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Broadway
Jones
From Ae Pat o
George M. Cohan
EDVAID MARSHALL
XTA FUpih trmm I
Oapyrlgat. 1911, tfttW. PUUaghaaa Oeaapaur
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Jackeon Jooaa. alrtwmj
"Broiujway," because of his continual
rhMiflratlon of Now Tor' great tbor
pvrMare, la anxtoua to ret away from hla
fcoola wrwn of Joneavllla. Abnar Jonea,
Ma nncla. la vary angry bacauaa Broad
ray rafuawe to art tie down and take a,
Blare In tha rum factory In which ha soo
taaaaa to Ma fathara Interest
CHAPTER II Judjp. Bpotgwood In forma
proadway that $260.0iw left Mm by hta
Rather U at Ma disposal. Broadway
an a leas racord tlma in heading for hla fav
atu street la Naw Tort.
CHAPTER lit With hla Naw Tor
BHand, Robart Wallace, Broadway eraataa
Bttenaatton by hla extravagance on tha
Whit Way. Four year paaa and Broad
Way suddenly dincovera that ha la not
nriy broka, but heavily In debt Ha an
Mles to Ma uncle for a loan and receive
package of chawing gum with tha ad
wtc to chaw It and forget hla trouble.
Ma quietly aeeka work without success.
Rankin, puzzled, withdrew carefully.
Re had learned to step with catlike
read when he discovered that his
waster was In serious mood. He had
bm wish to anger him. No butler In
the history of butling had ever had
place so utterly Ideal. Pickings
plentiful; work trivial; all life had
Joels and- Broadway Jones.
Wen congenial for Rankin since ha
bad encountered Broadway Jones.
The day of the bank's letter was tha
first after he had reached New York
when Broadway did not go about hit
say and simple routine of up Broad
way in the afternoon and down Broad
way at night, with movements m
timed that they made long pauses neai
the Circle and near Forty-second
treet seem natural. He went home
before five.
When Rankin ventured to express
surprise at his return to the apart
sent at that hour, he snarled at him
"Go to the devil, Rankin!" he sug
gested when he lingered.
"Yes, sir; thank you, sir," said Ran
kln and withdrew.
, He reached the kitchen with a faci
so troubled that the Japanese boy, who
had Bought domestic service here with
(judging from his wages) the com
anendable intention of patrlotirall)
sending home, each year, enough
American money to build a warshlr.
for his nation's navy, showed Interest
"Wat iss matturr, Ranekeen?" ths
sympathetic Orieutal queried.
"I know men," said Rankin, "and 11
I didn't know that Mr. Jones Is really
millionaire made It out of chewing
gum, bis family, I'm told I should saj
lie was hard up."
The Japanese boy stared politely;
he did not understand at all.
"Of course he's not hard up." Ran
kin continued. "No hard-tip man could
have sworn at me as he did Just now
It can't be money, so it must b
women."
"Llmmln," said the Japanese, who
had not mastered w's.
"Lemons," Rankin granted. "You're
almost right. I never saw a mac
ore popular. He spends bis money
like he didn't care for it, and does it
well because that la the fact. H
doesn't care for It. I never saw s
human being who cared less. Why
he never counts the money on hit
dresser In the morning. Just throwi
It there when he gets Into bed, and'
.The Japanese laughed merrily. "Yo
gattin llch!"
"No; you little heathen; I only know
he does It. that Is all. I stack It u
for him. Sometimes he throws it al)
about that and his clothes and fur
Iture. He's often merry that way
He threw me about one night. A One
etrong youth! I thought It better not
to aay much till be went to sleep, and
then, as I crawled out from under tat
bed. I had a chance to aee his arm
Quite muscular It Is Just aa It felt
when be was Joking with me."
