ! must Impose upon you the
consideration ~ natter Of business
OF business and may say humanity
or right ! spoke 20 yoif about thls FIVE I
years ago. bur you would a0t listen (
You we're Ia hurry Tor a coaching
trip. ! think The subject has come up
ngnin. The property
'Oh pr0Dertyw Interrupted Bllnker
'Dcar Mr. oldDoft, ! think you men
toned tomorrow let's have lt all al
one dose tomorrow signatures aud
property aad suappy rubber bands and
that smelly sealing wax aud all. Have
luncheon With mef Well. I'm try 70
remember TO drop 10 at II tomorrow
Morning"
The Elnscr wealth wns IN lands.
tenemenls and hefedltamenls. a. the
legal phrase goes Lawyer Oldport had
once taken Alexander 10 his little pul.
monary gasolluc runabout 20 see the
many buildings and rows Of buildings
that he owned 10 the city. Tor Alcxan.
der was sole heir They had amused
Bllnkcr very much The houses look.
ed SO Incapable 81 producing the big
sums OF money that Lawyer Oldport /
kept piling az IN banks for him to
spend
In the evening Rllnker went to one q
OF bis clubs. intending 20 diae No. {
body WIS there except some old fogics
playing whist who spoke to him with +
grave polltencss aud glared M him d
with savage contempt Every body was
out of town But here he was kept a
IN like schoolhoy 20 write bis name c
over and over on pieces OF paper. Ills L
were deep O
niinkcr turned his back on the fogles 4
aud said to the club steward who had b
some forward with some nonsense g
about cold fresh salmon roe: 8
"symons. I'm going to Coney Is. /,
and" lIo said II "a one might say; Il
'Ali's of. I'm going TO jump into the s
liver" u
The Joke pleased SymonS He laugh. II
u within a sixteenth Of note OF the Il
luditlllty permitted by the laws gov Il
'rning employers Il
"CcrlalEly sir he Uttered. "of II
'ourse sir. ! think I can see you at bl
'oney. Mr. Rlnker7 n,
bllnecr got paper and looked up Il
he movements OF sunday steamboats,. 81
Ihen be found q cab az the FIRST corner n
nd drove 90 a North river pier lie ps
TODD 10 line as democratic as you or
ana bought q Ticket aud WIS tram. m
ied upon ma showed forward until at III
ast he found himself on the upper
eek Of the boat staring brazeuly az ~
iri who sat alone upon camp stool. 4,
I'M Riluker ald not Intend to be bra a.
en-. The giFi was so wonderfully good
'oking thar he forgot Tor one minute 60
ast be WAS the prince lncog aud be- ed
aycd jest ~ be dld 10 society. m
She was looking az him. too ana not
'vereis. A ppa % wind threatened M
ilnkcr's straw hat He caught II n,
ariIy and settled u again. The ~,
osemeGt gave the effect OF bcw. -
be girl nodded aud smiled and 10 sn. =
her Instant be WIS seated az her
de She was dressed an Ia white
he was paier than thinker imagined I
ilkmalds and girls OF humble sta. |
aas he but she uas as tidy as a
'errs blossom. and her steady. 50. L
rmels frank gray eyes looked out M
ON the Intrepid depths o. an un. In
allowed and antroubled soul MI
How dare you raise yoar hat to M
~ she asked With g smile redeem. XII
severity Hi
4 didn't" Binker said hut he "
Iickiy covered the mistake by ex-
udinx 3 10 y didn't know how to
w from & after saw yoa.r