The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-10-01


and loosening his tie and collar ~
he ran.
In ten minutes he reappeared. He was
completely nstamorphosed. Instead
Of the smart morning coat, he now
wore q long tan "duster;" instead Of
the stylish derby hat. he wore q broad
brimmed yellow one; and he wore .
soft flannel shirt with attached col
lar. and rough trousers and dusty
shoes. Under one arm he carried q
~horsewhip. ID fine. he was 4 typical
rancher. just arrived in Chicago with
= load Of cattle and 4 big wallet for
the thousand-d0llar bills. Even his
beard was magicaliy changed: it was
tousled and all askew, and against
the "sunburn" IN his face appeared to
be that Of q man sadly in need Of q
shave rather than Of one recently
barbered.
A few minutes later he entered the
CUSTOMERS room Of Quigg L Peevy.
Free and easily. as bentted one Of
untrammeled life, he strobe across the
floor toward Quigg's private Office,
with great, awkward movements Of
his long body. flicking his whip
against his thick trousers and puf1fng
like, 4 tugboat at his evil cigar.
Ostensibly. Quigg 4 Peevy we're
brokers. In reality they were swim
| Al>- omr~~A~laI nk~A-wA~ ryAutkln~
their Offices. would have supposed
their customers to be La Sale street
spectators. A rigid Investigator
would have discovered their only
patrons were victims Of the ~get-rich-
quick fever. The chief business Of
Quigs 4 Peevy was the selling Of
worthless stock. The rows Of chairs
In the customers room" and their oc-
cupants, the rushing messenger boys,
the long blackboard and the phleg-
matte youth chalking cabalistic hg-
ures, the chattering telegraph instru-
ment, operated automatically not
twenty feet away, were nothing more
than stage properties and players, en-
ployed for the sole benefit Of the suck
ers who made them possible.
And upon this opera bouffe stage of
sham and hypocrisy strutted Daniel
Fitzhugh, dreamer and actor. His
roles were many and varied. but he
portrayed them all with unerring &C.
curacy-and. yes, wen art. When he
was informed that 1t was time for an.
other entrance" he never knew. until
the messenger came with directions,
what part he would be called upon to
enact. Now II was that of a West.
ern millionaire. bluff. u~ngrammatical,
breezy; again that of a French fnan'
cier. suave. polite, tangling his Eng
fish; anon 1t was some great banker
from Liverpool. frigid and precise
But the character he most often p0r
trayed was the eastern capitalist"
Peevy was a thin, pale man. Of 9
dropping eye and a pointed chin, anG
was deeply attached to a small brial
pipe. His business was to "round w
the boobs and steer 'em in" Quigg
aided by Fftzhugh. did the rest.
After the second week Fitzhugh be
gan to conceive u sinking dislike fOl
the knavery he was abettlng. Afte1
t the third he began to hate 1t. Capa
bilities were stirring within him
capabilities which told him he wa
worth infinitely more than one hun
dred dollars a week, and that ever,
week he worked for that sum he wa
throwing away money. 1t was nea
the end of the first month that h
asked his slippery employer for a hun
d%red-dollar weekly increase. He wa
l. a little surprised when 1t was prompt
ly granted him.
81 a thinking about increasin
y your pay, Fitz," said Quigg, in hi
large. careless way. you're wort
two hundred a week to me-"
/. But when three weeks later tn
d CRATER was told it was four hundre
h dollars a week or nothing. he frownet
pinched the pink roll of flesh unde
/" his chin with his chubby fingers, an
r rocked himself gently in his swiv.
chair. "Tu tell you what. Fitz. II
a about to tackle the biggest thing Nv
10 e attempted. I'm launching upo
d the grandest little mail-Order schem
h in America. I expect to spend a CO,
7. pie O. hundred thousands in adverti
d J ing. II it goes through. as | certainl
think 1t will, ri do the level thing b
you"
That's not the point" broke in ii
petitioner. "Do I or do I not get N
D. four hundred-nowT
You do notv Quigg's palms d
d scended firmly upon the arms Of h
d, chair. His big jaw acquired \ be
ligerent aspect.
ne THAT'S all want to know" Fit
is hugh stood up briskly. 'Tkis
is Wednesday,. You therefore owe me
On hundred dollars. IN take it now"
he "Sit down, Fitz. Sit down and Ike,
m cool. believe you're u game sport.
ed spite of the low way you're acting. al
Ok I'm going to make you a gamblil
lie. proposition. Some friends O. mine a
N getting up a nice, quiet little game