The next day, by chance, while visit
log the kitchen. Rankin had a sudden
I-1 Sums, I I
inspiration, t wonder If be la In
lover he pondered. "That Mr. Hen
riot that I attended Just before ht
married that grass widow was as ab
sent minded oh. quite absent-minded,
quite! Now, which one"
Rankin suddenly came to a stand la
norror. Even to the small and very
yellow cook It was plain that tragic
mougnts had flashed Into his mind.
l wonder.- he soliloquized If It
could possibly be that terrible Gerard
old woman. She's had her eye on him
ever since the first night that she got
a glimpse of him."
As he spoke his master, as request
ed, was talking with the first vice-president
of the bank. The man seemed
rather serious-minded, although on
that previous occasion when he had
marked the beginning of their ac
quaintance, when Broadway had gone
to open his account with Just two
hundred thousand dollars, he had been
geniality Itself.
"I merely wished to have a little
talk with you er Mr. Jones," said he.
"You know your balance is er run
nlnr rather tow"
"is wnatr said Broadway, tn amass
ment. "la running rather low."
"Yon don't mean that I've"
"You've drawn rather heavily
against it"
"But It was strong enough to stand
a terlble strain."
"Not quite strong enough to stand
without a protest the strain to which
you have subjected It, Mr. Jones. It's
not exhausted, but It's "
"Getting tired?" Broadway himself
supplied the words.
"About that You have not ben
having It written up, you know; I
thought perhaps you didn't realise the
figures. I've had them all made out
for yon."
Broadway took one swift look at
them, then sank back In his chair and
took a longer look at them. "Well, 111
be 1" he ventured.
"I waa afraid you'd feel that way.
I only thought you ought to have a
bint of Just how things are running.
Young men lose track of things some
times. I've known it to occur before."
Jackson scarcely saw Broadway
when he went out of the gray build
ing, and It was the first time he had
ever trodden Broadway without see
ing and admiring It
"Hello, Broadway!" cried a merry
voice from Just beyond the curb. It
waa a blonde voice, and Issued from a
natty little motor car with a sedan
chair top. Broadway had bought that
motor car and given It to the blonde
voice. "Let me put you down some
where T"
I'm not feeling very fit You might
take me to the morgue."
"Jump In; we'll make It the Knick
erbocker." But the Knickerbocker bad no
charms for Broadway at that mo
ment. He made his stay aa brief as
possible In the bright restaurant.
"Dollle, darling," he said gloomily,
"I don't need a restaurant, today; I
need a hospital. How would you like
me, Dollle, honestly, if I was broke?"
"You? Broke?" She laughed.
"No; seriously. How would you like
me?"
."It's nonsense; but you know what
Bhanley does to broken dishes."
'The ash can. Eh?"
"It wouldn't be, for you, of course;
but what's the use of being Mr.
Grump? Brace up? Come on up to
Churchill's and we'll drlnky-drtnk It
outy-out"
But Broadway would have none of
such a plan as that. He went to his
apartment, and, rummaging in every
drawer and pocket, collected every
bill which he could find. There were
a hundred of them, ranging in all
sorts of figures and for all sorts of
articles, from diamonda to gasoline,
from charity to faro. The arrival of
the sympathetic Rankin, who believed
tils master had a headache, with a
note from Mrs. Gerard, Interrupted the
bookkeeping which, for the first time
In his life, Broadway had begun. It
had not been encouraging, aa far as
he had gone.
He read the note and found It to be
an invitation. Deciding to accept it,
he decided, also, that it must be the
last one of the sort he must accept
It had become intensely plain to him
that now had come the time when be
must cease his gaieties and find more
money.
He was a gloomy figure at the feast
that night, and his gloom grew with
every aged smile which Mrs. Gerard
cast in his direction. It was plain
enough to him, to everyone, that this
exceedingly rich lady, of uncertain age,
regarded hira with very friendly eyes.
She even sometimes called hira "Jack
son." After the dinner he took Robert
Wallace downtown with him in bis
sixtv horsepower touring car.
"Mm. Gerard," he ventured, "seems
a well-preserved old er I mean that
she seems well preserved."
