The Washington times., 1912-05-25
CHAPTER vi (Continued).

" s'fss''i hs found . glass ,na
rinsed 1t carefully. He
poured little portions from certain
last he poured the whole mass into the
glass and filled it with cold water from
the tap; and he brought it to Banks
with O bow.
/! The millionaire looked at it. He also
looked at the stony eyes of the attend
ant, and he sneered as he grasped the
glass and raised 1t to his lips.
Here's looking at the cuss that in
vented the art of spending money! he
remarked as he drained the contents
The draft was down.
Banks wiped his lips and snorted on
general principles. The attendant
well, get me seabright and Tate"
the millionaire began angrily.
As If prearranged, a draft blew open
the door Of the office. In the corridor
Tate and Mr.. Barkus.
In their hands they held suit cases;
on their faces We're smiles. And the
smiles turned to loo looks Of haans amazement
"Come in here!" said the latter.
''Not on you life!' responded Sea-
bright cheerfully. "Our terms over and
we've sWetI Koippsf pefere away YOU 1rG@ so@ mere
There's no before we go" answered
Mr.. Barkus. Were going right now,
wordenl''
seabright burst into jovial laugh as
ne stuck his head through the door OF
"Worden, do you remember the even
ings we used to spend up at the hotelT
he queried
wen, II we decide to do it after this
course of sprouts, We'll meet you there
about midnight"
In the corridor Of such, ringing and
nasal character that Banks felt In MS
very bones that not one Of the trio
would ever spend another cent In that
hotel
He sighed. He felt desire to use
profanity. And he also realized that the
attendant was altogether gone!
He looked around rather amazedly day
He called aloud.-,and before the cal,
had died away. the attendant entered
suddenly.
There is a delegation" he began:
"A what?" Banks sat UP and snapped
"A delegation which wishes to see the
head of this establishment said the
attendant imperturbably.
''Well, you-you-you send them righ'
in here-whatever your name isl the
millionaire responded. II don't know
what the devil a delegations doing here
but If they're here
"Well, they're from the hotels and thu
restaurants and the theaters along
He broke off. The attendant vanished
mysteriously, and through the door o.
the office a stream OF men began u
come.
They were well-dressed, well-featuret
men. They looked like men of affairs.
And having started to come In, theA
continued coming in. There seemed u
be no end of them. Ten We're In IN
anI tUantV-Ann
forty-and then sixty-untl the smal
place was jammed to the very door
with angry-faced men Of otherwise goo'
personal appearance. ,,,,-
They We're muttering, too, audlpIy
They kept on muttering until the mai
in the lead held up a hand with:
"Gentlemen! Gentlemen"
The noise ceased. ,.,-
Am I correctly informed that yo
are the head of this establishment
'If any one has informed you to tina
effect they were eminenty correct" re
"And YOU are here maintaining an in
stitution for the cure of the money
spending habit7" -,.,.
dehantly.
The man Strengthened up:
"This, sir, is a delegation of the hott
owners, the theater managers. On
restaurant proprietors along Broad
way, ne announced
"And what the devil do you suppose
care about that?" asked Mr.. Banks.
"Nou are running our business, sir!
said the speaker earnestly. You haN
already in the last two weeks. robeo
us OF thousands--if not of hundreds {
thousands! You have taken our bel
patrons and rendered them parsimon
aus in the widest extreme. PERSONAL!
as proprietor of the Hotel ST. Sergu
I may say that certain parties who ha\
never spent less than $50 in an eVenin
have passed through YOUR damnable II
sittution and are at resent living upo
club sandwiches and ham sandWich(
ana milk instead Of"
A wild, stridcnt voice rose in the res
Of the room.
''I.last the eating!' 1t said "Eatir
Amt everything Looka mel Just loo
al Percivnl Walderfori for one cas-
JIe always had a full first boX Thur
daVs. Fle did. didn't he: You all kno
Il? He was there every Thursday nigl
with n crowd. and"
A roar arosr-wlld and incOherent. 4
a ouietsd down the voice came again
s'And now what does he do? VIII
does he do since he left this devils
niace?" Gasp. "Hs stands IN line al
watts for a quart ar seat in the TOP ba
cony, I've seen him 20 II myself in Il
last week, and he was one Of the fir
treated hsrs. and=s" ---------