The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-03-07

won { let you. NSAA0IiOeIs yyu& dSISSu
to see me of" q.
!. !" 'S'right. fellows" Higgins joined
in. 1--WE agreed to put him aboard
and we must do It. Don't break up
the party. Kirk"
IT don't want to 60 home" Ringold
muttered.
Its breach OF. hospitality to go
home." Higgins insisted. Besides.
after my bloody 'ncounter with that
limb Of the law need stimulant.
You must look after me- +
Numbed as they were by the ex.
cesses Of the evening. it did not take
the young men long to lose all clear
and vivid remembrance Of this recent
experience, for the time had come
when nature was offering her last re-
sistance, and their brains were badly
awhirl. or all the four. Jefferson
Locke was the only one who retained
his wits to the fullest-a circumstance
that would have proved him the owner
Of remarkably steady head had 1t
not been for the fact that be had Gun.
ningly> substituted water for gin each
time 1t came his turn to drink.
Dawn found them in an east side
tenement drinking place frequented by
the, lowest classes. Ringold was slum-
bering peacefully on table: Anthony
had. discovered musical talent in the
bartender and was seated at batter
ed piano laboriously experimenting
with the accompaniment to an Irish,
ballad; Higgins and Locke were. talk
ing earnestly. Locke, as usual, sat
facing the entrance, his eyes watch
full, his countenance alert To a sober
eye it would have been patent that he
was: labering under some strong ex-
element, for every door that opened
caused him to start, every stranger
that entered made him quake.
"Grandes' fellow Il ever met" big.
gins was saying for the hundredth
time. Got two faults. Anthony: he's
modesht an he's lazy-he won't work"
You and he are good friends, eh?"
'Best ever.''
would you like to play joke on
.himT' -.
'"Joke? Can't be done. He's wises'
guy ever. I've tried it an always get
the wors' Of it, =.
''I'll tell you how we can work it.
I've got ticket for Central America
in my pocket. The boat sails at 10.
Let's send him down there
.'Wha' for?"
Locke kept his temper with an effort.
ITO make a man Of him. Well go
through his clothes. and when he lands
he'll: be broke. He'll: have to work.
Don't you seer ::..
':No." Anthony's friend did not see.
HE don't want to go to Central Amer
ica."> he argued. Hes got a new au-
tom bile" -
But suppose we got him soused,
went through his pockets and then put
him aboard the boat. He'd be at sea
by the time he woke up. He couldn't
get back. He'd have to work. Don't
you, see? He'd be broke when he land
ed: and have to rustic money, to get
back with. think It's an awful funny
idea"
The undeniable humor of such q sit
uation finally dawned upon Higgins
mind.
| I'm get him full if you'll help man.
age it." Locke went on And here's
the ticket" He tapped his pocket.
"Where'd you get it?''
Bought it yesterday. It's first class
! and better, and he'll fit my description.
We're about the same size. Wait. -
| Locke rose and went to the bar. where
he called loudly for the singer. Then
when the bartender had deserted the
piano be spoke to Anthony: Keep it
up, old man.. You're doing fne."
! For some moments he talked earnest
~ to the man behind the bar. No one
! observed the transfer of another of
those yellow bills of which he seemed
to have an unlimited store.
Strangely enough. Mr. Jefferson
Locke's plan worked without hitch.
Within ten minutes after Kirk An.
thony had taken the drink handed him
he declared, himself sleepy and rose
from the piano. only to seek a chair,
into which he, flung himself heavily.
tits all right" Locke told his drunk,
en- com panion. 1--WE got a taxi wait
Ing. Wen leave Ringoid where he is
,Twenty-four hours later Adelber,
Higgins undertook to recall what had
happened to him after he left Muller's
place, on East Fourteenth street, but
his memory was tricky. He recollected
avaguely humorous discussion of some
sort with a stranger, the details OF
which were almost entirely missing
Unexpected and alarming occurrences
made it imperative for him to ter
inmate his connection with his college
as big Marty Ringold had done, earlier
in. the day, and begin to pack bis be
longings. Partly out Of difference t
the frantic appeals Of, his. Widowed
mother, partly owing to the telephonet
advice Of MIR. Michael Padden OF Sixtt
avenue, who said the injured man hat
+ recognized one of his assailants. hl