The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-30
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
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 Charley Jackson as man who had but two worries in life: He could not understahd why sleep was ever in- vented. nor why all the places did net stay perpetually open. He had laugh ca So much for voters that the stretch Into ezistenasas rsd roll. Wanina- ford c1asped Charley Jac1rsen lly the hearty hand, and he twinkIed back in1o csrae1 Jackson s Ewlnl King eyes, and he anfled his Hist in response to Charley Jackson 1ovial smile, and he figured Charley Jackson to be about as careless as an old maid eating shad h the dark
 Proprietor Blount having spent the entire evening n locating the widely kaneina Jackson, who was every here present but nor all at once, congra tu- lated himself upon having brought these two kindred apirats together. and smiling his gra tfhcation, waited for vote of thanks It came In the form of an tnTitation to supper and when Cher Josef saw that Blount was to be one of those to enjoy his succession Of surprises, he hurried back into the kitchen and tcre jagged splint ers out Of hia disposition. for be had sworn never to cook gain for the prcpraetor. who was beast and an OK and swine, and who had once con plalned Of the faint trace of garlic in dliet which was marvel of epicnrean per lection. Latter on. st the walters, end Of the Renatssan mes bar he conflded his woes to his friend Bert Harvey or the Morning Record. who aaroffly punped
 
 ana the table tton and hurried right back to his oflace, for tl1 ere was sti1I city edition of next mornings Sunday paper into which gpod live scandal could ne 3anmed Meanwhile Charley Jackson and ependar yFaalin gforu, who nad enjoy cd each others society very much usl- til q m, had now repaired to the h venetian suit to begin the evening. and B1nckie Daw. knowing well when his best services consisted of pro Ionged hnd lktense silence, took mp his 1svoxfke role or bartender
 VhateveE yon do with this amuse nert park idea has to be done on the qaiet. observed Charley Jacknons with q friendly glance at the buiTet which the dezt and unobtrus1ye B1aclzie was arranging. You need anznahoes in this town.
 ssseens ike lively burg at that 7 suggested Walfn sford. sTt llas gcod night action, and that's sure test. [ counted eight stlk hats in the lobby ot tha theater. z
 t.How much money did you propose to invest fn an amuqemenf pa TX r,
 About @2D0 GOO, z announced NFalling ford. ana stopped forward to pick up -~e-< H4<s 44s41 fell from his pocket He picked that up, too, and 1t fell open. disclosing a thick wad of bills, mostly Of the orange and lemon yellow colors. He caught the gleam of MT. Jackson's eye upon those fancy papers and was satis- l fed. sfBlackfegs he called sharply, and l tossed the wallet to his friend The bartender caught it dexteroufly, slam med it In a drawer of the buffet and pounded clear toned glass sharply. I The effect was so startling that the an- noyed Walltngf gford almost expected to see number pop up, but the bar I tender went right on mixing. .sThe usual rake of is about 20 per I cent, stated Mr. Jackson houghtfully.
 ssTwentyr protested NaIlingford. ssI thought that with the competition in this town. there ought to be cut rate.'
 l sCompetition in politics boosts the price, insisted MT. Jackson firmly. sTts so much harder to put anything ncross'
 srwenty per centr' unused Wal1ing- ford. with the preoccupied air of a good business man. That would amount to $4O,O00 worth of stock in my enterprise. Who gets it?"
 ..Hushy' laughed Jackson. Nobody gets it. You just take the subscrip- tions Of some good safe friends of cer- tain parties and they forget to pay you for the stock That's all.''
 That's the usual method assented vallingford tI suppose it's split equally among the members of the city council"
 .'Notr' objected Jackson. mechani- ca1iy quafHng of a coral pink liquid that his hand had found within range. "Collop runs Lunar park and Tunnison is the right hand party of the county commissioner who runs Pleasure lake You'd be wasting your stock on them, You see we have campaign coming