Washington telegraph., 1920-10-08


eaygsdropper get what l came 10 get
I'm direct conversation.
I had my bottle Of beer and the bar.
tender went back to the group, don't
mated by the squat, talkative fellow.
He was not the comic type Of con-
stobIe He showed intelligence and
decision, but evidently he was fond Of
a story when he had 1t to tell. He was
saying:
"T was ND late because there was
had set at the Half Day, ana BIZ
DALEY thought he might have trouble
v.Itb them before he got them on their
wov About one O'Clock they had a
quarrel without anything but talk,
divided into two sets and went away
IN two ears toward the city. Bill and
spIit a bottle Of beer, and Bill said
bgd be going himSelf.i II was nearly
one.thirty then, and I thought I'd waie
mn for number Eleven at two o'clock
and see if anyone got on.
"BnI gave ME the keys and told mes
to shut the place up. ! had another
hottie Of beer and was playing soli--
toIra on the bar when Number Eleven =.
stopped,
"I went to the front door Of the bar
and lacked over toward the station. A
man had got of, and he was headed
toward the Half Day, which was the
onIv place showing light. ! waited
,p the doorway, and whef he came
nm | saw he was foreigner. tie dad.
gold rings in his ears.
ale made as If he wanted 10 come
In He didn't speak enough English.
for me to make out what he was say
ing. I let him in, and he went up to-
the bar, put down quarter and point
cd toward the whisky. gave him the
hottle. and he pointed to me and
smiled. SO / sId didRt mind II l
did and we had Il drink together. L
thought I'd like tO mOwTwhat this fel-
low wanted In town, so1l didnt sug-
gest it was closing time.
.aThen I was surprised.to hear car
coming along. The other Hellow seemed
10 be expecting ii. We both went TO
the door. The car, stopped ut the door,
and a man helped N NwUIrln out. He
was a little old shrfv, eled'fellow. She
was young and pretty.
'sThe old fellow saidN something to
my foreigner, and ne tl,resv his arms
in the air, wrIggled all Owsr, laughed
and fell on the old fellow and kissed
him. The old boy strup gied ana
kicked. but the foreigner ju It picked
him right up and kissed him ON both
cheeks.
''That old boy was mad wha he got
loose. This is unthinkahle,' 4 said
1T is beyond expression. You tutiiah
pig Dog Of a man-slobbering h ;hst
Then he stopped speaking English ana
said lot OF things the foreigner un-
derstood, but It didn't make him lad.
His eyes just sparklcd. He put "A 'o'-
lar on the bar and pointed TO 4 ne
whisky again.
bring our drinks over here s'IA I
the old boy pointing to one Of the
tables in a far corner of the room.
'sThry sat down, and the two men
talked. The girl didn't seem to have
the language The foreigner was eN-
cited. The old boy kept wiping his
eyeglasses lie wasn't showing as
much nervousness as the foreigner,
but he was pleased over something.
81 kept behind the bar, as near
their table as ! cuuld, and pretended
TO play solitaire and wait FOR their or
ders, Watchigg rhcn. as much as pos
| sible and trying 10 make out what
they were talking about. Pretty soon
they wanted another round Of drinks
when ! served them the old boy want
| ed TO know II he could telephone to
the city lie paid me the toIl, and l
showed him the telephone booth and
heard him give his number 1t WAS
River 1900
"When he got his party, he said: is
that you. sim? Everything is all right.
Yes, rs expected. Let him 60
That was all. lie went buck TO the
table. | noticed that he kept tight
hold all the time on leather case
When they got to talking again, the
! foreigner kept pointing toward the
case and began to get more excited.
| As near as | could make out what WIS
happening, as they kept on talking and
motionlng, it was the black leather
| case the foreigner wanted, and the
other man wouldn't let him have It.
CTO BE COATTNUED1
Meredith and Lady Macbeth.