Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-05
CHAPTER III.
Mir Rusheroft Dissolves, Mir. Jones ln- tervenes, and Two Men Ride Away.

terVenes, and Two Men Ride Away.
 Mir. Rusheroft explained that he had had his supper. In fact, he went on to confess, he had been compelled, like the dog, ito "speak" for it. What could be more disgusting, more degrad- ing, he mounned, than the spectacle of a man who had appeared in all of the principal rtheaters of the land as star and leading support to stars, set ting for his supper by telling stories and reciting poetry in the taproom of a tavern?
 "Still" he consented when Mr. Barnes insisted that it would be a kindness to him, Hssince you put it that way, dare say could do with little snack, as you so aptly put it. Just a bite or two. What have you ready, Miss Tilly?"
 Miss lilly was a buxom female of forty or thereaboufs, with spectacles. She was one of 6 pair of sedentary waitresses who had been so long in the employ of MT. James that he hated the sight of them.
 MT. Rushcroft's conception of bite or two may have staggered Barnes but it did not bewilder Miss lilly. He had four eggs with his ham, and other things in proportion. He talked a great deal, proving in that way that it was a supper well worth speaking for. Among other things he dilated at great length upon his reasons for not being a member of the Players or the Lambs in New York city. It seems that he had promised his dear, devoted wife that he would never join a club of any description. Dear old girl, he would as soon have cut off his right hand as to break any promise made to her. He brushed something away from his eyes, and his chin, contract ing, trembled slightly. "What is it, Mr. Bacon? Any word from New York?'
 Mir. Bacon lowered near, perhaps hungrily.
 Our genial host has instructed me to say to his latest guest that the rates are two dollars a day, in ad- vance, all dining-room checks payable on presentation, said Mir Bacon, apol- ogetically.
 Rushcroft exploded. 70 scurvy in- suit" he boomed. "Confound his"
 The new guest was amiable. He interrupted the outraged star. 'Tell Mir. Jones that I shall settle prompt ly," he said with a smile.
 ''It has just entered his bean that you may be an actor Mir. Barnes" said Bacon
 Miss lilly, overhearing, drew step or two nearer. 4 sudden interest in MT. Barnes developed. She had not noticed before that he was an uncom- monly good-looking fellow. She al- ways had said that she adored strong, "athaletic'' faces.
 Later on she felt inspired to jot down, for use no doubt in some future literary production, concise, though general, description of the magnificent MT. Barnes. She utilized the back of the bill of fare and she wrote with the feverish ardor of one who dreads the loss of a first impression. l here with append her visual estimate of the hero of this story:
 He was tall, shapely specimen of mankind, 'wrote Miss lilly. Broad shouldered. Smooth-shaved face. Pen etrating gray eyes. Short, curly hair about the color of mine. Strong hands of good shape. Face tanned considerable. Heavy dark eyebrows. Good teeth, very white. Square chin. Lovely smile that seemed to light up the room for everybody within hear ing. Nose ideal. Mouth same. Voice aristocratic and reverberating with education. Age about thirty or thirty-oHe. Rich as Croesus. We'll turned legs. Would make a good mo- bleman."