The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
THE METEORIC ADVENTURES OF COME-ON CHARLEY

Sure! And some, one stuck a pir
! in it and let it out
Find the girl. Maybe she can tel
| how he does it,
1T was Mr.. Link who spoke. He had
stepped in quietly and was contem
plating the pair with earnest eyes.
"Bosh," flung back the Scream mar
| at him rudely. she don't know any
| thing. She played her hand and Iii
out"
Good luck go with her." invoked
. Mr.. Link devoutly. Faith. she played
! il dummed we'll I'm looking for a
| capful myself of all this small change
she started coming"
"Oh. Lord walled the lawyer. Hes
hooked too
Mr.. Ball was staring at the box.
| fighter curiously.
What's the idea. Joseph" he in.
quired.
Mr.. Link sat down and crossed his
legs with the elaboration that char.
| acterized his unprofessional move
| ments.
when they're cutting melons | like
| to be around" he stated. I've got the
price of a small slice in my pocket
Ohio" cried Mr. Ball "A pool
That's the bee in your bonnet"
1T is" acknowledged Mr.. Link with
gravity. And the mate to it is ir
yours. me daddy buck. can heal
| it buzzing."
Mr.. Balls reply was arrested h,
| the entrance of Mr. Carter and his
secretary. Mr. Carter evinced unusua
pleasure at seeing the reporter.
Good boy. Teddy" he exclaimed
Was thinking of you. Want you &c
write an ad for me. All the morning
papers"
To ID 10,
| mother" put in Mr. Teeters with q
leer at Mr.. Ball. Home is not ths
same since mother went away"
Drop it," comma ndcd Charley. 'Sa
/ something like this. Teddy: Boston
Copper lady. Dined at Rire Mon
day 14th. Want to see her. Her ad.
| vantage. Charley"
81 get you. Charles. I'll make a
! classic of an ad She'll come like the
swallows homeward fly. Say" he added
hurriedly. Joe here wants to dip his
beak in your porriGge."
Huh, He won't die alone. There's
million like him." commented Mr.
Teeters
Lay down. We spalpeen-roll ovel
and play dead" growled the ex-cham-
pion. The little monkey man from ths
scream is right. Charley. me lad. I've
thousand l want you to invest fol
me- need the money.
Risky. Joe" objected Charley
Luck. May change tomorrow"
Luck, dye call it," scoffed Mr.. Link
"All right. Hand me a sample and II
eat it. Am I on?"
Sure" agreed Charley. Game ole
sport. Hope we win
I've got five hundred" drawled Mr.
Ball, endeavoring to appear uncon'
! cerned. II was going to buy a dia
mond, but"
Bless the saints. I called him.
Guffawed the middle-weight. II saw
it in his eye"
anybody else?" qucried Charley He
| looked at Mr.. Drew and grinned
Lend you a thousand" he offered.
The lawyers face grew purple witt
confusion. He was stampeded and hi
knew IT. He had felt himself COINS
from the first. To cover his surrender
, he roared out now:
/ "Damme. sir. do you think I'm z
pauper? Put me down for five thou
sand dollars. If you lose it,"
Take it out of Uncle Bits two mil.
lion." Charley suggested to him bland.
ly. and turned to Mr. Teeters Com.
ing in. Skeet?" he asked.
''On WHAT" demanded the secretary
passionately. Wind? l amt saved a
cent. Come-On. \ dip won't even look
at me when l come along. He's afraid
Tl>try to borrow off him.
You're down for five hundred
Charley told him. Take it out your
pay. Stow it.'-as Mr.. Teeters essayed
| a tremulous reply.
whats the cue?' questioned Mr.
Ball. now all eagerness. What yor
going to play tomorrow"
IT. S. Paper Collars" said Charley
CLOSED at II q. Gain of two points
Mr.. Drew proclaimed this. and in.
stantly bit his lip. He had been study.
ing stocks. it seemed.
by Jove," calculated Mr. Ball
Miller said today Collars were due
for a rise. How do you do it. Charley
Put me hep. for the love OF beans"
Dream it," said Charley Come
around tomorrow. At the close. See
the fun. Going to push the button
for twenty-seven thousand shares"
Mr.. Ball sprang clean out of his
chair. He had done lightning sum
in mental arithmetic.
what" he yelle l. "A one-hundred-
! and -ninety -fou> dollar marGin?"
Seven of it yours-you chaps
Charley answered. REST. velvet. Win
nings
He grinned again at Mr.. Drew: bu,
that plump person was gasping like
II StrdHhtu lISn SpOpleSy noNereu near
him.
Charley was closeted with Old
Whiskers at nine o'clock the next
morning. 1t took him just three min
utes to place his order with the bro
ker and give instructions He was
leaving now.
''Gone to the country Don't talk, +"
he enjoined. Clam. Shut tight. No
questions answered. So long. Will
phone"
He walked out followed by Mr..
the firm famous.
''Jake's Road House, Billy" Charley
said to his driver. And in this man
ner he buried himself, as far as one
may in Manhattan, from the ken of
men.
Collars opened within an eighth of
the close. Then, for some reason. il
abruptly fell off four points It hung
around Sc for while when il grad
ually recovered and crept up to 20.
1t stayed there: that is, it STAYED there
until one O'Clock. when a flash came
over the ticker. 1t read
President Owen. L. 5. Parer Collars, blows
brains out in private Office
Collars wilted. 1t dropped a point at
time until it registered S2S. Then
came another flash-at one-thirty-
pve:
PAPER Coans. Huge defalcation suspected. Owen