Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-07-04

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plicant from head to foot. (which we
amt got" he added.
"Pll be satisfied to have room with
a bed" said the other.
"Sign here" was the laconic re-
Spouse.
"Can / have superb
"Food for man and beast" said the
other patiently. He slapped his palm
upon a cracked call bell and then
looked at the fresh name on the page.
''Thomas X. Barnes, New York." he
read aloud. He eyed the newcomer
nam Jones. I run this place. My ia
Their an grandfather run it before me.
Glad to meet you,. Mr.. Barnes. We
used to have a hostler here named
Barnes. What's your idear fer footin'
it this time O. the year?"
II do something like this every
spring. A month or six weeks of it
puts me in fine shape for a vacation
later on" supplied Mr.. Barnes whim-
sically.
Mr.. Jones allowed a grin to stea'
over his scanned face. He reinserted
the corncob pipe and took a couple of
pulls at it.
81 never been to New York, but it
must be heavenly place for vaca
ton, if Teller en- judge by what some
of my present boarders have to say
about it, It's sort of play actors
paradise, amt it?'.
1T is paradise 20 every actor who
happens to be on the road, Mr.. Jones, "
said Barnes, slipping his big pack
from his shoulders and letting it slide
| to the floor.
] "Hear that Teller in the taprOOm
talkin'? Well, he is one Of the lead
| ing actors i'm New YOrk-in the world,
for that matter. He's been talkin'
about Broadway for nearly a week
| now, steady"
'May I inquire what he is doing up
here in the wilds?'
| cat present he amt doing anything
| except talk. Last week he was treddin
| the boards, as he puts it himself. Bust
ed. Up the fiue. Showed last Satur-
day night in Hornville, eighteen mile
north of here, and Immediately after
| the performance him and his whole
| troupe started to walk back to New
| York, good four hundred mile. They
| started out the back way of the Opery
house and nobody missed 'em till next
| mOrnin' except the sheriff, and he
| didn't miss 'em till they'd got over
| the county line into our bailiwick.
| Four Of 'em are still stOppin' here
| just because I amt got the heart to
| turn 'em out ner the spare money to
buy 'em tickets to New York. Here
comes one of 'em now. Mr.. Dilling-
| ford, will you show this gentleman to
room eleven and carry his baggage up
| fer him? And maybe he'll want
| pitcher of warm water to wash and
| shave in" He turned to the new guest
and smiled apologetically. "We're q
little short O. help just now, Mr..
Barnes, and Mr.. Dillingford has kind
| ly consented to"
"My word!" gasped Mr.. Dillingford,
staring at the register. Someone
from little old New York? My word,
sir, you Won't you have a-er-
little something to drink with me be-
fore you"
"He wants something to eat" inter-
rupted Mr.. Jones sharply. '"Tell Mr..
Bacon to step up to his room and
| take the order"
| "All right. old chap-nothing easier"
said Mr.. Dillingford genially. Gust
climb up the elevator, Mr.. Barnes. We
do this to get up an appetite. When
did you leave New York;
Taking up a lighted kerosene lamp
and the heavy pack, Mr.. Clarence Dill
lingford led the way up the stairs.
He was a chubby individual Of indefi-
mite age. At a glance you would have
said he was under twenty-one; a Sec
ond look would have convinced you
that he was nearer forty-one.
Depositing Barnes pack on a chair
in the little bedroom at the end of
the hall upstairs he favored the guest
with a perfectly unabashed grin.
'I'm not doing this to oblige old
man Jones, you know. / won't attempt
to deceive you. I'm working out
daily board bill. Chuck three times a
day and bed to sleep in-that's what
I'm doing it for, SO don't get it into
your head that l applied for the job.
Let me look at you. want to get a
good square peep at man who has
the means to go somewhere and yet is
boob enough to come to this gosh
awful place of his own free will and
accord. Darn it, you look intelligent
I don't get you at all. What's the mat
ter? Are you fugitive from justice?"
Barnes laughed aloud. There was
no withstanding the fellows sprightly
impudence.
ST happen to enjoy walking" said
he.
eff / enjoyed it as much as you do
I'd be limping into Harlem by this
time" said Mr.. Dillingford sadly. "But
you see I'm an actor. I'm too proud
to walk"
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