The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-08-03

with me. joe" said L. Besides, n
amt safe. Put It in the bank and
send me a check"
mot on your life," replied Healey
with laugh "The suckers we
trimmed gave checks. and ! turned
'em into cash as soon as the banks
opened. ] wasn't any too spry, either.
Two OF the damned sneaks consulted
lawyers as soon as they sobered on.
and tried TO stop payment on their
checks. They're threatening proceed
ings. You must take the dough away
with you. and don't want receipt"
Trimming suckers. eh?" said /. not
able to decide what to do.
Their fathers stole II from the pub
iic." he explained. They're drunken
little snobs, not 1T to have money.
I'm doing public service by relieving
them of IT, II I'd got more Id feel
that much more"--he vented his light.
cool. sarcastic laugh-"more patri-
otto"
Il cant take It," said I, feeling that
In my present condition. to take II
would be very near to betraying the
confidence OF my old friend.
They lost II In straight game"
he FASTENED to assure me. IL haven't
had brace box or crooked wheel for
four years" This with sober face
and twinkle in his eye. But even
4 n I had helped chance to do the good
work OF teaching them To take care
OF their money, you'd not refuse me.
UP town and down town. and all over
the place, what's business, when you
Ing stolen goods? DO you know a man
who could honestly earn more than
ten or twenty thousand a year--good
clean money by good clean work."
"Oh. for that matter your moneys
rs clean as anybody's." said l. But
you know I'm j speculator, Joe. |
have my downs-and this happens to
be a stormy tine for me. II take
your money. mayn't be able to &C.
count for II or even to pay dividends
on II for--maybe a year or so"
ITS all right, old man. I'll never
give II thought till you remind me
OF 1t. Use II as you'd use your own.
I've got to put II behind somebody's
luck-why not yours?"
lie finished doing up the package,
s,then he seated himself, and we both
IS asked at II through the smoke OF our
= ncrars.
n It's just as easy TO deal In big sums
!. In little, in large matters as in
small, isn't II. joe" said |, once one
gets In the way of IT."
' DO YOU remember-away back
there--the morning." he asked mus.
tngly-"the last morning-you and |
got up from the straw in the stables
over at Jerome Park-the stables
they let us sleep in?"
And went out In the dawn to roost
on the rails and spy on the speed
trials OF old Revell's horses!"
- Exactly said Joe. and we looked
1t each other and laughed y I'VE in
rags--gosh, how chilly Il was that
morning! DO you remember what we
talked about,"
mo" said I. though I did.
Il was proposing to turn crooked
trick-and You wouldn't. have It. You
persuaded me to keep straight. Matt.
I've never forgotten IL. You kept me
straight-showed me what a fool a
man was to load himself down with a
petty larceny record. You made a
man OF me. Matt. And then those good
looks OF yours caught the eye OF that
bookmaker's girl. and he gave you a
Job at writing shetland you worked
me in with you"
So long ago II seemed yet near and
real, too, as ! sat there, conscious OF
every sound and motion, even of the
fantastic shapes taken by our up.
curling smoke. How far | was from
the rail bird" of those happy.go.
lucky years, when meal meant quite
as much to me as does million now
how far from all that. yet how near
too. For was | not still facing life
with the same careless courage, for
getting each yesterday In the cage,
excitement of each new day wits It's
new deal? We went on In our r,,n,n
iscences for while; then, as Joa had
a little work to do. drifted our into
the house. took bite of supper with
young Melville, had little go at the
tiger. and toward five in the cleal
June morning emerged into the broad
day OF the streets, with the precious
bundle under my arms and five hun
dred dollar bill in my wnistcoa
pocket.
Give my win To me In a single
bill" said TO the banker. land blow
yourself on with the change"
Joe walked down the street Will
me-for companionship and q littl'
air before turning in, he said, but
imagine a desire to keep his eye OF
his treasure while longer had somc
thing 10 do with his taking that earl!
morning stroll. We passed several o
those forlorn figures that hurr.
through the slowly-awakening street
20 bed or to work. Finally, Their
came by an old, old woman--a scrut
woman, ! guess, on her way HON
from cleaning some ONCE building
Beside her was q thin little boy. hoI
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