Evening star., 1914-08-02


ers National half hour later has wicker cage in
each hand and Mr. Ellns has both fists full of poultry
literature displayed prominent. Sure enough too,
finds the door beyond the teers window, also the gink
in the gray helmet. He's husky-bult party, with
narrow-set, suspicious eyes.
"Up to Mr.. Nash's,' says casual, maxim a to
walk right past
Back up!' says he, steppin square across the way
@What Mr. Nash?'
"Whadye mean, what Mr. Nash?' says 1. "There
amt clusters Of en- there? Mr.. Gedney Nash, of
course"
wrong street, he. 3Try around on Broadway
@What kidder!" says l. 3But if you will delay the
champion hen expert of the country and mods to
Old Hickory, @jus send word up to Mr. Nash that Mr.
Skeings has with that pair of sver-slashed blue
OrpingtonS he wanted to see"
"Blue which?' says the guard.
@Ah take look" says l. "Ain't they brds9
Gold medal winners both of EN-"
l holds open the paper wrappings while he inspects
the cacklers And, believe me- they was the fanciest
poultry specimens I'd seen Honest, they looked
like they'd been got up for the pules annual costume
ball.
@And Mr. Nash,' goes on, says Mr. skellings is to
bring 'em in this way"
The guard takes another glance at Old Hickory and
that got him. for in his highcrowned Panama the boss
does look more like fancy farmer than he does like
the head of the Corrugated.
"In see" says he openn little closet and producin'
phone. He was havin some trouble too telin' some
"Ah just describe the BIRDS, says L. slashed
blue Orpingtons, you know"
Does it work? Say, in less than two minutes
being towed through windn passage that fnly ends
in front of circular shaft with cute little elevator
waitn' at the bottom
"Pass two," says the guard
ANOTHER minute and we're bein' shot up don't
know how many stories and steppin out into
the swelest set of office ever in mahog
dried-up little old party with eyes like rat Didn't
look much like the pictures they print of him, but
guessed it Gedney.
"Some prize Orpingtons, did l understands says he,
in soft, purry voice Il don't recall having" Then
he gets good look at Old Hickory his changes
sudden. 3What' he snaps. "You Ellins? How did
you get in here?"
with those fool chickens says the boss.
"But-but didn't know, goes on Mr.. Nash. 4that
you interested in that sort of thing.
"Glad to say I'm not" comes back Old Hickory.
"Just scheme of my brllianha young friend here
to smugge me into the sacred presence. Great Zach
arias, Nash! why don't you shut yourself in steel
vault, and have done with it?'
Gedney bites his upper lip annoyed. u find it nee
essary, says he "to avoid Interruptions l presume,
however, that you errand of Importance"
@I did, says Old Hickory. u want to get renewal
that Manstee terminal lease"
Say, of all the scientific squrnin', Gedney Nash
put up the sckest specimen First off he lets
international Utilities did control those wharves: he
really couldn't say. And besides that matter would
be left entirely to the discretion Of
"No, it WON'T" breaks in Old Hickory, shakn'
stubby foreinger at him. 4It's between us, Nash.
You know what those terminal privileges to
We can't get without them And if you take 'em
away, it's fight to insh-thats all!'
4Sorry, Elins,' says Mr.. Nash @but I can do moth
ing"
aWaitn SAYS Old Hickory. @Did you know that we
be1d rofy K & 81 do
They happen to be first lien bonds too. And NJ, K. &
T defaulted its last interest coupons. Entirely