Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-12


S SsSSsSnp S.a our expense: ven cali IT square.
ton" apd as he looked at the blank and dis
eouraqed faces Of the three ladies. he chuckied
How. could there beH" demanded Violet.
Why, there's only one regular person in the
:, Hist" loudly whispered Blaokis. ana j.rk,d
the red goatee from the doorknob. ~ know
'iisnry ciosbyr ''u'N ''''' soA'ee on MS onin
.,Hsnry ciOsby !" repeated the three ladies in
mpstssetiye stun" grInned plaekis "ost on
dinner ana muhicipS a SHOW s nave municipal
urre5 9Tn an on: lin lets ioin the festivities"
before his cigar was wen under way: ..~''"
,o,d Lets nnlsh our dinner" implored Walling-
Tim through" protested BIaclds. rising
There's dongs out there. and your Uncle Hor.
S ace Isn't In the middle There 20 the Eirls
Walilngford was about to enter a further
protest when voice at his ear observed, in
'ivs got a little Information for your wal
beside him, a fst-faeed, thin old man. With "a
pig big siiks Dew at hlg collar He put his hairy
Pressivsness Henry SiSsSy goes t 70 chica u
byt he Eets his letters from New York
81 don't know Mr. ciosby" returned wallIns-
:. "csrtelny not agreed the native Now.
I'm I'm william Boyler. the postmaster and MEM
bos s e sSs p and dan Tsef S. know
81 handle all the mail aDd can get facts
that nobody else can II there's any re.
IL ddn't get all that con serFatOn, Jim com.
Shsfe w SSaeS S,S h as on" detective to AN
avsLss, ssys s,y me s,o some damaging testimony
"H.sgnry-.it seems. goes TO chicagoi"
~HsnrHS ySS blame himi Inquired nlocse
lei.S st Join q, the mad merry throng,"
When he returned. he found HlsckIe in earn
who 'SnsEsS w" os q his spST o.ss
tessly when he talked
wSos SS% erSS s?nS sd w ~ IL: dr'
sl"Ss sse What you make e sh, whisRsTsa
Gays that Henry clOsby frequently buys pow.
More than an the rest OF my euHtomera put
togstherN supplemented Mr. Kerr In a whisper
emphatic words Buys more thar, a pound Z
week and always a fresh pound when he goes
''ses /" eagerly trlumphed Baclee 'Isn', that
about 70 line with what We suspected. Yardi"
addressing him. grunted
-, II beg y oqr pardon MI wsllIngtord." cor:
secret slipped. Mr.. Kerr. tbs e Mr.. Scotland
Re doesn't like his name used here. Hist
s sssl g:s s "a: ssSi sS' g s
WnllinGford. as Kerr creNked away, -kt.
save e'SSl a my DS, TI"n'd Slae' 7 only
The mSyOr, a pomPcus old patriarch with 2
long enough 20 make a collar and crayat .un-
Sss sess SS%ns Nth prass Of 90 MUM
Ism syISl rights S1sIsn6S5g love snd PUPILS
threw a dead cat into the arena. and the nrs-
works began. under the supervision OF a gorgeous
official In red cap-band and red artillery
a councilman. with a thrss-hairsd mole on his
grandstAnd. nudssd his arm
There goeg your man" he whispered. point
my nsms Is scosrpins. I'm the proprietor Of
az spenrssrys Ady,ssr o he eNqasd prob
man IN town 1 Henry SosSSy secs to chleaHo
ana ne stays In Tassdsy "G morning IL every time
nss a nSsSG sse SRs s1a s,s
-b o' YOU a' hear thatYa demanded BiaclSis OF
"Ths handbag Is black"
"No brown" asserted the best posted man
.Hrown7- repeated lsIaekle, IN distress
THAT throws me on m! my calculations What
nth; TIE best posted man shook his head sadly;
sofpslhins else about him, Though Once every
month or pig weeks he expresses heavy bcx
HIHslls ssssh, his breath loudly mo, =
~ vaoeSsa bexr~ ,.naa,.a N. o,h., ,,nunh.
snty IL e always addsssnsa 10 r. F. Tutsis.
st flsth Avenue ana Forty second Street pre-
Futile unused B,aekis, as is to himself -
A'Sff s aTSs zen 'has ss wSulA Be u sels
aetsr," decided waiiinSfOra.
Henry c10aby was alone IN his store on sun.
Say m , s taking an Invoice Of hts goodss
20 meet them with the engaging air OF a man
who y quite sure OF himself. 80, -
ap s.sv TsSs .A..s p 'ss xors s,S
apology for starting rome gossip about you"
both ss ss ssT ana sS ys uce g
town wasn't 30 bad. though, I'M a Iong-hsired
story offered wailinEfOrd with a cRSells.
shs warden properly, the gOossbsrry' indSstry,