Show jI if Copyright m b by the Press tres Publishing Co the thee New e York Wor World S DIr Mr Tarr and his employer came A AS near the tho blazing portals of or GUss GUs's popular hou house of call at nt tho the corner corner corner cor cor- ner tho the old man drew back Lack a bit and a a. shiver went ut up his plastic spine be beneath beneath beneath be- be neath his Ills rich fur coat A rich man does not like to bo Lo In strange places unguarded by private secretaries of office rice boys boya parasite friends or an expensive wife wife the the last seeing seeing- nobody gets anything from her husband because she feels It Is taken from her Cheer up advised ad Mr oIl Tarr Jarr who noticed his boss falter Calter I am am only showing you ou how the other othe half hal enjoy enjo themselves We e are arc not going going- slum slum- ming Call me mo Mr Brown when we set get whispered the boss Nix Ix nix on Incognito stuff remarked remarked re re- re- re marked Mr Ir Jarr airily We 0 are going among mon not soubrettes All 11 the familiars of oC the place were ere present Mr Ir making conversation conversation conver conver- with gestures to Muller and Rafferty Raf- Raf crt and Mr Ir Michael Angelo on the tho outside butting m in Friend of ot mine said Mr Ir Jarr carelessly care care- lessly The Tho group roup In front and Gus behInd tho time bar regarded them car carelessly and I went on with their arguments Mr JArra employer felt hurt that his In Induction induction In- In had hod caused HO o o little a excitement Hero Here was a saloon and no man with a heavy y black dyed ded mustache mustachio a man wearing a check suit with a n. sack coat with a silk hat and eke a red ted necktie necktie- had stepped steppe forward and end said TI Tip p us your flipper old sport Youre You're Just In time to plc pick out tho the winning winning win win- ning card t There horo was no such In Individual In sight The crowd was an utterly commonplace one Mr 11 Jarr's 1 boss oss had been so busy getting rich when a a. young Jun man and so bothered keeping rich when older grown that ho ha had never been In a corner corn corner cor cor- n ner z saloon Dro Mr r. r hind had ha edged ed Into Inlo the tho largest larg larg- ost est group roup an and Into the conversation b bj by bythe the time tho the boss had hd noted the absence of or tho the saloon grafter r ha had seen so soman man many timers timed In pictures Mr tr Jarr's employer employer em em- was teas now gazing at t the bottles behind th the tha bar and yon wondering which ono contained the thc knockout drops Mr Tarr Jarr could have o told toM him they all held knockout drops If It one took a a. drop too much out of them Wo 0 mustn't cavil at tho the spirit of tho the season Mr was WIlS aging It ItIs ItIs It Itis Is more moro blessed to give 11 than receive 0 V C ti r p 0 0 G Call me a 3 sentimentalist I If you ou will wUl but never novel let It be bo said ald that I 1 Ivas Was v as a aSpur Spur Vat t did you OU over ever give anybody loafer loaf loaf- er el what you are asked ke Mr 11 superciliously I 1 give good will I J spread Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas maM ch cheer cr I radiate It It emanates from Cram me As tho the poet says He Ue gave to Misery all he had had had-a. a tear Mr Ir wiped his e eyes es What hat good will a tear do du me a asked lcd Sla hu k I know kno so man many things I could cry cn about myself There arc are other emotions And we WI I who cannot siva give a smile can give I c a n tear for tho path paths 53 of or th the Christmastide Christmas Christmas- tide explained Mr Mm I am a spendthrift t of oC emotions Dross have ha I none but I can Impart psychic and physical manifestations of oC my aptitude for tal or Jovial lal gre gregariousness Lot Let all ex- ex pond from their store Let the rich give gl dross from their plethora of or posses possession possession pos pos- ses session lon let tho the merr merry invoke ties tics the lachrymose a tear tearl I 1 dont don't know knon what he means said laid Gus GUB But Hut I 1 think what ho he Is trying to say Sl Is ho he wants a a smile And If It f he hc dont don't get gel It hell he'll cry en Lot him cry said Peppier I aint had a good laugh since m my customers started to do their Christmas C shopping but early but not In m my 1 butcher utcher shop What good would woul 1 a tear do mo ono asked tl Qua Gus disgustedly The others no nodded ded their heads Them commotions Emotions corrected Mr T c Tell ell 11 th whatever te er they nr are the they dant be he ca cashed here herc said ald ills Jus I t wouldn't be he Interested ted If ho tic sneezed None of ot them their things s aint good for Ifor nothing If t somebody would cough however suggested Mr 11 Jarr Yes Its It's J t time rems remarked Gus lookIng lookIng look- look Ing lag sharply about What hat will your ot friend friend wearing th the Newfoundland doi do doc have hate hu lie i siddi-d siddi when Mr rr Jarr made the gesture hr m hospitality Mr h TanN boss signified he hed he'd take e a JI sherry Amontillado h hu ht sot sug Dont bo he fuss fussy salt said Gus Gua I aint that Armadillo got label I will wager luger that I 1 have hae coughed and brought good cheer said ald Mr tr r returning gallantly to the charge Ill hot bet you never ne coughed and It at all When did you asked I G Gus GUB Listen r replied tr Mr r- r Whenever cr u I see Berry Bern the thc undertaker stan standing ln at his door loo looking dIsconsolate late because the only thing thing- dead is business business busi busi- ness I stop and land give c him a cough that cheers him up with expectancy and hope I treat said paid GusHow GusHow Gus How Irow very Interesting murmured Mr fr Jarr Jarr's n employer I I 1 think Ill I'll take takeoff takeoff off oCt m my coat and sta stay awhile And he hc r removed mo the time garment that Gus had likened to a 1 Newfoundland dog |