The Washington times., 1912-05-27
THE TINES DAILY SERIAL STORY
The Parsimonious Cocktail
---- By ==
EDGAR FRANKLIN
Copyright, 1912, The Frank A. Munsey Col
All Rights Reserved.

loping furiously on his own account. A
bugle was blowing somewhere as the
others hurtled after him. and 1t must
have been the last call, for. just as
plank was drawn in suddenly and the
thirty gentlemen on the wharf were left
to shriek to their hearts content as
the big boat began to warp out.
They roared.
They cheered.
They rolled tifty-doller bills into pei
lets ana SHE'D HE al them a. the da.ed lofns
They produced gold pieces and hurled
them at him. shouting the while-and.
be II noted, that DR.. Rausenfeld gath
cred them all together and stood on
And then, amid a frenzied chorus of
cheers, the steamer gained motion and
drew out and
of thing.
Sometimes, however, like a good many
other senseless things, 1t is necessary.
Therefore this epilogue.
fore the writing table. The MONDAY
sunshine streamed down on him. His
head ached. He felt rather odd. In
deed. In a word, he felt himself again.
the few words allowable. you may not
have gained an altogether clear idea of
Mr.. Banks character; suffice 1t that
when he felt normal he felt odd.
Harris sat in another chair, opposite.
Harris was puzzled not so much be-
cause his employer was glowerirz, Z, but
because the bills hadn't been p d yes
terday. Harris had been meditating on
that all night long.
Harris said Banks.
Yes sir?" said Harris.
Send for Jenkinsr'
Jenkins was sent for. He came pres
emily and winked at Harris: l., ~
clothes?" asked Banks. II told you to
look"
Forty cents, sir!' said Jenkins.
Are you sure?'
Yes, SIR"
Go, Jenkins" said Mr.. Banks.
And that out of twelve thousand dol.
| lars! And that out Of twelve thousand
dollars! And that
What had struck him last night, any
way? 1t certainly had not been drink
| because Banks was used to that sort o.
wine. Moreover, he had hardly touched
it, and
| "Hnrris"
See what Consolidated Cold watel
is quoted at this morning.
"Consolidated-Cold- sir?" Th
secretary gasped aloud.
| Certainly. See what It's quoted at.
But Consolidated Cold Water wen
into the hands Of a receiver yesterda!
! afternoon, sir" said Harris. 1T wa
shown up altogether. There was moth
| ing in 1t whatever and that man-Dan
| forth-wasr1't, that his name?-has beel
lost track Of this morning completely
| Banks looked up, rather fishily.
Harris" he said, "go and call up tn
bank and see whether a check CAV
Danforth yesterday has been paid. @,
off somewhere where can't hear yo'
| and call up!'
/ Harris left.
He was back within five minute
smiling.
.'Yes, SIR" he said. 1.-THE check wa
paid all right, and several others witt
1t, the teller said. That Is. your checl
was paid in full by the Day-and-Nigh
people. and some others were flxed 9
that Mr.. Danforth could collect then
this morning, first thing. He has no
turned up, but"
Something in Banks face stopped hill
short Harris faded into his little chai
and wondered.
Banks didn't wonder He knew!
He simply sat in his own chair ali
stared-and stared-and stared-an
stared at the floor.
Once in a while, you know, there ar
occasions wherein you can do nothin
but sit and simply stare at the fioor.
This was one OF the occasions.