The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-03

AAio ioVnS WoIo OehutlIully IurnlGned
and he and O'Brien lived together.
IL was said these bachelor apartments
OF DR.. Philip Jensen became the scene
OF more than one little dinner where.
at wine, women and song were pre-.
dominant DR.. Jensen was enjoying
life to the full and Harold O'Brien
was helping him along. A goodly crop
OF wild oats was being sown by both
men. a,s ,aR o,s ga
For three years life flowed on un.
eventually for the doctor and his sec.
rotary, when one evening DR.. Jensen
said:
Harry, am going to surprise YOU"
How, Phil" as VIVA
Il am going to get married"
Married? Ha, ha! Well. that's a
good one, Phil. Who's the lucky lady? ?
and how about all our friends here?
A dull red color suffused Jensen's
face as he replied:
Never; mind who the lady is. l
haven't spoken to her yet and don't
know If she would have me; but I'm
getting sick of living as we do. l
want a home; the money question is
easy now and I'm going to have one"
"Y0u don't suppose the future Mrs.
Jensen would be proud of the life we
are leading, do your"
mo. and that's just it. Tonight is
oui farewell. After that I quit"
so do !, then. Since coming with
you, Phil, I've had a devil of q good
time. You've treated me well and
have a few thousand of my own laid
by. You know I like the law and I'm
going back to It."
but I don't want to lose YOU"
There, Phil, you and know too
much Of each other to be together
after you're married. You can get an
other secretary"
what you say is probably true,
O'Brien, but 4 hate to see you 20.
Well, anyway, we'll have one last night
Of It," and out they went.
DR.. Jensen would have given q great
deal not to have had that zone last
night" Certain things had happened
which were dangerous. Neither man
referred to these events, but each
knew the other knew. A few months
later Dr. Jensen married and O'Brien
opened UP a law office of his own
downtown. In q way O'Brien pros.
pered. He became q political lawyer
and some of his clients bordered on
the underworld. He made money, but
his standing wasn't very high. After
Jensen's marriage the two men sell
dom saw each other. The doctor built
beautiful house and was living q
very respectable life. O'Brien gener-
ally lived at some political club.
DR.. Jensen thought Of all these
things as he sat In his den on the day
this story opened. t-r
Damn, him." he muttered, hes
playing the cinch on me. He hasn't
a thing to lese and everything to gain.
wonder,how much he wants"
The next day DR.. Jensen dropped
into O'Brien's ONCE.
Hello, PHIL" said O'Brien, with a
show OF cordially. What on earth
brings you here? Any If your pa
tients who won't pay up, and you want
me to sec them. eh?"
DR.. Jensen looked hard at 0'R.ien,
but the lawyer never quailed. He
wasn't the most pleasant looking man
IN the world. Unlike DR.. Jensen, he
had not quit sowing his wild oats, and
his afYiliatiOns with political gangs did
not tend to help him personally. He
was q "shyster" lawyer, pure and sim.
pie. Tia
"Cut out all that, O'Brien," said the
doctor. "How much money do you
want?"
"Bless my soul, you're getting gen.
erous! How much money do want?
And for what, pray?"
"Y0ur innocence doesn't set well on