i Broadwau
Jones
From the Play of
George M. Cohan
B0
EDWARD MABSnAU
to
OffTrtg at, 1911, by & W. DUllnchMi Oompur
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Jack son J own, nk-knainad
Broadway," becausa of hla conUnual
aerification of New York's Tat thor
urhlara, la anxious to rt away from hla
honi fcTwn of Joneavllla. Abner Jonea,
him uocla. la Tf ry angry becauaa Broad
mY FafUaAfl lA t 1 1 a Anwn tab.
r" i ium factory in wnicn D
vii u una id ma rimer interest,
CHAPTER Il-Judir BpoUword p forma
Jroadway that t&O.mo Tft him by b'f
father la at Ma dlapoaaL Broadwaf
I.Vl!?'? h"adinf for Ms fay.
me atrwt la Now York,
. "Consider you my lawyer, Judge? Ol
course yoq are my lawyer. Weren't
you my father's lawyer?"
j. "Not always; I did not draw his
will, for Instance. And In other thing
your uncle well, If jour father had
tut listened, as 1 hope you'll listen, his
brother Abner never would have
t "Sure! I know. And you've already
been roy lawyer. Didn't you get me
out of Jail there In New Haven? Imag
ne oetng locked up In New Haven 1
And I'd only dropped a melon from the
window. If the chief of police hap
pened to be gotng by, was that to?
fault? I'd have eaten the melon If It
hadn't been so spoiled. And still they
locked me up! They made a criminal
of met It's bad enough to be a crim
inal, but to be a criminal imprisoned
In New Haven heavens! Suppose a
man should be locked up In Jones villa!
Why, he'd die of shame."
"Well, If you accept me as your law
yer, when your uncle asks you to sell
out your interest In the Jones Gum
company you will refuse. When you
do that, hell try to bind you not to
ell out to the trust as long as you
both live. I hope you'll never sell out
to the trust, but dont sign any pa
yor. Jackson, although you know
what the trust purchase of the factory
would mean to Jonesvllle and to all
f as."
' Til not sell out to the trust, judge,
but If my uncle "
"He'll not offer you a fair price. Hell
want to get a bargain. And remem
ber that the company will get richer
very year."
"But the trust may bust tf
Broadway Jonas.
"I hope you'll take that chance, my
boy, rather than ever be a party to
ruining the old home town."
"AH right, judge. I won't sell to
Uncle Abner anyway, just now. I
won't need the money. There's enough
coming to me to keep me busy for a
while."
"Jackson, I wish you might feel dlf
ferently about the starting of your life
as a grown man. If you could culti
vate a feeling of responsibility"
"It bores me. I could never even
apell It."
"I'm afraid It does, Jackson, and
that worries me. But "
"You'll come to New York, some
time, and and "
"Jackson. I'm afraid I shall."
"And keep it secret that we're either
one of us from Jonesvllle."
"Jackson." said the judge, reproving,
ly, "you'd better get along toward
home. And don't think too much about
those lights. Broadway, like every
other street, is safer in the daytime,
before the lights are lit."
"The lights are Broadway's eyes."
said the young man. "Until they're
lighted, Broadway is asleep, and you
see only men and women on It."
"ad what do vou see later?"
"tou, can searca me Tor the name.
But they're several degrees oeyond
mere men and women."
After he bad left the judge, Jackson
found It quite Impossible to go sedate
ly home, as he might pousibly have
done on almost anv other niaht- lis
flea went to bod In Jonaanliie, be aa-
gdalned upon occasion, because be
could not bear to stay awake there. He
bald tt made him feel ash saved.
Back of Whipple's drug store was
the unofficial clubrootn of the gayer
youth of Jonesvllle, who demanded
something less sordid than the two
grim saloons or the tavern barroom.
Tt-lhe.drug store Broadway retreated.
1
Hefbund It more than usually ani
mated. While he had been in the se
clusion of Judge Spotewood's study
one of the rare, dramatic episodes
which Jonesvllle ever knew had come
to pass being imported from the out
er world, of course. A touring car
had taken at too high a speed a
"thank ye ma'am" provided by the
town authorities for the purpose of re-
(J s
Judo Spotswood.
Warding motorists who endeavored to
scape from deputy sheriffs. The re
sult had been that the car's occupants
had left it without Intention, gone up
ward, cleaving the night air to heights,
and, coming down, had found them
selves almost simultaneously In a mud
hole and a deputy's custody.
