The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-05-12

Ing the texture. He had made up hi
mind to buy 1t. though ne thought tn
price a bit stiff.
Mr. Bernstein protested on his homo
that there was not a thread Of cotto
In II. (which you could take 1t fror
me that when | sell a suit Of clOthe
It 10 like l am dealing with m
WI brother" he added. Every gal
ment out Of this store takes my PEI
sonal guarantee"
Clay tried on the trousers and locke.
at himself In the glass. So far as h
could tell he looked just like any othet
New Yorker.
The dealer leaned forward and spok,
In a whisper. Apparently he wa
ashamed Of his softness Of heart
"Fffty-ive dollary-to you"
"Tll take It," the w~ester1ier said.
The clOthier called his tailor from
the rear Of the store to make an -ad,
1ustment In the trousers. Meanwhile
he deity removed the tags which told
him In cipher that the suit had cost
him just eleven dollars and seventy
five cents.
Half an hour later Clay sat on top
OF a Fifth avenue bus which was jerk
Ing Its way uptown. His shoes were
shined to mirror brightness. He was
CARRIED In a blue serge suit with a little
stripe running through the pattern.
That suit just now was the apple of
his eye. 1t proved him a New Yorker
and not a wild man from the Arizona
desert.
The NOTORIOUS ran up Fifth avenue,
cut across to Broadway, passed Co
lumbus circle, and swept into the Drive.
1t was a day divinely young and fair.
The fragrance Of a lingering spring
was waited to the nostrils. Glimpses
of tue park tempted Clay. It's wind
ing paths! The children playing on
the grass while their maids In lea
caps and aprons gOssiped together on
the benches near! This was the most
human spot the man from Arizona
had seen in the metropolis.
Somewhere In the early three-fgure
he descended from the top of
the bus and let his footsteps follow his
inclinations into the park. He struck
across b Drive into q side street. An
house occupied the corner,
but from the other side a row of hand
private dwellings faced him.
The ~janitor Of the apartment house
was watering the parking beyond the
sidewalk. The edge Of the stream
from the nozzle Of the hose sprayed
The path In front of Clay. He hest |
for a moment to give the man
line to turf aside the hose.
But the janitor on this particular J
morning had been fed up with trouble.
)ne Of he tenants had complained OF
Inn to the agent of the place. Another
lad moved away without tipping him
or an hours help In packing he had
,iven her. He was sIkily of the opin-
on that the whole world was In q
conspiracy to annoy him. Just now the
approaching rube typifed the world.
A little firt Of the hose deluged
lays newly shIned boots and the low.
r six inches Of his trousers.
Look out what you're doingi" pro-
ested the man from Arizona
II tank you better look where you're
retOrted the n from Sweden.
lie was a heavy-set. muscular man
18th q sullen. obstinate face.
MY shoes and trousers are sOpping
ct. | believe you did 1t on purpose"
'Tank so? Val. yust one teng l lax
tell you. got no time for d-n fule
Tx" [
The westerner started on his way.
here was no use having a row with a 7;
llky %janitOr. (
But the Swede misunderstood MIS- 4
IrpOse. AT Clay's first step forward [
terked round the nozzle and let the )
nge-rider have 1t with full force. s
Clay was swept back to the wall by :
e heavy pressure Of water that I
aYed owe him. The stream moved }
v1ftly up and down him from head }
foot till it had drenched every inch
the perfect ffty-ive-dollar suit. He T
owned fathoms deep In a water z
out. He was swept over Niagara NJ
Ills. He came to life again to find :
mself the choking center of a world :
'Od. g
He gave a %strangled whOop and Z
arged straight at the mar behind the y
The two clinched. While they z
'uggled, the writhing hose slapped e
ok and forth between them like an 4
itated snake. Clay had N ad- y
ntage. He was vet through anyhow. =
did not matter how much of the 81
luge struck him. The janitor fought y
keep dry and he had not a chance Y
earth to succeed. II
For n hundred and seventy-five g
1nds of Arizona bone and muscle, "
by years Of hard work In y
and wind, had clamped itself up =
him. The nozzle twisted toward the ~
litor. He ducked, went down. and y
8 instantly submerged. When he q
I'd to rise, the stream beat him back. q,
STRUGGLED halfway m slipned pOf q