The sun., 1908-04-26

pulled hlsseli into his shell and let EN- talk
their heads od.
sAnd then Thunder Crlck woke up sud-
dener than q mine night Watchman when
the mornin' shift begins to street along and
TO stamp playful like on his lumberin' feet.
'lSidor Blumenheim, proprietor OF the
New York Emporium. was the first TO see
Il. lsldor, happenin' 10 glance overhead
while unlockn' his store door early on
th0 third mornin' after Spinks had moved
into the offlce above, saw somethin' that
made him drop his key. He picked the
key up and then walked out 10 the middle
Of the street 10 get better peek at the new
decoration on the front OF his buildin'.
Then Isldor ohuckled 'Gapitalist-vait
ill dey see, he spluttered, and then he
laughed till he had TO hold his fat sides.
Three or four early bird barkeeps eeein'
Isidor slandin' there in the middle Of
Main street laughin' that-a-way. nudged
TO their front swing doors.
Hey, lazy. put us next-what's tn
laughr they sung out 10 him, and then
lsidor pointed 10 the new ornament above
his show window.
THE new somethin' was an iron bracket
screwed into the wood between Spinkss
two offlce windows. Restin on the bracket
was one o these heroic size plaster casts
OF q sure nough handsome human foot.
Underneath the plaster foot was nice
new black and gilt sign readin'
"Eustace Murgatroyd Spinks Chirop-
odist and PediCure. Corns Permanently
Cured. Also Manicuring. Office Hours,
A. NJ TO 5 P. NJ
'Tufty Mallon, more than kiokln' up dust
over new scheme he had to spring. on
Spinks, saw gay and lightsome crowd on
the other side o. the street from Blumen-
helms when be turned the corner about an
hour later Tufty looked up 10 see what
for. He saw the milk white plaster foot
on the bracket and read the sign under
meath. Then Tufty grinned and joined the
crowd across the street.
"'Vel how aboud your capitalist, Meester
MallonP INQUIRED lsidor, takin' chance,
seein' that Tufty was GRIMM.
When git 80 old that ] can't see that
the drinks is on me, Tufty come right back
az him, I want cash in, and quick Come
on, everybody. and he led all hands to Jink
MoAtee's ruHnorum and bought steady for
two hours, His fellow promoters began 70
drift in presently, and they could take
joke too. They helDed Tufty with his
buyin' operations for the hull o the Thunder
CTick populace.
'I tried TO tell you gentlemen that was
not q capitalist, but merely a ca-ca-cl-
chiropodist, you know. but you wouldn't
let me, SAID EuetaCe MufRatrOyd CDlNfs
sort o. reprovinly. but lookin scared TOO
when delegation Of the Thunder CricS
boosters headed bv Tufty, and oil pretty
middin' corned, called upon him in a body
at his Office along toward noon.
That's all right hombrey.' says Tufty,
actin as spokesman. II we ain't takin' IL
none { heart. you needn't But you don't
work none at your foot healn' p'fessiOn
t'day. None whatever ANY pedicurin
juniper that kin cloud th' leadin' citizens o
Thunder Crick into talin him fr Car
negie in disguise has got somethin' a-comin'
& him, and you're Il, Eusty. Tn sense
o. this committee is that you be conducted
aroun' the haunts an purloos o Thunder
CricS an be made as orrey eyed IA Billy
be-dinged fr tn next ensuin' twenty-four
ours, and It don't set YOU back sou-kee
neitheT-we're payin' tn freight. Come
on-ev'rybody out!
which it happened just tha'awav,
And il Thunder Trick in its oXpirin' glory
never got anyhin' else ont OF the scttl,n'
OF Eustace Murgatroy1 Spinks in its ey-
ploded midst. il sure did get an excuse for
an all-hands-around drunk that'll be plumb
historic as long as anybody that partici.
pated in them festivities and I'm pleadin'
guilty an glad-is alive to chin about it."