"Well canned, you mean," said Wal
lace. "But too much chemical preserv
ative in females is as dangerous as
it Is in food. How did we happen to
go there tonight? You roped me Into
that, Broadway. You didn't tell me
where you meant to take me. Yon
merely said we'd go to dinner with
some friends of yours."
"Well, she's a friend of mine."
Broadway defended rather hotly. Aa
Idea, so terrible that It was fascinat
ing, bad occurred to him.
"She might have gone to school with
your grandmother. It makes me sick
to see her ogle you. I think she wants
to marry yon."
Broadway burst into a laugh which
he waa well aware waa quite too load,
too oackly and too hollow; he feared
acutely that bis friend would recognize
its falseness.
To marry ms! Ho, bo!" Instantly
his manner changed. "But I don't like
the way you speak about her, Bob.
Remember we have Just enjoyed her
hospitality!"
"Enjoyed it! Speak for yourself, old
man I If t had known where you were
going, do yon suppose I would have
gone with' yon? I can meet grand
mother's schoolmates at the Old La
dles' borne. 1 don't have to go to din
ner with them."
"Now, Bob!"
Wallace burst Into a laugh. "I be
lieve It Is pure charity," he guessed,
"You are trying to make others happy.
You smile on her as you would throw
a dollar Into a Salvation Army cash
pot around Christmas time."
"Bob, I'm thinking about getting
married."
His friend sat straight and looked at
him In dumb amazement for a second.
"Married? And Is grandma In some
way related to the bride who may be?"
"Bob, I need"
He stopped. Almost be bad told bis
friend be needed money; but be had
not the courage. To confess poverty
on Broadway Is like confessing mur
der In a church.
"Need what?"
"A rest. I'm going to er take
some sort of a vacation. Dont know
what Maybe back to the old home.
Anyway, you won't see me around for
quite a little while."
"Never mind, old chap! I'll tell
them all that you have bad to go
away on business. Go somewhere and
get straightened out You need it
There's something wrong with you, or
you would never have gone to that
dinner where that ancient marlness
could ogle you the way she did.
"Well, you wont see me for a week,
or two."
"Drop me a line If yon want any
thing." Jackson Jones went away early on
the following morning. Aa Ignorant of
business and of business methods as
a baby, yet be tried to scheme some
way by means of which he might re
coup his staggering finances. Wild
Ideas, all unpractical, whirled through
bis brain.
He must have money, that was cer
tain. He had not the least Idea of
Just how he had accomplished It, but
be had spent his patrimony spent It
all and more than all of It If he had
paid up the debta he owed which all
the world seemed glad to have him
owe that was the hard part of It;
everyone seemed anxious to have blm
go In debt to them he would have far
less than nothing left
For days he stewed above his fig
ures In a room of which be kept close
guard upon the key. He told Rankin,
who waa curious, that be planned to
write a book.
"Indeed, sir? Fiction, sir?"
"Fiction? Gad. no! Fact."
"A book of travel, sir? I've traveled
quite a bit. Perhaps"
"No. Or yes. Of travel up and down
Broadway."
"Splendid, air, If I may be excused
for taking such a liberty. I'm sure no
gentleman In all New York is more
familiar with the subject, sir. I shall
be glad to read it. sir. I'm sure it
will be quite a revelation!"
"Rankin," said Broadway earnestly,
"if I wrote what I really know about
Broadway It. would be a revelation."
He .grew very serious, for him. "It
Robert Wallace.
would put some men on pedestals, and
they would not be those who now
stand highest. It would put some men
behind the bars, and among them are
some men who now are free to come
and go, with welcomes when they
come and Invitations when they leave,
In every place where people gather In
this town."
He burst into a sudden laugh. "Great
stuff, eh, Rankin? When you say
Broadway you stir me up. I love It
hate it; It always fascinates me.
There's no street like it In the world."
"If your book is like that, sir. It
will be a big success," commented
Raakln. spellbound. It's going to be
a fine book, Mr. Jones."
"It won't Interest Broadway. There'a
ealy one kind of book that Broadway
cares about"
"And what Is that alrf"
"Check books. Raakln. Now I'm ao-
Ing Into Into He did not know
Just what to call the room which he
kept locked.
