Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-29


pcrfunctory interest
Meaning PiakyviIle or Lafayette
CenterT- inquired Blaekie-
The little old town between the
! Z and the subway" insisted the other.
lowering hts big demIJohn TO the floor
as n Il had been q thimbleful OF feath-
ers
-Irs sill the best summer and win
ter resort on earth" claimed Blackie.
How long have you been away from
itg'
six months since the last visit. but
haven't lived there for years. left
when they AIMED the Bowery."
L get you" replied Blsck.e. looking
AZ him w0nderingly. You came TO
Robins' Corners 10 be near the excite
nent."
Get new" udmonishcd the bartend-
er. Il can see you're stuffed up with
The Old Homestead idea that the
country Is too moral for n tough man
20 enjoy. but you never walked into 4
crossroads saloon on a Saturday night
When Willie RichbOy goes on a bend
er Ia the city he laps Cp certain quarts
OF champagne. takes a swift whiz
his chauffeur. bu when Willie Acres
goes on u bender IN the country he
swallows twelve drinks OF liquor made
out OF raw alcohol and tobacco. takes
a knife In one hand and a gun IN the
other and starts whooping. They'll
begin 20 tie up at the hitching rails in
about half an hour. BY night theren
be forty or fifty rigs ont there. and You
can hear the celebration over IN Ptnky-
vile. stick around"
I'll stick" promised Blackie. My
partner squashcti his kneecap and I've
just put him 20 bed over at JeT Pur-
tvs"
why didn't You say you wanted
that liquor for "a sick msng7 demand
ed the bartender, promptly opening a
bottle with an uubroken seal. Feed
him some OF this and use that lighting
whisky for liniment Dollar. please
II YOU amt busy drop over little
while after supper time AMI get stab
bed" be invited.
Old Doc Tut arrived by the time
WnIungford's eyes were beginning TO
glaze and put "a bandage around the
injured knee. He was a hairy handed
Old man with a chest like a barrel and
q wei weathered face, which was the
color OF an eggplant. but he was sci
enlist and q commercial genius as
well
The eharseu be So be Informed
ElacEle.
How long viii he be laid upy'' in-
quired the mayor OF Torryviiie, reach
ile Tor his rockeJbook.
4 can't tell just yet" returned old
Doc Tutr. with keen gray eye on
Biackie's breast pocket
B.aeEic produced a packet Of bills
rich enough 90 cause heart failure and
selected two dollar note. do the
best you can Tor him." be requested
.If extra trips win DO the business
come over two or three times q day"
"Is that man puts his foot 10 the
c1ur inside 90 two weeks" decided
Doc Tut instantly. hell be a cripple
for ufe~
Whats the matter with hims" ask.
al Ei1ckle anxiousiy.
Wen have 20 wait for the indam-
nation % subSiie before we can deter
mlue.' replied the doctor grlvely. put.
uuE- on his spectacIes, as as always
tid % deliver au opinion. 81 wouldn't
go so far as 20 say that Mr.. WailiHg-
ford has sustained a compound frac-
ture OF the patella. but be has certain- \
ly involved a severe lesion OF the car
uiaEinous tissue"
els be bad hurt, Docs" asked Jeff
Purity. much concerned commercially /
Awful had" pronounced the doctor
with conviction. - reckon he'll be
with us about two weeks"
Jen Purity scratched his head. I F.
suppose he's got folks thatn take care /
OF him." be speculated.
lie don't need IT," responded Doc /
Tut. Then two's rich"
"Durn IT. calculated JeT Purity.
Ten minutes later. still reEretful. he I
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