Show L T A millionaire filliam filli om by telegraph o o 6 jimmy dalier balter is a journeyman barber last july ho he got on a good thing at a racetrack ard and won ile ho immediately resigned ills his position and started to take a two weeks vacation ile iio had lapard some of the patrons of the downtown barber shop where he worked talking about oconomowoc as being balm a drad swe place and lie ho decided that it would just about suit stilt him so long ai his held out ile ho took a iro room at tho lie swell est cst hotel and started in anbry tary ta to enjoy himself but hotel seemed scorned to be anxious to make his acquaintance qua latance even tho the pretty young woman in blue anti and pink lowered flowered shirt waist who acted as telegraph operator in the hotel lobby was exceedingly chilly in the big hotel dining room the summer girls and their guardian gu ardlan mammas never even seemed to boo jimmy though lie never carne came in until overy Lady else was seated anti and was always careful to comb hla hair into elaborate ola borato senal on oil either cither side his forehead fain foai or five lays days had gone by in this way and jimmy was almost ready to declare that society life was all a snare and a delusion meanwhile the small email blond young woman who sent and received mess bilges ag a 3 had bad unconsciously twined herself tightly into the ten tendilla dills of jim mys mya helpless af affection tims time after time jimmy sauntered airey airly up to 0 o her desk and made some same playful remark which was intended to bo fascinating but it was no use bliss always looked up ui with a sober briber and businesslike air and inquired whether he was expecting a message sage that finally gave him an idea lie ile haj never received but wo two messages by tolo bolograph graph in his life but there clemed to bo be no reason why ho he should not get a few fair ho he sat eat down and wrote a long letter to ore one of tho the boys bays in tile barber shop at chicago that evening jimmy spent in painfully watching hatching a dance in the hotel dining room watching with envious eyes a young man in a white yachting stilt fault as ho he whirled the beauteous jelsa magann round the tha long room in a waltz and aless magann never oven glanced tit in his direction dear me what a change there was in tile the morning wile jimmy camo came down into tho the lobby on ills way to breakfast pretty miss magann Ala glim looking as aa tresh fresh as a daisy begoin the sun had hac sipped tile the low dew from its petals looked up tip at him with a smile sir air baker sho she called to him ive a massago aso hero tore for you I 1 fancy its an important one jimmy tool tile the yellow envelope with what lie ho tried to make a bored expression ile he leaned carelessly against the ornamental railing about miss ma ala ginns tore open tho the envelope unfolded tho the message and read it james baker oconomowoc wis have offer of spot cash for your state street frontage shall 1 I accept 75 S sullivan for just a wink of tho the eye jimmy was knocked out ont but lie he was game anti and quickly recovered himself tho the boys tit in tho barber shop at home were coming it pretty strong but that was N 4 Y V A 04 vj k beautiful morning slid said jimmy no reason why ho he should weaken and spoil the game carelessly lie ho doubled up tho bit c ct rollow follow paper and thrust it into his coat pocket packet pretty miss bliss maglan was watching wat chind his every movement sho she had discovered tin an unsuspected millionaire li lio beautiful morning said jIm jimmy as it if ho he had dismissed tile the telegram and its contents from his mind altogether charming gurgled allas ailsa maginn 1 I seo you at tho the dance last night mr air baker 0 the tha gay deceiver jimmy know perfectly well the reason why she had ret seen him she had looked clear over his head but he countered promptly im not a dancing man miss haglun you really ought to learn leara sir air baeier why it its s perfectly lovely theres to be a danco dance over at the metritt merritt ahonso this evening and tt it yuu like ill give you a lesson lesion im sure suie learn quickly ahl ah the power of a few foot feet of state street fi outage 1 I II 11 be delighted said jimmy ill call for you at 8 1 shall I 1 dress diO BS jimmy started to walk away from be ho desk when miss bliss maelan called him back that massago canio came collect elect lect mr baker shall I 1 put it on oil your room bill 7 why yes raid jimmy in a lordly way or watt wait a minute ill pay it sow now I 1 hate these extras on ones hotel bills ne ho pulled out its ills diminishing roll OL oi bills and put miss bliss alagine to tho the trouble of charging the only twenty ho he had left then ho he left her in a most excited and delighted state of mind on hta his way across the hotel lobby ho pulled one hand out of his coat pocket with it camo came the telegraph message and dropped unnoticed on tile tho floor ile iia was at tho the breakfast brea kfaft table when tho the mother of the three charming alu P it 0 g 4 y va R ai my A 4 JIM W 4 e pk I 1 11 xv 3 vu VU t 1 ally V d malan always 1 aked up lip with a sober and businesslike air young oung women who sat at tho next table came hurrying up tip Is this mr eaker dalier yes well I 1 found a telegram of yours on tho the hoor floor tit in tho the hotel lobby im glad to bo be able to return it to you iou its too bad for fo you to sit over here heie all alone at this table when we have an extra place at ours wed be delighted to hive have you join us mr baker jimmy decided as he accepted the pressing invitation to change his seat that the boys bos in tho the barber shop had better than they knew after a pleasant breakfast brcak fast with the three pretty girls gills jimmy accepted an invitation to go out yachting with one of them in the afternoon and then strolled out into the hotel lobby again miss magann looked up tip at him with a ravishing smile on her face may alay I 1 have a blank and a pencil he asked chank i in 1 au you ill send an answer to that telegram chis is what lie he wrote Z S Sui Su nyan iLvan chicago ill III use your own judgment about selling dont bother me about details I 1 am trying to rest james baker send it paid please said jimmy as ashe he laid halt hal a dollar on the desk Th the elook look that grew in miss bliss beautiful eyes as she read over the careless message in which mr air baker put away from him a mere matter of might well have warmed the heart of a colder man than jimmy you wont forget our dancing lesson leason this evening mr air daker baker she said with a caressing note in her voice jimmy had a lovely time out on the lake that afternoon ile ho was all alone in the boat with the youngest of the old ladys three pretty daughters when the boat keeled over under the wind jimmy could hardly help sitting close to her indeed but she seem to mind it a bit once a sudden gust of wind almost capsized the little craft and after it had bad righted again the pretty skipper looked at jimmy with an arch smile and said well 11 that was a close shave it jimmy blushed a rosy red and looked at hor her a second time but ho he decided that she mean it when they started out jimmy had seen bliss maglan watching them out of at the hotel windows now as they drew near the 1 landing anding he saw her again standing out on an tho the end of the pier waving a handkerchief as it if to beckon them in 0 mr air baker she called before the boat had lia d been tied up heros heres an important message for you ou I 1 think it wants an immediate answer jimmy wondered what was coming now ile he tore tho the envelope and read james baker oconomowoc wis big bulge in wheat shall I 1 let go halt half million bushels for a profit of sixty thousand Z S sullivan nothing important said jimmy 1 I wish I 1 could get tho the b boys 0 ys not to bother rao me about trifles trifle s when im on my vacation va antion then ho helped his fair partner out of tile the bot boat and walked up to the hotel with one ona of the eirls on each side of him jimmy did not stay out tho the whole two weeks at the end of tho the tenth day he discovered that ho he had just juit money enough left to pay his car fa faro bach to chicago after the hotel bill waa settled so lie took his departure bv tween dinner and breakfast ile he left at least two girls him who had taken hla his proposal of marriage under consideration for a few days doubtless they are still wondering what ever became ot oc him hi chicago tribune |