The Washington herald., 1913-10-26

caused djinns and giants to fal
down upon their foolish faces and plead
for mercy. so did Brian Boru Blaney
acquire two simple syllsbles which act
ed upon the once overbearing C. W
Ketchum as a dread Indian sign thai
turned his conceit to water; and thu
deed. since Brian had witnessed thu
spectacle of the worldly Ketchum Law
ishing wealth and social honors on 6
masquersding peanut-butcher. the Little
Booster had merely to mention the hum
BILE, necessary nut to bring the Bis
Booster snarling to his knees.
The normally domineering promotes
had played low for many months, keep
ing his foot on the soft pedal Of his
: self-esteem. He had treated Brian with
modest politeness when they met
though they had not met any oftener
than expediency demanded. But, wher
the freshening winds of spring began
blowing new pipe-dreams out Of China,
then the corpuIent real estate dealer
mustered Sufficient courage to see Brian
with a proposition.
Brian, who had realized some twelve
Thousand dollars prosaically in the sale
of an undeveIoped addition east of town,
now occupied on the ninth floor of the
new Hawthorne building. a mahogany
finished box with a glass door labeled:
B. B. Blaney. Business Booster
Hither came Ketchum, and removed his
hat before he sat down. Brian noted
the obeisance without smile
Say. Brian" began the Big Booster
affectionately.
Yes, Charlie" cooed Brian. mocking
the others intimate tone.
There's young fellow just come to
town.
- to buy a stampin' ground for q
herd OF zebras, eh-what?'
"A jokes a joke" growled Ketchum,
growing red. I'm not the sort to be
fooled twice by shell game
Unless there's peanut under the
SHE'LL suggested Brian.
Ketchum arose TO go. but thought bet
ter of it.
DO you or do you not want to hear
this proposition" he hissed.
Don't cry, Charlie! III listen.''
There's a sick aviator up at DR..
Rodman's sanitarium-"
Fell out of an air-ship?"
No; of the water wagon" said
Ketchum. He's there recovering from
a violent attack of alcoholism He's
down and out. Doc Rodman's got a
mortgage on him. and the express COM
pany's holding his biplane for charges.
Seems he came down here to give an
exhibition-he gave one all right. but it
wasn't the sort he was engaged for.
Spent all he had on a bat"
Il heard about him." Brian an
nounced. played a ten-nights run in
barroom, and was found in front of the
Y NJ C. A. buildin', picking lizards off
the sidewalk
That's the man. He owes Doc Rod
man a hundred and twelve dollars for
the cure. In addition to that, his BIZ
plane calls for ninety-two dollars to get
it out of hook! He says that IL I'll pay
these biIIs-two hundred and four dol
lars in all-he'n guarantee to give an
exhibition, charging me five hundred ex-
ira in case he flies"
He'll fly. all right. as soon as he gets
the dough- was Brian's ambiguous
prophecy. These hobo-hawks usually
make their flights after dark on a San
ia Fe blind baggage"
"A few weeks ago." went on Ketch-
um, swallowing these gibes, ct bought
a large share in the tract called Alden
Villa. six miles out. it's Iow-grade
stuff. the sort that married men on sal
ary will snap up on easy installments,
if it's properly advertised"
And you want me to go up with the
boozy bird to advertise it?'
Something like that. A first-class
ae-oplane exhibit, furnished free, would
bring thousands of people out to Alden
Villa. provided we had a. man like
ahem-you to start the big noise Think
of the newspaper notoriety we would
get il it were announced that Brian
Boru Blaney, the man who invented the
Lot and Lottie Lottery, colonized
Healthy View, &C., was going up with
the famous aviator, Horace Twigg."
1T would make a swell obituary no.
tice." Brian agreed. Suspended mid !
way between the Soldiers Monument
and the moon. with Haretrigger Horace
fun of Jack Rose cocktails and asleep
on the carbureter. Good night!''
Then you don't fancy this idea?"
Ketchum rose as IL to go.
WHO said didntg" The Little Boos-
ter's tone was feverish. How much is
there in it for Brian the Bird?'
Ten per cent of the first months
sales"
Ten per cent of nothing equals
Eero,' computed Brian rapidly. But you
can sign me Up for this proposish-Fn