The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-01

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bought himself a wooden khaki owe
coat with n OF those enormous GO
lars which look like an inverte
bucket when they are up and surpa,
in efficiency the traditional black mas
so beloved by illustrators Of the weel
~ press. He also had q speaking sic
cut In the glass OF the cab windO,
just behind his best ear and subse
quently removed and lost the slid
that had been fitted over 1t with cor
siderable skill and trouble.
During the next few nights he pre
ceeded TO have the time Of his life: 8
much 10 that he was constantly ove1
wheimed with wonder at bis stapidit-
In not having become a taxi-drive
years before! It should be remem
bered that Mr.. Randolph was Of New
York YOrky: he knew everybody cas-
ually. from Mr.. Milyuns and his
daughter. Eileen, down to the lates
addition 70 the pltiful ranks of tn,
midinette. More than that, so broat
was his acquaintanceship that rs s
'P'' 'hAe SVht HV Al OtCc OF TWICE
been tipped OF as to the where ant
when of u proposed gun-play.
In addition TO being by right Of birth
an integral part OF all the social strata
Of Manhattan, he knew the surface OF
the island and OF the adjacent com
moner soil OF the mainland consid-
crably better THAN he knew the palm
OF his W hand. In fact. he could
scarcely ever have been conscious that
ne had a palm, even AS q map of per.
sonal fortune: for he who is complete
~ satisfied with the present never
worries about the future and Mr.. Ran
dolph had been born content.
With such an equipment, is il to be
wondered ut that he found the taxi
held rich with unexpected and sur
prising blooms? Fair flowers. he ha6
known heretofore 70 nod only over tea
tables and solid silver appeared sud
denly transplanfed TO his cab and
ready to nod on a stalwart shoulder.
Strong male tiger-IilieS of the money
market, grated to the cushions OF a
taxi. became complacent pillars upon
which some clinging ivy twined.
In six nights he learned the sound
that a banker makes when slender
fingers tickle him under the chin the
gasp Of a girl, first-kissed the cry of
a young man upon discovering the alb
sence of g~randfather's gold witch, his
since graduation day; the cluck or a
top-hat fairly sat upOn In the excite
ment of a mOmen that else would
have been tragic, the eXasperating tap. !
tap. tap, of a ~hen-pecking tongue that
explained and condOned a murder mys-
terry in the next mornings papers, and
the sob Of a ruined youngster who had
with borrowed money.
All these incidents took place with
people whom Mr.. Randolph knew or
of and Just to show what an ex-
tremeiy honest young man he was, let
L he said tina il did not once occur to
him that he need never be poor while
humanity, supposedly in good stand
NC. continued 70 lay itself open to
,lackmail at the rate of a cas- a night.
1t n same time. he vas not stupid !
md occasionally tapped out a missive
oaded with dynamite on the garage
when no one was around.
Iere is a sample.
"ATr. P%oindexter MacGuler, Sir: AS
was driving you and Miss B. r
night who was fOster-mOthered
an amt Of a friend Of a friend of
nine. | heer0 you talkin to her and
II | cot to say is if I see you out
nth her again short of the bands of
latrimony I'll get another friend of
lire 10 get Mr.. Robert Herv Ran
0lph to tell what he knows about
on cheaien nj cards on Dec. IS last"
Nights that gave birth in the MORN
1g 10 such illiterary tit-bits could
be. called dull, but it was not
ing before Mr.. Randolph found him.
IF threatened by an unexpected mo-
employment. Unfortunately
n his entertainment. his reputation
: the n par excellence st. Bernard
TO the inebriate elite spread
lpidly throughout the Force SO that
telephone was constantly burdened
lring the wee hours with the follow
"Say. Is Slim Hervey on the Job?
ell. when he m in tell i'm l got
tailOr-model drunk here what
is lost his home address from his
ind"
With suspicious ~snddenness Mr..
lndolrh proceeded to forget half his
hoo' and eliminates and coId-bIooded-
leave them to their fate and n
ght out, not without coming to grief
at least one OCCASION. however.
What are you comm over me?" de-
anded the irate captain of the Nth
eclnct. "You amt forgot that you
Is vally TO r. Fl. Randolph for seven
ars, have va? Has all his frens
ne on the wagon?"
It looked like a lOop-hole. Sure"
d Slim Hervey promptly. "His
lbs near busted what with water.
mixers and softs."