The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-10
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The Buyer
From Cactus
City

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IT is well that hay fever and colds
= do not obtain In the hcaishful
vicinity Of Cactus CITY. rcxas. for
, the dry goods emporium Of Navarro
4 P1att. situated there. b not to b
ueeard At
Twenty thousand people In Cactus
city scatter their silver coin with
LIBERAL hands fer the things that
their hearts desire The bulk Of this
semi precious metal goes TO Navarro
. Platt Their huge brick building
covers enough ground to fgrnxe
dozen head OF sheep You can buy
Of them . rastlesnakeskin necktie.
an automobile or an eighty five
dollar. latest style. ladies tan coat In
twenty different shades Navarro
P1att first introduced pennies west
~ the Colorado River. They had
been ranchn11a With business hssds.
who saw that the world did nce
necessarily have 10 cease ita rsvoiu-
tioas aftes fspe 6neusWsnt sut
Every sprinx. Navarro. senicy
parsner. fifty-five. half spanish. con
mopolitan. able. polished. had gone
%" TO New York to buy goods. This
gear he SHE'D at taking up the long
trail He was undoubtedly growing
older: and he looked at his watch
several times a day before the hour
came for his siesta-
john he said. TO his junior part
ncr. you ahaIi 90 on this year 10
buy the goods"
Piatt looked tired
Tin told" he said. -thas New
York 10 plumb dad town: but III
70. can take q whiri In san An
tone for a few days on my way and
have some fun
Two weeks later man In . TEXAS
full dress suit--biack frock coat.
broad brimmed~soft white hat and
sy-down collar. = INCH high. with
black. wrought iron necktie-cntered
the wholesale cloak and suit estab-
hshment Of Zixzbaum 4 Son. on
lower Broadway.
Old Zixzbaun had the eye Of an
osprey. the memory OF an elephant
and a mind that unfolded from him
m three movements like the puzzle
Of the carpenters rule. He rolled 20
the front like brunette polar bear.
and shook Platt's hand.
And how is the good Mr. Navarro
in Texas?" he said The trip var
too long for him this year. so? We
welcome Mr.. Platt instead"
"A bulls eye" said Platt. "and I'd
give forty acres Of unirrigated Pecos
County land to know how you did
IT,"
II knew" grinned Zizzbaum. -just
as I know that the rainfall in FL
Paso for the year was 2s.5 inches.
or an increase OF Is inches. and that.
therefore. Navarro 4 Platt will buy
I $4,000 stock OF suits this spring
instead Of $4,000. as in a dry year.
But that will be tomorrow. There is
first. cigar IN my private office
that viii remove from your mouth
the taste of the ones you smuggie
across the Rio Grande and nke-be-
muse they are smuggled"
n II was late in the afternoon and
business for the day had ended. Ztzx-
baum left Piatt with a half lfsmoked
cigar, and came out OF the private
office to Son. who was arranging his
diamond scarfpin before mirror.
ready to leave.
ABBEY" he said. you viii have 20
take Mr.. Pl2tt around tonight and
show thinga They are customers
for ten years. Mr.. Navarro and I.
We played chess every moment OF
spare time when he came. That is
good. but Mr.. Platt is a young man
and this is his first visit to New
York. He should amuse easily
IAN right" said Abey. screwIpg
the guard tightly on his pin. "f'n
take him on. After he's seen the
FIatiron and the head waiter at the
Hotel Astor and heard the phono.
graph play Under the Old Apple
Tree it1l be half past ten. and SIR.
Texas will be ready to roll up In his
blanket. I've got supper engage
ment at il:30. but he'll be all TO the
Mrs. Winslow before then"
The next morning AT 10 .Platt
walked into the store ready to do
business. lie had a bunch OF hya-
cfnths pinned on his lapel. Zizz.
baum himself waited on him. Nav.i
AFRO & Platt were good customers.
and never failed to take their DIS
count FOR cash.
} And what did you think of our
little town" asked zizzbaum. with
the fatuous smile OF the Manhattan.
ite. "
II SHOULDN'T care 20 live in IT," said
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