Having paid their fines for speeding
and reacued their somewhat battered
motor, they now were being bandaged.
It waa characteristic of the general
state of Jonesvllle's mind that the vis
itors had first been fined; repairs for
their bruised heads being looked at as
a secondary matter.
The unfortunates numbered two, and
they had told the fining and exultant
Judge of the peace that they were son
and father, giving their names as
O rover aad Robert Wallace. Robert
Wallace waa of not much more than
Jackson's age.
The drug store crowd waa listening
with huge delight to their subdued ex
pressions of wrath. But with Broad
way's entrance the younger of the vic
tims recognised a member of his own
indefinable fraternity. Within two min
utes the young men were "old chap"
to each other, which la a congenial
sign.
"How's your machine r asked Broad
way. "Havent's looked it over very care
fully." "If it's out of business. I'll get my
runabout and tow you ten miles down
the road. There's a good hotel there,
and a repair man who knows his busi
ness could help you out the first thing
In the morning."
No such service proved to be neces
sary. In fact the stranger's car was
in such unexpectedly good condition
that Its owners Insisted upon taking
Broadway with them to his gateway.
They reached it simultaneously with
Clara Spotswood and Josie Richards,
who were now engaged in that inef
ficient but delightful see-sawing which
frequently occurs when a girl-friend
takes a girl-friend home. Clara had
walked home with Josie. Josie had
walked part way home with Clara.
Clara had gone part way back with
ber. They had gradually come almost
to a midway standstill in front of the
Jones place.
While the elder Wallace took ad
vantage of the halt to make one more
examination of the car, before plung
ing off into the darkness of the sur
rounding farming country, Jackson in
troduced his new-made friend to the
two girls, and they stood laughing in
consequentially. The young city man
was much impressed by the two pret
ty country girls, and the two pretty
country girls, especially Clara Spots
wood, were delighted with the youth
who had been brought so dramatically
to their attention.
They went along before the elder
gentleman was satisfied that every
thing was certainly all right, but at a
distance which they felt sure made
them invisible in the soft gloom of the
summer night they paused, with many
a suppressed giggle, to look back at
the group, each member of which waa
now and then shown sharply against
the background of Cimmerian dark
ness as he chanced to pass into the
radius of one or the other of the car's
hesdlights.
"I think he's absolutely too hand
some!" Clara whispered cautiously.
"I've always thought so," Josie an
swered. "Oh, silly! I mean young Mr. Wal
lace. And Robert's such a sweet
name! It's almost the same aa 'Robin'
'Robin' Adair, you know? How she
must nave loved him!"
"Robert or Robin?" Josie ssked.
"Robin, of course. She sang the
owe eooat htm. But Robert's just aa
pretty, mnd it doesn't stake vou think
of birds and worm."
Josie burst Into partially stifled trt
tara, aad her friend grasped her arm
m gifxlln- wrath to fore her into a
wild scamper down the duaky, fragrant
vuiage street. When they had once
more fallen to a walk. Joele remarked.
unwittingly;
Toefre very siOj. He half a
good looking is Jackson."iuia you snow
It Only we see Jackson every day,
and"
"O h h-h!" said Clara "I've suspect
ed that for a long time!"
"Suspected what? Keep quiet!
were the contradictory remarks of her
best friend. Then: "And I'm going to
be so lonely after he has gone! I'd like
to cry. I almost did. Think of all the
girls he ll meet there In the city! Oh.
I hate New York!"
"You've never been there."
"No. But I've heard about the girls
there. Lots of them drink cock
tails. And I hate that street he's al
ways talking of Broadway!" Then,
suddenly, and. to the amazement of her
friend, who instantly waa filled, how
wer, with a perfect understanding,
Josie burst Into tears, and, with a
quick "Good night." rushed toward
her home.
Before they carted the Htr vntith
gave Broadway his card.
rouve been very nice, old chap.
Come to aee me when you atrlkn icw
York."
It's absolutely certain and I'm
coming in a year."
To his amatement, the events of this
-
extraordinary night had not yet ceased
tor Broadway Jones. He walker! rlncn
the street toward home, filled with
longing for the year's end, and found
3ammy, Clara's small brother, asleep
upon his doorstep.
