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L T I a Countryman's JL A JL N Triumphs in hi a Big Bg Bli City G C VJ U iJ JN JN By LRoy ARMSTRONG T 1 I II Continued ii I i He Tic got t through OH them them-at m- m mat at last last or las or or orthey they lucy len left him tl dispersing In a score core of oC directions with th lr math mad mal ha haste te He lie Hea a was hungry too with wih the lie thC Countryman's Coun oln- oln I tryman's sharp appetite H HI would got get some ome breakfast amid anil then take tae th the ge measure of n w world In iii which he lie hind had hat vowed a rescue e About Abou the door loor of the tle depot t was wag a aline aline alne line lne of ur carriages es The Thie In Instant tant he appeared ap ap- ap- ap a n sh sharp tp i of oC clamoring calls cals challenged him remit from acro across the dozen Jo i reached cached sl sidewalk A A dozen rU Hr runners their hands toward him jingling hunches bunches of brass checks check each ach pendent pendent pend pent ent eat from a thong of or leather They pointed to th the he big lra brass q badges on their coat lapels an and urged urged him to lo a dozen hotels hotel at nt once He Hl was ivas almost startled started at the tho the beginning beginning be be- le- le ginning Then h he noticed that he was wa studying their jargon anti and nHI pickInG pickIng pick pick- Ing mug some nies R age from their heir clamoring they tH tilt did not nr advance across the sidewalk alk Give G e me your valise sir called fellOW with the one a voiced deep del w shoulders of or a n bull lul and the tire face of a bul bully Right this his way Wy i Holland House sir sin II J J. Hes HeR coming coming with wih me rne mf a n sharp featured Celo fellow I T I know kno that man man mali All Al his friends friends all tie the people from flom his town to JJ stop at tho the Hotel lintel Roma Homa Hotel Roma rl right ht this wap sir Cheapest hotel lintel In the tho city Holland Hou House house give e give I me mp your grip sir Ir t tie t. ie buly bully bully- reaching reach reach- in mug ing it I seemed almost almost- half haf way across the sidewalk Dan Dart had hind recovered ht clr He looked 1 along the tho of them and If he ht did dil not nol static smile fn lf lie c certainly felt fei th the he warrant of oC It In iii his heart I Oh I guess I wont won't go ga o with wih any of lor you gentlemen he said Mid I don't dont I want to mal make e hard feelings Then he walked firmly up dl J to the the c cornier corner of the lie street streel anti and turned It Ii I ant could make no difference which way he him went Welt went All 1 ll streets stroNg were all alike ailko to tc I The clamor sharp clamor sharp an and appallingly constant n as If it If h had r been N. ceased e In In- Before Defore he got ot to the cornet corner the Uw runners who hail halt seemed e mcd 0 oh ad the point of t other to pieces were dancing In the hue glitter singing slug sing IngIne bits of vaudeville Jokes leg ing Ine bis on each fr oth other songs teIn All Al but one erie The t he buhl bully r from Crom the he Holland House lint had not nol I mo e moved from Crom his racks Iracks I lie was silent I as ns the others buy bur bur he he was t turning slowly as a bull buIl hul turns turn watching the hit countryman with I h frownIng frown frown- Ing ey eyes anti and all expressing hatred and net I menace In every ery I In line of or his uis massive I frame f Dan Gunn Cumin th the Incident t at the depot was vas stilt still hun hungry r with wih 1 that thai sharp hunger c which not uit fen even the thu I strange strang scenes aboul him could make IC C him fern fern-CL forJet Breakfast now ready reaty He aw saw the HIP sign s before I the doorway of a a restaurant an arid I prompt promptly entered the place ilace There was a n row row of tables down 1 lown each side of oC the room ronn and a counter with wih attendant stools tool arranged ar ar- ranged like a hore horseshoe hoo ln In 1 the tho reid mid middle mid mid- dle die the enclosure was a tall tal I rack with wih cuLs nr Ii pie v a. a I. I few tew doughnuts doughnuts- and ant a a. a sorry orl lookin looking lookIng plate of apples i u Dan d to er th the rather lather unpleasant ant smell OC of- fr the the place He declined to observe how untidy was th the table tuble at al which h he wa was scat seat ed He lie II was bound to ho hope that lint tb the r breakfast would come come I ll H He e was very hungry A slipshod walt waiter waller r with a last weeks week 5 apron approached laid one un a unwashed hed i hand on tie the table table reclined carelessly y upon il it I and gazed out through thu the e grimy window ow Dan Dart wondered If IC the hi C While hile h he waiter walter wanted anything e was regarding tile the curious I figure t. t ranging hi his eye from the the disreputable e collar colar to the tire abandoned sho shots he was Wa S suddenly ud recalled Well Yeli with without without snarled the lie waiter walter wih- wih out taking his eyes from flom th the hue street street Dan Gunn Gunin thinking of anything but bu buta t a personal application of the lie monosyllable mono mono- syllable turned quickly qUick an and glanced 1 through the window w. w There stood th the e burl burly runner for foi tO Iho tho Holland and House I. I had you come conic In