| Show H. H I h KD n S SR i R W By O. O Henry HenrYl I BRI ROW o I I I Cop ht IQ JO ty h t a co 0 o published d by s arrangement wit with the Wheeler or SyndicAte Inc of Blinker hunker wu was displeased A m man n o s le-s te culture and poise nJ wealth would ie TC 1 always rave have Hut Blinker that h b. b u a gentleman lI Uld do a 8 thIng that no 01 gentleman ear sar sardonic lo o he merely looked Iok d. d bored bor u and detI bi hiM BOthe BO to a Conic donic while h he ho rode rod r in ch wa as the center tenter ot of d disturbance th the of ut Lawyer awyer er om- om port orl who was ws oIo ug ehl lor Lor the tho er I teI te t ti 1 I why Blinker i dont donl t see are 1 said i u lie ai aIwas a 8 IJ Wi wasLo Ja to 0 ua na e u ao anu Pap Papers ro i j am ant packed ze ut ur the norm wo J wooi this moin- moin ow ow i 1 wait waiL until u H 1 I hat flaunt ny u nr t t ot Of t bUill u 01 at the IJO OUO h Un It la us 5 P plot t tar 0 0 e ara ar ve mu tue u to b buy Y rum au and aud a mono mono- Louing u. u IJ O- O 0 uve me a nen pen Den o t 6 alt I I 1 nate pens Je s d gray eray double chinned I oil nit lt atuU samu uoN n not 1 WOIS l Lawyer LaW me ud wf ot been tola told Oh Oil the n In rich Tue papers apers aie ale I not yei YC to sign They will wilt bo tie laid u tOlO YOU ou tomorrow at eleven lou ou ou will miss an- an tIter tiler da dl day Twice snail t barLier of ot A Blinker tweak the th helpless nose He lie BorroWs BorroW's ao no not nol that flint your jour embrace cut a a. hair rising the act did AL n 11 sa saul said Blinker I 1 of ot papers not involve more signing would take talu my business out ot of your hands at once Give me a d cigar JJr please ud imad Oldport Old port I i 1 It If said sawyer lawyer cared old friends friend's s son SOI gulped to see an sharks 1 I clown n at one oe mouthful by it to take would Mould have hae ordered you sou away long lon ago ugo Now let lel s quit fooling tooling tat tas the tho grinding Alexander Besides thirtY some of ot signing your name times Umes 1 must Impose upon tomorrow of or of oC a matter Jou rou ou the consideration of of business and I 1 may say or right i 1 spoke to you ou about aboul this five years ears ago but you I were In a u hurry would not listen You listen you for tor a coaching trip I 1 think The sub- sub subject subs t The property prop- prop lect has s come up again crt erty- erty Blinker DUnker interrupted Oh property men- men mentioned menI I Dear Mr Oldport Old port I think you I tomorrow L Lets Let's ts have hav l It all and at d signatures nu un u an dose tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow-su otto one rubber bands and I and snappy that hat smelly scaling sealing wax vax and and all all Have to luncheon with me mc me Well AVell Ill I'll try 11 tomorrow remember to drop in at morning v The Blinker r wealth was wall in fn lands tenements and ami hereditaments as the I II legal phrase KOPS gots QI'S lawyer Old Oldport port hada had I a rte nee liken Alexander lexander A in his hl little pulmonary pulmonary pul pul- to see theman the runabout I gasoline buildings and rows of ot buildings many man Alexander Alex Aix- I that h ha owned in the city lor For ander was sole heir They had amused I Blinker very much The houses looked i iso I Iso I the big sums i so Incapable of producing I kept of th that I lanver p piling it up p in banks si k for r him to to spend I I went to one In the evening e nin Blinker of ot his has clubs Intending to dine Nobody fogies playIng play- play playing was vias there except some old In Ing whist whis who spoke to him hin with grave politeness and glared at him with sav- sav was out of or Everybody rg age g contempt town But here he was kept In like a I IF II IO Iy schoolboy O y to write his name ISo over Ud and andover i I F over o on I pieces of paper e His wounds were deep I Blinker turned his back on the fo fogies had had and said to the club steward who come forward w with th some nonsense about cold fresh salmon roe Symons I Im I'm m going to Coney island He said It as one might say Alls All s off Im I'm going to jump into the river The joke pleased Symons He lIe laughed within a sixteenth U. U of f a note of f the audibility u f ltv permitted by the laws governing governing governing gov gov- Certainly sir sir he tl tittered Of or course sir str I think I can see you at Coney Mr tr Clinker Blinker BlIn Blinker er got a paper and looked up the movements of Sunday steamboats Then he found a cab at the first corner and drove to to a North river pier He lIe stood in line as democratic as you or orI orI orI I and bought a tIcket picket and was I trampled upon and shoved forward I until at last he found round himself on the upper deck of a boat staring brazenly at a girl who sat alone upon a camp campstool campstool stool But Blinker did not intend to tobe tobe tobe be brazen the gir irl was so wonderfully good looking look Ins that he forgot for one minute that ho he was the prince and behaved just as he did in society s1 She W. W was looking at him him too tan and ni no not I I I severely M A puff of wind threatened Blinkers BUnkers straw hat He lIe caught it warily and settled it again again The movement movement move move- bow The ment pave gave aVe tho the effect of a girl Irl nodded and smiled and In another instant he ho was seated at her side She was dressed