The Washington times., 1915-11-21

Of Miss Van vorhies suddenly gave
sharp upward tilt
n.n.S "xear e. friend ma wa'''ns'ord gives me
4 roliicsins T song from the rss,or
brought Mise Tottie to her feet at the
same moment, and she hurried into the
parlor with her protese.
Tho next day was but Q repetition
S ial aR womsn nsas 81 p as
were everywhere. and these offered him
q full and easy good-fellowship such az
he had never hoped for In his widest
S1,ne most ,,.n. a:rps Ss S.sn onl In ous ss
ramble over tho place with Miss Tot
tie, and in tho evening she monopolized
him again. wallinsford. seeing him
safe in . hammock with her. went CON-
away from the house . little distance
upon how ven his fsh was caught, and
Just how much they would Be able 70
, extract from Charles Alsernon. whom
the moment CANA
euddsniy an ominous sound smots up
on wallinGford's cars. Back IN the par
lor they were singing. In full chorus,
] '.Give Ny Regards to Broadway, and
there was q sob in the voices! Great
Scottr' said wallinRford. "If that
bunch OF actors and actresses are get.
ting mushy about Broadway, It's all
over" He hurried back to the house
and had tho music switched. but tho In
cident had made him thoughtful. ana
he called Mr.. Swivel one side
well. OLD top: how goes it7" he ask
| Cd
"oreat," said Mr.. Swivel. ..oresti
Never had such . night In my life."
How would you like TO own the
Tho eyes Of M. Swivel narrowed a
trttle. well" he said. II must dioker
what DO you ..y about so.n. to
n.safo Se.tea wail,nSford. n I ~
Again Swivel hesitatsd . moment.
olive mo tust an hour to think 1t over
wailinsford. of course. gave him the
! hour. but he looked In anxiety after
| Mr.. Swivel as that young man walked
| back to the hammock where he had left
Miss Van Vorhies. 1t was after the con-
, cert was over that Mr.. Swival caIne to
! wailingford. all smiles. and full even
, of eaRerness.
sure thing" said he. We'll taks
that Chicago trip.
Before WallinRford started in tho
/ morning. he paid a visit to the sleeping
apa1tmens 70 Of MT Mr.: Danny ann CIV duysr; sh,v a,..
! this look to your" and before the half
| opened eyes OF the eminent comedian
| he held a large roll of real money.
Count It ovsr." invited wallingford.
1T will do you good. II represents ex-
meals. and a liberal allowance for Incl.
! dentals from here TO tho corner of
| broadway and Fortysecond street. for
the entire cast of 'StinEinE Live Ono.
or stsxins .' the Lone Pine ,s Tsser % o,~.,
throwing off the covers: Il suppose We
are to get an early train7''
It's U.S." replied wallingford. With .
chuckle and a Irandiloquent wave OF
tho hand. Tho hick and Blacide Daw
and yours truly arc on our way, for the
I Eold-extractins process from the raw
ore begins TODAY in Chicago. 30. good
by. old boy. Bid good-by to tho rest OF
the company for us. and thank them;
When wallingford hurried out to tho
stage. he found unexpected addition to
the party. in the person of smiling and
confident Miss Tottie Van Vorhiea -.
she sweetly observed to Wailinsford.
and I am certainly tho lucky ono TO
find that I am going to have such good
company. know you boys will all be
, nice to mo"
Wallingford and Daw exchanged
slances OF wonder. and then, as BY
common impulse, they cast black looks
at tho back OF tho neck of Charles Al
gernon Swivel.
why. say. Blackie." declared WALL
insford. when they had = moment to-
gether in the smoking compartment:
| 'if this unbaked lob tries to put over
any trick or hold back any Of his own
coin. III have him pinched. They have
ru6es having money.
Il told YOU about It" Growled
Blackie. The only way to handle .
NUT ike this Is to show him the bait
he puts UP for it. Even born idiot
like swivel. n you leave him alone with
q gold brick. Is going to finally tumble
that It would be cute idea to spill
pened. You allowed Charles Algernon
to stay over two days. and he tested
the brick
You're the original I-told-you.so Kid.
like all tho rest of them. you tell what's
the matter and don't tel what to do.
Go away. and let me think"
Before the trip was over. however.
he concluded that he had been doing
Mr.. Swivel an injustice. for Mr.. bwivei
than did either OF tho others. He was
cheerful and chatty all tho way. and
corroborated his intention to purchase
Pine Lake, by mentioning osrtain
trifiing improvements he meant to make
In that pleasant health resort Whom
they arrived in Chicago he bads Miss
| Tottie pleasant good-oy. and went
with the other men to their hotel No
with him after lunch and SEQ the trans
fer OF his account. AZ they camo out
OF the bank, however. Charles Ager-
non stopped on tho steps and bado
You'll have 10 excuse mo for about
an hour" he said. Il have q little pri-
vate business to look after"
But we were to have our talk I'M
mediately after YOU had been to tho
bank" protested Wallingford.
u shall be compelled to excuse my
self for ono hour" insisted Mr.. SWIVEL.
But I want to get out Of town this
afternoon" declared Wallingford.
II shall meet you at tho hotsl at
O'clock" stated Mr.. Swivel, with sur
prising coolness and. walking down the
steps. he hailed a taxi and drove away.
Follow him. Jimmy!' exclaimed
Blackie, clutching Wallingford's arm.
Follow HIM" There goes ffty thou
sand dollars!'
There goes tho money, all right; or
part of It," agreed Wallingford; but
there's no use to follow him, for he Is
coming back"
"Ill bet you q quart of tho special"
"We'n go right back to the hotel and
order II, then: because you lose"
At precisely o'clock there was q ring
at the bell OF Wallingford's apartments.
Mr.. Swivel was below to see Mr.. Wall
ingford.
Send him right up" said wallingford
and he passed Blackie the wine check to