The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-09-11

ell canned, you Il said Wal
lace. But too much chemical preserv
atiye IN females is as dangerous a.
1t is in food. How did We happen t.
go there tonight? You ropcd me into
that. Broadway. You didn't tell M
where you meant to take me. Yol
merely said we'd so to dinner with
some friends OF yours"
We'll, she's q friend OF mine
Broadway defended rather hotly. All
Idea. SO terrible that it was fascinat
inC, had occurred to him.
She might have gone 10 school with
your grandmother. 1t makes me sick
to see her ogle you. | think she wants
to marry you"
Broadway burst into a laugh whiCf
he was well aware vas quite too loud,
too cackly and too hollow: he feared
a~cutely that his friend would recognize
its falseness.
ITO marry me, Ho, no." Instantly
his manner changed. But don't like
the way you speak about her, Bob.
Remember--we have just enjoyed her
h~ospitality!'
Enjoyed It, Speak for yourself, old
man! II | had known where you were
going, do you suppose | would have
gone with you? / can meet grand,
mothers schoolmates at the Old La
dies home. | don't have TO go To din
ner with them"
Now, Bob"
Wallace burst into a laugh. ~ be-
Deye ii Ia pure charity" he guessed.
You are trying to make others happy.
You smile on her as you would throw
a dollar into a Salvation Army cash
pot around Christmas time"
Bob. I'm thinking about getting
married"
His friend sat straight and looked at
him In dumb amazement for a second
Married? And is grandma in some
way related to the bride who may be-"
Bob, | need"
He stopped. Almost he had told his
friend he needed money; but he had
not the courage. 70 confess poverty
on Broadway is like confessing muir
der in a church.
Need what?"
"A rest. I'm going to-er-take
some sort OF a vacation. Don't know
what. Maybe back to the old home.
Anyway, you won't see me around for
quite a little while"
Never mind, old chap. I'll tell
them ali that you have had to go
away on business. Go s~ome;ghere and
get Strengthened out. YOU need It.
There's something wrong with you, OF
you would never have gone TO that
dinner where that ancient mariaess
could ogle you the way she did.
Well, you won't see me for a week
or two"
Drop me a line IL you want any
thing
Jackson Jones went away early on
the following morning. AS ignorant of
business and of business methods as
a baby, yet he tried to scDeme some
way by means OF which he might re
coup his staggering finances. Wild
ideas. all impractical. whirlei through
his brain.
He must have money. that was Ger
tain. He had not the least idea Of
just how he had accomplished it, but
he had spent his patrimony-spent it
all and more than all of it. II he had
paid up the debts he owed-which all
the world seemed glad to have him
owe-that vas the hard part OF 1t:
everyone seemed anxious to have him
go IN debt to them-he would have far
less than nothing left.
Fer days he stewed above his fg
ures in a room OF which he kept close
guard upon the key. lie told Rankin.
who was curious, that lie planned to
write a book.
Indeed, sir? Fiction. sir"
Fiction? Cad. no! Fact"
"A book OF travel. sir? I've travelled
quite a bit. Perhaps"
mo. Or yes OF travel UP and down
Broadway"
Splendid. sir, II I may be excused
Tor taking such a liberty. I'm sure no
gentleman in all New York is more
familiar with the subject, sir. l shall
be glad to read It, sir. I'm sure il
VIII be quite a revelation"
Rankin" said Broadway earnestly.
III | wrote what | really know about
broadway II would be a revelation"
He grew very serious. for him. 1T
would put some men on pedestals. and
they would not be those who now
stand highest. 1t would put some mer |
behind the bars, and among them are
some men who now are free to come
and go. with welcomes when they
come and invitations when they leave. |
in every place where people gather in
this town"
He burst into a sudden laugh. Great
stun. eh, Rankin? When you say
Broadway you stir me up. love it.
hate IT.; II always fascinates me.
There's no street like it in the world"
IF YOU. book Is Gss+aat;~ sir~~~l-}
VIII be a big success" commented
Rankin. spellbound. It's going to be
a fine book. Mr.. Jones"
1T won't interest Broadway. There's
only one kind of book that Broadway
.sa.eFys%oua. -,
And what is that, sir" {
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