Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-01-19
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BIRD n THE BUSH.

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up hts mind
Reckon I'll dig" he said.
In his deliberations there was al
ways a leaning TO the side OF personal
safety: like the reed i'm the fable. he
| knew the wisdom Of bending before
| the storm. He did not begin to run
at once; that would have been unwise
and unprofessional He whistled care
lessly. and sauntered. squirting with
one eye behind him. But when he
| had turned a corner and put "a solid
brick building between himself and
the little red house. it was "eyes front
| and doublequick."
A car passed: ne boarded IT, II
mattered little which way the car was
| going; that was his car. He craved
distance, and did not care about direc-
ton.
Late in the afternoon he. with Jim
my Fitz. leaned across a slippery lit
tie table In the rear or Slippery Eds
saloon. Being sunday the front door
was closed. for on Sunday the front
door must not suspect what the back
door does. The resort was comfort
ably fun; so were most Of its patrons.
But the aristocracy- like Hon.
James Fitzgerald who could give Slip
perry Ed a world OF annoyance-the
/ aristocracy need not come into con
tact with the rabblc
Jimmy Fit had his Sunday table
| reserved; he ana Baker talked pri-
vately. but not politely
"Nou did 10 Yourself" snarled Jim
my. as ne SCI down his Gin fizz.
chi didn't" Baker maintained:
"you let i'm go yourself; e come out
OF the prison door right past you. and
You never said a bloomin' word"
We'll wasn't Do goin or in a cab
with YOU. and ouGbtu't you 70 have
| brought him laek2"
chi didn't know Hi was gcln' I'm
the bloomin cab-an YOU didn't know
10 neither. Facts is. Jimmy" Baker
laughed in the other mans face. fact
is Jimmy. that Teller Balfour cussod
me tin ri got kind o. dizzy-made
my head swim Taint no sense I'm
us gettin' mad at each other; it's my
fault an your fault TT couldn't "A
10 the ground with my at"
"Sunerin' Caesar. wasn't he
cusser!" Jimmy Fitzgerald said. Gle
muster been steamboat mate afore
he started ont for lawyer. I've
heerd river men. am circus men. an
hos MS an. boss stevedoros-but I'm
mere TO tell you. Kenny. that Vicks-
burg lawyer took the rag OF n the
oush an walked right away wild 70.
An didn't none 81 as get second
money neither
Jess wait QUIZ You meet Mr. Chau
uron' SUGGESTED Baker. glancing
toward the door
amt o-soln 20 meet i'm" said
Jimmy terse.y Here. boy. mother
NJ Two more.
i''''".'s haN'I soy Gown MS empty
"a '"o ".'" nus 'N'lr hti'e closer
I" l'1 n'e'' was q inrii'y SOUL
o., 40" ''oN ere jimmy he said.
les '"'N sense 80 course that Teller
N'N" anu" mourn" ".'"l inc OLD
o ina '. IN = ~ln l.,'el some else
sure as ems mouselrap. an Hin
700. ou ousn'.r seen what a 'ot
-ap r'' UP M"cn 'Hal teller vance
1a l,-n. ''' IN iearo S Fiace. That's
'-N. "' o i.''y OF I'm An
'a' 'he ole ume
-, '., '''" common
tu'"''l '."' STUCK pig.
'"' 20 '',l.'l'hs on the
80 7' anu Hehhy Baker
- vs. w. Nl''''''
f''@e' u" Up on tne
$3.50 'D' vi S3i'ols OH those
., S"'lS' hi seen I'm
-. .''''9 '"'"." 20 Gap
", ... 80 at 'onn ouse-
80 'O"t sweet me- jim
pun ,'o"' rom ere
- sum '"'e no card
''l .''. Ne,y i.''.e uluerenoe how
- '.' e'9lueS Jimmy Fitzgerald
49, 49, 80, VI uHA IN the
st.s -. ,,.- "'9 u.s Jay on ana ne
-. ~, ~ -e''ins ms leBs pref
- ans u' pro. iuvu ne kept MS
- -. nc paul lose attention
di,o., a., '''D' '"en seemed 70
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