The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-25

church had been refused
But the was~aii went on: Brady
himself couldn't have hammered the
thirst mob into better imitation Of
the real penchant for the stuff that
you screw out OF = bottle with .
napkin.
Old Jack paid the twenty above me
for a round. leaving me on tho out
side Of his roll He laid tho roll on
the table and sent for the proprietor
Mike" says he. heres money
that the good people have refused.
VIII IL buy OF your wares In the
name Of the devil, They say IT'S
tainted
III will says Mike. "and IN pu,
II In the drawer next TO the bills that
war paid to the parsons daughter
for kisses at the church fair 20 build
new parsonax. for tho parsons
daughter to live tn
Al O'Clock when the hodcarrferr
were making ready 10 close up the
front and keep the inside open. a
woman slips in the door of the res-
taurant and comes UP to Old Jacks
table. You've seen the kind--black
shawl. creepy hair, ragged skirt.
white face. eyes a cross between
Cabrielrs and a sick kittens - the
kind Of woman that's always on the
| lookout for an automobile or the
mcndicancy sauad-and she stands
there without n word and looks at
| tho money.
Old Jack gets up. p~eis me off the
roll and hands me 10 her with a bow
Madam" says he. just like actor
I've heard. here is a tainted bill.
am q gambler. This bill came to
me tonight from q gentleman's son.
Where he got IL do not know II
you win do me the favor to accept II.
IL In yours"
Tho woman took me with q trem-
bling hand.
SIR" said she. Il counted thou
sands OF this issue OF bills into pack.
ages when they were virgin from the
| presses. I was a clerk In the treas
ury department There was an Off
ciai to whom I owed my position.
| You say they are tainted now. IL
you only knew-but won't say any
more. Thank you with all my heart,
sir-thank you--thank you"
Where do you suppose that woman
carried me almost on a run? To a
bakery. Away from Old Jack and a
sizzling good time to a bakery. And
/ get changed. and she does a Sheri-
dan-twenty- miies-away with a dozen
rolls and a section Of jelly cake as
big as a turbine water wheel. OF
course lost sight of her then, for I
was showed up in the bakery won.
| dering whether I'd get changed at
the drug store the next day In an
alum deal or paid over to the cement
works.
A week afterward 7 butied up
against one Of the one-dollar bills the
baker had given the woman for
change.
Halo. Es503sess." says I. weren't
you In the change for me in bakery
last Saturday nightY"
YEP says the solitaire in his free
and easy style.
How did the deal turn out?- /
asked
she blew Ef7o5f43i for milk and
round steak" says the one-spot. "She
kept me till the rent man came. II
was bum room with a sick kid In
II. But you ought TO have seen him
go for the bread and tincture of
formaldehyde. Half-starved. / guess.
Then she prayed some. Don't get
stuck up, tenner. We one-spots hear
ten prayers where you hear one. She
said something about who giyeth TO
the poor Oh, let's cut out the slum
talk. I'm certainly tired OF the com.
pany that Keeps me. ] wish I was
big enough TO move In society with
you tainted bills"
shut up" says 7; there's no such
thing. ! knew the rest OF II. There's
a 1endeth 10 the Lord somewhere In
IL. Now look on my back and read
/ what you see there"
This note tx a legal tender Mt it's
face value for all debts. public and
private"
This talk about tainted money
makes me tired" says /.