Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-05-27

| the door, let himself In and locked the
| door behind him. He removed his
coat, hung 1t on hook. placed his
| hat on the table and his gloves upon
| the hat, then settled himself In the
chair and rested his feet on the steam
radiator. He lighted a cigar. exhaleG
a swirl Of fragrant smoke, and took
magazine from q pile on the table.
He had barely read the table of con-
tents, however. before there was a
| tap at the corridor door. and he ad-
| mitted messenger-boy, who handed
him an envelope and departed. Upon
reading the dispatch he tore the paper
| to small bits and hurried into the ad-
| Joining room. throwing on his vest
and loosening his tie and collar ~
| he ran.
In ten minutes he reappeared. He was
completely metamorphosed, Instead
OF the smart morning coat, he now
wore long tan cluster" instead OF
| the stylish derby hat. he wore broad
brimmed yellow one; and be wore q
soft flannel shirt with attached col
lar, and rough trousers and dusty
shoes. Under one arm htSearried a
horsewhip In fine. he was a typical
rancher. just arrived In Chicago with
load Of cattle and q big wallet for
the thousand-dollar bills. Even his
heard was magically changed: 1t was
tousled and all askew. and against
the "sunhurn" on his face appeared to
be that OF man sadly In need Of d
shave rather than Of one recently
barbered.
A few minutes later be entered the
customers room" Of Quigg & Peevy.
Free and easily. as befitted one Of
untrammeled life. he strobe across the
floor toward Quigg's private ofiice.
with great, awkward movements OF
his long body. decking his whip
against his chick trousers and putting
like tugboat at his evil cigar
Ostensibly, Quigg & Peevy were
brokers. In reality they xere swim
dlers. A superficial observer, visiting
their offices. would have supposed
their customers to be La Sale street
| SPECTATORS. A rigid investigator
would have discovered their only
pan ..,' we'e ,,u''ns - .ne ss.-.''n !,
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worthless stock. The rows Of chairs
| In the customers room" and their oc-
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800 w Auo ,,. 49, ..., p"as'
800 y, -. aa' 80. -
! $500. ~ ~ .e.es . ap 49,. ~.
/ 800. 80 49, a..o1 49, -
| 49,. 80. away, 49, no,ns Ao.s
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~ ,,, suv ..'e.n p.''s'D '.ss:
- ana - y. y;
l FitzhuRh. dreamer ana sctar His
| roles were manv and variad hut ~
| portrayed them ali With rnerrins ac-
curacy--and. yes. even A., when he
was informed that ii was time Tor. Al.
other "entrance." he never knew. until
| the messenger came with directions,
what part he would Be called upon to
enact. Now II was liar OF West
ern millionaire. blum. ungrammatical,
breezy; again that Of 1 French finan-
cier. suave, polite, tangling his Eng
| fish: anon Il was some great banker
from Liverpool, frigid and precise.
But the Character he most often por-
| trayed was the eastern capitalist"
| Peevy was a thin. pale man. OF a
| dropping eye and pointed chin. and
was deeply attached to small briar
pipe. His business was TO sround up
the boobs and steer 'em M Quigg.
aided by Fitzhugh, did ths rest.
After the second week Fitzhueh be-
gan To conceive Sinking dislike for