Show f cr T THE E MAN yAI 0 ON r THE ROAD OAD i I BY H. H T. T BATTEN may Xo No 1 1 The The s Crank VE E E time tho clerk at the old od O Vanderbilt at t. t Syracuse tried to put a jo Job up on mo ma just JURt ashe ns LS nse he e was going off dut duty after supper said aid Beevers the he hat man There was wasa a 11 man out In front of the hotel whom ho 10 called over o to where wo we were standing stand- stand Ins ing ng This Is Doc Brothers whom you ou heard card about he sail said then excused himself himself him- him self elf hastily Doc Brothers looked at me with friendly Interest for Cor a moment Evidently 1 was an audience Then ho explained Yes they ther wanted me to wear a colar colar collar col- col lar ar but I wouldn't do it it When I ran ranor for fOl or mayor maor I was elected but the they counted me out Then when I got Cot my franchise for or the elevated railroad to be bunt built without supports or pillars the they wouldn't let me built bunt it Just because I wouldn't w wear r a a- a J. J collar and be their creature I 01 where whore you OU were ere foolish said Bald I. I What harm would a collar do Everyone wears them I mean a political collar said Doc Joe You know your our own business best I replied but a n friend of ot mine comes comesup comesup up p from New York er c every two months with a trunk full of ot money all done up In n packages ages which ho hands out to the tho people eople on both sides who belong to the organization He Ile is due hero tomor- tomor row ron Just then a friend who sells scenery and nd curtains to theatres came along ani and asked mo me to go down to the Valley theatre with him so o I hurried awa away and nd left Doc standing there I soon forgot the Incident It was nearly 2 a a. a m in m. when we got ot back baele Just Justs JustAs Justas as s I stepped Into the elevator I 1 felt a hand on my shoulder There stood Doc Brothers who had been waiting wafting all the time to finish our talk Say he lie said Introduce me to your our friend will win you ou |