The Pulaskian., 1920-10-28

eayesdropper get what I came to get in direct conversation.
 had my bottle of beer. and the bar tender went back to the group, domi- hated by the squat, talkative fellow.
 He was not the comic type of con stable. He showed intelligence and decision, but evidently he was fond of a story when he had 1t to tell. He was saying:
 T was up late because there was bad set at the Half Day, and Bill Daley thought he might have trouble with them before he got them on their way. About one o'clock they had 8 quarrel, without anything but talk, divided into two sets and went away in two cars toward the city. Bill and I split a bottle of beer, and Bill said he'd be going himself. It was nearly one-thirty then, and I thought I'd wait up for Number Eleven at two o'clock and see if anyone got off
 ''Bill gave me the keys and told me to shut the place up. had another bottle of beer and was playing soi- ldlIc Oh tu@ DdE WuSA 4NuLhOSA 14CfSh stopped.
 ''I went to the front door of the bar and looked over toward the station. A man had got off, and he was headed toward the Half Day, which was the only place showing light. l waited in the doorway, and when hs came up, saw he was foreigner. He had gold rings in his ears.
 :sHe made as if he wanted to como 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 tho bar, put down quarter and point ed toward the whisky. I gave him the bottle, and he pointed to me and smiled. So I said didn't mind if I did, and we had drink together. thought I'd like to know what this fel- low wanted in town, so l didn't sug- gest it was closing time.
 'aThen was surprised to hear car coming along. The other fellow seemed to be expecting It. We both went to the door, The car stopped at the door, and a man helped woman out He was little old shriveled fellow. She was young and pretty.
 '@The old fellow said something to my foreigner, and he threw his arms in the air. wriggled all over, laughed and fell on the old fellow and kissed him. The old boy struggled and kicked, but the foreigner just picked him right up and kissed him on both cheeks.
 '1That old boy was mad when he got loose. This is unthinkable.' he said. Tt is beyond expression You human pig Dog of a man-slobbering beast ' Then he stopped speaking English and said lot of things the foreigner un- derstood. but 1t didn't make him mad. His eyes just sparkled. He put dol lar on the bar and pointed to the whisky again.
 Bring our drinks over here said the old boy. pointing to one of the tables in a far corner of the room.
 'SThey sat down, and the two men talked. The girl didn't seem to have the language. The foreigner was ex- cited. The old boy kept wiping his eyeglasses. He wasn't showing as much nervousness as the foreigner, but he was pleased over something.
 q kept behind the bar, as near their table as I could, and pretended to play solitaire and wait for their or ders, watching them as much as pos sible and trying to make out what they were talking about Pretty soon they wanted another round of drinks- When I served them the old boy want ed to know if he could telephone to the city. He paid me the toll. and showed him the telephone booth and heard him give his number It was River 4600.
 ''When he got his party, he said: Ts that you, SimH Everything is all right Yes, as expected Let him go.'
 "That was all. He went back 10 the table. I noticed that he kept tight hold all the time on a leather case. When they got to talking again. the foreigner kept pointing toward the case and began to get more excited As near as I could make out what was happening, as they kept on talking and motioning. 1t was the black leather case the foreigner wanted, and the other man wouldn't let him have it.
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