Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-10
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When tho janitor of th. C'uzv cor
h"r 'Inb opened tho shutters "a lot
/" niue fresh air and a little sun
sam" int" The magnificent rooms, and
I" hTuSh away the cobw"hs that had
gathered beneath tn" Morris chairs
ara Ia tn" pendants 10 tho chanae-
H"rs. hn h"avnd SIKH. He looked
ont through tho plate-glass windows
hnt saw nothing In the ma,iding
crowd that already had started to-
ward III" ruartS and to tho counting
room and tho mill. His Thoughts were
Tar away, FOR tho marry ynices of
'hc members would bo huShed for a
season: the ch""ry tones ~ the preS-
iHehtE Noic" would he silent for the
n"Hce: the shrill echo ~ the falsetto
notes Of Secretary Putnam would fail
I" cch" again for "a l"ng time. and
the merry gibe. Of Writ GRAHAM
could he heard not 4, all
All way silent. Even tho canary
bird In IN" painting an To" cast wall
was Stlli. The goldfish in the globe
over In tn" corner huddl"d down
among tn" musscl shelf. aud barely
2aSp"h Not Tor l"rg Tim. wnnld
MS "hirring S"rg he heard In tn"
portals 90 IN" cluhr""irv Thc trained
'urtl" shat rft;tmcS would carr. mes
SHr"s I" tho n"i2hhnriug inn now Law
~ p"ac" In its she'll r"r,"a,h the win
dow sill.
rh""s""d> H",h nith-r mud Y"n.
There wer. thousands rushing
hi,hor aud y"n. Gay chIldrcn wcr.
n"rrily awaiting tho Wild. opcning
~ the school doors. Hank clerks
and newspaper men. nh" WORK less
I nan The conventional union hours
had returned from their much needed
NiaEara. and were again blowing
ih"i- wealth at IN" movies. street car
men w"r" Investing in scalsiin
sacks FOR the coming winter. Real
estate men aud oih"rs 81 ~" wealthy
classes w"r. stacking M larg" guam
ties "f anthracite coal In their bath
tabs AMI !c" boxes. Will" tn" mere
ri"bc Was busy erecting "a private
rara." Ia his hacl; yard
Tn" Janit"r hcav"d Il sigh. "Iieave-
no. b" murmur"d
lie tried 10 make show OF sang
fr"ih hut utterly failed. H.. was I'M
able ." whistle even one bar Of when
W" Meet Again" He tried To hum
ia" clubs favorite ditty. The old
Gray Mare" but words failed him.
"" gathered NJ the cigar sturnps
around Buster Browns scat swept
~ III" c!Iarett" remains scattered all
over. III" s-ctiou occupied ny Henry
E"ck aud Rcn Wilson. wiped the dust
III Presidents TayIor's Gavel, and
upset tn" water pitcher.
II hat" 10 remove the remains"
said m. jantor I" himself. 81 want
1" com. in here every day and feel
that th"s" here stumrs az. new ones
left over from last night" So he
left than there, and the smoke from
his pine curl.d M toward tho hand
IN inted ceiling and srrcad along it's
surface. until It reached the upper
pane Of the window. where the cir
Fsroad street In long. lazy curis like
feathers tanning In the arid atmos-
pher- OF some Arizona desert
Whether n" was ecged on by mis-
rii"vous motives or whether lie
wasn't. the janitor sat him down In
The easy chair OF the presidents.
placed his hr"Eans In tho seat erst-
while occupied ny the viC"-pres ident.
and looked amusedly at the long row
Of rockers regularly occupied by the
notablrs ~ The club. As the smoke
from the hne-cut arose in great clouds
from his pine. tn. faithful janitor
saw visions az tho club members en-
Ioyinc their butterfly existences a
they were each accustomed and he
smiled until the raftcrs almost bent
from the vap"r"us contact.
In word. the president Of the club
il on his vacation in Atlantic CITY
From there ne expects 10 run over 10
Gotham. where he will nc the guest
Of the Mills Hotel Corporation, having
accepted an invitation To spend
short while At that famous hosiery.
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