Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-09

Contrtioll seized him for q moment and hc longed to take her in his arms and reassure her. He would have done so had it not been for the pres ence of DawS. Nevertheless. his con triton in ne way obstructed his pur pose, as his wife. knowing his counte nance so well immediately recognized
 Violet Bonnie however. insisted upon being the conscience for the par ~. and na~ took Mrs Wallinsford se verely to task Honest. Fannie. you don't know the first principles of train in. Il husband" she charged You're ttn easy"
 Violet. protested t.Iackie sternly "tbis is ll,nle ,si yonr funeral"
 Well I'll i'e jsggered.s declared that lHdy. positively nghist at Blackie'> ternerity What did you say?" she demanded. recovering her pose
 "i said tliat the whole affair was none of your butt in." announced Blackie firmly. rising and resting his knuckies upon the table and looking squarply into the blue eyes of his here tofore nneh better half, For d solid minute and q quarter the blue eyes re sisted then they dropped. Fifteen minutes afterward Violet Bonnie stood coutentedly behind the chair of her husband. stroking his hair.
 The grahd opening of the factory Of the Speckled Bass Hollow Walled Portable Bungalow commnv WAS q function long to be remembered. Full, cne-tnird of the front of the remcnles ed factory was given over to offices be fitting such distinguished set of otfi cers. Entering a spacious vestibu'e in Dutch tiling. one saw surrounding hin. a number of beautiful glass doors lead ing into the office of the president ln white and gold. of the vice president ll mahogany and ebony. of the second vice president ill rosewood and silver bilrh of the secretary in walnut and cedar. of the treasurer ill redwood a,2; birdseye maple. and of the manager in plain oak Besides these. there was ar arched and groined directors roo;'. which was triumph in ceramic art: a buffet stocked with more varieties oi liquds than q dyeshop. and small boy. prond in, so many gold buttons that in the sunlight he was one solid blaze Behind all this there was |" simple factory. with the sha!ting care fully gilded and the hclting tluttering with kaleioscopic rihboiiS; workmen. x,.l,., voI in snow white uniforms. and the very cieanest of clean shavingS scattered every where. The officers of the com pany brought hosts and fockS and hevies of women. some young and some old. and all so beautiful by art that nature. out of pure spite. had wasted no gifts upon them. TheSe la dies. taught carefully from infancy te be charming. were charmed into ecsta sies by everything they saw without discrimination. unless they discrini nated in favor of Wallingford himself whom they voted to he most charm ing manager as did the board of di rectors next day at their first regular meeting in the new quarters.
 "You see. fellows" declared Iiicke! Saunders. its not only spurtin. but rippin. what this chap Wallingford's done He's made it possible for eaci fellow to entertain in his own offices with all tlie resources of a club and al the privacy of his owa quarters anl yet it doesn't need chaperonage be cause it's a bloonlin factory office Wonderful business man. call him.
 Remarkable" agreed Benssy. "l never saw ;l lue of liquors aud vine selected with so nice discrimination Boy. tell Ike to make us another O those at,sintlle puffs.'
 .sYes. sir said Toad Jessop.
 T should say that We should vote t increase our managers salary. sug cested von Humperdinck. his littl pom mpadour hristling backward witt the happy thought.
 .Impossible.' declared Ringgol Cash. rubbing his left hand with hi rigbt as if he would rub off the blac' spots He lias no salary, if yo,, re member. bat it would Is psrteetl, proper. think. to render hiin soD .b+ i~-47.5 s-.- 7 :