Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23

she says, stamping her foot. 4 tell you
l won't. Quit your fooling and come on
Not one step without the kid 1 says.
Then she f1ared up in style. tom Ora
You are a fine specimen, amt you? Here
you come and persuade me to leave my
husband-just get down on your knees
and beg me to, and all the time it ain t
me you want, but a kid that you never
saw before in your life. Well. / can tell
you one thing: 1 always thought you were
a fool and now 1 know it. and 1 wouldn't
be caught dead in your company. l am
going back to John Cameron. I'd rather
be abused by him than worshiped by
you. He may drink little sometimes,
but he's gentleman, he is
Then she went in and slammed the
door in my face. leaving me standing
there feeling as if there was a fifty-fOOt
1t seemed to me there was but one thing L
could do to get back little of my self
respect. and that was to lay for John
Cameron when he came out. 1 wanted to
give the whole thing away to him. and
tell him to his face just how low down L
tried to play it on him. and. If he was in
any condition. to fight it out with him
like a man, which wouldn't have been any
more than right, you know. After a
while. as / was standing there thinking
the thing over and despising myself a
fellow came up to me. walking some soft
and talking to himself like child.
81 &C TRANGER.' he says. would you do
- me a favor? 60 on. now 1
says. you have had too much
already That's just it,. he says: some
times 1 think 1 have and sometimes 1
think I haven't. If you will answer me
just one question it will decide it. Just
10 la
or two snakes licking the mansard roof
of this here theater. Mind. see two. If
you only see one, I think 1 can take an
other drink before l go home. for l have
often had EN- come one at time.
ITO get shut of him 1 thought I'd look
up and tell him there was at least six,
but when l looked blame me If there
wasn't one, and it had licked the shingles
with tongue of fire until the roof was
about ready to cave ic. For a second
was paralyzed, and before l could give an
alarm the people from inside came rush
ing out and jumping from the windows
just like ants from a disturbed hill. Lord.
what disgusting lot they looked In the
light of the fire and the breaking day!
Among them l saw Nellie come out, reel
ing drunk, laughing like crazy woman,
and not sign of the baby. i caught her
by the arm and tried to shake some sense
into her muddled head. Stop THAR L
Answer quick: Where is Sadie?' Sadie
Sadie she says. bracing up and looking
at me, the Stiffness all going out of her
face. Sadie. she is upstairs sleeping on
the sofa in the wine room. What shall
do? What shall do? 1 threw her from
me and made a rush for the. door. when
a big red-shirted fireman threw his arms
around me and held me back. Hold on.
pardner. hold on; don't you see you can't
go in there?'
1T wasn't any time to argue the ques-
ton, SO just fetched him one on the
neck kinder soft like to make him let go.
when he comes back at me over the head
with a spanner he had for turning on the
water. and 1t made me feel little dreamy
for a while. Before 1 could get an action
on again I saw Nellie rush by us into the
house. We'll. what do you think of that?'
says my fireman friend. sopping the blood
off my face with his handkerchief. Amt
that just like a womani No. you don't,
he cried. catching me again as / tried to
follow. One at a time is enough; you
won't see her any more just then the
door began to belch black smoke and red
fire. and ! knew 70 a dead certainty tibet
1t was all up with Nellie and the kid. Well.
sir. cried-I couldn't help II.
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