The Dermott news., 1916-10-05

IQuoT was consumed. / he Talk gre" |
confidential In half an hour, the I'M |
fortunate Drake was nearly drunk
Al that unlueky crisis, row spran" |
up in the bar The bartender inter
fered, and in the course of the melee |
was thrown violently against Drake, |
who. hardly conscious of what was go |
ing on, assumed that he had been |
attacked In gust of anger he |
suatehed bottle from the counter |
and struck the hareheaded man VIC |
lent blow The other fell at once. |
with blood streaming from his scalp. !
The original row was now in full |
swing, and 10 one paid any particular !
heed to the bartender's misfortune |
/ Drake was still waving the bottle in
t drunken fury when his associate led
i Trim to i back door and into an alley
/ There the 3anbird took the bottle
/ from Joes hand and threw it away,
forcing the other To accompany him
Drake never knew how he got home
! He managed To creep to his room. and
pleaded Illness for the rest of the
day Next morning when he met Bur
~ soIeIfous as to his health Drake
nearly yielded then He was bitterly
conscious or his fall from grace, but
resolved to make amends and had re
covered his paise when he was called
to the telephone.
The croakiHE voice Of Wall-Eyed
/ MI came over tho wire
Nice mess you got into yesterday.
DIDN'T You" it said
What do YOU mean" inquired
Drake uervously.
Hum like that, Forgotten ey-
erYt ug have YOU Sorry Old sport,
bal it's my painful duty to stir Your
gray matter Hike ont into the park
and meet me near the fountain in half
an hour Md watch Your step, It's
+ the chair fer yau this time If you
ain mighty careful
Making some excuse 10 his employ
/ or Drake won't ont. AuF his prison
friend showed him newspaper with
the scare heads bartender Slain in
+ Saloon Brawl Murderer Unknown
/ Makes Good His Escape"
How does this concern me-" he
asked
You cackie1 Bill You croaKed
/ that guy t.p to now nobody hut me
+ knows You done il and l amt gon. to
squeal ON YOU. Joe. You believe that.
don't YOU
What are YOU giving M? demand
Cd Drake taekly
RiUs manner changed instantly
The straight spiel he erowled
Putin up tho unconscious act. are
YOU Don't YOU do i + | split
! there's twenty feilers Who saw YOU in
that saloon an would pick YOU cut
i e. crowd That cav - dead all
right and va killed hin Il don't
make m difference 10 me. enc Wy
or the other bat yaulI have 10 toe the
Inc ana do as til YEA. or III fat
myself right with the cops. and YOU
70 10 the chair for sure.
+ Drake had 10 accept the lameutahle
truth
I haven't much money DE fal-
tered I've hr,a At work only ecu
pie Of weeks but might scrape UP a
ssss't "a
me other s9us#ed darlSiYelN
search me TIA Eaiid"ed. nat
rleh EuE Wv living With can eat
4P better that Now. heres my OF
ter fake - nave II he nsNt
ilh1e he has "a lot OF dough III the
/ house. pA' M WISE and il pouch ii.
lis dead easy Ne one VIII ever sus-
reet Neu. ard Ill Get away West.
Now. don ct UP fausa#aheat IL. lou
can help yourself 1t s the only
tAsas 10 DO
The unhappy secretary saw no 9th
eF way eHt q the dt'''eally. SICK with
+ despair u" gave M.
He knew taat within tho next few
/ days his emp'oYer would withdraw
from the hanh a fairly large sum with
. "a hsfh mare hl - 81 small estate III