The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-21

a WeH-preSSrV0Q OId-or-1 mean lldl
she seems well preserved"
We'll canned. you mean said Wal
| lace. But too much chemical preserV-
alive in females is as dangerous as
/ it is in food. How did ne happen to
go there tonight? You roped me into
| that, Broadway. You didn't tell me
where you meant to take me. You
merely said we'd go to dinner with
| some friends of yours"
We'll. she's friend OF mine"
Broadway defended rather holly. An
! idea, SO terrible that it was fascinat-
ing, had occurred to him.
! She might have gone TO school with
your grandmother. It makes me sick
to see her ogle you. think she wants
10 marry you"
Broadway burst into laugh which
he was well aware was quite too loud.
too cackly and too hollow; he feared
acutely that his friend would recognize
its falseness.
ITO marry me. Ho, ho." Instantly
! his manner changed. But 1 don't like
the way you speak about her, Bob
Remember-we have just enjoyed her
hospitality"
Enjoyed it! Speak for yourself, old
man! If 1 had known where you were
going, do you suppose 1 would have
gone with you? l can meet grand
mothers schoolmates at the Old La
dies home. I don't have to go to din
ner with them"
Now. Bob"
Wallace burst into a laugh q be-
lieve it is pure charity" he guessed
You are trying to make others happy.
You smile on her as you would throw
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. To confess poverty
on Broadway is like confessing MUIR
der in church.
Need what?"
"a rest. I'm going to-er-take
some sort of vacation. Don't know
what. Maybe back to the old home.
|
quite a little while"
Never mind, old chap! I'll tell
them all that you have had to go
away on business. Go somewhere and
get Strengthened out. You need it.
There's something wrong with you. or
you would never have gone to that
dinner where that ancient mariness
could ogle you the way she did.
| 70.
or two"
Drop me a line if 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 scheme some
way by means of which he might re
coup his staggering finances. Wild
ideas, all impractical, whirled through
mis- 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 ii
all and more than all of it. If he had
paid Up the debts he owed-which al
the world seemed glad to have him
owe-that was the hard part OF it;
everyone seemed anxious to have him
go in debt to them-he would have fa1
less than nothing left.
For days he stewed above his fig
ures in a room of which he kept close
guard upon the key. He told Rankin
who was curious, that he planned tc
write a book
Indeed, sir? Fiction, sir?"
Fiction? Cad, no. Fact"
"a book Of travel, sir? I've Travelled
quite a bit. Perhaps
NO. Or yes. OF travel up and dowr
Broadway"
Splendid, sir, If 1 may be excused
for taking such a liberty I'm sure nc
gentleman in all New York is more
familiar with the subject. sir. 1 shall
be, glad to read it, sir I'm sure Il
will be quite a revelation"
Rankin. said Broadway earnestly
IF wrote what 1 really know about
Broadway it. would be a revelation
He grew very serious. for him IT
4 would put some men on pedestals. anC
d they would not be those who nov
a stand highest. 1t would put some meT
e behind the bars, and among them are
e come men who now are free to come
Il and go, with welcomes when theI
s come and invitations when they leave
in every place where people gather il
o this town"
t, He burst into sudden laugh. "Grea
e stuff. Ell, Rankin? When you sa,
t. Broadway you stir me up. I love it
n hate it; it always fascinates me
e There's no street like it in the world.
e IF your book is like that, sir. i
will be a big success commented
It Rankin, speIlbound. It's going to b,
b a fine book, Mr.. Jones"
d 1T won't interest Broadway There
n only one kind of book that BroadWa,
Is cares about"
E. 'sAnd what is that, sir2.