all ail in white she was paler I than Blinker imagined milkmaids and girls of humble stations to be but she sheI I was as tidy as a cherry blossom andler and her ler steady supremely frank gray eyes looked out from the intrepid depths of ot otan an and untroubled soul How dare you raise yo your our r hat to tome tome tome me she asked with a r smile redeemed deemed severity rl scY I I didn t Blinker said but tout he quickly covered the mistake by ex extending extending ex- ex tending it to I didn't know how to keep from it after I saw you I I I do O not allow gentlemen nt to sit r by 1 re ree 1 m me t to whom h I oha have not been e introduced intro Intro- she said with a sudden haughtiness haughtIness haught haught- iness mess that deceived him He lie rose re reluctantly reluctantly re- re but her clear teasing laugh brought him down to his chair again I guess you weren't t going far tar she declared with beautys beauty's s magnificent self confidence Are you going to Coney island aS asked r ji n ker I wide wide-I ls wide wide- Me Me I She turned upon him I eyes full tull of ot bantering surprise Wh open Why what a question Cant Can't you see I that I Im I'm m riding a bicycle In the park ark I Her lIer drollery drollery- took the form of impertinence imper Imper- And I 1 am laying brick on a tall taU factory chimney said Blinker 1 we see sec Coney together I Im I'm m all alone I and Ive I've never been there before It It depends said the girl on how nicely you ou behave Ill I'll consider your I application until we get there I Blinker took t ok pains to provide against I Ithe of his application He the rejection strove to please To adopt the metaphor laid of ot his nonsensical phrase he brick upon brick on the tall chimney of ot his devoirs until at length the structure was stable and complete The manners of the best society come around finally to simplicity and as I the girls girl's wa way was that naturally they were on a mutual pl plane olane ne of or tion ti He lie from learned g the J that beginning ln she II was as 20 20 and her I I Florence that she trimmed j name was hats In a millinery shop that she lived in a furnished room with her best I chum store Jr Ellaa and i that ili who a was glass cashier of r milk in a from fSr shoe C I Ithe sill and an the bottle on the window I twist that boils itself while you egg hair makes a It breakfast good goodenough goodenough up your jour our laughed enough for any one on Florence I hunker Blinker wh when n she heard Well she said It n certainly shows that you have imagination It gives I IUIe the UIe Smiths a chance for a little rest I anyhow They landed at Coney Cone and were I dashed d shed on the crest of a great human seekers Into the wave wa e of mad pleasure walks and avenues of Fairyland gone into vaudeville With Wilh a a. curious eye a critical mind fairly withheld judgment Blinker ard a considered the temples temple na odas and ami kiosks of ot popularized delights Hol Hoi trampled hustled and crowded bump bump d d him him Basket parties d der dr sticky his cr children feet re candying U tumbled dl e his ish howling clothes s. s un under un- un In Insolent insolent in- in I solent youths strolling among amoni the I booths with hard won cines canes under one arm erm and easily won girls In the other I Hew defiant smoke from cheap gars cigars into with 1 t his i o The each publicity before tf gentlemen his e own I stupendous attraction roared like Niagara ir In his pars ears Music of all kinds that could be tortured from brass bras reed hide bide or string fought in the theIr air aln Ir I to gain for Cor its vibrations i its Vs competitors e But what held Blinker Un I in fascination r ri a-ri was aa the rooK nooh the fl the shrieking struggling u hurrying Denting itself in Incontinent f frenZ frenzy with un unabashed un- un t abashed abandon into the he ridiculous shara paia s of trumpery and nd tinsel pl plea pleasures The vulgarity of or it IL Its Us brutal I overriding of all the ten tenets ta of or I J t OUTBURSTS OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT EVERETT TRUE TRUE TRUE-By By Condo I lI II I II I I I I I II I I II I I II I 1 I I i I I I T L I- I 1 k kI WC ABOUT NOW I I 1 I 1 t OF HC k kS S R- R rc wL I I RO ROk I r ro roI f V t 0 I r 0 t 9 h hi hia 1 by held slon sion and taste that vr were rc him strongly repelled caste turned the midst of his disgust he In his by and looked down at 1 Florence lorence quick I side She bhe he was isas read ready with her happy eyes atbright at R smile and upturned in trout bright and ind clear cleal as the water pools The c eyes es were saying that they I had the right to to be shining and happy happy hap haP- with her herfor herfor I py for Cor was their owner not for the present Man her Gentleman friend and holder of ot the keys to the II enchanted ted of ot fun tun look accurately aeI accurately ac ae- ac- ac Blinker d di not not- read her suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- some miracle he but by denly saw Coney aright I a mass of ot vulIA He lie IA I. I no rio seeking longer Li gross saw joys 4 He i. i-i. now eW looked k i- i e clearly rf upon upon a hundred thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand true Idealists Their offenses were wiped out Counterfeit and false though the garish joys of these spangled temples were