Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
THE ROCK SPRINGS MONEY JUGGLE
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followed by the ticket taker. Just before
he was lost to view behind billboard near
the tracks he turned saw me, and waved
his hand
"Good-a-by, Meester!" he yelled "Good-
ably and good-a-luck!"
Guess the boss canned the rotter said
the porter. "W'ile 'atcs i'm, e's no piker,"
and he displayed five-dollar bill which the
sword swallower had just given him.
7 WAS trying to think; but could make
neither head nor tail out of the whole
business. | reached for the stolen letter, and
pulled out a wad of papers. On top, next
the Mrs. Barnes communication, lay the
Rock Springs advertisement. Just COIN
cidence, of course, but a curious one. read
the letter twenty times, holding it to the
light to see if there was Watermark. 1t
was the sort of paper used for carbon copies,
and hadn't an unusual thing-watermark,
date, blot, or pen scratch-to distinguish 1T
from all the other thin, cheap paper in the
world The envelop, postmarked Chicago,
was plain save for the stamp and the adj
dress, which had been made by type
writer.
fell to reading the electric railway bill,
which had not seen since had started for
the train in Rock Springs a fortnight be-
fore. Near the bottom, just above the
IN. b., | ran across something that caused
me to jump and hustle back to Sans desk,
where found a pad of telegraph blanks and
wrote:
DERBY HOTEL,
Derby.
Were Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Barnes on fourth
floor your hotel night June thirteenth. Wire
description collect Important.
| grabbed another blank and dashed off
this:
john HENRY MCCAIN, JR.,
Hotel, Rock Springs.
If MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Barnes registered at
any hotel in Rock Springs June twelfth get de-
scription and take St. Louis Limited for here
TOM.
Just before leaving New York | had
watched some rehearsals of "The Dancing
Widow which was now playing at the
Chicago Opera House. The press agent had
worked on "The Globe with me. On an
other blank scratched:
JAMES BooroN,
Chicago Opera House, Chicago ILL.,
Find out if Kendall Richman, AT State-st.,
was in Chicago June twelfth, thirteenth, four
tenth Wire me Immediately.
Making all three wires Rush. | gave
them and handful of change to Jeff, told
him to tear to the railway station and send
them while hurried to the lot. The parade
was ready to start, and Sam was sitting on
the steps of the Red Wagon.
where's Angelottio" said l, quite out of
breath.
"In the tent where he belongs" said Sam.
"I'm going to let him go after the night
show. No use keeping a man who isn't sat
istied. He'll just make trouble while he's
here, and he'll beat it anyhow if he wants
to. Timson's got man watching the dago,'
he added, and walked away to send off the
parade.
The cavalcade of horses, bands, elephants,
camels, animal cages, and steam calliope re-
turned to the lot an hour later, and with the
last band wagon messenger boy squirmed
through the crowd with this line from Jack
They did. Local hotel clerk not an O. Henry,
but have fair description Arrive seventeen.
MCCAIN.
During the afternoon performance an
answer arrived from Chicago. Kendall
Richman had not been at his offices June
II, 49, and H. and was not there now. He
had gone to Indianapolis on business Boo
ton added that his show had caught on,
that George Kingsbury was thriving, and
that | should give their combined regards
to the Fat Girl, the Wart Hog, and the
ELEPHANT we had one | also received
an interesting seventy-word message from
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