iii here for COl demanded de tie the waiter now TOW leaning donand down n do 1 and arid regarding his patron with forbidding forbidding forbid ding face Why I thought taught maybe J I. I ml might ht get get t gett some sonic breakfast here f s ll Dan Dani but bu butIC t If IC youre you're busy buy I wont won't trouble traute Je you an any further J I. I And Anti he made mad a motion moton to rise Ise The Thu waiter waler pushed roughly back Into ink his chair No you dont don't he lie bawled with an au I appearance of gr great at rage You YaU don't dont t get out of here without lh J paying t tel Well el Ill I'll Il pay for for- all ni I r get geL et said ald I the lank countryman in fn tho that gentlest I most deferential voice oice Imaginable But Dut T I would l like hike e to get some one break break- I t I I fast fasi If it you please Why hy hy dont don't you ou f say so o W Wha ha d ci you ou take tali mo rue f for l' l What hat you you gain to have J JAll I IAl All Al this iris with the manner of one who can cnn scarcely restrain himself from blows I t wonder If you have havo a. a little n-little alUa little san sau- sll- sll sago sage and some pancakes pancake an and nut and and and andI deprecatingly h as if IC It I might be he- asking asking too much and much and some sonic Well el say what want Dont Don't set there lucre like a blank mm tUde turtle turtte No Xo that's thal's so so a admitted Dan I or Iwas was isas a little Ite 80 slow I g guess s 1 r I wa want wart sonic some sausage M and s some lOni me- me Well el yott yoni oU got sot show shoy your our mon money before you get gel anything In IH hire here P Oh said the lie theco co countryman In iii the most Innocent tone imaginable Yes Oh Ive I've got to see to-see eti e th color of your mon money Dan slowly put ul one hrh In his houser pocket an and collected s sOnic me sil silver siver si- si sil- sil ver ei which clinked a little litile as h lo I touched U. U Git GIL a move mo e on you snarled th the waiter waller picking up a n salt stand antI and nd setting selling U it I doun OWl a again with ln wih energy en en- ergy had ou take tako CIG had you this pl place ce for an anyway wa I Why protested ted tie the visitor 1910 In lh lie most deprecating of oC tones tonics I took tool I It for 01 on Why hr that lint Is the col color r of mv m money 1 He Ic extended though extended though not Very erv fara far far- ara ar- ar a handful of or COli coin Now Xo you ou give me a dollar dolar and anti Ill I'll bring your OUI breakfast t Il But Dut I dont don't want vant a dollars dollar's worth said Dan Gunn still with much deference defer ef I ence I want only a and nan nan lan Itt o The Tile waiter waler snatched matche af M. it the handful of silver sivel He lie le swore ole savagely anti and threw his soiled sy ll towel over oven the o el coun coun- tryman's fa face face- faceA A man n with L l wih a good coman lan lan- guage might ot haye had line lime to tell eH hi his name nam an and ag age quid and present present- o of residence waiter tripped ripped but not hot not more tho the waler from his lunging Hinging his footing and arid In arms arnus and atu legs wa was as caught h by the the shoulder wildly about aboul shoulder anti and 1 hurled like n a bag io anui waist that horseshoe o oats ts' ts aCIo aero 8 s 's So counter tiit o thai lint h he lie excellent struck a the projectile rack In dI tilt did the ho male make space still struggling wildly anti and l a him the a vagrant blou brought ht down clown upon cuts cuis of oC pie the tho dOl doughnuts and tIre the sorry sorry- looking apples Dan walked to the counter an and looked over pr f at lie HIP pro prostrate and anid n astounded as as- tou wa waiter e Youve lost your you r shot shoe hOI saul said tin t. t lie countryman Here II it I Is Picking it up he leaned 0 over and hammered the Ow theman heman man with the tw heel of It Ill I put It I on 01 you jou h he said salti HP lie was thoroughly aroused aro A As the tine waiter waler Ip rose from the lie wf wreck ck within th the Inclosure Dan Gunn seized a n chair and anid started toward him A door at the side of oC the room opened and a wel-cre wel well dressed ed man canio caine In iii There was WaH AS a n glimpse o of a n bar ard arll a n sawdust red floor noO be beyond ond up here demanded the thu new Pete what's the matter mater P Put Putdown l down clown that chair stranger I guess gues youre you're all ni right right You can go o out If you want to I I want want want- wart wart- began the comer new ne In in-i Chicago Now never mind what you OU want rejoined the el dr well dressed e d man man Wi t t wont won't s say anything about I It Go 00 on 01 out now like a n good food fellow before the the boJ boss comes In Yo You shant shan't be harmed Go on out I want a little sausage suge and sor some pancakes and a n a cup of or coffee e salt said Dan Gunn examining the chair n ns as if fr to ascertain If It would stan stand rOI rough h hu u usage age You think you are running a ahard ahard i hard place here dont don't you ou Well It I it'd got gol sot to lo be harder harler before lefore you OU run ruin me Do I get m my breakfast You sure ure do said the HIP tw wel well dressed s1 man Sit It down at the tho table Peto walt wait on on the lie tw gentleman you 0 blunderIng blunder