San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
se First Adventure OF Aahe Archie and Mr. Bre,1ster

| waiter earnestly on the chest with his
oysterfork. my dear old chap" he
said, there's only one thing to be
done. You must strike. It's the only
, scheme. Everybody's doing it now"
Salvatore shrugged his shoulders
again. 1t appeared that he had already
sounded the other walters guardedly
on the matter Of a strike. but the
| spineless poems seemed to be unwilling
to jeopardize their jobs by making
any demonstration. And you couldn't
strike BY yourself.
The reasonableness Of this was plain
to Archie. He unused 4 while.
~I'n tell you what" he said at last.
You come along with me when you're
off duty, and we'll beard the old boy
in his den. I'll introduce you, and
he'll probably hand you his bank
ROLL
The result was that Mr.. Brewster,
| busy with accounts in his private
room, was Infatuated that evening by
| the entry of his son-in-law, heading
a procession consisting of himself and
a dark, furtive person who looked like
something connected with the execu-
tive staff of the Black Hand.
Not interrupting you--what!' be-
gan Archie, amiably. Il say, l sup
pose you're probably old pals. IL not,
let me do the honors. Mr.. Brewster,
our courteous and popular boss-Sal-
vatore, the Italian Whirlwind. Sec
ond out! TimG Go to it laddie !.
Spill the bad news~
And before Mr.. Brewster could get
his breath, Salvatore had begun TO
spill. Though not q linguist, Mr..
4 ,o,,iJ folln,.- IiSnnurca
waiter was dissatisfied with condi-
tons in his hotel. And Mr.. Brewster
had a short way with people who criti-
cised the Cosmopolis.
you're fired" said Mr.. Brewster.
Salvatore receded, muttering what
sounded like passage from Dante.
And l wish to heaven" added
Mr.. Brewster, cycling his son-in-law,
Indignantly, Il could fire you"
But Mr.. Brewster was not 90
easily to be rid of the humble Saliva
] tore. In fact, that dark individual
was destined to be a source of con-
siderable worry to the builder Of
| hotels. ,tn.
The details Of the business were at
1 first hidden from Archie, and ne
made no effort to probe into them.
1t was Lucille who apprised him Of
the nature of the trouble.
"Archie darling" she said, one aft
ernoon. as they sat at lunch. "it's such
a shame about father !"
There was a troubled look In Lu-
Giles gray eyes.
Hes worried just now, you
know"
Il didn't know. He doesn't eonfide
in me much" =.
"He's worried about that waiter"
"What waiter, queen of my SOUL"
"A man called Salvatore. Father
dismissed him some time ago.
Salvatore
"He used to wait on this table
And father dismissed him, appar-
emily. and now there's all sorts OF
| trouble"
Il remember the chappie. What's
he been doing?"
"Wel. you know father wants to
build a new hotel, and he thought he'd
got the site and everything and could
start building right away, and now
this man Salvatore's mother owns a
| little newspaper and tobacco shop
right in the middle of the site where
| father wants TO build, and there's no
way of getting him out without buy
| ing the shop, and he won't sell. At
least, he's made his mother promise
that she won't"
"A boys best friend is his mother"
said Archie, aDprovingly..
$50 fathers in despair"
II knew my old friend Salvatore
would come out strong in the end If
you only gave him time. Great pal OF
mine. Brainy sort"
Lucille's small face lightened. She
sazed at Archie with proud affection.
She had known all along that he was
the one to solve this. difficulty.
you're wonderful, darling! Is he
really a friend of yours?"
Absolutely! Quite the old college
chum."
"Then it's all right. II you went to
him and got him to sell his shop,
father would be happy
II know. That is the objection, of
course"
aThink how grateful father would
be to you! 1t would make all the diff
ference
Archie turned this over in his
hind.
III see what you mean. How much
did your father offer the johnnie for
his shop?"
Il don't know. There is father. Call
him over and ask him."
Archie glanced over to where Mr.. |
Brewster had sunk modify into a
shair at a neighboring table.
"You call him." he said. -You
know him better"
Lets go over to him.
They crossed the room. Lucille
sat down opposite. her father. Archie
draped himself over chair in the
Father. dear" said Lucille,
"Archie has got an idea.
~Archie?" said Mr.. Brewster, in
credulously.
This is me-" said Archie. indicat-
ing himself with a spoon, "the tall,
distinguished looking bird"
What new fool thing is he up TO
now?'
Its a splendid idea, father. He
wants to help you over your new no
tel"
Wants to run it for me, I sup
pose?"
by Jove," said Archie. reflective
~, that's not bad scheme. l
never thought of running hotel.
shouldn't mind taking a stab at II.
HE has thought of way of getting
rid of Salvatore and his shop
For the first time. Mr.. Brewsters
interest in the conversation seemed TO I
stir. He looked sharply at his son-in-
Law.
HE has, has he;- he said. II
Archie balanced roll on fork and