Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-08-13

coat, nunk " on " H"ohs pN"'e" wv
hat on the tnble and his gloves upon
the hat. then settled himself In the
chnIr aud rested his feet on the steam
rndlator. lie lighted n cigar. cxhaled
a swirl Of fragrant smoke. and took
a magazine from a pile on the table,
lie had bnrcly read the table Of CON
tents. however. before there was n
ian NJ the corridor door. and he nd.
mlttcd a messenger-boy, who handed
him m envelope und departed. Upon
reading the dispatch he tore the paper
10 small bits md hurried into the nd
loinIng room. throwing on his vest
and loosening his ID and collar as
he ran.
IN ten minutes he rcappenred. lie was
completely metamorphosed. Instead
Of the smart morning coat. he now
wore n long tan "duster;" instead OF
the stylish derby hat. he wore a broad
brlmmed yellow one aud he Wort n
soft flannel shirt with attached col
lar, and rough trousers and dusty
shoes. Under M Hrm he carried a
horscwhlp. In fine. he was a typical
%rnncher, Just arrives In Chicago with
n load ~ cattle and n big wallet for
the thousnnd.dollar bills. Even his
heard was maglcally changed: II was
iousled and all nskew. and ngniast
the '%sunburn'' on his face appeared TO
he that OF n man sadly In need OF n
shave rather than OF one recently
barhered.
A few minutes later he entered the
customers room" OF Qulgg x Peevy.
Free and easily. as beftted n Of
untrnmmeied life. he strobe across the
floor toward Quigg's private ofice,
with great, awkward movements Of
his long body. clicking his whip
ngnInst his thick trousers and pulling
like n tugbont nj his evil cigar.
~Ostenslhly. Quigg 4 Peevy were
brokers. In reality they were 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
patrons were victims OF the get-rich-
quick fever. The chief business OF
Qulgg 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 chnlking caballstic fig-
ures. the chatterlng telegraph instru-
ment. operated automatically not
twenty feet away. were nothing more
thnn stage properties and players, en-
ployed for the sole benefit Of the suck
ers who made them possible.
And upon this opera boufre stage OF
sham and hypocrisy strutted Daniel
Fltzhugh. dreamer and actor. His
roles were many and varied. but he
portrayed them all with unerrlng &C
c~uracy-nnd. yes, even art. When he
was Informed that II was time for an
other entrance" he never knew, until
the messenger came with directions
what part he would be called upon Ia
ennct. Now II was that OF n West.
ern millionaire, blum, ungrnmmnticnl
breezy again that OF n French hnnn
cler. suave' polite. tangllng his Eng
Ish; anon u was some great banker
from Liverpool frlgld and precise
but the character ne most otten pOr
trnved was the Eastern capitalist"
Peevy was a thin, pale man, OF Z
dropping eye and n pointed chin, ant
was deeply attached to a small brIal
pipe, HIS business was to round VI
the boohs steer EN- In" Qulgg
aided by Fttzhugh, did the rest.
AFTER the second week Fltzhugh he
gan to conceive a Sinking dislike 70
the knnyery he was ahettlng. Ate