Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-06

man IN WHITE clHtneS
Excuse me for interrupttngs' says =,
but can you tell me how q man could
get married cuick7'
THE consul gets up and fingers In q
pIgeonhole.
the ceremony myself, year or two ago.
he said. IN look and
I caught hold Of his arm.
Don't look 1T up says l. Marriage
Is lottery anyway. I'm willing to take
the risk about the license If you ere.
The consul went back TO HOoltgan
Alley with me. Icy called heE ma to
come in, but the old lady was picking
4 chicken in the patio and begged to be
excused So we stood up and the con
sui performed the ceremony.
That evening Mrs Bowers cooked
great supper Of stewed goat, tRmales.
baked bananas, fricssSeed red peppers
ing chair by the front window, and she
sat on the floor plunking at guitar
and happy, as she should be, as Mrs.
William T. 3.
An at once I sprang up in hurry.
Id forgotten all about O'COnnor. I
asked Izzy to fix up a lot Of truck for
him to eat
That big, oogIy man" said Izzy.
But all right-he your frier d.
Il pulled a rose out Of bunch in a
Jar, and took the grub basket around TO
the Jail O'Connor ate Ike a wolf Then
he wiped his face with banana peel and
said Have you heard nothing from Dona
Isabel yet:'
tween the bars. She sends you this.
She bids you take courage. At night
fall two masked men brought it to the
ruined chateau in the orange grove. How
did you like that goat hash, Barney?'
20 Conner pressed the rose to his lips.
This is more to me than ali the food
IN the world says he But the supper
was fine Where did you raise it?
I We negotiated a stand off at a deli
catessen hut downtown I tells him
Rest easy. II there's anything to be
done III do it
$50 things went along that way fol
some weeks. Icy was a great cook and
II she had q little more poise Of char
acter and smoked little better brand
Of tobacco we might have drifsed into
some sense OF responsibility for the
honor ! had conferred on her But as
time went on I began to hunger for the
sight Of q real lady standing before ma In
2 street car. All ! was staying in that
land Of blk and money for was because
I couldn't get away, and l thought it no
more than decent 10 stay and see OCon.
nor shot
cone day our old Interpreter drops
around aud after smoking an hour says
that the judge Of the peace sent him
10 request me to cali on him l went
to bis office in q lemon grove on hill
az the edge OF t1e town; and there !
had a surprise. I expected to see one
of the usual cinnamon -coIored natives
II Congress CATERS and one of PizzarO's
cast bats What I saw was an ele-
CANT gentleman of slightly claybank
complexion sitting In an upholstered
leather chair, slipping a highbau and
reading Mrs. Humphrey Ward. had
smUggled info my brain q few words Of
Spanish by the help of Izzy, and I be-
gan TO remark In rich Andalusian
5Baenas dias, senior, 70 tengO-yo
tengo-
"40h. sit down. Mr.. Bowers says ha
7 spent eight years IN your country in
colleges end law schools. Let me mix
you htebball. Lemon peel, or not 2
Thus we got along. In about half sn
hour ] was beginning to tell him about
tie scandal in our family when Aunt
Flvtra ran away with 2 Cumberland
Presby terrain preacher. Then be says to
me:
q sent for you. Mr.. Bowers. to let
YOU know that YOU can have your friend,
Mr.. u'Counor. now. OF course we had
70 make a show Of Furnishing him Oh
account of his attack on General Tum-
baiO. lt is arranged that he shall be re-
leased tomorrow night You and be VIII
he conveyed on board the fruit steamer
Noyager. bound for New York. which lies
in the hsrOor. Your passage will be ar
ranged for
'''one moment. Judge says I; that
The Judge Lays back in BIS chair and
.''Why.' says he presently. that was all
q itCle joke fixed mp by the boys around
rho courtroom, and one or two of our
c1t-ups aud few clerks in the stores.
2 be- town IS bursting its sides with
laughing The boys made them selves up
Go he nSptcators. and they-what YOU
call hs-stick SeQor 0'Connor for his
money II IS very funny.
'e'It was says 7 ssw the Joke all
aleng. I'll take another highball If your
honor don't mind
The next evening Just at dark a cou-
PIE of soldiers brought O'ConnOr down to
the beach. where 1 was waiting under
c0coauut tree.
Hist" says I in his ear: 'Dona Isa-
bel has arranged for our escape. Not
word !!
They rowed Us in s boat out to a
little steamer that smelled Of table d'hote
salad oil and bore phosphate.
The great mellow. tropical moon was
rising as We steamed away. oConner
leaned on the is fTrau or rear balcony ot
the ship and gazed silently at Guaya-
at Buncoville on the Beach.
He had the red rose in his hand.
" she viii wait. heard him say.
Eyes like hers never deceive. But
Shall see her again. Traitors cannot keep
au G'ConEor down forever
&c You talk Ike q sequel says 1, But
IN Volume II please omit the hight
And thus re1uiaiscing. We came back
to New York
There was a little silence broken only
BY the familiar roar OF the streets after
Kansas BIZ Bowers cea sed talking.
Did OConnor ever 60 bsck3" I asked.
He attained his hearts desire" said
Bill. Can you walk two blocks ri
show you"
He led me eastward and down q flight i,
Of stairs that was covered By q curious
shaped glowing. psgoda- like structure.
Signs and figures on the tiled walls and /
supporting columns attested that we were +
in the Grand Central Station of the sub
way. Hundreds Of people were on the
midway platform.
An uptown express dashed up and
halted It was crowded. There vas
rush for il by a still larger crowd.
Towering above every one there a mag
nidcent broad shouldered athletic man
leaped into the center of the struggle.
men and women he seized in either hand
and hurled them like manikins toward
the open gates of the train.
Now and then some passenger with a
shred Of soul and sef-respect LETT to him
turned 10 offer remonstrGnce; but tho
blue uniform on the towering figure. the
fierce and couQuerinS glare OF bis eye
and the ready impact OF his ham like
hands glued together the lips that would
have spoken complaint.
When the train was full then he ex-
hibited to all who might observe and adj
mire his irresistible genius as s ruler
Of men. With his knees, with his elbows.
with his shoulders. with his restless feet
he showed, crushed. slammed, heaYed.
kicked. flung. pounded the overplus Of
passengers aboard Then with the sounds
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