Evening star., 1921-07-24

i 1t was as the rallyfng tnump Oh INC
war drums to their Afric ancestors:
Children Of the Tabernickle surged
down Deep Ellum and turned the cDr-
ner at the central depot plaza Inc
sight which met their, staring eyes
might well have infuriated mortats
less emotional than they -, Their Innrss auaa and
were deep in the enjoyment OF a
lovely funeral! =.
1t was worse than preposterous! 1t
was annihilating! 1t must be pre-.
vented! But how? The dent1en OF
tions and legal procedure In general
The; only restraining order OF known
surety Is his fists supplemented
sometimes by flying bricks
With a universal below Of rage the
Children Of the Tabernickie bore aoWn
Rent Veil. The chanting ceased and the
orchestral accompaniment ended with
q gurgling toot. The functioning burial
club met the onslaught of Its adversary
stoically,: blow for blow and hair pull
melee-most of Deep Ellum taking val.
"Whafro' you done stole dat co'pse?
You ole Rent Vail" shouted Brother
Bobo. addressing Brother Jelly. "Whyn,t
you buy yo' wells std o rentin EN-
pus. lacked breath to make hitting reply.
But some Of his loyal cohorts answered.
'.Tabernickle! Nickie! Nickle! Cheap
show! Nicelodeon!' they jeered.
This exchange Of pleasantries ended
in the flinging Of bricks. which the con-
testants filched from a fiat car near by.
And there is no telling to what ex-
tremes Of bloodshed and bruises the bat
tie might have gone had not q ny
ing brick struck and crushed thSough
the fiimsy boards Of Luminous Husky's
casket! There was horrified suspen,
sion of hostilities and all eyes focused
on the profaned chest. An awful ef-
feet was the resultant Out Of that
casket, like a jack out Of his box. popped
the head of Luminous Husky! And as
a feeble hand rubbed all outraged brow,
the corpse dema nded:, who dat slug
GIN me?" g.
None answered! Deep Ellum was de-
parting! Brethren and sistern. adver-
sary and foe ALIKE. fed. searching their
souls for superiaSive shrieks with which
to give expression to their terror. the
STR knights and the sir ladies' stood
not upon the order of their going!
The rhythmic art Of the mourners and
chanters was changed to horrified walls
as they went away from there. and the
Busted Heart and the Broken Wheel suf-
fered further demolition under the ruth
less tread of stampeding feet.
Agitated mour1Drs scuttfed for places
of safeiy. They climbed the veranda
posts of the Greater Delmonico Hotel
for colored They scurried into the
below the sidewalk barber shops and
dogs to their holes. They dashed into
the Nerth Pole Cafe, upsetting the
MONDAY oblation of. as announced by
the exterior sign. not catfish and chit
terlings." and lodged without injury be-
tween the wheels of slow-moving freight
cars.
ORESTES was torn between two
" opinions He would fain have
joined the fleeing mob, but he feared
to leave his truck. 1t would be just
like that unprincipled Luminous
Husky to climb out, descend. crank
up, and depart No. he would get rid
of the pest somehow, salvage his
truck from it's funeral trappings. and
beat it back to the shop. Hi glance
fell upon the bewildered Husky, who,
with eyes half blinded from the
poison of the insidious drink. CROPPED
uncertainty at his grave habilments.
Cit out" commanded Orestes con-
temptuously. -
What is happen to me, mister?'
asked Luminous family.
"Aint nuttiT happen to you" re
piled Orestes with sco;n. But you
is bust up de fines fune'al Deep Ell
| lum evan is had!"
How Gomez"
Orestes' voice arose in anger:
You comm to life dat away. Az
teh all de trouble de buryin' clubs
is tuck! You oughter be 'shamed o
yo'self. Besides. you is cost me time
an money"
Luminous turned a cold boiled eye
on his a ccuser:
Mister. ain been daid. is T.
You. is, and ,iffen you is got any
kline O. se'f-respeck you'll lay back
dar am let 'em bury you peaceable
an proper"
Nav, Lawd. Man." Husky's voice
rose in anguish and he struggled out
of his cerements. IT don wanta be
buried"
Orestes' patience was exhausted. His
fist struck out and caught Husky
on the jaw. Shut up! What's dat got
to do wild it?'
A heavy hand descended upon Or
estes shoulder. He turned and faced
an officer of the law Husky also strug-
gled with similar opponent.
Mr.. Holmes. by reason of an un-
usual and overwhelming golf victory,
reached home in a high state of ex-
dinner. he ceased his absorbing re-
cital of how it was done to remark
upon the jaded appearance of the
usually smiling Leila.
What's the matter. hon; you look
sort of done up?"
day Nannette has been. gone all
day. She got into trouble and orestes
did too"
what kind Of trouble?" pursued
Mr.. Holmes intsrestedly.
II think Nanette' got in the way
of flying brick and o-estes got ar
Great grief! What was the cause
"A funeral in Deep Ellum. The
rival societies had a fight over who'd
bury the corpse and neither got to.
because he was impolite enough to
come to life. and Orestes remonstra-
corpse were arrested"
Suffering cats"'
Mr. Holmes epithet reminded him
of his feline simile earlier in the day,
at the conclusion of the luncheon.
Strangely the disjointed tale began
denouement which Mr.. Ince had de-
scribed. He chuckled to himself and.
going to the back door. called Orestes
AS his long-suffering but always
well-intentioned porter appeared.
Mr.. Holmes ejaculated:
i've been hearing about you!"
Orestes hung his head.
II don't always take cognizance,"
began Mr.. Holmes portentously, "of
your foolishness. but this time I'm
going to-
Orestes was a trembling image of
penitence. The words sounded omi-
nous. Taking cognizance' could
mean but one thing-a "cussin."
What do you think ought to be
done with boy who puts on such
shows as you have today?" asked