New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

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his shoulders The advice painted on the mar
ble cloth Is that for the best fifty table
4 'h6te IN town YOU should 60 20 Fraglni >. but
the wreck that wcarn the banner looks like
he needed "a dinner more II anybody VINO miEAt
read the sign
That's the bottom OF tine chute. says /.
raddln' 1T the specimen Int 're~tIn' EXHIBIT
But Mr. Hooper don't seem 20 hear this side
remark lie sits there open faced and still
-tarin' The wreck has shuiflcd up 70 within
few feet Of us, his hands IN his pockets ms bat
tered old lid pulled down over his eyes. and MS
neck hunched into his collar lust then he
haul, out a thin grimy claw and SwabS the end
of his red nose with 1t. which gives Us tuu
face view | hears a gasp from Bug Hooper
Great coyotes says he. Doc
Eh," says |
Its Doc Keezar," says he struggliu with
the handle Of the touneau door Hey. driver
Hold up Doe Doci Don't YOU know me
And the next thing knew Mr.. Hooper Is out
there IN front Of a swell Broadway HorISt 5
tryIu To hug that sCouSy lookIn old sandwich
man And say. Bug Hooper stock goes up O.
ninety above par with me that same minute
wouldn't have saId he'd done 1t There ne Is
though right IN the middle OF the sidewalk
shoutin al Doc and askIn HIM over and over
If ne don't remember HIM The object tires o.
back away, with his head down
Sure YOU amt claimed the wrong party
says wb,,,~ /! saws Hooper Don't YOU sup
pose I can tell an old side partner when | see
him. especially Doc kcezar' Come on. Dos
shake hands What in heavens name has hap
pcncd To you' I'm your friend. old Bug
Hooper, Speak What are YOU afraid u
That s. what II seems to be- fear tie keeps
glaucin back over ms shoulder. AS II ne eN-
prctcd some one TO land "A kick on him. and al
though his tremhlv old jaws keep on lnovIu hv
don't say anything can make out
"SutTcriu cJtJmountsi' says Hooper but
isn't tins fierce NcCabc2 Look at the state
he's in Here, help me get hIm into the ear
60 he takes hold on one side. and on the
- other and We half dragS hall hits HIM INTO
the touncau. while "a crowd begins To collect
and the chauffeur sits there gawpln AZ u like
he thought we'd gone dlpPy
Spark her up. Roland SAYS l. jump u
out If here before we re pinchcd for kldnuppn
That $ il Pull around that truck
Well. we've gone three blocks before 1t oc-
ours to Hooper to vank the sandwich boards
off his old friend And when he gets EN- IN his
hands he seems to boil over all at once
" Who did 1t Doc saws he Who's rigEe,d
YOU up this way Tell me the name ot the
mcaslv. flea bitten son of gun and Ill
An. don't get excited Hooper says l.
q" Its the common thing to send out men with
the boards on They get ten cents an hour
for dom the promenade Amt that II. Doc
Yes yes. says the wreck. noddI1' his head
and talk1r' III "a voice that's a cross between a
whine and a snitt'e.-" ten cents an hour. But
they'll take my Job away from me for tins
PleaSe-plcdSt let me out
Good Gawd!" groans Hooper " II I could
only lay my hands on the skunk that did this
"Ah. say SAYS | Didn't tell you 1t was
the reg lar thing
" Is it," saws Hooper. his wide set blue eyes
bldzin' aS he smashes big FIST down on the seat
cushion. Then lemme tell YOU one thing.