The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-25
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smile. Not much. Sometimes in Tex as or Mexico. l seen the day when they did,
 The young man lazily crossed his legs. Mice and cool here," he remark ed presently.
 "Been in town long," asked Swee- ney.
 No, only few days"
 q was goin' to say there's a good show over on Spring street-movin' pie lures of the best ridin' and buckin' and ropin' I seen yet.'
 "Yes? Is there any one in town who is not working for the movies"
 Again Sweeney Orcutt smiled his thin Tipped smile. "Yes, l guess there is. I might scare up one or two l used to know who is workln' the trans1ents, which ain't exactly workin' for the movies"
 ''I should like to meet some charac- ter who is really doing something in earnest-that is, some cowboy, miner, pruspS.Ees, reGmster, one of those twenty mule team kind, you know, or any such chap. Why, even the real estate men that have been up to my hotel seem Q be acting @ part. One expects every minute to see one of them pull q gun and hold up fellow. No doubt they mean business"
 Bank on that" said Orcutt dryly.
 "You see," continued the young man, "I have too much time on my hands Just now. The doctors tell me to rest, and I've been doing nothing else all my life It's pretty monotonous. I've tried to get interested in some of the chaps on North Main street and around the plaza. I've offered to buy them drinks and all that, but they seem to shy off. I suppose they think I'm detective or something of that kind"
 "More like a newspaper man after story. Hello, there! Now what's doin'?"
 Outside near the curb a crowd had collected. A traffic officer was talking to the driver of an automobile. AS Sweeney Orcutt strolled toward the doorway Overland Red, clean shaven, clothed in new corduroys and high lace boots and a sombrero aslant on his stiff red hair, dove into the saloon and called for "bucket of suds." Close shave. Red," whispered Or cutt.
 Had me orcutt likewise" replied the tramp. Say, Sweeney, stall off the Dick out there. I think he piped re as I blew in, but I ain't sure. He'll be pokin' in here in a minute. If he sees me talkin' to the guy there, for instance, and you give him steer, he won't look too close. Sabe" And Overland drank, observing the east erner at the table over the top of his glass.
 'They got that guy Overland Red mugged in every station from here to Chicago" whispered Orcutt. Paper says he put it over a desert rat up near Barstow. Did you hear about it P Some" replied Overland senten- tiously.
 getaway on one of the Moonstone Rancho ponies? Some class to thatr' q read somethin' about it." replied 1 Overland.
 "Well, Red, if you won't tumble, all | got to say is, beat it. You're worth thousand bucks to any fly cop that | nips you in this town. I'm handin' you a little dope that you can slide out on and not get stuck" Thanks, Sweeney. Well, I'll ring l you up from Kalamazoo" | 1Io TD J~&h
 "Sure. There's a law against trav. elin' naked in some states. Where you been grazin' lately?" 'Tn the bull pasture; and say, Red it's gettin' warm there for some.''
 "WeI, I guess I'll beat it." said Over land.
 ''Take a slant at the door first" 1 Overland turned leisurely. In the doorway stood the traffic officer. He glanced from Orcutt to the two men near the table. Hello, Sweeney" he called, glancing second time at Over land.
 "Hello" answered Sweeney, strollina to the end of the bar. Somebody speedin'?''
 "Yes. Say, who's the guy, the big one?"
 Him? Oh, that's Billy Sample, the fella that does the desert stuff for the General Film company. The kid is his pardner who acts the tenderfoot They're waitin' for the machine now to take lem out to Glendale. Got some stunt to pull off this afternoon So Billy was tellin' me. They're about hal1 stewed now. They make me sick"
 'Thought saw the big guy out or the street nlnute ago." said the off cer, hesitating. There's a card ou for a fella that looks like him.
 guess
 "He thought it was his machine con in','' said Orcutt. He run out to set It's a wonder how them movie actor can make up to look like most any body. Why, I been in your line o business, as you know, and 1 bee fooled lots of times. Makes a fell feel like he don't know where he's a with the town full of them movin' pic ture actors"
 Well, so long, Sweeney" And tn traffic officer, little afraid of bein laughed at by the famous ex-officel Sweeney Orcutt, departed just a thou sand dollars poorer than he might hay been had he had the courage of hi convictions.
 Overland and Orcutt exchange