The Glenwood post., 1914-03-14


Time you did: you've haA q nice
long nap. What do you zee. nov you
have aFoused."
"A pleasant little city. vorking hap
PLY at well7paid industry. In u pay.
Raster. A great natioa, vaaRia0 tire
less Avs They're chewing - Jones
gum. Jones' gun. mind yea; - some
gum that the Consolidated psas up
against the public - jast - aneA q
that ny ancestors RaAo lnnnous.
see"
For hsavea's asks. sAst up! You'll
see snakes IL this keeps O.. nat lem
onade that Mrs. 1potsvaoA nave YOU
has gone to your empty heaA."
1t Gas not The le0oaads that Nrs.
spotswood gave me. It was ths touch
ing line OF talk that-er-tha& Josie
Richards gave me-" He pauasA while
Wallace waited with his tav loose
On its hinges Say. Bob. isat shs q
Queen!"
80 that's it,
But he made NO further protests. He
was q leveLheaded youth, vas this
young advertising man. He knew as
well as anyone that IL the trust feared
and wished to purchase the Jones
gum 1t could be but because the trust
knew that the Jones gum was q dan
gerous competitor. II, managed n 1t
had been. unadvertised. 1t had heen 4
dangerous competitor to the trust,
hen 1t vas worth having-emphatica
iy worth keeping.
And some day Broadway must do
something. He could not forever play
the idler on the Great White WAY,
even II his millions were unumhered.
II was NO life for an actual man. and
Bob vas sure that hidden somewhere
In his friend were the true elements
Of worthy manhood. Nothing haA oc-
CURED to bring them out. that vas all.
He thought they might b. cooing nev.
Reaching the hotel. they fouaA the
place In utter darkness. Not q Mat,
evea turned down for the aiGht. Vas
visible at any window: not Q sound Of
hfs came ffoa tAs ba131lng save q
rhythmic cadence Of some sleeper soft.
~ saving wood with . dull sav.
The clerks asleep" said Bob.
How do you know that 10 the
clerk p asked Broadway. listening crit.
ically to the snore.
Il heard him singing when I AFvt
got here. and now I recognise tie
voice. He held the tune . little bst-
ter. then. that's all"
Have We got to wake him up?"
Sure! Why. It's after sssvsa
c'clock!''
Nothing but the thought Of Josie
Richards eyes could have kept Broad
way 1t that instant fron casting an
bis worthy rssolutioas to tAs VISA
selling to the trust and searching -
. Bible upon which to swear that -
never again would set foot in Joass-
Vile. But he did rsmsaber Josis's
eyes. and % began to hammer ON IL
door.
After quarter Of IN hoar Of STEADY
hammering. some shouting and 4 little
whfstling. he was rewarded BY q sIespy
and illtsmpered voice fro0 Q slowly
opened window. 4
Heavens! Was his window closed!
And yet that snore got out to us!"
1T sawed its way out" Bob suggest
ed.
Well. what ye want!" the angry
voice inquired.
w ant to get m"
AT this time the night?"
Sure. It's always night before we
ever want to go to bed"
We'll, the Grand hotel, it don't think
much Of folks that stays out all night
long, I'll tell you that" the clerk ex-
claimed. as he came down in bright
red flannels land not much Of that to
let them in.
All night long!"
Amt it q quarter after 'leven?"
After telephoning Rankin (much to
the clerks disgusD to hurry to Con
necticut by the first train in the morn.
ing. with well-packed bags, the two
friends crept upstairs. abashed.
The clerk scorned such . menial
service as attending them, and, in the
excitement left from the rebuke he had
received, Wallace stumbled into the
wrong room. All doors were partly
open. for the night was warm, and no
one feared the midnight interloper,
there in innocent and simple Jones.
Vile.
Fortunately the moonlight fell upon
the bed. and warned him, Otherwise
there might have been . scandal in
Gum Village. in which case the com.
plainant Che felt certain from that hur.
Red giimDss) would hase bssn . sylph
Of close upoa two hundred and nifty
pounds.
Wallace made IN eRnet to sit up
and discuss things further With Broad.
way, Who seemed to Be eatiroay awake,
thooGh dreamy ih . straAeo, uAvoated
way. bst there wers two afUansats
against this. the Arst that gnats aaA
0elAs evarDaA mefrily in - sooa -
ths Oh lamp was lithtsa. belAgins With
them more tAaa one mosquito. tie 80.
ood betag Dat ~ was wora ct aftss