Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Thrilling Story of "The Great White
WAY"
sv BERTRAND 6Aecock.
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
1et2. by oeorae N. cohan.l

,copyrloht, 1912, by George M. cohan.)
.r went to an opening night at one
- ,be theaters and sat in the gallery. !
bought a pair of ready-made shoes. I ate
nv meals at a 40 cent table d'hote and
.,,osed cent cigars, just trying to get
,,.sd TO It all but 1 couldn't. | simply
.,.,l5n,t All my good resolutions simply
,~en4 n sma 4 every time 1 took look at
broadway. / knew I could have the
Kings I wanted They were there-and-
ursu ! lust took them-that's all. The
srst night l was broke 1 bet l walked
N Chicago and back every night-if you
MEASURE the carpet by the mile"
poor old mani" said Wallace. I'm
.orrow for you, but you've been fool
NOT STRANGE.
broadway had been called a fool SO often
n his short lfe-behind his back, but
a.itbin his hearing, nevertheless-tha he
,Ii,In't nav any attention to this charac-
,srizatiou by Bob, if, indeed, he heard lit
at all
81 thought so much and worried so
much " Jackson continued, that | didn't
dare trust myself alone. l had the
u,s,rdest ideas."- In spite of the gravi-
~ Of the situation Jackson broke into a
laugh as he added: do you know, Bob,
that lat this momentum member
If the Salvation Army"
Wallace almost jumped to his feet in
his amazement and then settled back
into his chair.
What" he roared.
"On the level" said jackson, quickly
went over to Newark and Joined it three
months ago"
What was the idea?'
81 thought that 1t would be good way
10 forget my troubles. l played the bass
drum for two nights and couldn't stand
il any longer. Oh, you can't realize what
rye been through, Bob! I've made blum
and pretended to be happy all along but
there have been times when | have ac-
tually started for that old Brooklyn
bridge. | didn't care about the money
that Ia spent; all l worried about was
the fact Of running in debt day in and
day out, with no chance of ever paying"
But your uncle? He's a rich man-did
you ever try him?"
A grim, sardonic look appeared on the
face Of the youth, which made him seem
more years than his 20.
Yes, he's been tried and found guilty. "
he answered II wrote and told him that
| was short of ready cash, and asked him
to loan me $4,000. He sent me pack
age Of gum and a note saying: Chew
this and forget your troubles. He is in
Europe now-been there all summer
That old fellows worth $4,000 900 If he's
worth a nickel"
"Stingy," suggested Wallace
PRETTY MEAN.
He's so mean." returned Broadway
that every time he's asked to drink, he
takes a cigar-and he does not smoke
either; saves them up and puts 'em In
boxes and gives EN- to his friends for
Christmas. While all this time-since
was broke I've been going 1t on credit
For tip money and ready cash, I've sold
the French car and pawned those dia-
mond rings l had. This is my roll. -
Broadway took single bill from his
pocket. It was 500 bill. That's every
cent have nut of all had, and, of course
that isn't chewing gum money on Broad
way"
Why didn't you conflde in me?"
Il didn' have the courage to confide in
any one resumed Broadway, his words
now coming in a torrent. "All l did was
to hope that some miracle would happen
to set things right, All I've been think
ing about was money, how to get it and