"Your study, alrf
Thanks, Rankin. Yes; I'm going te
my study. Don't let me be disturbed.1
. m-L
Til not, sir."
Whrn he left that "study" be avoid
d Rankin. His fingers were ink-
nlncd from calculations, his hair wss
iKe dliheveled. Ms eyea were wide
ana roiling, tie could see no ho
ahead.
He wrote a letter to his uncle ex
plaining that Investments had gone
wrong and that he needed a small loan
of fifty thousand dollars for three
months. He was sure that If he got
this he would be enabled to find some
way out By return of mail he had
an answer in an envelope which
strangely bulged. He opened it with
trembling fingers and a package of
Jones' Pepsin Gum fell out
"Chew this and forget It," said the
cheerful note which Uncle Abner had
wrapped round it. It said further:
"I'm going to Europe for five yeare.
Don't bother me again. You've made
rou bed, now He on It."
That was the last straw. Without
the least Idea of what he wished to
do. the frantic Broadway started out
to find some work by which, at least
be could earn honestly his board and
keep.
Wall street offered nothing, for when
he went down to see his friends there
his courage failed entirely and instead
of asking them to find a place for him
he bought them, one by one, expensive
luncheons.
He went to neighboring cities, hop
ing there to find some means of get
ting food to eat without getting It on
credit, and there he had some strange
experiences which lasted several days.
But, while he Just escaped the uniform
of the Salvation Army, he did not find
work and wandered back to Broadway.
the apartment and more debt.
He had no profession, knew no
trade. Half crazed with the obsession
that he must no longer run In debt
be decided to sell out the flat, dis
charge the servants and do menial
labor. Running through the list of
his abilities be decided, with frank
self-contempt, that about the best
which be could do was help In a hotel
as bellboy. He knew too little about
mathematics to keep books; he never
would succeed as desk-clerk. But he
could not bring himself to try to get
a job of that sort It would too often
bring him Into contact with the folk
he knew.
One afternoon, while wandering in
an aimless funk upon a side street, he
saw a card In front of an apartment
house announcing that an elevator boy
was wanted. He rushed In with alac
rity and determination and at the
very threshold met Mrs. Gerard, who
had been calling on a friend there. In
stead of asking for the Job be took
a drive with her.
It was while this drive progressed
that the sordid, vicious tempter defi
nitely seized him In hla toils. The an
cient but vivacious dame was very
affable most agreeable indeed. She
was not motherly: she was flirtatious.
And she accompanied her coquetry by
a shrewd exposition of the magnitude
of her unquestionably enormous
wealth. It staggered him.
If he had not at the moment had a
simple little Josle Richards' letter in
his pocket he might have been swept
under. A thousand times he bad dis
covered the necessity of assuring him
self, as he traveled up and down
Broadway, that he did not care -for
Josle Richards. She waa not the sort
of girl who captivated one who knew
life as he knew It; she was dear, but
sht, was simple, unsophisticated and
what he most admired was wide so
phistication; he thought as little of
her as he could, but now she popped
into his mind and made him edge away
from the aged, wealthy widow.
When he went back to the flat he
found awaiting him new sheafs of
bills, none pressing him mere state
ments. The rumor bad not started
that he was not good pay. Broadway
still delighted in him, still endeavored
to Induce him to accept Its credit. This
gave him new distress; he knew him
self he knew he would go out that
night and run more debts.
Suddenly he knew what to do. It
came to him without an effort of the
brain. It was a tragic Inspiration.
Without a word to Rankin, stealthily
and aecretly. he went forth into th
afternoon In his smart runabout, still
anven by the taxi-cabman, who now
regarded him with something akin to
worship, and sought a cunshoo and a
chemist's.
In the former he made purchase of a
large, grim, blued steel automatic pis
tol of the largest caliber they had in
stock, and secured one box of cart
ridges. It seemed a waste of
which by rights was definitely the
property or creditors, to buv ao mum
cartridges, for he should need but one!
