Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05
Earlville Mercury journal correspond

big as house! Weil have two-col
umn cut made Of us and shove 1t In
Maybe you can use one in the News
too" -.--.-.-.--.,..--.-s.-
Surely" Wiley laughed-since th'
days when they and Rube Van Har
| and all the kids batted flies on th'
News lot he had enjoyed the McFet
| ridges.
Same old town. Wiley"
Same old town. Hen" $3.50 d.
What 1t needs Is a few funerals
Maybe some of 'em will drop dead whel
they know Ben ard me got money
Where can, a man get a drink in thi'
town easiest?" taC q q Is
Wiley looked at Rube Van Hart
Rube winked at Wiley. The Maccabee'
were cluttering up the hall with cak'
and conversation, ard old Mowry ant
Hicks, the expressman, with theil
enormous reception badges Of white sa'
tin and wired roses, were enough for {
welcome committee. Rube winked a
Wiley. and the four went out ant
down stairs. .,.E a.. .,.,. ,airH.
'TIl bet" said Hen to Ben, "tha
there's been as much bootleg boozt
drunk at Carmichael's stable since We
sold out as before, and that's goint
some" s. '"5.f sE" .'
Rube arranged row Of beer bottles
along the side Of horse stall after al
errand to the hay. "EShut the door," III
said: ''the Methodists are comint
horne from Mrs. Blake's. and Carmich.
aels trying to corral an agreement
with 'em to do all the hauling for the
assembly next summer. Carmiachaerl
wife is going to Join 'em to cinch it,"
"Oh, lord!" roared Ben, same :; ole
town." ~"
Wen throw a fit into EN-" said
Hen: watch u.s."
Rube and Wiley drank their beei
and listened. Poor old Rube, who once
had batted 400 with the Cubs. and
was now chambermaid to Carmich-
ael's horses; and. Wiley T. Curran. who
had the ink on his hands of three
dollar and twenty-five cent printing
Job from the Gem restaurant! They
listened hungrily to all this magic
they, too, had come back to the old
town!
Say" went on Hen, after all the
west had been rehearsed. I'VE got q
scheme that's wonder. We're going
to buy the tint opera house"
Crazy about the show business
added Ben.
why, these old cooks here don'1
know they're alive" continued Hen
What do they get here? Swiss Bel
Ringers and Flint, the Hypnotist, OF
some dead one with picture show or
art, that these women's clubs round
up. II you want to go to a'show you
got to go to Earlville, and the blamed
cars stop at eleven-fifteen. Now ain't
that nice for a man with a girl? Sup
pose he wants to pull off a little eat
after the show?" ..
"Oh, my Aunt Maria!" whispered
Wiley softly. "Where-this side OF
Chicago?"
Leave it to us. We had more fur
out in Frisco with the show business
than anything you ever heard of
These actors and managers think they
are wise, and they did get some Of oui
money, but we got our fun. Backed one
show and it broke up for twenty thous.
and-but that's all right. You see
there's always a lot Of phony shows
around waiting to be financed, ant
when, Hen and me sail in line two little
angels from the long uncut, they cam
do enough for US. And when we've had
all the fun we want we cut the string
and down comes the show-fop!"
wiley's face looked vacant. Rube
rubbed his aureate nose.
-Four shows now out on the coast
wondering what has become Of theil
little angels" said Hen-"but what's
the use. We wanted to see the ole
town."
What the old town needs" went or
Ben, "is a silver cornet band, semi
pro ball team, and few hot shows II
the tin opera-house."
you can buy 1t of the Gamble es'
tate for two Thousand" said Rube.
Listen. Got something more thai
that. Morris Feldman, over at the ten
twenty Main street house in Earlville
| was telling me about this girl who wor
the Chronicle beauty prize. Why, HI
says when she goes to Chicago tht
vaudeville managers will be climbing
over one another to sign her! Morris
went out to see her. and old Lindstron
chased him over the fence with a gun
and then prayed for his soul because
he couldn't shoot him. Leave it to .
Jew to take care of his hide. Morris
finished his interview with the cow
shed between him and the Dane, bu
he says we just got TO get that girl"
| Get herr" Wiley looked startled
You mean"
| Sign her, and put show out. Nor
ris Feldman says he's found a mai
with a piece, and all they needs tn
money. And they tell me around tow
that this little girls having tougl
time Of it. All these High street ga
cooks won't look at her-the Shakes
peare club gang and all them"
| YES" murmured Wiley, its true
She's not very happy over it ALL"
rs she pretty as the papers tou
herr"
| "Yes. Isn't she, Rube?"
| "All the way. If she coached aloni
the lines with me pitchin', I'd b
ratified clear out Of the box"
Its a shame" said Ben, "if sh
amt got chance! Amt it, Hen?"
1T is. We read that paper and W
says: Little girl, the twins'll stalk
you with their last COW track!'"
You mean," retorted Wiley, starin
at them, that you're going to bacI
| Aurelie Lindstrom to go on the stage?
You guessed it the first rattle" He
looked at Wiley with the pity Of tn
money getter for the dreamer; and Wi
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