| Show i I I II IiI P I THE NOVEL FAKERS liv l I II 1 II IIi iv i VEX ONS JOSIC I TT v en Oo ny To hili of 1 1 The Thc golden olden moon shone down dOln upon tIle the long row of or banana trees tree which bordered on the tho Boulevard du Iu Pom- Pom mes moe des dM Terre Torre at nt Monte lonte Carlo on a n Louis Sneeze ne bench lench young Harold Hoplight pondered deep deep- 1 ly Iy Cordon blue ho he cried In the Parisian Pa Pa- accent acquired by two years years' t residence r in the Latin quart quarter I Holy I pink ho Iw cried relapsing into pure pUl Broadway English Hero lIen I havo have been playing ah ah that hear dear game and and I am nm broke blok louto buste bust Not ot a marked sou in my wallet wallet reduced to toa toa toa a paltry million francs again He lie thought ht of ot his gay g-ay European travels thc lra the snow clad crests of or tho the Pyramids his joun journey where over o the Alps lies lIet Ital Italy the Strasse in Berlin the In vineyards ard of St St. Petersburg Petersburg Peters Peters- burg antI and the great grat Kremlin at nt Vien Vlen- ienna na nn lIe He thought of his sail E down dawn tho the blue Danube to Antwerp lie he saw aw in infancy infancy fancy the noble nolie dome of or St St. Pauls Paul's risIng ils- ils In Ing over th the silvery Tiber Tibet a again aln his J auto rolled oiled noiselessly over tho road streets tR of Vienna Non Nom do IC eo hl bulldog exclaimed Harold lIar lIar- old would that I wore W back in III the tho Rite HUP do tIe Broadway with Ethel I will go o home bottle and l marl marry narry her But Butt mon inon dew dw leW I have havo no mone moneIth money With Ith his million francs loo loosely eh held In 10 his left Ift hand hanl Harold entered the tue Salle Raile du gamble anti and raised to hi his lipsa lips a cocktail a n la Ia New York Then he ho walked eel over o to the tho table and placed his mon money on the pin pink 1 The Tho little Hale ball spun round Harold snapped his lingers fingers Holy lied nett Of he ho cried Th The Tho ball hall fell Cell into litto a 0 hl black cl pocket Harold muttered hoarsely hoarel to himself himself him him- self You piece plc do e. and anti loft left tho the Casino Six months later ho hc gave e elp tip up his job t as waiter walter in tIme the Hotel ties LIes Boobs and went to Now New York with seven seen million d dollar r oh I a rs Harold Is now flOW happily married anti and andIs Is no never noI I out of or the tho hou house o after 9 o'clock but often with a 0 tear tal In hl his eye OC he tells Ethel Ethe of or the days when he was a bon garcon and lo Ie dickens kens of or a 0 chap That dear Paris laris he ito sighs a antI and ml that sweet t Monte Monto Carlo tout Carlo tout a la In i 1 III The Irr llio I Explorer D By Silas Corntassel of DC h It was as nl night ht in tho time Jungle Dark Dark anti and black as lS pitch From the tIme river 11 the time cr cry of or the thc alligators alligators a- a tors ruse rose roson on th the still air a plaintive sound that brought to the- the mind of the lone on Am American traveler tra visions ot of Ch Chicago Ica o Amos was discouraged Alono Alone ho he had crossed the greater part pait of the continent to tu discover 1 tho source of or th the Nile r Anti And now now now- And Anti now no nohe he lie had co the tho source but hut he was unable to 0 take it home horne A gigantic hippopotamus was bathing In 10 the pond and Amos didn't seo how he could get et own away atay with the water Come little hippo hll ho he pleaded tickling the playful animal with a straw Oct Get out anti ami cat ent this nice tre tree which I 1 have hao brought blought you ou With a gurgling cry CIT the tho hippo sank hn beneath ath the waves wn Amos looked around A huge bulge e elephant was char charging upon him With a n. quick motion the tile explorer grabbed Its trunk and held it for Cor ox- ox I eX-I pi ess char charges e I A cr cry of baffled rage escaped the tho I monstrous pachyderm The rile hippo stuck its head above o water and laughed laugh laugh- ed ell with glee gleo Gee Geu whiz Im I'm glad Im I'm free sang sans sanga sansa a parrot In a neighboring shoe hoc tree Amos a a. doughnut to the hIli hippo po The huge beast turned a n nip flip SIlls t. t flap out of or the pond and alIl Amos tl i I Ills his opportunity To Today d a the source of ot the Nile stands in the park of oC h a nm monument It lo to tho the pluck of or Amos the time ox- ox orr i S h l |
