The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-08
 In His Prime
 
sy GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
Copyright, 1913, by the Bobbs- Merrill co.
6Continueds ) CHATTER xxIs-
Money Talks.

W 2 day morning took 3 gorgeous
 suit of rooms in the Hotel Blessus, spent soulful half hour with a saxaphone that he had taken sudden notion to ma ster, read the papers, ordered bigger table Into his sitting room. covered it V ith lunch. drinks and cigars and invited each of the local papers to send him reporter.
 I'm professional amusement park promoter. he explained when they were all together. T came here to i'll this towns summer full Of ahrieks of laughter and whoops of joy. see by yonr clean and wholesome ia nily 5our- nals that I'm few days late for the party, 50 I'm going to give party of my own. Who is this man Mailing ford g
 Nobody knew.
 .sHess grand little entertainer, thoughs Dpined chunky Jinl<s Woods of the Clarion, wi th re enniniscent smile The Commercial club is going toI make him an honorary member for ltxe.s v
 So see, acknoyv1edgee Blackie Daw with fine contempt. This Wal lingford person comes in here and tells the first six funny stories in the Ora tors Guide. tiekIes dfty business men under the chin and makes them give. him $S0,o00 worth of stock for coaxing them to spend $12o, ,o00.
 Smooth work, admitted Jsnl<s. who acted as spokesrnah for the party be cause he could eat. drink, smoke and talk ait the same time H laerea the rest of them could not add the talking to their other duties. Ny ia brother Ben says Nvallfng ford s 90 nooth he
 
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 BlackHe, with difficulty suppressed the suspicion of twinkle M his eye. ssThere you ares, he triumph antly ex- claimed our brother Ben has him f1xhf: He's smooth citizen He has to have his shoes sandpapered and yet he cons the business men Of the Com mercial club into investment with him and he perfect stranger! Your broth9 CT Ben is . smar rf man
 Don't get me wrpng has 1ly inter posed links Woods dlspens in with th he tap slice of bread on another chick end sandwich and subst tituting slice 0f Swiss cheese. Ben adTnires smooth ness He's Bgnrfng up h1s~ bank ac4 count today to ind how much money he can spare. He 7ants 10 give 1t to Wallipgford. 2 ana he laughed sso infec- eio1sIy that BIackie anted to stop and shake hands with him.
 The point of 1t is, persisted Blackie, at he doesn' t underst tand the amnse- ment park business Now. now more about amusement parks than the man wiio invented Coney Island I've ridz den oh more roller coasters and merry go-rounds than any living human being. not only want to promote this a1nusement park for business but for fun want to ma ke the first para cnute drop. You couldn't coax tnis man Wal AIingford into balloon with a. sIx pound beefsteak don't believe hes on the level about this park, any how.s
 The peach faced youngster for the Tribune speared another olive and hastened to Wallingford' defense. sas has 5,000 in the Broadway National,' z he stated with cold dislike for any man who would question that final argument. sJiI1ks Woods, there, asked about it at the bank =
 ssGentlenen, draw nfga z said Black lie Daw, with a sudden and entire change Of manner. Observe that I have no cuffs to deceive you, and ha pushed ID his sleeves as far as they would go. holding forth both long, slender hands and turning them about in the fashion of a prestidig itator He picked up little black bag from the floor and set II upon the cor her Of the table.
 Now, watch me closely z ballyhooed Blackfe sBe sure that your seyes do not deceive you, or the hand is quick. CT than the ege.s and suddenly he whipped Forth sa 900 bill. spread fl upon the table and held it down with lem forednger, cooking his head, thrusfing forth his chest lowing his back and placingla fist upon hIs hip
 Will you hold ii ght 4o that and lei me feel fhe other end Of t 7.' inquired links Woods. disgusting his real awe with thin yell Of mockery
 Not yet. acclaimed BIackie, way- ing him grand1y away and suddenly pansfng for deehng instant to grin gleefuf1y iuto the eyes of each one of them in turn. They caught tllat spirit of eternal childhood and from that moment they understood him and were with him heart and soul If he had an uIterior motive that they did not understand they were with that too. Now. count. and with 8 motion as regular as that of an earnest and sturdx washerwoman he dived into the bag with both hands, brought out an- other $1 900 bill by it's two ends and laid it upon the first one. Two" he counted aloud, and then repea ting the motion, three, four five. six The deeper we go, gentlemen, the more the wonder grows. Seven. eight nine. ten. eaoh and every one an exact duplicate of it's handsome little brother Eleven. esvelve. watch mv hands closely, gen. flemen, to see that they do not deceive your eyes. Thirteen, fourteen, if teen
 Were astonished. 2 admitted Jiaks Woods How many are there ?s
 Sixteen. seF enteen, resumed Black te. with Q friendly grin at lin ks, and he did not stop until he had counted each of the hundred $7.000 bills in his pos