The Glenwood post., 1914-03-14

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Prsdvesd ss~sM Tia Deg.
by herself. or to the assembled multi.
tude Of the mills employees. but he vas
certain 1t was great.
Having written 1t he spent another
hour in carefully committing It to
memory (or % he fondly thought) and
then got into bed.
An hour later b tried to sleep the
night out sitting up for the bed Was
such - he had never even reed about
When. at last. he fell into . posture
lees suggestive Of reposs On garden
rakes and boss than any othor had
been. he DRAINED hosriA dreams Of
broksa-heartsA villagers. starving In
the streets Of Jonssvills in such ter
rible peofastoa tAat the newspapers ~
fesred to It - "BonesvilIs" and D.
clarsd that he had proved to be The
chief Industrial pirate Of his day. ruin.
ing. in the fourth genefation. Q ans
family name which had. for three.
stood for probity. humanity. Industry
and the best chewing gun Of all.
He suffered terribly - he imagined
these grim things and . dozen times
was attacked BY reportsrs who became
20 incensed a. they wrote their stories
Of his villainy that they strove to stab
him with their lead pencils; . hun-
dred times was set upon by famishing
villagers Who wished to pick his ribs
With Tangible tssth; Q thousand timss
found himself stark aad shivefing -
fore the bar Of justice in . chilly
stretch Of space. where the specters Of
all worthy yonssss Of the past con.
fronted him with slim. accusing hn
| sers. pointed straight at his tsrroe.
stricken stomach. y
The dreams were not true night.
mares. though, for at ths saSesns In.
slant Of each DssioA of pseil . white
angel AoatsA 70 hin. rsscstng hin
from that which threatened him. And
this white angel. graceful, large-eyea.
| smiling and benencent, was always
Josie Richards. Al soon ~ she had
rescued him each time. he spoke his
speech to her. and she wept ON his
| shoulder.
The result of such . night of agony
was. naturally. that they slept later
in the morning than was the Jonesville
| custom. When half past eight arrived
and they had not appeared, the wife
Of the proprietor sent him upstairs to
| see If they had not decamped without
| paying for their rooms. or II. per-
chance, they had not come there sui
cidally inclined.
She crept up behind her liege lord
fearfully. and peeped across his shoul
der As he opened each unlocked door
in turn. Finding that they were but
peacefully asleep, she was both
shocked at such unheard-of Incidence.
and cheated At the lack Of tragedy, 20
she snorted, "scandaloas!" ~ she
crashed down each step.
She was . very solid woman, widely
built. Wallace had noticed that the
night before when he had peeped in
through the door. Had she been aware
Of that terrific episode. she would have
screamed for the village constable and
had him locked up in the .calaboose. 4
Broadway had his high Triumphant
nomsnt when 1t became appareot that
wallace wosld Of necessity 70 to the
village barber sAoD. Having come
away In 1ight fro0 Nh. Gerard with
sst bags o. luesass q whatever kind.
- Aod 70 rasor With hin.
my whisksrs are % whitish that
tAsv' win not begin to show until the
aftsr.ooa!" Broadway sxultsd. by
tAAf tfRo Rankin will b hoeO with
baGa." fa -
TN wait for him. woa't 80 any,
"Ysa1l - sns to So ths juAgss
1aaaAtsr. An tAs Jenssville giris tat
wssk at the g1a history ct - at siK
o'caeck. Tie idle, aristscratic class,
nks ClaEa, stay in bed tin seven"
We'll. where 10 It. thsa!" said Wal
lAcs in N evil temper
what? The village barber shop?
Next door" Broadway wrung his
hand. 'Good-by old chap: good.by.
m"
Just give my love to Broadway"
Wallace begged.
Jackson Jones grew sober in an in
slant. II don't expect I'll see much
of II for q while"
TT must be permanent" said Wal
lace. ut has lasted through the long
est night the world has ever known"
| The day already was we'll under way
1t the Jones factory. Josie had been
ut her managerial desk not less than
aa hour and probably an hour and q
Aalf whea Wallace started for tho bar-
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