The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-29

| 1 says you owes me SlOo.
you Is crazy as you looks"
Huh. You don't know what YOU Is
talkin' about
An you amt talkn about
nathin', Semore-an' you Is likely to
forget that. What you amt got in
yo' haid Is no brains-speechify
bout me OWN you money. How
come you to spill so much foolish.
ment fun between yo' lips?'
Mr.. Mashby replied With excessive
dignity. You fo'gits the rent"
The which?"
"The rent"
(which rent?"
proprietors of the Niag'r ra Falls Skat-
in Rink, is payin' to Semore Mosby
70 said rink"
Zero shook his head slowly. How
much that Is. Semore2"
Sixteen hund'ed dollars year.
Tha's four hund ed dollars a quarter;
two hund'ed I pays an two hund'ed
you pays. You has ninety.five dol
lars comm to you and you owes me
two hund'ed fo' rent. So you amt
got nothin' comm to YOU an be
sides that you owes me ole hund ed
an five dollars"
Mr.. Harris rose and crossed the
room The thing was not entirely
clear to him but he had a hunch
that he was being stnng. lie spoke
without turning. "Ey' 'ything you
gifts. you gifts" he summarized.
An ev'ything I gifts you gifts"
Looks that way" agreed semore
senially. Fact of the matter is,
seems like to me you has made
bad business deal. Looks like the
best thing you can do Is to get out
an find you a regular job TO earn
that hund'ed an five dollars you
owes me. Cause the longer you re-
mains where you is at the worser
you gifts into debt
Zero's slender fingers were tremb-
ling. His next remark was made in
a low puzzled voice as though in
tended for his own enlightenment
II wuks hahd TO- three months an
gifts nothin' an then at the end of
that time / still has that much. less
a hund'ed dollars" An idea smote
him and he whirIed How come
this rent business alnt never been
me ntioned befo'?'
Never was due ontil now" return.
ed Semore logically.
| Hmm. 1t seems wrong"
Seems amt is. Now I tell you
what I is willin' to do. Zero. Ise
wilhn you shouldfassign 10 me all
yo' right title an interest in the
Niagara Falls TO one hunded an
five dollars. same bein' how much
you owes me. l goes ahaid an op-
crates same entirely at my own es.
pense an releases you FUN all oh.
legation. Don't that sound fair"
"Mm-hmm' 1t sonn's so awful fair
that somethin' tells me It amt"
The longer you keeps on wukkin'
10 the Niag'ra Falls the less you has
got"
i Zero's eyes narrowed. "Cain't quit
now he said positively.
! How come not?'
Il Pussonal reasons"
Semore understood.
Until late that night Zero walked
the streets alone. giving melancholy
thought TO his sudden break In luck.
AT ? o'clock in the morning he was
making his way mournfully down
Avenue + when the door of LAWYER
Evans Chew's house opened and
tlorian Slappey. the Beau Brummel
or Darktown. emerged. lie tossed a
DIT OF airy persiflage over his shoulder
at the detected co-members OF the
run House Poker club who stood
upon the Chew vera nda-then. seeing
MS lonesome friend. linked arms and
strolled down the street with him.
You look like you happened TO an
accident. Zero
welcoming the opportunity, Zero
passlonately poured his troubles into
the receptive ear of his friend
Florian loosed flood Of indignation
which was sureharged with inveetiye
against the porfidious Mr. Mashbv
An he concluded. by doin' such
he aims to take yo business away
rum You. run You out of Bummin' =
ham an may yo' gal"
4 "No?"
"Yeh. An you Is enough of a suck
erfish TO fall 70 It,"
you mean Semore is studyln' bout
mayin Ammonia?"
sSuttinly"
AN he figgers that does I git out
OF town he can do sames''
You Is tootin' now, SON."
Zero smashed his right fist into the
palm of his left hand. "Dawg. gone
his hide; Use gwine teach him. Tse
g~ine git revenge 70 all this dirty
work"
'Wh-wh-what you aims TO, do &c
him. Zero"
Use gwine keep on wuklin' at the
rink
And he did. but no longer did he
work In the dark
The day OF the race found Zero
busy with decorations Tie sllve,
trophy had been purchased and en-
graved and was on display In the
center OF the rink. At noon Zerc
telephoned Ammonia.
Miss Minis"
'Jth' huh"
This Is Zero"
"Who Zero is
Use he"
Il amt tho kind IT a gal 10 make
talk with strange gemmen The re
ceiver clicked on the hook and Zero
turned miscrahlv away.
lie understood now why Semore
had conceived tho idea for the race
II afforded Ammonia public opnor
tunlty for triumph and It WAS cinch
that Miss Minis would he grateful 10
the man who made that triumph pos
sihlc.
Ry o'clock that evening the rinl,