However, he feared that to ask for one
would pin attention to him and frus
trate what be had In mind, so he put
the heavy box into his nooknt. It
made It sag outrageously, which very
mucn annoyed blm. No man on
Broadway was more careful nt t,i.
clothes. But what, after all, did a
saggea pocket matter now?
At the chemist's he aecurad an fhtinA
of bichloride of mercury, which had
Deen fashionable of late among smart
suicides. He had no difficult in .h.
talnlng it. This eased him and a fur-
mer satisfaction grew out of the fact
that though It held notantfallH.a
deadly as the automatic gun and cart
ridges could hold It mad a llttla r,.ck.
not heavy la the least, and ao
did not sag the other pocket, where he
placed it very carefully.
as ne whirled untown In th rum.
bout be frequently fait of t aaw
things.
IIS liked the fl Of nalrhar h.
The revolver waa ao hard and h.i!
ese-llke. the pill bottle was so slip
pery, so cold and heartless! What an
end waa this for Broadway Joaea!
Again aeated In th littu mtAw v.
solemnly reviewed bis life. He saw no
points at which he had mad .-.
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of thinking that a quarter of a million
ia a lot of money In New York.
Tve been nothing but a piker," be
reflected, "and I've acted like the
trade-marked article. I ought to get
it In the neck and I am going to get It
In the neck."
This unpleasantly reminded blm and
he caressed the neck wherein be was
to get It Never, in the past, when
he had used that alang expression bad
It really suggested his own neck to
him or any other actual neck. Now
It made his flesh creep and his blood
run cold behind his collar.
"Well, here goes!" be whispered,
and took out a pill, afterwards arrang
ing the revolver, .which waa already
loaded.
He held the pill between the fingers
of a tremulous left hand; gripped In
his faltering right he held the weapon.
"Here goes!" be said again and
Rankin rapped upon the door.
Hastily he hid the dreadful evi
dences of his dire intention.
"Come Int" he feebly called.
Rankin brought him a pink envelope
upon a little silver tray. Rankin was
most careful to bring everything upon
a tray. Broadway steadfastly main
tained that If a drowning man asked
Rankin to bring help he would first
go to get a tray to take it to him on.
The pink envelope was marked with
an elaborate monogram, of which the
dominant letter was a "O." It was
from her whom be had left so short a
time before. Mrs. Gerard, by means
of It implored him to become a mem
ber of a theater and supper party for
that evening. The note almost was
affectionate.
The theater and supper parties were
to both occur In Broadway! Ah, '
Droadway! It would be bard to leave
it by the chilly by path, death, which
leads out of the light Into the shad
ows! It occurred to Broadway Jones that
be might decently accept this invita
tion, even If the crowd which she
would have would probably be not
quite to bis liking. Ah, there were
crowds upon the thoroughfare he
loved which were so fully to his lik
ing! And then another plan flashed Into
his mind. Why not give a farewell
supper? No one but himself would
know it was a farewell supper all the
rest would think it Just the best af
fair of many fine affairs which Broad
way Jones had given. The restaurant
which gave it would be paid undoubt
edly out of the residue of his estate,
and If there wasn't any residue the
restaurant could well afford to lose. It
had many thousands of his money.
He would make this dinner no; It
would be better to make It a supper
the finest little supper which bad yet
electrified Broadway. It should
sparkle, It should flzs. It should re
sound with Joyful chords and merry
laughter; In short that aupper should
schleve the limit and surpass It Then
would he be more content to go.
He locked the poison and the fire
arm carefully la a desk drawer. He
sailed Raakln. and, to that staid serr
ant's great dellghttaaade eat the list
f Invitations vo tae wUdeet supper
he had ever planned; he telephoned te
als good friend, the restaurateur. Re
turning to the study he took the pol-.
son and the pistol front the drawer;
and put them In another. The second
drawer bad two locks, while the first
drawer had bnt one. He refused again
to think about them nntU after he had
liven the extraordinary supper. '
(To be Continued)
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