Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06

young advertising man. He knew as
well as anyone that if the trust feared
and wished to purchase the Jones
gum 1t could be but because the trust
knew that the Jones gum was a dan
gerous competitor. If, managed as It
had been, unadvertised, 1t had been a
dangerous competitor to the trust,
then it was worth having emphattcal-
ly worth keeping. y Il. u a.
And some day Broadway must do
something. He could not forever play
the idler on the Great White Way,
even II his millions were unnumbered.
1t was no life for an actual man, and
Bob was sure that hidden somewhere
in his friend were the true elements
of worthy manhood. Nothing had oc-
Cured to bring them out, that was all.
He thought they might be coming now:
Reaching the hotel, they found the
place in utter darkness. Not a light.
even turned down for the night, was
visible at any window 5 not q sound OF
life came from the building save q
rhythmic cadence OF some sleeper soft,
~ saving wood with a dull saw.
"The clerks asleep" said Bob.
"How do you know that is the
clerk?"' asked Broadway. listening crit
ically to the snore. 81
II heard him singing when i flrst
got here, and now l recognize the
voice. He held the tune little bet
ter, then, that's all. s39. X
Have we got to wake him up 2;
Sure! Why. it's after eleven eve
o'clock" aSs4; "A
Nothing but the thought of Josie
Richards eyes could have kept Broad
way at that instant from casting all
his worthy resolutions to the winds.
selling to the trust and searching out
Bible upon which to swear that he
never again would set foot in Jones
vile. But he did rem mber Josie:s
eyes, and SO began to hammer on the
door. 5yts fi
After a quarter Of an hour OF steady
hammering, some shouting and little
whistling. he was rewarded by a sleepy
and ill-tempered voice from IA slowly
opened window. asSs rs
~ Heavens! Was his window closed!
And yet that snore got out to US! "t5is 4,
1T sawed its way out. !" Bob suggest
ed. 8S3
We'll, what We want?" the angry
voice inquired AZ: X; n b y ass5
Want to get In . t. i n
jS5'.'At this time the night z" /.
Sure. It's always night before we
ever want to go to bed" 5.#55 n, n
IL, =, $H,4v, r
much ofafolks that stays out all night
long, III tell you that" the clerk OK.
clAimed, as he came down In bright
red fannels (and not much Of that to
let them In. b, 4. /, * II 81;
IsAll night long!" 4. III, II y:
Amt 1t a quarter after 'leven p !
After telephoning Rankin (1nuch to
the clerks disgust) to hurry to Con-
necticut by the first train in the morn
ingl with swell-packed bags. the two
friends crept upstairs. abashed.
| HI The clerk scorned such q mental
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
ono feared the midnight interloper,
there in innocent and simple Jones'
VILE. II
fortunately the moonlight fell upon
the bed, and warned him. otherwise
thc:e might have been a scandal in
Gum Village, in which case the COM
plainant Che felt certain from that hur-
ried glimpse) would have been q sylph
OF close upon two hundred and fifty
pounds. I. ~. .=;.9, ri