The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-09

used TO have a nOstIer here named
Barnes. What's your idear fer footin
II this time a. the yearT"
Il do something like this every
spring. month or six weeks Of II
puts me in fine shape for a vacation
later on" supplied Mr.. Barnes within.
sically.
u Mr.. Jones allowed a grin to steai
over HIS scanned face. He reinSerted
the corncob pipe and took a couple OF
pulls al II.
II never been TO New York. but IL
must be a heavenly place Tor vaca-
ton. II n Teller en- judge by what some
I of my present boarders have 60 say
about V. It's n sort OF play actors
paradise. amt itT'
"It is paradise m every actor who
happens % be- on the road Mr.. Jones. ="
Said Barnes. slipping his big pack
from his shoulders and letting II slide
% the floor.
Hear that Teller I'm the taproorn
taikin'7 Wei. he is one OF the lead
inc actors In New York-ln the world.
for that matter. He's been talkin'
about Broadway for nearly week
now. steady
May I inquire what he Is doing up
here In the wildsf"
AT present he ain't doing ANYTHING
except talk. Last week he was treddin'
the boards. as he puts "a himself Bust
ed. Up the Tue. Showed last Satur-
day night in Hornville. eighteen mile
north Of here. and Immediately after
h.. ~.
troupe started 20 walk back 10 New
York. good four hundred mile They
started out the back way OF the opery
house and nobody missed EN- TIN next
mornin' except the sheriff. and be
didn't miss en- tili thoy'd got over
the county line into our bailiwick
-Four Of 'em ape still stoppin' here
just because | ain't got the heart To
turn 'em out ner the spare money 20
buy 'em tickets u New York. Here /
comes one OF 'em now. Mr.. billing ]
ford. will you show this gentleman To I
room eleven and carry his baggage up 4
fer him7 And maybe he'll want a
pitcher OF warm water 20 wash and /
shave in" He turned TO the new guest
and smiled alphabetically. Were a
little short o. help just now. Mr.
Barnes. and Mr.. Dillingford has kind
~ consented to"
My word ?" gasped Mr.. Dillingford.
staring az the register. Someone
from little old New York; MY word.
cir. you Won't YOU have a-er-
little something 10 drink with me be
fore YOU"
"iie wants something 10 eat" inter
rupted Mr.. Jones sharply Tell Mr.
Bacon 20 step up 10 his room and
take the order"
"All right old chap-nothing easier"
said Mr.. Dlllingford genially. "Just
climb up the elevator. Mr. Barnes. We
90 this 20 get MP an appetite. when
iid you leave New York;"
Taking Up a lighted kerosene lamp
md the heavy pack. Mr.. Clarence Dill
ingford led the way NJ the stairs.
he was n chubby individual OF indefi-
lite age. Al glance you would have
laid he was under twenty-one: sec
,nd look would have convinced you
hat ne was nearer forty-One.
Depositing Barnes pack on a chair
n the little bedroom at the end OF
ne hall upstairs he favored the guest
With a perfectly unabashed grin.
"rm not doing this % obiige old
nan Jones. you know. I won't attempt
% deceive you I'm working out
laily board bill. Chuck three times a
lay and a bed 10 sleep in--thnt's what
IN doing II for so don't get II into
-our head that I applied for the job.
-et me look at you. / want 20 get a
rood square peep M a man who has ,
ne means 10 go somewhere and vet Is
'oob enough to come TO this gosh !
lwful place OF his own free will and !
IccOrd. Darn II. you look intelligent ,
don't get you NJ all. What's the mat
err Are you "A fugitive from justice7"
Barnes laughed aloud. There was
10 withstanding the fellows sprlghtly
mpudence. :
II happen to enjoy walking" said
e.
"Tf enjoyed II as much as you do
"a be limplng into Harlem by this
ime." said Mr.. DIllingford sadly. -But
GU see I'm an actor. I'm too proud
o walk" =
The cracked bell on the Office desk -
him. somewhat peremp- >
DriIy. Mr.. Dillingford's face assumed q
n expression of profound dignity. He Il
,wered his voice as he gave vent 10
be following:
THAT man Jones IL the meanest hu-
ian being God ever let Yes. sir. =,
omIng. sirr He started for the open =,
cor with surprising alacrity. q
Barnes surveyed the little bedeham- y
er. IL was just what he had expected
would be. The walls were covered
Tith a garish paper selected by one m
-ho had an eye but not taste for 5,
pink flowers that looked G,
lore or less like chunks of a shattered IN
split promiscuously over =
background OF pearl gray. The bed n