The Washington times., 1909-07-29
CHAPTER XVI
A FRIEND IN NEED

OR all the vehemence of his as
sertion the Georgian did not
rush recklessly upon his fate.
Instead he resumed his seat on
the bench and sat for long time with
knitted brows, framing and then ois-
carding enc after another various plans
whereby to outgeneral the enemies
camping on his trail.
with money he could perhaps have
given them the slip in a taXlcab or oy
lodging from an elevated or subway
+rain inst as it was about 20 pull out OF
q station, or in several other ways thst
he could readily conceive, OuL He' ~
must be remembered, had now only
tventy-eight cents 10 MS name anu i'O
means Of adding to it.
In fact. the undertaking seemed nope
1ess and he was lust about 10 cast us
erection TO the winds and enter uPon a
DOIirv Of open defiance when the Grams
ing Of an ambulance ha i3l1lt y{bsf
the scene of some accident III a., .ll0 "
crowded neighborhOOd brought 70 MN
sudden inspiration. ..-os "a
"CberIev Denver!' he muttered 70
himself. with a quick indrawing OF ms
breath Charley Denver! nc -
friend I have in New YORK l daIe u u.s. ~
VIII nv story! And him an inferno at
Bellevue Hospital! ,..,-s-.-., h
s.yyhv didn't / think OF 1t before -
questioned, eXcitedly. never Ih-Itu, 4 ~ a.
thought of il, anyhow, ano, py 49, - =,
seems almost like a direct answer -
Yet. with all his inward eXultatlon' t ne
cave for caution sake, no outward III
6icatiou of his feelings +t,,.
Instead he remained for some IiIls
IoTlear on the bench, then, rising, strolleo
Slowly and uncOncernedly over IN -LLS
direction of the nearest subway stdIloI
stopping once en- route 10 enter a "a ~
store and invest 10 cents OF HIs 49, $3.50
10 give off a free and frothy ldthgI.
! Taking a local train then, ne rooe "
/ +o1,-D as far as Twenty-thlrd street
along which thOroughfare ne llNe" -! -
/ sauntered easily, turning ms 49, ~, -
| ward the east and stopping rom I'm
/ To time to gaze in the shop WINDOWS
/ ne WAS not exactly certain IN EeBai'
/ 10 The territory covered by Bellevue
ana he could not afford TO make ms
'Ssefis6e5 at last. though. with the loca
| ton he had picked out. he slipped ny
] ne of the tooth paste into MS noun
I threw nm his hands with an eXclaIllss
I ton. and feu writing and tWltchlhs
NJ Nv the time a policeman and severa
| b,-sTanders had hurried up, the 1enIi
/ frice too had commenced 70 WOihl aii
I he was frothing freely from the hps-
] stand back there dlitl 5AfN ------
/ commanded the bluecOat, 'and coupl
! of ver hold him tight until I can ca
/ fba aTnb11lance. What a ut he's got!
/ This especial form Of malady ma
been chosen by Moore partly on IN
enc of the sympathetic woman IN IN
/ mark but chiefly because II was d spec
| facUiar aiiment, and at the same TIN
easy 10 simulate. -..
/ In fact. no one doubted for q noIhsHl
froTn mis- groauings and contoTlons, ina
| 57a vas a seriously fl man, and as 500.
as the ambulance survived he was nusli
ed into il and rushed on 70 the ulHs
I oId hospital at top speed.
/ he had deemed il wise to recover coz
/ sci0usness and show signs OF recover
before this time, so that he might aNol
/ stringent resuscitati0n measures
CDR. Denver" he muttered IeeoI
I In the ambulance. as he rolled his hea
from side to side. i want 10 see ID
"Do YOU know the doctor2' QUESTION:
the attendant beside him
"Yes am a friend and patient q
Accordingly, Immediately on their al
| rival AT the gate, the young inferno wa
summoned. and came hurrylng. 70 IN
registry room IN his white jacket an
Where is the man that wants to Sc
, | me-" he asked.
IA An orderly jerked his thumb over