HI, Sammy!" he cried, shaking
fat shoulder
"Yes sir; I'm goin' to be like
" the boy began before he was en
tirely awake.
know, like Rip Van Winkle. But !
he didn't take his nap upon a doorstep. '
Why aren't you at home, la bed?" J
Sammy rubbed his eyes. With mad- ;
dealng deliberation he informed Broad-
way that the Judge had seat aim with
instructions to find Broadway and tell
him he wished to see him. "He said
it didn't make no difference
how late."
"What! Aa near midnight as this?
Child, It's almost ten o'clock I All
Jonesvllle Is asleep."
"He says for you to come. Tm
go!n"
Whereupon he went
Jackson followed speedily. Such a
summons from the Judge at such an
hour must bode something cata
clysmic. He found a worried Judge pacing np
and down his office floor.
"In the office, at this hour! Ton reaW
ly want to aee me. Judge?"
'Tea." said the old man firmly. "I've
determined that I will not be a party
to deception."
"Who's been deceived, Judge V
"Jackson, your father'a will gives
you hia fortune when you're tweaty
one, not when you're twenty-two. Tour
uncle wished to keep It from you. I do
not think you ought to have it aow,
but you're entitled to It"
Broadway gased with a dropped Jaw.
"Judge, I'm getting all mixed up. Yon
7 I get It when I'm twenty-one?
Why, I'm twenty-one already!"
"I know you are. I know you are.
I never saw the document until today.
It waa drawn up by Boston lawyers.
And at first I thought I'd do exactly as
your uncle asked let you think It was
as he had said It was. But I've thought
It over and It seems to roe you'd ought
to know."
Broadway merely stood and stared.
"Your uncle thought that he was
acting for the best." the Judge Insisted.
"He's been hoping you would settle
down. When you didn't, he thought
he'd steal a year from you, and give
you one more chance. When he told
me this tonight. I told hfm that I didn't
think It was Just right; and finally
well, you know It all now."
Broadway found the power of
speech. "Good old Judge!"
"Then you're not angry?" j
"I'm too bsppy to be angry. Got a
time table about you?"
"Jackson, Jonesvllle waa named aft
er your ancestors."
"Well, I don't like to live In It. I
know a chap named Bright. Very like
ly Bright'a disease was named after 1
his ancestor, but I presume he doesu't
want to die of it Judge, Jonesvllle is
an ailment." i
The Judge, infinitely relieved, now 1
that he had made a clean breast of the '
thing, leaned back In hla chair and i
laughed, despite his worries for the
young man s future.
"Well, what are you going to do?"
"When can I get that money?"
"The trustees will have to nav it ad
demand."
Jackson laughed with rare delight
"Uncle's one of tbem. How It will pain
hia fingers when he bsnds it out to
me! I'm going to demand! And I
want to start tomorrow. I want to
start tonight, but I am reasonable. I
won't wake the old man ud. But while
you go to get the money in the morn
ing, I'll get set at the town line, wait
ing for you to bring it to me. ready to
get, anyway. 60 yards out of the town-
snip within 60 seconds. How I wish I
really could sprint!"
"Broadway!"
"I know, judge, but let mo tell you '
why I hate Jonesvllle and how. You
knew my mother?" i
"A splendid woman. Broadwav."
"Everyone saya that: but vou I
didat know her. And my father dlsd
when 1 waa twelve."
"A magnificent man, Broadway."
"Yea. I guess he was the beat bet in
the village."
"Poor chap! He never was th
lame after your mother's duih "
Tbea Uncle Abner took nvs
H
couldn't absolutely boas me, for oertaia
moneys bad been left with whioh an-
clflc things were to be dona for m H
had to have me educated at the schools
and college which my father d as! rail
ed?"
"And he disapproved of them."
"I know he did. A sheeDakin from
Jonesvllle academy la hla idea of th
evidence of the higher education for a j
rfoues-aiopg with side detsllsa first ;
aid to a stick of chewing turn.
"He always wished to have you tske
an Interest In the gum business."
"I did. till another kid slipped me a
stick one day. when I was absent mind
ed, and I began to chew It. Thpn and
there I made up my mind to devote
my lire s endeavor to something which
would not stick In your teeth. Judge
eipotswooa, lobsters don't"
"My boy. I wish vou never hail an
j New York!"
"No, you don't. Judge, you wish you
were going with me when I start."
"Are you going to stay away?"
"Uncle says that In these days each
man should have a specialty If he
would be successful. I'm going to
specialize on staying out of Jonesvllle.
