Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-02

/ KEEN interest
.Not Z thing" returned Oosby. With
the caretNo nonchalance OF . man
whose success In one line has made
him kind to al. bis failures. n shipped
an assortment o. the stun TO my New
York agent and hs could do nothing
with It / guess It's Just 40 well, for I
believe the success OF the process II
due to some peculiar quality In the
city water. which have not analysed
trisd to prepare the material in Chi
cago and New York and had failures
In both places"
Wallingford puzzled over that state
ment for q moment and then ne
chuckled. &
n see." he said. Elf you had mads :
hit with It the city council would have
declared It An omcial enterprise
Blackie's whiskers arrived In a:bulkJ
package on the first mail Tuesday
morning and Blackie. who bad Kept
1mpatiently out OF sight on Monday. in.
sisted on wearing the red Galwsys and
wig to breakfast. in spite of Walling-
2ord's dismayed protest }. Rufus posi-
lively refused to appear with him On.
the street in that make mp. so Blackie'
went alone. made the round OF the,
square and walking boldly into tho
/ general merchandise store. attended W.
{ q dozen small boys and Dummy Long!
shank. purchased from the amazed,
4 Closby himself u spool Of; black cotton
thread No. 40. q dozen clothes pins ana
. cake of bees wax!
| In the afternoon ne added luxuri.
ant black goatee to his own pointed
black mustache and, making motions
like Frenchman. infested the public
.places until he had large enough fol-
lowing and entered Closby's store.
1 In the evening. as soon a. 1t was
properly dark. Biackie made him a
mask out of some blue cambria, went
back through the brickyard. climbed
up on Closby's high board fence and
sat there smoking through hole In
his mask, absolutely motiOnless other
wise, for solid hour. while the popu-
lace quiveringly watched
Blackie's actions were so openly
mysterious that Mayor Sawberry him
self came to Wallingford in protest on
Wednesday morning.
| "Your man. Holmes. is mighty care
less about his DISCUSSES" he complain
ed after having duly introduced him-
self. Henry Closby's bound to know
who he is and what he's hanging
around for
Walllngford. who was annoyed into
an itching rash by this most absurd Of
all Biackie's many roles, was, however.
prepared for this emergency.
HE is doing that to throw Mr.. Clos.
by of the track" he asserted. HE In
tends Closby to know who he is and
to keep 10 much In his eyes that he
will not think Of me-"
i but what good does It do?" persist
ed the mayor.
':Just this.'. said Wallingford in-
pressively. while my assistant has
been attracting attention to himself I
have been finding out things. For In
stance, Henry Closby is making a nes
profit Of over $500 q week out Of 8
product Of this town about which you,
Mr.. Mayor. know nothing"
The mayors chest sank In like do
aated balloon. ''You don't mean itl's no
gasped painfully.
Look at this letter" insisted Wal.
lingford calmly.
He handed Mayor Sawberry letter
! bearing tho business card Of b. f. Tut
1 to and addressed to Henry Closby.
With oily fingers the mayor opened
that letter. With no more conjunction
than If it had been addressed to him
self. He read as follows:
| My Dear Mr.. Closby-I take pleasure In
calling your attention to the fact thaS
your ROYALTIES arc steadily increasing. be-
ing p,2zs.5o for this month. an increase Of
nearly $50 over last month and Of over
$3.50 above the month previous. Your lat
est shipment looks very promising. BY
| tho way, think you had better send me
! q sample Of tho SpanElervillo city water
for analysis.
The mayor laid down that letter on
the table before him and viewed 1t
with buIging eyes. "He's been using
the city water!'' he pulled.
Exactly" agreed Wallingford. in
spect1ng the absorbed mayor with scant
liking. "Your city water possesses
some delicate chemical property that
! makes 1t highly valuable to Mr.. Closby
in a secret process OF art manufacture.
This letter shows Just how valuable"
The new letter was from New York
bank. and the mayor opened It with
fingers that trembled from Indignation.
He read ". j
i My Dear MI. Closby-As per your re-
| quest, we incloso herewith an itenised
statement Of tho amounts deposited With
us to your credit by your agent. Mr.. Tut
! tie. We trust that by comparing this
with your duplicate deposit slips you will
be able to locate the slight discrepancy
between your estimated balance and enrH
Within. on a long folded slip and
compiled by an adding machine. was =
statement Of steadily growing monthly
deposits extending back over three
years and totaling to over $4,000.
| mostly invested In bonds.
To say that Mr. sawberry was hotri-
fed is putting it mildly. And We
have trusted that many' he declared in
sorrowful anger. What does he manu-
factureT
solemnly wallingford produced from
behind the bureau the Illuminated
checkerboard and placed It before the
mayor. By its side he set an ebony
box. its lid and sides apparently iniaid
with glass in elaborate Louis Quinze
decorations.
The mayors sorrowful indignation
increased 'And he never showed
these things to SDanglervilley' he COM