The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-05-07


make him thirstier. Meantime be lis
tened. really interested. except that
hts fieshy Eeld was too full OF alcoh1 4.
and his own project TO contain add
tiOnal statistics concerning coaching
Besides. Quarter. who had never be .
overcOrdial 20 him. was more 50 now
enough for Mortimer q venture on
few tentative suggestions Of tna1-
cial nature. and though. as usua-.
Quarter WIS not responsive. be dia
not, as usual. get up and go away
A vague hope stirred Mortimer that
It might not be beyond his persuasive
tongue to make this chilly. reticeut
young man into a friend some day-a
helpful friend Once or twice p
thought Quarter looked at him rather
strangely, but he would show Quar-
rier that he was a frlend-a good.
stanch frieud-and that Quarter had
long, long undervalued him. Waves
Of sentiment spread through AMI
through him. IFS affection for Quar-
rier dampened his eyes. and still g..
blabbed on and on, gazing with hIi1-
ming eyes upon Quarter, who sat
back silent and attentive as Mortimer
circled and Numbered nearer and near
er to the crucial point of his destination.
Midway in one of his linguistic cl-
lipses Quarter leaned forward and
caught his arm in a grip of steel An
other man had entered the room.
Mortimer, made partly conscious hy
the pain of Quarters viselike grin
was sober enough to recognize the in
propriety O, his continuing aloud tie
yelled story he had been constructiIS
with what he supposed to be a cum
ming as matchless as it was impenetra-
BILE
Later he found himself upstairs in a
private ca-droom. facing Quarrie.
across a table and still talking and
quenching his increasing thirst. He
knew now what he was telling Quar-
rier. He was unwilling the parable
He was stripping metaphor from q
carefully precise story. He used ST.
wards name presently; presently he
used Sylvia's name. A moment later
or was it an hour?-Quarrier stopped
him. coldly. without a trace of passion,
demanding corroborative detail. And
Mortimer gave it, wagging his head
and one fat forefnger as emphasis.
"You saw thatG" repeated Quarter
deadly white Of sudden.
"Yes, and r.
"At in the morning"
Eyes, an ! want
"You saw him enter her room
"Yes, an | wan tersay thish to you,
because I'm your fr'en'. Don wan
amy fr'en's mine get fooled on won
en-. See? Thash how / feel. / respec
the sect. See? Women, lovely wom-
en-. See? Respec' sect. Gimme y'han
huzzer = er - brother Quarter. Yor"
m fr'en': I'm your fr'en'. know how
It is. Gotter wife m'own Rotten
one. Stingy Takes money OUTER m
pockets. Dam 'strayagant Ruin me.
Say, old boy, what about dividend due
morrow on Orange County Eclectic
mean Erlextic = no = mean 'Letric.
Damnl-Wasser masser tongue|
Opening his fond and foggy eyes
/ and finding himself alone In the card
room he began to cry, and little later,
attempting to push the electric button,
ne fell over lounge and lay there, his
shirt front soiled with wine, one fat
leg trailing to the floor, not the ideal
position for slumber perhaps, but what
difference do attitudes and postures
and poses make when gentleman III
the sacred secusion Of his own club.
| Is woong the drowsy goddess with
blasts of votive music through his en-
purpled nose?
4 In the meantime, however he was
due to dine at the Belwether house.
and when o'clock approached and he
had not returned to dress Leila called
up Sylvia Lands on the telephone;
INV dear Leroy hasn't returned, and
II suppose he's forgotten about the
bridge. / can bring Mr.. Plank If you
like"
every WELL" said Sylvia, adding, IF
Mr.. Plank + there may speak to him
a moment"
SO Leila rose, setting the receiver on
the desk, and Plank came III from the
library and settled himself heavily in
the chair
Ibid you wish to speak TO me, Miss
Landis?'
ITO be Contluned)
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