I'm hoping for success."
"Have you no friends here whom
you dislike to leave?"
"You and the Judgess, Judge, and
Clara, 111 miss Josie. too. And there
are some down at the factory. Bill
Hlgglns, I like him. He used to enter
tain me when we went in swimming
and he got the cramps. Awfully funny
when he had the cramps, Bill was;
i peevish but very funny. I ahall miss
Bill. But Jonesvllle. as s whole, tudra
; wMvwasv! aq OTUUItJ, JUUgl
I'm not going to miss Jonesvllle. ax
rent tt mav . . ...
that has been pulled for cause."
The Judge sighed. "Well, I had to
tell you,"
J " The -0..n, , . mt Mm wlfK .
you get mad If I should kiss you?"
"And you are really going, right
away?"
'It's going to be the quickest get-
away Connecticut ever heard of
CHAPTER III.
Almost aa speedily as he had told
the Judge he would, Broadway pre
pared to leave Jonesvllle. There was a
stormy session when the old lawyer
told Abner Jones that he bad made the
revelation to the boy, but the old man's
threats against him were quickly si
lenced when the judge reminded him
that what he had proposed to him was
fraud and that an action for conspiracy
might be brought against him.
The car wheels sang to Broadway
as he Journeyed west and aouthward.
He gave cigars to the conductor, to
the trainmen, to the engineer as soon
as the train waited long enough for
him to get to him. He bought all the
newsboy's papers, novels, magaslnes
and sent him through the cart to give
them to the ladles. Then, on hla re
turn, alight with smilea, he bought the
last onnce of bis candy and told him
to appropriate it to the nse of hla owa
sweet-tooth.
Arriving la New York a red-capped
station-porter saw him from afar and
recognised the strong financial candle
power of hla expanding smile. Gal
vanised Into extraordinary action he
rushed toward him, calling to two
friends to join him instantly and help
him bear the two baga Broadway car
ried. The traveler had to give the
third negro his bat, so that he might
aeem to earn his tip; but he did this
gladly. The taxi-cabman flaw, scram
ling from his box, at the mere Intona
tion of the porters voices.
"Where to, sir?" he Inquired.
"Is this New York?" his fare asked,
smiling gently In a way which made
the chauffeur think he waa a wan
derer, returned unto hla own, and wish
ful of facetlouaneas.
"You bet it is; just little old New
York."
"I thought so. It seems so familiar.
Well, I want to go to Broadway."
"What part of Broadway, sir?" (Ob-
Mrs. Spotswood.
serve that this Grand Central tait-cab-maa
persistently said "sir." It was a
; tribute; Broadway knew it was a trlb
' ute and it warmed his heart.)
"Oh. all of It."
1 "Take you to all of Broadway?"
. Even the taxi-cabman was astonished.
"I wsnt to look It over, for I'm going
to buy it tf I like It as much as I al
ways have."
i The cabman eyed him shrewdly, de
' elded thst he was quite sane and
sober, resolved to tie to him with a
I tenacity which never could be shaken
i StT. climbed to hla narrow im( hav
aeatb its narrow hood and yanked
io-wn the flag udou tb taximeter.
"My name Is Oridley, sir," he volun
teered. "You may fire wbou ready, Oridley,"
Broadway answered, and thea Ortdley
pulled the lever.
Before the day waa over Jackson
t. v.. a k w. . . . .
n. i-. . ..... w .
car and a runabout. Grldley had
tnrned in hts resignation to Jta com-.
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pany aad been measured for five suite
of livery, of ei pensive cloth, exclusive
cat, ettraordlnary color. Having done
this he had asked a girl to marry him,
had been accepted, bad taken sixteen
drlaaa aad gone to see her mother, bed
thea been thrown out a jilted man and
had returned to Broadway Jones, de
termined to live single and attached
to him forever. The episodes had so
bered him and he was quite himself
when Broadway asked him what apart
ment he would recommend for living
quarters.
"Quiet placer he asked.
"Not for our new employer," Broad
way answered. "I want It to be on
Joy street, between Happy boulevard
and Don't Care alley. The noisier the
better if the noise Is always laughter.
I want It named The Smile and I want
It. furnlnhed In bright red. Take me
somewhere where they'll sell me a
good butler fancy brand, no matter
what the price. I want a butler who
can go and buy a home for me a
home that glitters snd Is glad. Throw
on the hlxh-speed Hutch."
