Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-06

IISi IHIS. S.Iu IblitNIt' UT tSkIN. iroppin. hlS banter immediately. ~ heard of this man Wallngford's $73. GOO bank deposit. and l came prepared to call his bluff. He hasn't invested q cent of his $15.O00. He's letting the members of the Commercial club. put np the money. and hes talling 20 pel cent I'll invest every dollar of this n bona ti'lc amusement park project if the real business men of this town will pnt up an equal amount. There's only room here for one enterprise. of the sort and only one possible location as l understand it. I'm after that on terprise and that location. Lead me to ! treasurer. and lll pass him this pile of documents tied np in q pink corsage bouquet ribbon. Money talks. Do you hear it?"
 links Woods put his fingers to his ears. Put it away so l can think" he directed. Tt seems to me, Mr. Daw that you and that pile of noise-say won't you please put it away?-should be very interesting to the Business Mems club"
 with deep emotion, Il shall have you as my sole companion on the first roller coaster ride.'
 That's g gospel promise" claimed links and shook hands most cordially on it. He was glad he had lived long ,rI, nov HNhnv were ticklcd with each other.
 Later links Woods interrupted Black ie's peaceful practice.
 Il bought the Business Mems club i for you with that corner of S1.OE bill you gave me and got some change back .JinIls telephoned. "Hurry right on over"
 Fine" said Blackie. Wait just a minute. Listen to this.' And. lifting his saXaphone to the telephone, he played quite perfectly the gem upon which he had been practicing all morn ing
 "I thought I asked you to put that 1 money away" protested links. "N0w it's getting hoarse.'
 That's my saxophone," indignantly returned Rlackie. "I was playing you a strain from Home, Sweet Ilome.'
 links Woods met BIackie at the tor of the clubs stairs.
 Just make yourself at home." he in vited. "I'll have half a dozen local patriots up here in ten minutes" and he hustled out.
 Blackie took instant advantage of bis opportunities. He opened his portfolio and took from it an amazing collection i of water color sketches, colored lithO- graphs, half tones and zine etchings of amusement parks and amusement devices from everywhere. Rirdseye 1 views of Luna and lost DreamlAnd 1 vicd for attention with crude news paper sketches of the latest 'switch back" erected at Thanks Grove These pictures he placed upon mant"lSlelves window lodges. chairs and tables until roller coasters ambled all over the room Every neck breaking, n"rve racking, heart stopping device known to the world of pleasure was repre- scented and in place, and Blackie was playing whccZy ragtime on the antique mcndion, when his firm afriend links nshcred in near sighted Mir, Crompers who was the city's leading stati0nel and nookScllrr. He said so himself
 MT CromperS is the first man t' seize upon any important public proj ect in Prize City" links stated. "H' 1 is president of the Business Men' club. which he founded, and was pres idcnt of the Commercial club before this organization split off from tha body
 "You are very lucky you did no | fall into their clutches" nvowed Mr Crompers. who was given habituall. to intemperance of the tongue. 'rheyl start anything over there. and in tw' weeks you never hear of the schem again. There's no question that we l' need q big amusement park here, bu it's pity that the project should hav been taken up by men of the calibe it has. understand that Mir. Walling ford is very solid man, too. whicl