Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-29

EIOpIlelOE IIIOuHt, IEt\ iHS spent Tue
entire evening in locating the widely
ranging jackson. who was every w here
present, but not all ut once. congIatu
lated himself upon having brought
these two kindred spirits together. and
smiling his qualification. waited for II
vote of thanks. 1t came in the form
of an invitation to supper. and when
Chef Josef saw that Blount was to bc
one of those to enjoy his succession OF
surprises. lie hurried back into tbs
kitchen and tore Jagged spinterS Cul
of his disposition. for he had swnrn
never to cook again for the proprietor
who WaS Il beast. and IN OK. and Il
swine. and who had once complained
OF the faint trace Of garlic in IL tillet
which was i marvel of epicurean per
lection. Later on. ut the walters end
of the Renaissance bar. he coniided his
woes to his friend Bert Harvey Of the
Morning Record. who adrotly pumped
Josef about the gorgeous spcndthrift
and the table conversation and hurried
right back to his office, for there WAS
Still city edition of next mornings
Sunday paper into which good live
scandal could he j,mmel
Meanwhile Charley jackson and
Spender Wallingtord. who had enjoy
ed each others society very much IN
til ! Il. M. had now repaired to the
Venetian suit to begin the evening
and Blackie Daw. knowing well when
his best services consisted of Il pro
longed and intense silence. took up his
favOrite role of bartender.
s"Whatever you do with this amuse
nent park idea has to be done on the
quiet" observed Charley Jackson. with
friendly glance ut the buffet which
the deft and unol,truSive Biackie WAS
arranging You need gunnShoes in
this town"
Seems like Il lively burg ut that
suggested Wallin"ford 1T has good
night action. and that's II sure test.
the theater.''
How much money did you propose
to invest in an amusement park"
About 5000 600" announced Walliny.
ford. and stopped forward to pick up
an invisible pin. \ heavy red wallet
up. too. and it fell open. disclosing
thick wad OF bills. mostly of the
orange and lemon yellow colors He
caught the CLEAN of Mr.. JackSon's eye
upon those fancy papers and was salts
fed. "Hlackie." he called sharply. and
bartender caught it deNtcrouSly. slam
med it in ,l;,wer of the buffet and
pounded Il clear toned glass sharply
The effect WIS so startling that the IN
noyed Wallinyford almost expected to
See a number pop up. but The bar
tender Went right on mixing
The usual rake off is about 20 per
cent. stated MIR. Jackson tInu"htfully
."Twenty." protested Walin=ford Il
thought that. with the competition in
this town., there ought to be cut
lyite." Ar
s:"Coml}etition in politics boosts the
price" insisted Mr. jackson firmly,
Its 50 MITCH harder to put ailythin.
across"
Twenty per cent" unused Walliny
ford. with the preoccupieh air Of Il
good business man. THAT would
amount to $lO.OoO worth of stock IN
my enterprise Who gets it,"
"Hnsh. laughed Jackson Nobody
gets it, You just take the >ubScrip
tons Of some good safe friends of Ger
tain parties and they forget to pay
you for the stock That's all
That's the usual method" aSsentcd
Wallingford II suppose it's spill,
equally among the members OF the city
council"
"Notr' objected Jackson. mechani.
cally quaffing of coral pink liquid
that his hand had found within range
"Collop runs Lunar park and Tunnison
Is the right hand party OF the county
who runs Pleasure lake
You'd be wasting your stock on them
You see. we have Il campaign coming
on" he continued. and everybody in
the game is as nervous us burglar IN
q room full of loose. boards. They're