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Show H WHAT THE DELL MEANT. JJ Muilclan'o Novel Method of Signaling HJ I for Refreshments. Ii H At tho end of flio ballroom floor In H : Riley's Tonopnh saloon was a stage, H t . upon which the orchestra sat. On ono H f side wero tiers of curtained boxes H ( and along tho other ran a raised gal-PJ gal-PJ ' lcry with drinking tables and chairs. HJ A railing held tho cjowd back from JJ the dancers, but thero were no liur-H liur-H dies between tho onlookers and tho J bar. In fact, fioni tho way they gravida gravi-da taled thither I judged tho floor to bo HJ on a slant. Tho place wns thronged J and very noisy. In tho midst of :i swinging two-step ono of the mush HJ clans picked up a cow bell from be-PJ be-PJ tween his feet and jangled It loudly. PM ' "What does that mean?" I asked. "A HE fight?" "Oh, no," said n man nt my B3 i side, "tho orchestra want's a drink," PJ and I saw a whlteaproned attendant i scudding toward tho stago to take their orders. At regular Intervals the wild clamor of this buvluo neck chnrm broko out nnd It never failed to gaiti PJ I attention. Ilex Ilcach in Every-PJ Every-PJ 7J body's. |