Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-04

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going to do with man when he laughs
ut your"
Tommy North, after the first day.
was pawn in this same-a captured
pawn, laid to one side Of the board.
The police held him, It Is true, until
after the coroner's verdict; then, with
out apology, the turnkey cast him
loose. His first concern was for his
mother in the village Of White Horse.
Connecticut. Only by false assurance
and by the assistance OF an aunt, who
hid the newspapers from her, did he
succeed in keeping her away from New
York. He hurried to her. and in two
days mollihed her anSer--not at his
being accused Of murder. but ut his
being drunk. He returned to md his
job gone. Tommy North took such
catastrophies more philosophically
than most. He had filled and lost a
dozen jobs in three years of New
York. Easy come, easy CO." was his
motto-as he told Resale LIE Grange
when he called to take away his pos
sessions, removed by her from the
Moore house.
"Td like to stay he told her. but
want to get the taste Of this thing out
of my mouth" He sat down on his
trunk and looked depression. And
depression, somehow, rested i'll upon
that frank freckled countenance with
its shock Of unruiy red hair. Wouldn't
seem 30 bad II you didn't have all the
murder company here. But I'm sensi-
tive. guess. I've lost my job on &C.
count Of this. I'm a marked man."
Now look a-here, Mr.. North" said
Rosalie, carefully folding one of his
coats. "You don't never want to say
that. People amt marked unless they
mark themselves I've seen the littlest
things in the world just hammer people
through the floor, and I've seen the
biggest scandals lived clean down.
It's all In the way you face 1t. II you're
afraid, and act like you're afraid, then
you're gone. Just treat It !, like 1t
hadn't happened. That's the way"
1T wouldn't have ruined my young
reputation entirely" pursued Tommy
North, giving way to his depression
now that he had q sympathetic listener
III hadn't INDUCED in . little extra
that night. And take 1t
from me, on the word Of volunteer
fireman, from Alpine, Mich, Pioneer
Hose, Number Three, every single
burner was going when got home.
People would sympathize with me for
being arrested, now that It's proved that
had nothing to do with the case But
being drunk is different-oh, very diff
ferent"
Tell me-" said Rosalie pausing from
folding coats and regarding him, arms
akimbo, do you really like the stuff?"
Tommy North, unaccustomed to self
analysis, turned this over in his mind
for several seconds.
well, no." he said at length, cant
say do. I suppose everybody loathes
the demon when he's going down.
Course, always say, Smooth with
the rest of them, even when 1t tears
my diaphragm like disk harrow. No,
l don't like the taste of 1t. Anyhow.
I've got so that no one SUSPECTS my
maiden emotions. don't make face
or choke any longer"
WAS this the first time you were
ever drunk then p
"The frst!" said Tommy. "The
first! Nearer the hundred and seventy
seventh-and few jaglets beside"
LIE Grange. There's small million
like you. Let me tell you about your
self You're young. You've got
neither family nor girl here in New
York. There's nothing for you to do
nights but to meet the boys An you
begin to pour 1t down. The next thing
you know, or don't know. you're drunk
an uncomfortable. Amt that sol"
"Uncomfortable!" exclaimed Tommy
North; when I'm drunk? Woman, /
own New York! have an option on
the Hudson Terminal and mortgage
on the Singer building. OF course, the
next morning when I'm undrunk,
there's a pale Jerseyish cast over the
face Of things" This was the first
time in his life that Tommy North had
ever admitted Z Hangover" He used
to tell his companions that hard liquor
was his beefsteak.
''well, then suppose there's no use
askin'," went on Rosalie, why you do
|it. It's because there's nothing else to
do. Your play is to f1nd something
1ust as absorbin' and as excitin' as
liquor, but not quite so foolish"
"Sure!" said Tommy. "The pot OF
HOlu dt LILO CAN VI LAO oAhDO"S -
Captain Kidd's treasure. Anyhow, I'm
going away from here"
Now, Mr.. North" said Rosalie
there's two ways Of facing thing
down stay, an 60. Which is better
I don't know. Which is Drawer, do.
Here's room for you. Board here
the rest OF this week-on melville
you look around-an' II you think then
that COINS the best way, then 60"
Tommy North, Injured to an atmos-
phere wherein none gives something
for nothing, regarded Resale lie
Grange with look in which gratitude
struggled with suspicion.
you're thinkin'," responded Rosa
lie, reaching out to seize his thought.
"that this is just my play to fill my
tboardin'- house. Think 1t II you want
to. But this Is my proposition: If you
keep this room free until Monday, an
liz you want. you can have 1t permanent
! at twelve week. which is what you
paid Mrs. Moore"
"I'm sure I'm much obliged said