Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-21
Wa|lIlilngford:|
In His Prime
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
Copyright 1913. BY the Bobbs-
Merrill Co.

: Copyright 1913. By the Bobbs-
Merlin 9. s
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER XVI.
y Anything 20 obliss.
At e:46 the telephone rang-onee,
~ twice, thrice. Dismally lament
ing, Wallingford upon that
third long, discordant, insist-
ent call dragged his numbly protesting
avoirdupOis out Of bed, commenting
1nercely upon the curious fact that civ
ilxed man has made himself an &C.
cursed slave to that jangling twin bell.
The hotel reporter Of the afternoon
Forum wished to see Mr.. Wallingford
upon business Of the most pressing ma
ture. He failed, however.
What time IL it?' inquired the
sleepy voice from the pink bedroom.
Nearly O." returned Wallingford
YEARLY.
Church opens some place around
breakfast time, doesn't it?'
Eleven O'Clock. wish you'd keep
STILL"
Call a boy for me, won't you, JimT'
Wallingford groaned and turned back
10 the telephone and gave the desired
order.
what do you want with a boy In
the middle Of the night?" he demanded
I'm going to church." insisted
Blackie. Wake me up when the boy
comes, wont you?"
The reply Of ]. Rufus to that request
was inarticulate as he shumed painful
" back to bed. He had just cast OF
his slippers when the telephone beil
rang. The gently flowing Venetian lAco
curtain Of his own open window brush
ed his face. He pushed It aside. The
bell rang. The curtain gently brushed
his face. He dashed 1t aside. The
bell rang ana rang. The curtain slap
ped him. He grabbed that curtain
with both hands and jerked it out by
the roots
"Oh, Jim. your telephone bells ring
ing" called Blackie cheerfully.
.'WelI. what il it?' demanded Wal
ltngford.
This is Charley Jackson" snapped
an equally aggravated voice in the tel
ephone Say. Wallingford, you upset
the canary seed when you gave out
that interview to the Record. I thought
you knew the first principles. anyhow"
-rhe leak had to come through you"
insisted Wallingford sharply. you
had good start when you left here"
II got home - sober as judge! in
dlignantly denied Jackson. II never get
picked, and II did l wouldn't even
talk with my fingers"
WaIlingford's own judgment coerobo-
though he concluded. ~From what
Won SAY about keeping Collop and Tun-
nison in the dark, you won't need 70
show that thousand to the boys, 20 you
might as well bring It back
II don't know where 1t 1s," Jackson
promptly informed him. II hid It. Say!
1t bores me to sleep, anyhow, and I
think IN take an eye opener aud dress
and come right up 70 see you. Well
cook up some kind Of mess"
wallingford, turning resignedly away
from the telephone, glared suddenly
IN the direction Of the pink bedroom.
nat IN sne nA1e VI nees w JVv
call that noiseE he implored.
.'I am singing" returned Blackie-
singing one OF those sweet, soothing
old church hymns winch come BACK 70
me ont Of my happy childhood days;
only get the darned thing tangled up
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