The Lamar register., 1914-10-21

smiling his qualification, waited for
vote of thanks. 1t came in the form
of an invitation to supper, and when
Chef Josef saw that BlOunt was to be
one of those to enjoy his succession OF
surprises, he hurried back into the
kitchen and tore jagged splinters out
of his disposition, for he had sworn
never to cook again for the proprietor,
who was a beast. and an OK, and
swine, and who had once complained
of the faint trace of garlic in fillet
which was marvel of epicurean per-
lection. Later on, at the walters end
of the Renaissance bar, he confded his
woes to his friend Bert Harvey Of the
Morning Record. who adrOitly pumped
Josef about the gorgeous spendthrtft
and the table conversation and hurried
right back to his office, for there was
still a city edition of next mornings
Sunday paper into which good live
scandal could be jammed.
Meanwhile Charley Jackson and
Spender WallingfOrd, who had enjoy
ed each others society very much un-
til / a. ~, had now repaired to the
Venetian suit to begin the evening.
and Blackie Daw. knowing well when
his best services consisted of a pro-
longed and intense silence. took up bis
favorite role of bartender.
"Whatever you do with this amuse-
ment park idea has to be done on the
quiet" observed Charley Jackson. with
friendly glance Mt the buffet which
the def and unobtrusive Blackie was
arranging. You need gumshoes In
this town"
Seems like lively burg at that"
suggested WallingfOrd. 1T has good
night action, and that's a sure test.
counted eight silk hats in the lobby Of
the theater"
"How much money did you propose
to invest in an amusement parkY
About 100000" announced Walling-
ford. and stopped forward to pick up
an invisible pin. A heavy red wallet
fell from his pocket He picked that
up, too, and 1t fell open. disclosing q
thick wad Of bills, mostly Of the
orange and lemon yellow colors. He
caught the CLEAN OF Mr.. JacksOns eye
upon those fancy papers and was salts
fed. "Blackier' he called sharply. and
bartender caught 1t dexterously. slam
med 1t in a drawer Of the buffet and
pounded a clear toned glass sharply.
The effect was SO startling that the an
noyed Wallingford almost expected to
see a number pop up. but the bar
tender went right on mixing.
1.-The usual rake OF L. about 20 per
cent" stated Mr.. Jackson thOughtfully.
TWENTY protested Wallingford. II
thought that, with the competition In
this town. there ought to be . cut
rate"
Competition in politics boosts the
price," insisted Mr.. jackson firmly.
"It's SO much harder to put anything
across"
Twenty per cent? unused Walling-
ford, with the preoccupied air Of .
good business man. THAT would
amount to $4,000 worth Of stock In
my enterprise. Who gets it,"
"Hushw laughed Jackson. Nobody
gets it. You just take the subscrip-
lions 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" assented
Wallingford. II suppose it's split
equally among the members of the city
council"
"NOtr objected Jackson, mechani-
cally quaffing of a coral pink liquid
that his hand had found within range.
"Collop runs Lunar park and Tunnison
is the right hand party of the county
commissioner who runs Pleasure lake.
You'd be wasting your stock on them.
You see. we have campaign coming
on" he continued, land everybody In
the game is as nervous as a burglar In
a room full of loose boards. They're
afraid to make another step and yet
they need the money. The traction
company would be glad to have your
new park, but their franchise ran out
three years ago and now we only re-
new 1t year at a time. You can see
yourself how much more revenue that
fields in the long run. Now II the
traction company encourages you any
they'll have COllop and Tunnison and
all their friends sore at them and that
may cost them all their profits. On
the other hand. Collop and Tunnison
are both up for reelection this year
and you can see what mess that
makes