Evening star., 1919-10-05

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didn't you?"
NAH" says Swiftly. using the port
side of his face. "Tried to. But say.
he's one of those birds you can't tell
anything. Says how he'll be here at 2:lo
today and to reserve the rest of the
afternoon for him. Then he hangs up"
Just like that. eh?" says l. How
interestin'."
who is he. anyway" asks Swiftly.
Talks like one of these here new
kinds"
That's what he is. swfty--a king"
says T.
"Ah. wotcha feedin' u.s. protests
Swiftly.
'They'fe gettin' little scarce
abroad, but here in the good old United
States we got bumper crop. We've
got kings. bowcoop. as the Buddies say.
Kings Is what we're long on And most
OF US are proud Of"
Swiftly gawps at me for second. rubs
his cauiilower ear as sign that he's
lost the trail. and then demands,
"Whaddye mean. kinks?"
Heard Of John D.. the oil king.
haven't you?" says "And Mr.. Schwab,
the steel king? Well. they're only our
headliners We got lots more. There's
Henry OF Detroit He's our fiivver king.
Then we got pickle kings and bathtub
kings and chewing gum kings and coal
kings and beef kings and safety razor
kings and breakfast food kings and as
many more as there are ad pages in the
magazines"
"Ah. them kind" says Swiftly. 'They
don't bother me none"
MAY be not" says 1; but you give
up to 'em reg'lar. old son: that is un-
less you've quit eatin' food and wearin'
clothes and buyin' things for the fiat.
Nc dodgin' their tax collectors. We all
pay our share. and because there's 80
many OF us that do is why they're
kings
Swiftly shrugs his shoulders careless.
That's a bit too deep for him. so he
simply let's 1t slide off. This Bristow
party" says he. "what kind is he?"
about third rater." says l. Hes
cur paper-box king. You don't hear
so much about him, perhaps. but ] hap
pen to know that in his line he's top
1otcher. Anything In pasteboard, from
egg containers to the box you lug home
your new Klass Kut suit in most like
ly comes from one OF his factories. And
he runs a chain of pulp mills from the
Allegash TO Chinook Falls, with enough
fands in em to outvote any two Tam
many districts you could name. Yes.
hes come guy. Thomas d. Bristow."
Swiftly gets that. all right. In fact.
he's impressed. He stares at me dazed.
"Wotli / do them says he, when
he shows up at 2:15?"
why" says I. "give him chair and
let him wait. Give him two chairs if
he ain't satisfied. or whittle out a
crown for him. Do anything you
think ought to be done for a paper
box king"
"Ahr-r-r Chez" growls Swiftly. reg
isterin' disgust
He don't believe in talking that way
fbout our truly great men, Swiftly. He's
got reverent mind and a loyal soul.
Every man accordin' to his bank ac-
count. is Swifty's motto. and expect
there's a lot of Others who hold the
same. l don't know as l always get
away from it myself.
But this happens to be one of my
busy days. Inside of ten minutes I'm in
the gym. workin' away with one of my
old reg g'lars who has gouty finger joints
and a 46 waist measure, but who's
-willin' to keep plrggin' away at the ap
paratus and cut down on the red meats
until get him back in shape. Kind or
iHterestff'. too, taking these old boys
with excess blood pressure. Wall street
livers, peevisn digestions arc so en-, and
sweatin' the rubbish out of 'em and
gettin' 'em to breathe below the third
rib. Maybe not 80 thrillin' as hammerin'
some ambitious conner through the ropes
for the big end Of the gate receipts, but
! reckon it's lot more useful. And In
the long run 1t pays better. 1 don't get
my picture on the sportin' rage SO often
as used to when I was wearin' the
belt. but don't have to live around in
trainin' camps or mix with q lot Of
tin -horn sports. either. And I'll ad-
init like the Job.
So I'd got the old boy well lathered
up and was givin' him a ten minutes
breathin' srell. when Swiftly sticks his
head In the gym door and announces
husky. Say. Shorty. he's here"
"Eh?" says I. lookin' blank at him.
THAT kink party-Mr Bristow," says