Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
begged dry knoll from neighbor, and

begged dry knoll from neighbor, and
and"
PUT here Alec has to swallow hard
= couple of times and swab his eyes with
his coat sleeve, which gives Burrill chance
to break in.
"That's all very pathetic, Of course, says
he; "but you went down there of your own
free will, didn't you? No one captured you
and dragged you there, did they?'
"No,s says Alec. aYou just baited the
hook, and swallowed it.
"But, my good fellow protests Burrill,
Il didn't write the pamphlet myself, you
know. Why come whining to mee"
Il saw your name and picture in it, says
Alec. 3You re president of the Royal Palms
Company, understood
what of it?' says ]. Scott. Il invested
"Not quite" says Alec, sort of weary
forty dollars. You knew it was worthless:
didn't. It's what l call a swindle.
ooh, you do, do your" sneers Burrill.
"Then why don't you 60 to the courtso"
"I've tried that says Davids, smilin
bitter. ave spent the last nine months
trying to file complaint. But what's the
use? You know where it has to 60. And
you know who's United States District At
torney for that district, don't you? Brother
in law of yours, isn't hep
"That's blasted lie!" snarls ]. Scott,
turnin' white and jumpin' up. 4And if you
say it again, III
you'll beg to differ with him, that's all,
says ], steppin' in between.
ooh, it doesn't matter says Alec. Il
wouldn't stand any show in court against
A~,I
could give me back little Annie. But just
that-well, there are the others, thousands
suppose, just like me. Couldn't you get
their money some other way, Mr.. Burrill,
some way that wouldn't leave them the way
it's left me?"
aBah!" says ]. Scott. 3You don't know
what you're talking about. We're conduct
ing perfectly legitimate enterprise, and
simply because you happened to"
1Say, Burrill," l breaks in, @you keep
that hot air to spring on other come-ons
Alec here knows diff rent, and so do l..
don't want to get personal, or anything like
that; but guess I've got your number, and
it seems to me that you're little the mean
est skin and swindler that I've ever had on
my calm list.
@Humph!" he sneers well, what are
you going to do about it,"
aFollow your line," says l, "and adver-
tise. Maybe we can get Alec to write a
piece for the paper here, or perhaps give us
a little talk on Florida down to the Yacht
Club"
@Bah!' says ]. Scott, swingin' on his heel;
but at the last glimpse had of him he was
CROWN purple in the gills.
7 WANT chuckin' any bluff program,
either. 1t near split the club wide open;
but / pulled off that talk of Alecs to a
crowded house. There want any admis-
sion; but l was there at the door as the
audience filed out, and the gate RECEIPTS
was enough for him to send on to Indiana
for his wife and little Alec, who were stayin
with brother on a farm. Also one of our
bunch has found good openin' for Alec,
and in a month or two he'll be fairly ship
shape again, Twin in four-room Harlem
fiat and bein' thankful to be there.
As for ]. Scott, he's gone out of the gen'ral
philanthropy game, and | understand the
latch string on the big white house don't
dangle quite SO free as he'd planned it would.
Which is a shame. | heard yesterday, too,
that he was goin' to sell out and move.
"The ideal remarks Sadie. @For he did
seem such a generous mani"
$50 he was says |, ito all except Alec
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