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R JARR came home earl early as hoha ho lie MR had ha been boon hidden and tho fragrance fragrance fra tra- grance granco of or broiled steak steal pervading pervading the halwa hallway on the third floor gave him olfactory Information that company had arrived ell before him In these days of high prices when beefsteak is 15 sold by the carat a broiled steak Is rare rare even even wh when en well wel done done done- in tho the average middle class family But little did Mr Jarr Jar suppose ho he was to share that broiled steak with a new species of the genus senus homo a homo a Philadelphia Phia- Phia Phila delphia sport i And of ot all al the sports that sport there I Is none so sporty a as this sort of ot sport sport- sport Mr lr and Mrs Irs Blodger arc are here hore salt said I Mrs Jarr opening opening- the door I 1 never saw an anything so tough In m my life Tho Tile steak or Mr Blodger asked Mr Jarr sniffing the smoky fragrance in the crack in the tile wall vall that is called the tile private hall hail in Harlem flats Both snapped Mrs Jarr But tho the steak will vIll wil bo he all al right for Gertrude has given it a good pounding and tills this man Blodger would be bo all al the tho better for Cor the tho same samo saro thing How low could Mrs have married such a man 1 He must have havo asked her suggested Mr Jarr Mrs Jarr did not reply to this but ushered him in and Introduced him to Mr and Mrs Blodger of oC J.- J. del delphia ph Mr Mrs Mra Blodger was a a. pallid fat tat woman with a whining voice Training up two dissatisfied daughters In the way the they wouldn't go the go-the the Miss and wedding edding a a. Philadelphia sport had been too much for tho the mature bride She had been a woman an and a widow ot of spirit in her day doy but her attitude e at present was one of unconditional sur stir ron render rendor d or She was vas sitting on the sofa glancing appealingly at her new husband Mr MI Bodger Blodger a heavily built young oung man with massive mC shoulders and hands like lC bunches of oC bananas banana and feet teet like hams arose from the piano stool to greet Mr Jarr He lIe had scratched scratch d the footboard or lower part of at the piano an upright ht one shamefully with wih his great heavy y hea shoes for as he had explained ho was used to playing the pianola Mr Blodger of Philadelphia was as what Is known as ns a good mixer He Hc wore fraternity society emblems allover all allover al over o him on hl his scarf pin on his watch chain on his hiM sleeve o links and In his lapel Hiss brother are aro you a Snake he asked If It so writhe and rattle asked Blodger grasping tho the hand of ot Mr Jarr It I would seem that this question ques Cues tion lon was an Inquiry as to whether Mr lr Jarr had hod become initiated Into the tho new order of the Secret Society of Sagacious and Splendid Snakes and anil the suggestion tion ton that Mr Jarr writhe and ratte rattle was the greeting or password Mr Ir Blodger er also gave Mr Jarr Jorr the con coil or grip and in so doing had nearly nearly near near- ly bruised off oft the fingers adjacent to the seal ring Mr lr Jarr wore score I J V a IHLI 4 aK U A In surprise Ha then you'll never be a successful souse Dont Don't you want ant to die dlo like a good fellow with wih a nailed hob hob liver l cr Mr 1 Jarr would have ha e been willing to todie die dlo by torture if ie he could havo have slain Mr Blodger o of Phi Philadelphia ero ere he passed But nut ho he only murmured feebly that he was glad to see sec Mr Blodger cr but lUt J he a wasn't a zt Snake hen we paraded in Atlantic City ever every bar from Baltimore to Boston had crepe on the door l said Mr Blodger Blod Blod- ger There Thore aint a barkeep in America Amer mer merlea lea ica that doesn't belong belonS Ive I've Ive come over here hero to establish a i Dun Don of ot Snakes I 11 ii Pt put t you in a as King Snake What hat say saY Shy hy you can give t tue c Si Sign n of ot the Poison Fang FanS In any gin mill mi cast or West eat and the tho chance chanco Is a hundred tOOne to toone one Olne that hat the tile antidote Is il handed handell to you if You haven't a bean Sir Mr Jarr said ho would think It over The wilt wont won't like it i. i eh ehi asked Mr Blodger who noted Mrs Jarr's dis approval The Tile what Mr Jarr Inquired The the squaw repeated tho tile Protagonist of ot the Secret Society of or SagaCious Sagacious Sa Sn- and Splendid Snakes All hAl the wits are aro ro dead against the Snakes Snakes- that's why tho the order grows Theres There's a aDen aDen aDon Den Don in every town And mind you Ol hero here his voice took a u tone of oC indignant indig Indig- nant neat protest Its an order with a religious re- re tendency Why hY in tho the ritual we Wo got a a lot of ot Junk about tho Snake in tho the Garden of ot Ed Eden n. n Never mind tho the vHf I 1 Mr Jarr could see one oue wi that stood i I I with wIh read ready hoel hod to bruise the te serpents serpent's head but before he could say an anything Gertrude announced dinner was served Let Lot the sq squaws follow us us said sC Blodger Bodger taking Mr Jarr b by the arm I 1 want to show you wh why you OU should be a Snake The ThC should worry |