Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07


recurrence of his name.
go out the front way" advised walling-
ford Here are the minutes of the meeting
II IL which you rssiSnsd saved them out OF
up. and make these people a speech. Tell
them it's all a mistake. Damn them little,
and tell them to draw their money"
Prime hesitated for just a moment, then he
grabbed the minute-sheets; tore them into
small bits. and threw them into the waste
basket.
TIL make them a speech. all right" he
snapped at Walltngford, his dimple black.
TIL tell them the only defalcation was
wallngford touched q bell, and ouaiey
came in, stiffening at the sight of Prime
"oualey, tell President Prime where the
The Pit Brokerage Company shriiied the
desperate oualey
c.YouW swear that on the witness-stsndT'
Prime merely glanced at his bookkeSper.
and sat down-at the phone He called up
them what they had to do and how rapidly
they had to do It. Then he walked out into
speech; nice speech, a frank. straightfor-
WORD. manly speech, the speech OF an honest
he finally got their ears. and told them how
the absurd rumor had arisen. merely because
nse Hones Who %
that manager had been disndssed. Above. all
tRers He wanted ' them to draw IT, ana w be
ashamed OF themselves and bring II back
beiieveS him but they went on Srsvin inc tbs ey
money just the same.
The paying teller spoke to him as he
started back to, the office
THE currency is running rather low, sir"
he urged, his severe spectacles rising. and
remaining elevated. ~" =. ~
n. watch, 1T viii come in All day. faster
tran tran you n can pay Il out. and I'll stay right
Four very cheerful parties sat In the par
over OF tSs ,hStsi and three Of then peered
scratched from little book the fourth name
II the list Of those who had assisted IN rob
fortune The fourth name was that Of
mighty proud Of himself. ue1 "A hundred us nnd
nifty thousand dollars to the penny
oh: we forgctr suddenly exclaimed Violet.
fund. We always"
Great Jehosophstf- Blackis Daw had
and. with pale. drawn face. had thrown up
a window. Get out of herer' he yelled,
the other window and poksd out their heads.
Il. closing tn. door and isSnins ' against e It.
to walk clear back from oI the ana eoun eac
There's man out there has a skunk farm"
dsrsd wafiinEfOrd. EaspinE for breath. Put
n the canal nl.okis. get a machine. Wen
The girls were stin giggling when. as
they dreye swiftly through the cool. even
ing air. J.. Rufus began to chuckle.
That expense fund.-" he explained Wen
drive straight back to town. want TO ind
that real estate fellow"
The towA aw oke unusually early next
morning. Easping for breath. There was In
the air Sungent something which spurred
Bile to the human system. The town moaned,
and uttered one aSonized word
skunk
d, III A..
had there been such overwhelming. per-
sistent. Devastating odor as that which per-
morning. There was no escape from it:
there was no hiding; there was no relief.
armed that morning. for every s cssa GRs
,speStivs ct age sex or color. was compelled
organ Fer a time. the disaster was $685. SO bs-
winl.Snsri1s that It's source could only be con
teiephone-bell rang. $50 -
'Hsllo~ responded the faint nasal voice of
'Is that you. wailingtOrdr' was the nasal
mean by hlling that shanty next to my store
twsns.d f. 6oI.ot SS:in .S.
fast can. The Keebo Chemical Com
fectsnt in the world. and sSunEs@ ' U''"
''what.' The tone was as explosive as
Sst1 . to man YhS was hidnE his nose
why can't II It's my lot Bought a hun
dred dollar option on II last night. and I'm
going to start building my factory to-mor-
row"
choking. gAsping silence Then:
You internal grafterI Another silence.
We'll how much for your optionT'
Ten thousand dollars and send Il over in
currency"
Half an hour later the nve strangers hur-
ried out 20 the bus. their expense money
added to the restitution fund. The hotel
attendants were holding their noses; the
passers-by on the street were holding their
noses; the motormen on the street cars were
heldinE their nOses; old men and young men,
little children. and women were at the same
involuntary obedience to natures first Law.
1t was a city OF left elbows held at right
ANGLES to the face.
The president of the reformed Peoples
Bank rushed out Of Primes Emporium as the
bus started
wait a minute!" he ehoked, changing
hands to get at his handkerchief. He saw
the Warden orphans in the bus with Blackio
aAd waliingford and Toad Jessup and his
eyes fell while bewildered expression CANA
into his face
Were these girls 1T the bottom OF his mis-
fortunes! Just then the wind shifted ana
he shook his unenEaRed hst
what are you going TO do with these
slSunksf"
J. Rufus leaned out of the bus vindox.
ana. holding his nose firmly with his ri0Hs
hand. beAmed genially on the sufferer.
-oh these Kssbo skunks." Ne eonsiaoraN
They - with the property. N. P5anAS.
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