Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26

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Z Sheridan had seized the telephone
upon Roscoe's desk, and was calling
his own Office, overhead. "Abercrom-
bic? Come down to my. son Roscoe's
suite and get rid of some gentlemen
that are waitin' there to see him in
room two-fourteen. You needn't come
Ia to let me know they're gone; we
don't want to be disturbed. Tell Pau
ley to call my house and send Claus
down here with a closed car. We may
have to 60 ont. Tell him to hustle,
and call me at Roscoe's room as soon
as the car gets here. 'Ts air.
Roscoe had laughed bitterly through
out this monologue. Drunk In bust
ness hours! Thass anvil! Mus'n' do
such thing! Mus'n' get drunk, mus'n'
gamble, mus'n' kill 'nybody-not in
business hours! Ali right any other
time. XIII 'nybody you want to-'s
long faint In business hours! Fine!
Mus'n' have any trouble t II inner,
fere business. Keep your trouble t
home. Dom bring 1t to tn Office. Might
innerfere business! Don't let your
wife innerfere business! Keep all, all,
all Jour trouble an your meanness, an
your trad-your tragedy-keep 'em all
for home use! II you got die, 90 on
die 4 home dom die round the office!
Might innerfere BUSINESS
Sheridan picked up newspaper
from Roscoe's desk, and sat down with
his back to his son, affecting to read.
81 10 - hi
fathers significant posture.
..sYou know VIII 1 think?' he went
on Il think Bibbs only one the family
any felIigence at all. Won work, an
DIM get married. Jim worked, an he
got killed. worked, an I got mar
ried. Look at me! JUS look at me, I
ask you. Fine 'dustriss young bust
ness man. Look whass happen to me!
Finer He lifted his hand from the
sustaining chair in, q deplorable ges-
ture, and Immediately losing his bal
ance, fell across the chair and car
omed to the door with crash, re-
naming PROSTATE for several min
utes, during which Sheridan did not
relax his apparent attention to the
newspaper. He did not even look
round at the sound Of. Roscoe's fall.
Roscoe slowly climbed to an up
right position, pulling himself up by
holding to the chair. He was slightly
sobered outwardly, having progressed
In the PROSTATE interval to a state Of
befuddlement less volatile. He rubbed
his daxed eyes with the back of his left
hand. ;e.As5y 1873 n. !s,s Il Z.
s. what what you ask me while.
4agoY' he said.
s.Nothin'." If
Eyes. you did. what-what was 1t p
4.Nothin'. You better sit down.
.Yon ask me what thought about
Lamhorn. You did ask me that. Well,
i won't tell you. won't say dam
word bout him.,
The telephone bell tinkled. Sheridan
placed the receiver to his ear and said,
fright down." Then he got Roscoe's
coat and hat from closet and brought
them. to his son. Get into this coat"
he said. You're goin' home"
s ..All III" murmured Roscoe, obedi-
entity. s.+t (. t. l.
They went ont into the main hall by
side door. Roscoe walked ont of the
building without lurching, and twenty
minutes later walked into his own
house in the same manner, neither he
nor his father having spoken 2 word
II the interval. tp5s 4.
Sheridan did not go in with him; he
went home. and to his own room with
ont meeting any Of his family. But
as he passed Bibbs' door he heard from
within the sound Of cheerful young
voice humming jubilant fragments of
song:
who looks the mustang in the eye? :.
with q leap from the ground u
To the saddle in q bound.
And away--and away! Is
Hi-ysy! 81
It was the first time In sheridan's
life that he had ever detected any
musical symptom whatever in Bibbs- 4.
he had never even heard him whistle
and it seemed the last touch Of IRONY