The Glenwood post., 1919-05-24
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His reflections were interrupted by
the return Of Mr.. Dillingford, who car
ried huge pewter pitcher from which
steam arose in volume. At his heels
strobe tall, cadaverous person in a
checked suit.
Never had Barnes seen anything
quite SO overpowering in the way Of a
suit. Joseph's coat Of many colors was
no longer a vision of childhood. 1t
was a reality. The checks were an
inch square and each cube had a mar
row border of azure blue. The general
tone was dirty gray, due no doubt to
age and constitution that would not
allow 1t to outlive its usefulness.
Meet Mr.. Bacon, Mr.. Barnes" in
troduced Mr.. Dillingford, going to the
needless exertion of Indicating Mr.. Ba-
con with generous sweep of his free
hand "Our heavy leads. Mr.. Monta.
que Bacon, also Of New York."
"Ham and eggs. pork tenderloin,
country sausage, rump steak and
spring chicken" said Mr.. Bacon in a
cavernous voice, getting 1t over with
while the list was fresh in his men,
ory. "Fried and boiled potatoes, beans,
succOtash, onions, stewed tomatoes and
-er-just a moment, please. Fried
and boiled potatoes, beans"
"Ham and eggs, potatoes and a cup
or two Of coffee" said Barnes, sup
pressing desire to laugh.
"And apple pie." concluded the
waiter triumphantly. II knew I'd get
it If you gave me time. AS you may
have observed. my dear sir, 1 am not
what you would call an experienced
waiter. AS matter Of fact, l."
The bell downstairs rang violently.
Mr.. Bacon departed In great haste.
While the traveller performed his alb
lutions Mr.. Dillingford, for the moment
disengaged, sat upon the edge of the
bed and enjoyed himself. He talked.
eve were nine at the start" said he
pensively. "Gradually we were re-
duced to seven, not including the man.
ager. Two of 'em escaped before the
smash. The low comedian and char
acter old woman. Joe Buckley and his
wife. That left the old mani mean
Mr.. RushcrOft, the star-Lyndon Rush
croft, you know-myself and Bacon.
Tommy Gray, Miss Rushcroft, Miss
Hughes and woman named Bradley,
seven Of US. The woman named Brad
ley said her mother was dying In Buff
falo, SO the rest Of us scraped together
all the money we had-nine dollars
and sixty cents-and did the right
thing by her. Actors are always do
ing darn-fool things like that, Mr..
Barnes. And what do you suppose she
did? She took that money and bought
two tickets to Albany, one for herself
and another for the manager of the
company-the lowest, meanest orner-
lest white man that ever But 1 am
grabbing the old mans part. You
ought to her what he has to say about
Mr.. Manager. He can use words 1
never even heard of before. So that
leaves just the four of us here, work
ing OFF the two days board bill Of
Bradley and the manager, RushcrOfts
ungodly spree. and at the same time
keeping our own slate clean. Miss
Thackeray will no doubt make up your
bed in the morning. She is tempo
rarily Il chambermaid. Cracking fine
girl, too. Are you all ready? I'll lead
you to the dining room. Or would you
prefer little appetizer beforehand?
The taproom is right on the way. You
mustn't call 1t the bar. Everybody in
that little graveyard town down the
road would turn over completely II
you did. Hallowed tradition, you
know"
II don't mind having cocktail. VIII
you join me?'
"As matter of fact, I'm expected
to-" confessed Mr.. Dillingford. "We've
been drawing quite bit of custom to
the taproom. The rubes like to sit
around and listen to conversation
about Broadway and Bunker Hill and
Old Point Comfort and other places,
and then go home and tell the neigh
bors that they know quite a number
of stage people. Human nature,~
guess. Listen! Hear that? Rush
croft reciting 'Gunga DIM You can't
hear the thunder for the noise he's