Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10


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"They don't eat: they drink. said Riley.
"They have one to blame but themselves, snapped
Hubert with some resentment. "But YOU arc an cx-
ample of what mean. You able to indulge in the
plain, wholesome comforts of this place as sort Of
reward dare say for your honest. industrious life.
The pearl necklace turned twice in Riley pocket,
and the stolen stckpin iabbcd him sharply like the
business end of Conscience
Il got the advantage of KNOWN good trade" said
the thief airily; "yet don't want you yourself
into thinkn' that I'm iolcst when I'm down and out.
No. Sir the poor is the fall guy all the time! I've
slept in Salvation Army Homes and I've pccped into 4
few bedrooms in the Hotel ST. Regis. Honest there's
comparison. Maybe it makes the tired ticket chopper
feel kind refined and exalted take his stew off the
ollcloth next to the kitchen stove; but can't see where
he's got 1t on the CRATER who the subway and
lean against Spanish lace while Hungarian Count
wearin brass buttons drops asparagus onto his plate
with silver Jimmy. Gcc some the private mansions
I've seen! You'd be surprised
VOU have the entry to many mansions?" asked HUI
bert rather superciliousy.
lots Of em-in business way admitted Riley.
What is your business inquired the millionaire.
I'm mechanic" said Riley "Doors and windows
my specially Sorry amt got my card along" He
pulled long Havana and blew smoke rcfectvey.
Some the private mansions vc scent! he repeated.
Il had job in house just to1ay,-all the bedroom
furniture was some sort swell brown wood nlad with
pictures o hoyhocks and tomatoes and canary birds,
and the whole thing done in solid wood-Gee!'
Dutch marguerite explained the rich
"Perhaps-and the beds soft and springy you
couldn't lay down in EN- without bouncin to the cciiin
1t puts guy to sleep just to look at bed like that
And what I've think about the bureau drawers The
burglar lowered his voice conildcnially "Ihey WAS
ball bearings and lined with glass;
you made a careful investigation, laughed Hubert.
"Sure Mike! was dom the Job for an easy guy.
And you should seen the bathroom. The tub and
washstand chseled out o that candy marble stuff they
call it bronx. don't they!'
"Onyx, said the millionaire.
"Say if any O those buns up the mission
skin laundry like that, they go back their pin
Gples with soapy splash And out LII the big dance
hall the woodwork all whitfield fancy and the walls
hung with the real handpaintcd article by Ancestor
of the Old Masters. And the rugs! Say, they
soft and afectonatc they seemed to say Thank
you Boss, every time you set foot on en-! Gec what
freplace Solid carved mile high big and
handsome as Saint Parick's Cathedral And that pana
and statues o Greek sufragetes all up and down tile
sides That was some music teascr!'
Do you envy the owners their pianos too! asked the
Great Man.
"No. All right to look at maybe; but ain't got a
yen-yen for pianls. | can't play en- and they too
heavy to carry away.
"If you owned that piano and those pictures and
rugs you too might realize the idencss the futility Of
it ALL sighed Hubert.
Say, Boss, what is your crouch on the Wealthy
Bunch, anyhow asked The crook
1--WE lived with it,, said the rich man. give
good men become bad after years OF systematic sung
You speak of the children of the sl,ls born with
thirst: the children Of created with thrsts
and appetes And the pity IS they given the means
to satisfy them All the sycophans OF the earth flock
to us with their spurious goods We buy them How
DO encourage Art? BY paying fabulous to
dealers for the work of artists who died of two
hundred years ago How do encourage honesty?
By supporting crooked tracks and vcn;l Lcgis-
latures. How do promote dcccncy? By lavishing
all the pearls of India the bodies OF dancing women
Hubert lit fresh cigar. The precious necklace took
another half-hitch in Rilcy's pocket.
"AIy good fellow, said the millionaire in a low voice
he leaned far the table, Il don't know whether
a heavy stroke of fortune will fall you in your
honest walk of fe but ever does marry sensible
woman, buy farm and stay there Don't lngcr in the
city day; because. if do your honor will be turned
into Jewels for unworthy woman to wear round