Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-30
CHAPTER lN
The Lean IN The dark

WIS rather pl'h7'u WIN INV '"iH W
affairs This was no time for love
making no time for silly. innocuous
Cuarrels aud chickering's, IN when
love must indulge or die Florence
no longer rode horseback and Nor
ION returned 10 his accustomed
haunts. where no one made the
slightest attempt upon his life. IN
his present state OF mind he would
have welcomed o.
What's the matter with JIM
asked the night city editor. raising
800, eye shade
% don't know" answered the
copy reader
Goes around as II he'd been eat
ING dope. bumped into the boss
while ago and never stopped 10
Ia;oloFize
Perhaps hos mapping oui the
front page for that flargreavc stun,
laughed the copy reader between
nu aud me and the gate post
IJlut believe there ever waH a man
by tho name of Harrrcayo.
o. there was q chap by that name
Ian right Hos dead A man can't
l.uim 500 miles I'm rough water life
buoy or no They ought 10 have
\ muorh services. and lo' n 900 al
I rat
Pat what 500. tu' reason Tor 'ha'
/ ,1ta cable from Gimral'ar 'Ning
|i.si prl. was alive don't soc any
"ueo tu 'nri
Tho man vho pulled II of did
think Tor my part that both OFT
ma Uarlrogts aro dead md that
L .hr man picked no by ihe tramp
i .forUrr Otioni was riding come
'thor balloon
You're Urou1 there The Dc
ecripuon of II proved that n Wa
Drt. machine o Jim probably haa
got mans size yarn up his sleeve.
rrt hos a long timc boz delivering the
God. He's beginning 10 mopo
good deal Woman back oi VI 31me
o.hrrr Havon't held down this copy
dob tot twolvo ygIrs without hhihE
able ~ make some tolorihlc gu''-'s
inns star man When he gets
,tartoa nothing can stop MN 10
lowered tho chinese Boxer rebellion
ciirr than any other CORES pouden'
tnorr wonder how old he is''
"a. should say about thiri'.on'
Ipr two Here ho comes. nov TO.
Jim"
Hello where's Ford IT, gave
mo a ticket to the theatre tonight
land want 10 punch his head what
IS drama coming TO- anyhow Cab
araf. and booze and misWatcd 'n
pies Can't they ind good enough
thing out ot doors . ! kno
The, cater 10 a lot OF fools who
believe that what they see is an ~
pressiou ut high liic in New YORK
ana London And IFS rot plain
rot ms merely the scum on the
boiling pot And any old housewife
would skim 70 OFT and chuck It INTO
the slops Life piiile''
What's the Crouch
Looking Tor the dramatic loh'
40. I've just been "oud"rini
hos fqr these theatrical managers
can go without Sitting the golden
goose
Norton sought biz desk and began
ruumagiug the drawers. llc vas
NOT hunting tor anything he Hg-
merely passing away the time b'
and bt when the pastimc no longer
served he pulled his chair over 10
/ fla. window and sat down. staring
|at star. such a- Couerrirus dreaheu
LOT Ships going down 10 sea. iet-
rir. .woopug didgonaily hithef ana
H.fbor. the cl0ckwork signs tui
hp took no notice o. these mdrNcis
cot light
? .Noi AZ home'' be- mutirref.
IIa had called written. telophon
f, cI 80 use The door remained
I shut Jones answered the telephone
and Ola, letters came back He be-"
gan 90 think very deeply cou"rrDinl
Tho porigoW gomau ilad .He play
81 ed trick Had that fainiius spell
, been buncouhe for his benefit ~
. vol as Florence Bui be had mo-
+, .tadov OF proof Tho thing ina
\ puygIod him equally with this va
lthat all attempts against DIS lii'
had mirarulouslv ceased uo tai'
lthuuderod down in front OF hlm 'u'
i no autos tried 10 carve him 10 lN'
Tho only thllr that kept him active
+. us. tho daiIy call of Ion'7 hF wire
NHa. Florence vas we'll. that was al
n lone. was permitted 10 say .
q Ratlceslv Norton spurned M
= chair and walked over 20 tho t'l'
II phouo booth n Vas midnight H'
q nueht orr might not bc able 20 60
r. lone But almost instantly = vote
!, said what ie it,
4 Jones'
we. who ie
r norton
r WHY you called ms no not te
M minute ago
Is Nui
p N vas your voice a. plain
'e dat
what ga ! want" keen an
* once
"a The reply iid not come immediate
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