he ho perceived they d under the gilt surface that deep ep and offered saving saying and apposite balm satisfaction to the restless human was the husk ot Of heart Here at least leapt Romance the empty but shining casque of ot Chivalry the catching breath dip and flight of oC though safe saCe guarded I Adventure the magic carpet that transports you to the realms of ot fairyland fairyland fairy lairy- I land though its journey be through but few poor yards ards of ot space He no I longer lunger a saw a rabble but his brothers I seeking the ideal There Thore was no noI magic of poesy here or of or art but the I Ima Imagination turned of or their L cl th of gold n and ana In I I I I L cl th of gold n and ana In y vellow ellow i c ca calico alic le o li into to cloth o the megaphones Into mog into the silver sliver trumpets trumpets trum trum- pets of joy JOYS JOY'S s heralds Almost humbled Blinker rolled up uP the shirt sleeves of ot his mind and the idealists joined he to You ou are arc the lady doctor How shall we go about doing do doing cio cio- J. J Florence lorence ing this jolly conglomeration of or fairy incorporated tallest the said We e will begin there pointing to a fun tun pagoda on onte Princess will take talc the tle edge of the sea and we t e them all aU allin in one by ono one one caught the eight o o'clock clock re returning returning returning re- re They turning boat and sat filled tilled with pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- please pleaseant fatigue against the rail in the ant and bow harp listening nl Blinker fin to r t the had d If Italians Italians' thrown off fiddle all 1 himan him himan The North Woods seemed to care b wilderness What a a an fuss ssU uninhabitable he ht had IJa made over signing his name pooh name pooh he could sign it a hundred bundred hundred hun bun dred times And her name was as Florence he lie saidI said pretty as she was was Florence himself a great many times it to in inthe Inthe inthe nearing its pier As the boat was the North river a two-funneled two drab I foreign looking sea going steamer was wa dropping down clown toward the bay The turned its nose in toward its slip The rhe boat steamer veered as if to seek midstream midI midstream mid mid- stream and then yawed jawed seemed to Increase In Increase tn- tn its speed and struck the Coney crease the stern nut cut cu iSe hn boat t on nn the Ph side lle near tern I I ting tl i l into o oit it It with a terrifying shock and crash While the au sis hundred passengers on the WI the boat bd decks SW wire i in e a mostly o ie tumbling y about b the captain was shouting at the steamer that it should not back off oft and leave lea the rent exposed for tor the water to lo enter But the steamer tore Its way out like a savage sawfish and cleaved lout its heartless way full tull speed The boat began to sink at its Us stern I but mox d slowly toward the slip sUp I were a frantic mob The passengers I to behold unpleasant Blinker held Florence tightly until the boat had righted itself She made madeno no sound or sl sign n of fear He lie stood on ona ona ona stool ripped off ote the slats above a camp of ot otI his head and pulled down a number the life ute preservers He began to Florence Florence The Tho Tho rc rotI rot rot- 0 t around arund hu i Kle one ono split and the the fraudulent rut I canvas m rn out Ina in ina lork uric came pouring granulated stream l caught a a. handful a of or n it and gk laughed a like breakfast gleefully t food she It It looks good They They're re no said Take It off oU unbuckled it and threw it on 00 She bhe made Blinker sit down the deck She her handin handIn hand handin side and put and sat by his dont don't What 11 jou OU ou bet we W in In his and said reach the pier all right right she began bex And d to now hum the e em a m captain song moved among among and order the passengers undoubtedly make herslip her The boat would the women sUp slip he said and ordered they children to the bow where and could ii land a first ci il The hAt boat very low low- tried ft gal- gal ft tried gal- gal 1 in the the thew w water wa t er r- r rat at at a t the th e stern s t ern galt gallantly to make his promise good llorence Florence said Blinker as she held I Ilove Ilove Ilove hand and him close by an arm love you she ISha re replied replied replied re- re what they all aU say plied lightly all all' h he persisted per per- I 1 I am not one of of they slated I I never knew any anyone one I S could I love before I 1 could pass my life with every day I 1 am amrich and be happy you jou rich I 1 can make things all aU rIght for 1 you That's what they the all say say said the tho girl again weaving the tho words into her little reckless song Dont say that again said Blinker BUnker in a tone that made her look at him Infrank in infrank infrank frank surprise r- r Why SlI shouldn't I t J.-t say sav aX it she asked 1 l l I Th T U A. A a all nit ll d do o ca calm l m y They ey Who ho arc are they he asked je jealous lous for the tho first time in his existence Why Vh the fellows I 1 know I Do Do you know so many Oh well Im I'm not a wall flower she answered with modest complacency compla compla- ce where here do you jou see sec these these thee these men men At your home Of ot course not I m met meet et them Just as asI asI I did you Sometimes on the boat sometimes |
