The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02

was his acquaintanceship that as
sporting gent he had once or twice
been tipped off as to the where and
when Of o 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-
erably better than he knew the palm
of his own hand. In fact, he could
scarcely ever have been conscious that
he had a palm, even as a map of per-
sonal fortune; for he who Is complete
ly satisfied with the present never
worries about the future and Mr.. Ran
dolph had been born content.
With such an equipment, is It to be
wondered at that he found the taxi
field rich with unexpected and sur
prising blooms? Fair flowers, he had
known heretofore to nod only over tea
tables and solid silver appeared sud-
denly transplanted to his cab and
ready to nod on stalwart shoulder.
Strong male tiger-lilies Of the money
market, grated to the cushions of
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
young man upon discovering the alb
sence of grandfathers gold watch, his
since graduation day; the cluck of
tOp-hat fairly sat upon in the excite
ment of a moment that else would
have been tragic. the exasperating tap,
tap. tap. of hen-pecking tongue that
explained and condOned a murder mys-
terry in the next mornings papers, and
the sob of ruined yOungster who had
played with borrowed money.
All these incidents took place with
knew of and just to show what an ex-
tremely honest young man he was. let
1t be said that it did not once occur to
him that he need never be poor while
humanity, supposedly in good stand
ing. continued to lay itself open to
blackmail at the rate of a case night.
At the same time, he was not stupid
and occasionally tapped out missive
loaded with dynamite on the garage
typewriter when no one was around.
Here is sample.
"Mr. Poindexter MacGuler, Sir: AS
was driving you and Miss b. b.
larst night who was foster-mOthered
by an aunt of friend of friend of
mine. heerd you talkin to her and
all I got to say is If I see you out
with her again short of the bands Of
matrimony I'll get another friend of
mine to get Mr. Robert Herv Ran
dOlph to tell what he knows about
you cheaten at cards on Dec. % last"
Nights that gave birth in the morn
ing to- such illiterary tit-bits could
scarcely be called dull, but it was not
long before Mr.. Randolph found him
self threatened by an unexpected mo-
nOtonOus employment. Unfortunately
for his entertainment, his reputation
as the one par excellence st. Bernard
lifesaver to the inebriate elite spread
rapidly throughout the Force so that
the telephone was constantly burdened
during the wee hours with the follow
ing: "Say. is Slim Hervey on the job?
Well. when he comes in tell i'm l got
another tailor-model drunk here what
has lost his home address from his
mind"
With suspicious suddenness Mr..
Randolph proceeded to forget half his
school and eliminates and cOld-blOOded-
ly leave them to their fate and a
night out. not without coming to grief
on at least one occasion. however.
"What are you comm over me?" de-
manded the irate captain Of the Nth
precinct. "You amt forgot that you
was vally to r. H. Randolph for seven
years, have va? Has all his frens
gone on the wagonw
II looked like loop-hole. "Sure,"
said Slim Hervey promptly. Ills
clubs near busted what with water
drinkers and softs."
sounds kinda phony to me-" said
the captain grimly, "considerin' you
took this Same gent home a week ago
come Friday"
did II" said Slim, and with feigned
surprise managed finally to recognize
the mess of evening clothes that was
huddled on nearby bench. you're
right, Captain. He's drunken than l
ever saw him before and besides. he's
wearip' new set of shirt-studs. Kind
Of changed his looks"
Slim fingered. Look here" he muir.
INJURED to the captain confidentially.