Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-19
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"Trl ven known .A. 4 an egg e.ano, So. b,
O sS'o os h RsT Sr with s the
Jim wallingford, smiling cordially looked
Hsd Very p w yop Went s'G cn Ea
Esu apRrcaeh you egg from the left-hand
denly. you clutch your eEE just Behind the
o ons az snd whIm = into light frosh with
w.iHSsDgy 70 NEE. you. Mr.: PushmAn." laughed
can tell quite what this idiot means. but /
iuaEs that you are In the ees:beating business"
accepting walllngford's best chair He was a
SsS2aSs sSi,a chap with ter, clear exc snd
prospsrous young business man. combined with
for the FIRST time In the hotel bar dow nstairs
nalS AZ M h4 20 Ss0 and he nsstsd that you
x Rufus Wallingford glanced specuiatively
...My pal here ls up 10 his neck in financial
insford time ..t tS study The prospective business
not % popular as he had supposed Il to bo and
~. srnss =. money s 70 Ply drink s. "a
Dsw discovered that am in hole" smiled
young Mr. ruahm,sn in peTpleSity. and h csss
promptly when the bartender introduced US. arr
ssid that business was good
mo" insisted Blackie sim an expsrt whifg.
SoS rssa s SsS ana Se ..f s sas Sow
gooG f n1s ana S yog probably , haze svs
whiFnsSat snsTnsn S must have p second aA ssSs
Did you ever catch whifnsbatr
..Yoa 90 Il this way. went on slsckis. twist VISIT
ing his splkeiiks mustachs complacsntly. In
:Af psac Ss- Circular siS out s the Win d sos q
eSs.1 two n son nan o and % ,S Seis %
then YOU taks vour anger and bore 4 hole III
ne water You lsy The cheese cheese at the edge *
Wen, the whlfnebat hears the music and comes
20 the hole: where he smena the ehsese and
sp Yes psn * w sss soS yo nav Sos
and giggle him 20 death Old stuf, but good"
susSsS n ssi H'sss TsA
soU:sd wSH s sSz ns eS SSsnS
thousand dollars worth Of them. Grated ready
for delivery, but nc place e send them"
..waLinEfcrd nodded Grsvely.
-Wsii, me- smiled the young uen wanlng-
tore SS.'d iAss sn s' sSS Ssns SS S S
iHs 70 so on with the business. but @. We nc
j. Rufus hischsd forward.
-ohi el3okumr. no said, and ne smiled ap-
pFovinsly a. Haelsis "slOoknm has all kinds
ssix.s Il was Blachs who answsred this
he table COLA SILVER. Nickel. copper. bIlis.
ssicckun !. the village mortgage holder"
I honsstix bslisvs you'd sting siookuul."
ssSs FusHasn fORdsd hi. arms on tn. table
sYog.rs no. insRpOrAtsdr'
That's the answer ven Incorporate. -.
Aaa q Rufus frequently incorporated. but HIS
movements from then on were always different
,...v'o 0 1s ehsf value Of incorporatIcn is q
get soma OF slookum'a money out OF the old blue
sock N the chimney then We can make fFteroa
aAnd." stated BlAelas paw. "thers's no
Se la.'S a. T g. " soou% %s "u0" crave just
81 Eathsrsd that ssid yourk Pushms,n. look
estsd when he found I had some connection
Nth eiookum war
kRvsr hear o. President wardsa. OF the
quIred Biackis. straddling a chair, Well
When warden died. his business rival, q. b
q any "S game me- robbed his orpRans Geors.
waahinFton sleohum was one q the piksr tools
~ hss HE snare '' was,@' -
sJass = minute. ehaeAlsd J, Rufus. touch
meet ne the warden orphans. wen probably MAKE
them hls once assistants. anyhow. Their part
In 4 few minutes. in answer 70 waii,ng
iera.s politely telspaop,sd invitation, t ";
palior and were introduced as Fanny ant
- u undsrstaad It perfectly now" said younu
Reshman, smiling into re blue syss 2. ga
0ercely AZ ha mustache
H.
q. W. eiooknm sat az the back door Of hi
suburban farm house. with the glory Of IN
autumn spread bstose him and On HE knee
IN the center OF Vision Of q. We wrinkle
aquinted eyes was q big apple tree, anxiou
10 drop It's frost-ripsned apples. In the field
vibrnting between the apple tres and the or
ehard- we're q asfmland md bull terrier
but q. w slook1m trusted neither Of ties.
since thero IL ~ guardian OF property .
faithfui a. the owner t-e cot
There's q couple OF stTangers 20 sec yoy
paw" Bent and Wrinklec Ms Bookun cal
fhla anc she said 4 with aeC faadn folded
Paw" si3okum acbbed = Enerled th'-mL q
and down the barrel y his old eu1
Town folks c0untry loiksI' ne tnq1ro'
n . voice which grated.
CITY folks Jaw. They look rich"
-Ifuhi" grunled slookum Agents,
.-rhls 4 Mr. sioofan. 7 believe" crested a
large nan snaysy. He held his silk hat acro'
hla wrist. and bowed with aggravating eas
= am j Rnfus WalilnEford. Mr. siookum. a.
this Il Horace O. DaW."
@D1lishted 70 meet ycu. Mr. slookum" a
nounoed Mr.. DaE. with every evidences % plea
HNo IN The introduction. He extended = len