blunder- In Ing idiot Ill I'll Il fix fx you for Cor this He lie was wa-s examining the thie wreck Inside the counter One or two men who seemed to have slept on th the sawdust t were standing just within the side doo re regarding the hue whole situation wit with slow moving mo eyes es that were werf set with wih apparent Insecurity In stolid faces face Pete limped into the dim recess reces at atthe atthe atthe the rear and could be heard hearl complaining complain complain- ing to lo some one He lie said sid lie he was wan al always always al- al ways up against t It I. I Dan hearing hint him wondered what that It II was sas and if IC belli bell being so much up against It II was what had hall made the towel and apron so dirt dirty In Iii a reasonable time tho hue sU sausage SI cakes and coffee canoe came care to th the table Plainly Pete had been crying He lie said not nol a word but set down own the dishes supplied a glass of water without being heIng be hue- ing trig requested and then limped back bek it the lie dim recesses again an and resumed hl his lamentations A fat tat woman with wih her sleeves s rolled up came can through the tine 5 swinging door beyond which Pete Pele had lund ani varnished vanished al and aund regarded the he countryman She observed oh ob served that thai he had pulled hl his table out ou from the wall wail wal and was wa sitting so o that thia no one could get behind him When Then he looked up she met hl his eyes and arid smiled cordially dl displaying a n bad set of or teeth Then she t t up nip her tier hair and smiled again She was the tie first cl city woman vonian Dan had ever seen een and he lie was interested In her H HH Ifs wondered If none ironic of them were col col- lars lurs When hel he Ire had h d. d breakfast t IT Pete Pele came forward Oward somewhat recovered itco ered by this time line and wrote 20 0 on a slip lh of paper tore the slip from flom a n. n block of or the lie same san kind and laid It down own b by the glass of water The fat woman oman came caine out of the dim recess reces and anti stood tood behind a little litle cigar case aRe near the door Dan concluded he lie mu must mustI t ta tray I ray a flY her twenty cen cents Fine morning she said mit all as he lie approached ap ap- ap- ap preached her Beautiful responded her customer custom custom- er laying a silver dollar dolar on the glass ca case e and looking straight in eye eye- He lie had an Idea Ilea slit she II would give gl e him him no change change So he took ho ho 1 of or the cigar case cae gently an and glanced around t the he hI room The glance served the lie double purpose of assuring him no on one was trying to get behind him anti and also discovering a place on the wall wal against the lie glass case would go JO with wih est cst assurance of wreck But he lie was mistaken She put up the the- change with wih the utmost t alacrity smiled plea pleasantly again again anti and said sid Thank you ou Come Como in again He lIe observed that not only wa was the collar missing fussing but that the tire neckband band of her dress was vas unbuttoned Youre welcome he said Pete was gathering up the lie dishes Dan walked down to lo him him and tendered him th the eighty cent cents Ir Its alright pardner he lie said Id You t know me me Theres There's no harm done Pete took the he In openmouthed openmouthed open open- mouthed mouthe absolutely silent amazement Maybe faybe n be this his nan man whom he lie had lintl been up against was was- some sonic famous athlete ath- ath clothes lete No 0 o man luau could tell tel a n fellow elow bv by hl hits his Dan Gunn picked pickel up hl huts his valise Use and walked talked to the ire door Come in iii again said the he e all woman pleasantly She was vz-us hair twisting up p her hel Thank you When hen Im I'm down this way again agall I will wi Im And Arid he lie walked out But he kept hE a avary war wary vary eye Cc on Pete till the tho glass door was urns closed He lie didn't tl want anything hurled at nt him lUau and he was waN nothing pretty sure s re would be hurled after the lie intervened river Just a n little way to tho the left lef was th tho lie bridge with wih the great Iron 1101 frame of the tho bearing a bur burden en of snow now arid and decorated with wih Icicles Half Hair wa way a acro across s tho the burl burly fellow bridge stood a ors ers rs of with the he n neck heck ck nut and should should- D a n gladiator and antI the lie lowering brow o of a thug Are re you OU running to the Hotel HotI Holland asked Dan Holand for tOl or ho lie had Gunn Gunni pleasantly remembered the tine fellow who had hind watched him mm-i half haIr an air hour before at the tho station Yes but you OU dont don't there want to go said s-ald ml the tine headed bullet d citizen Youre allright Ill I'll show hotel hotel You Your dont don't want Il you a u good hum bum place to go o to no What liat hat dl did you OU follow me mn d down that restaurant nit mE wn to for Cor a asked aked ked countryman the lie the he now looking VI very harlly at spoken fair Well eli rUnn runner r. r I was el n going to go In and arid lect m my collect col eel commission I could have them think T r made matle steered you OU there And nd wh why dl you you got gol there rf come In a after Well they wouldn't commission give me |