Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-13

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gum. Jones' gum. mind you: not some
gum that the Consolidated puts up
against the public as just as good as
that my ancestors made famous |
see"
For heavens sake. shut upl You1l
see snakes n this keeps on. That lem
onade that Mrs. spotswood gave you
has gone TO your empty head"
1T was not the lemonade that Mrs.
spotswood gave me. II was the touch
ing line OF talk that-er-that Josie
Richards gave me" He paused while
Wallace waited with his Jaw loose
on its hinges. Say. Bob. isn't she a
Queen?"
so that's itf"
But he made no further protests. He
was a ievel-headed youth. was this
Young advertising man. He knew as
well as anyone that II the trust feared
and wished 10 purchase the Jones
gum It could be but because the trust
knew that the Jones gum was a dan
gerous competitor. n. managed as Il
had been, unadvertlsed. Il had been a
dangerous competitor 10 the trust.
then II was worth having-emphatica
ly worth keeping.
And some day Broadway must do
something. He could not forever play
the idlor on the Great White Way.
even II his millions were numbered.
Il 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 light.
even turned down for the night. was
visible at any window: not a sound OF
life came from the building save a
rhythmic cadence OF some sleeper soft.
~ saving wood with n dull saw.
The clerks asleep" said Bob.
How do you know that is the
clerkY" asked Broadway. listening crit
icaIiy 10 the snore.
Il heard him singing when I frst
got here, and now | recognize the
voice He held the tune a little bet.
ter. then. that's ALL"
Have We got 10 wake him up?"
"Surei Why. It's after eleven
o'clock,"
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 10 the trust and searching out
Bible upon which TO swear that he
never again would set foot In Jones'
Vile. But he did remember Josie's
eyes. and so began 10 hammer on the
door.
After a quarter OF an hour OF steady
hammering. some shouting and a little
whistling, he was rewarded by a sleepy
and ill-tempered voice from a slowly
opened window.
"Heayensl Was his window closed!
And yet that snore got out to usi'
1T sawed its way out" Bob suggest
ed.
We'll, what ye want?" the angry
voice inquired.
Want to get in."
AT this time the nightY"
Sure It's always night before we
ever want to go TO bed"
We'll. the Grand hotel, IL don't think
much OF folks that stays out all night
long. I'll tell you thatl" the clerk ex-
claimed, as he came down in bright
red hannels (and not much Of that to
let them In.
"All night longl"
Amt II a quarter after 1even?"
After telephoning Rankin (much to
the clerks disgusD to hurry to Con-
nectcut by the first train In the morn
ing with well-packed bags, the two
friends crept upstairs, abashed.
The clerk sconed such a menial
service as attending them. and. In the
excitement left from the rebrke be had
received, Wallace stumbled into tho
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 a scandal in
Gum Village, in which case the com
plalnant Che felt certain from that hur-
RED glimpse) would have been a sylph
OF close upon two hundred and fifty
pounds.
wallace made an effort to sit up
and discuss things further with Broad
way, who seemed to be entirely awake,
though dreamy in a strange unwonted
way but there we're two arguments
against this, the first that gnats and
moths swarmed merrily in as soon as
the oil lamp was lighted, bringing with
them more thar one mosquito, the sec
ond being that he was worn out after
long day full of various excitements.
clded.
Best place for you, Bob, this time
OF night Folks who sit up"
"Oh. shut up! Good night