The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-08

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magnitude. He decided that it didn'
much matter who waited the couple
from dinner to the show. but that the
next extract would hold the crux OF
the nights entertainment. for the cal
that secured the freight for the caba
ing ii after the ball.
Consequently he was content to pick
up Il gutter-Snipe and then trail his
prey to the theater. Them is the
two" he said to his ally, subornel
with the promise Of two bits. cash on
delivery. the John with the high ha1
and the dreamrdame in smoke-colorel
chiffon"
That some name for q skirt. Cap
SAID the extreme youth admiringly.
AN some skirt. believe me. Nor.
| won't forget EN-"
And he didn't. No sooner had Mr..
Beachrr fremont, bearing a thi>tI.-
down burden on his arm, SWelled out
from the theatpr with the anxious LOOK
on his face of a man with three car-
in the garage at home and no cali
number in his left hand WaiStCoa
pocket. than the imp was at his side
Say. mister. Wanter taxi? Got one
at The head of the line that I'd give
up just To youSe for a dime"
Lead me 10 it." said Mr.. fremont
SAY" said the Snipe to Randolph
as the ear jumped. I've took the boss
inside on fer Il friend. You watch
yeSelf."
1t was n short run To the lair Of
the Midnight Rolic, but Mr.. Randolph
was not surprised at the double wage
he received nor at the murmured con
VerSatiOn that accompanied it. FIJI
VI your gas tank and wait for ne ar
the Seventh avenue northeast corner.
Get me-"
Sure" grunted Mr.. Randolph.
"Whtre TO. mister"
Greenwood %hoStelry.' breathel the
villain.
I'm on" said Mr.. Randolph ran
his car 70 the. comfortably quiet nook
designated. dug out a road map OF
Manhattan and vicinity. srrutniZed
il careleSsly and settled down TO medi-
tate.
To a select and once affluen few
the name Of the @. hosiery iboye
mentioned will bring certain vivid
recollections and VIII also yiace the
chronology Of this yarn, for the
said abode of revelry was to good to
last very long; ii chOked t6 Death on
its own popularity and consequent pub
LEFTY. From the outside, even in its
.hey-day, 1t presented a most innOcu-
Gus appearance. just a rerpvated farm
house standing under a dump of veil
ing Sugar-maples on the top of q bin
whence the nearest neidlbor was OUT
of sight.
But once within its modest portal.
IFS habitues found themselves in the
fake atmosphere Of a pleas
nre-loving decade. An organizing gen
sensitive to all those cheap ad-
iuncts which usually CRATE. on the soul
lowering at the edge Of the decline
~ ANclhuS, udu pdilutIPu tlltCtINti.
10 an ignOble end and made of each
room an isle of f~OrgetfulneSs;
price. twenty-five bucks in advance.
supper and drinks extra.
For the benefit of those who do not
remember tie epoch of the Green
hoStelry anG are consequently
'e"dinG On and on in mortal dread of
he paragraph that will introduce he
y ar. let il be said at once, Forget it.
Stake out the beginning Of the inter-
miX-up. hurl another bound
mark into November of 1913, and
time left outside of those limits
viii be found entirely sufficient 10 the
.eedS of this chronicle. Let il further
~ noted that il is incOnceiyablc hat
single drop of the kind of blood
yhich flowed in the veins OF Mr.. Rob
TT |IIervey Randolph could ever an
Wer to the name of Stacker, proof
in itself that the events herein
TT forth happened when the War
idn't.