The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-30

and Old Thad bumped you when they
arranged 10 have the Earleville papers
get over here for early delivery Say,
heard about US In oil?"
Yes"
Big Tulare fields, California Hen
and me was beating IL from one wa
ter-tank 20 another one day-flippered.
both OF us. Cleaned out in the dray
business In Fresno. Well, Hen and me
coming down canon along the track
about dark, saw some COW tracks.
Now, we saw the stars shining UP out
OF those COW tracks. Wiley, II II had
been you that's all you would have
seen, just stars shining back from
them COW tracks But Hen and me
saw oil"
Ben and me prospected. and III
for town and entered that whole blam.
ed COW pasture Then we went 10 Los
Angeles. where all the easy marks In
the United States come out, and we
capitalized them COW tracks. Say. We
got more engraved certificates OF stock
than you can shake a stick at sluing
round California this very minute
Did they bits?" put in Ben
couldn't keep EN- of with club"
Crazy about us" said Hen-"us
and the COW tracks We organized
and sold more stock for development,
and blew il in; and whenever We
wanted more money We az sessed the
stock and got IT, Finally the whole
company blew up-Hen was president,
and they said they didn't want a pres
ident who spent all his presidential
time at the girl shows In Los
Hen looked at Ben-"Was It good,
Benz"
Ben looked at Hen--"Was It. Hen
We made those reorganizers buy US
Gus at Ave hundred thou. Good
what, Hem"
Cow tracks for mine" sighed Hen.
First thing Hen says was; Let
beat II 10 the old town back In Iowa
and show EN- we got the money. We
climbed into a Pullman at Los all
/ Hen give the niger ten dollars TO
! buy a paper Keep the change. mig
ger" says Hen. we're going back TO
see the old town"
we'll" He sighed sitting resent
ment against fortune. He, too, had
/ swung the circle Of the West and was
back 70 the old town, And oh, what
| the McFetridge half-million would
have done II he had found II! But
they were right. Wiley would have
seen only stars In the co wtracks-Ae
never saw anything but stars. some
way or other But he smiled cordial
ly: It's great boys. Come round to
the News tomorrow and see me
Sure. We want some stun In the
papers about us Who's doing the
Earlville Mercury-Journal correspon'
dence?"
Miss Amelia Parsons"
"Oh Lord" cried Hen-"we're on
big as a house, Well have two
column cut made OF us and shove II
in. Maybe you can use one In the
News, too
surely" Wiley laughed-since
the days when they and RUDE Van
Hart and all the kids batted files on
the News lot he had enjoyed the Nc
Fetridges.
Same old town. Wiley,
Same old town. Hen"
What II needs is a few funerals.
Maybe some OF EN- will drop dead
when they know Ben and me got
money Where can a man get drink
IN this town easiest"
Wiley looked at RUDE Van Hart.
Rube winked at Wiley. Phe Macca-
bees we're cluttering up the hall with
cake and conversation, and Old Now
ry and Hicks, the expressman. with
their enormous reception badges OF
white satin and wired roses, were
enough for a welcome committee.
Rube wlnked at Wiley, and the four
went out and downstairs.
I'll bet" said Hen to Ben, that
I there's been as much bootleg booas
drunk at Carmichael's stable since We
sold out as before, and that's going
some"
! RUDE arranged a row OF beer bot
ties along the side OF a horse stall
after an errand to the hay. Shut
the door" he said the Meth odists
are coming home from Mrs Blakes,
and Carmichaels trying to corral an
agreement with EN- TO do all the haul
ing for the ASSEMBLY next summer
Carmichael's wife Is going TO join EN-
TO cinch it,"
OH, lOiu. iodieu bci, ooiHC o'u
town.
Wen throw At into en-" said
Hen. watch US"
RUDE and Wiley drama their beer
and listened. Poor old Rube, who
once had batted 400 with the Cubs,
and was now chambermaid to Car
michaels horses; and Wiley T. Cur
ran, who had the Ink on his hands
OF three dollar and twenty-five cent
printing job from the Gem restau-
rant They listened hungrily TO. all
this magic-they. too. had come back
10 the old town
Say" went on Hen. after all the
west had been rehearsed, I'VE got
scheme that's a wonder. We're go
ing to bu ythe tin opera-house."
Crazy about the show business"
added Ben.
why, these old cooks here don't
know they're alive" continued Hen.
What do they get here7 Swiss Bell
Ringers and Flint. the Hypnotist. or
some dead one with a picture show
on art, and these women's clubs
round up II you want TO go TO a
show you got 10 go 10 Tarlville and
the blamed cars stop at eleventh
teen. Now amt that nice for man
with girl Suppose he wants TO
pull OF little eat after the shows"
"Oh. my Aunt Maria" whispered