Oridley took him. in bis brand-new
car (which ran as smoothly and as
noiselessly snd swiftly as a pickerel
awlmsl, to an employment agency
which he bad heard about, and there
Broadway signed the lease for an ex
traordinary person, principally named
Rankin. He looked like a bishop,
talked like a British lord, walked like
a major-general, bowed like a diplo
mat, never smiled, always said "Yes,
sir," and "thank you, air," whenever
there was room for these Impressive
words, was ready to be measured for
aa many suits of livery aa had been
ordered for the chauffeur and assured
hla new employer that it would give
him pleasure both to find and furnish
sn apartment for him.
"When will you have It ready for
mer
"Tomorrow morning, alr.H
"Then you know what apartment
you are going to take?"
"Not yet, sir. Breakfast at. say,
ten, slrr
"Rankin, you will do. Make it elev
en. KtigLge a cook and second nisn."
"I hsve already telephoned for tbem,
sir."
"I have raised your wages. lUnkiu,
for long and faithful service. Let me
see you've been with me forty min
utes. See to it that you do as well
la future."
"I shall, sir; and I hope you'll do
the same, sir."
"Find Mr. Robert Wallace In the tel.
ephone book. Ilea la the advertlainc
business."
A moment later Rankin turned back
from the little table at the side of the
large parlor which supplied headquar
ters for the ex-Jonesvllllan for the
time being. "I have him oa tho wire,
air."
Til talk to blm.
Broadway took the telephone re
edver from his butler's bsnd and cried
Into the mouthpiece: "Hello I It that
you. Robert Wallace? . , . Well,
this la Jackson Jones. . . . Tea;
the. same you met la Joaesvllto whan
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tney pincnea you, tbaFHcUess night
when you were driving at four miles
aa hour. . , . No; I've come down
to stay. I'm aaking you to dine with
me tomorrow evening. . . . Can you
corns? . . . Good. Ill telephone
again, or have tay butler telephone,
and let you know just where. . . .
All right Fine! . . . Ooodby."
Robert Wallace was his guide, hi
mentor and hla friend for some four
weeks. After that he waa hia friend
and mentor, bnt resigned aa guide, for
Broadway took the reins. He had a
passloa and a genius for Investigating
metropolitan affairs of lightsome na
ture. The business msrts of Gotham
were offensive to him. He thought it
silly for mankind to waste Its time
In work and said so. The teeming fas
cination of the far sides of the town,
so dear to sociologists who love hu
man uature best after It has sweated
or suffered off Its varnish, found no
devotee In him; he could not under
stand why entire families should live
In huddled rooms on E3sex street when
l here were large apartmenta vacant In
the great hotel flat house next door
to the vast mansion Inhabited by Mrs.
Jack Gerard on Seventy-seccnd street.
Mrs. Jack Gersrd was an old lady of
incredible wealth, who tried to hold
Time's hand in pause. That she had
failed had been no fault of hers or of
the beauty parlors or cosmetic makers.
"They would be so much more com
fortable if they would go where they
would have more room," Jackson con
tinued, in further com meat on the very
poor, snd would not listen to the ear
nest soul which tried to offer explana
tions. A year, passed. Broadway carried,
three bank accounts, two of tbem not
very large and seldom checked upon.
The third was in New York's all-night
bank. He kept busy. '1 feel as If 1
ought to see the sun rise often," he
explained. "Sunrises are so beauti
ful." ' He seldom beard from Jooeevllle la
these days. Judge Spotswood some
times wrote to him, his unci never.
For a time he had endeavored to keep
up a correspondence wtth the girls,
but this had languished through hie
own exceeding occupation at more
pressing mat ten and Josie Richards'
sorrowful conviction, that he did pot
teir ner. In nts brief, fntreqiieat lit
ters, about all the girls whom he was
meeting la New York.
His first snoca came when the All
fight bank wrote htm a letter, aaking
ala to call and talk of hia account, and,
this did not occur until four years'
had vanished In the haxe of Broad
way's rights. It made him .sit straight
ta hla chair and blink aa a cold dash,
from a se riser bottle sometimes had .
when he had needed It Rankin, eat
lering, ssked aim If he had a pal a. .
"Tou bet-1 have," said he. "Aad
fm afraid If serious."
"Shall I call a doctor, tirr
."No call a banker."
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