The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-03-04
Continued from last week.
PART II.
Flesh, Spirit and the Yelled God.

mixer. BY telling a few stories that
had not yet slfted down from Club
land and by standing few drinks he
soon found himself made free Of all
the technical information he needed
and some more that was so ultra-tfch.
meal that 1t could beat the brains that
invented the delicate mechanism OF
the taxlmeter. He also established
part ownership ia comfortable room
in house very much on the wrong or
west side Of Broadway, IN fact within
smelling and almost splitting distance
of the North river,
While he was still In funds he
bought himself wooden Khaki over
coat with one of those enormous col
lars which look like an inverted
bucket when they are mp aud surpass
in efficiency the traditional black mask
so beloved by illustrators of the week.
ly press. He also had a speaking slot
cut In the glass of the cab window
just behind his best ear and subse-
quenty removed aud lost the slide
that had been fitted over II with con-
siderable skin and trouble
During the next few nights be- pro
ceeded to have the time OF his life SO
much SO that he was constantly over
whemed with wonder at his stupidity
IN not having become n taXl.drlyer
years before II should be- remcm
bered that Mr. Randolph was OF New
York YOrlsy; he knew everybody cns-
ually, from Mr.. Milyuns and his
daughter, Eileen, down TO the latest
addition to the pltiful ranks OF the
mdinette. More than that. 50 broad
was his mountaineering that as a
sporting gent he had once or twice
been tipped of as 10 the where aud
when Of q proposed gun.play.
In addition 10 being by right Of birth
an integral part Of all the social strata
Of Manhattan, he knew the surface "
the island aud OF the adjacent com.
moner soil OF the mainland convid.
erably better than he knew the palm
Of his own hand. In fat. he could
scarcely ever have been conscious that
he had n palm, even as q map ~ per.
sonal fortune for he who Is complete
ly satisfied with the present never
worries about the future and Mr. Han.
dolph had been born content.
with such an equipment, is II "a be
wondered at that he found the taxi
field rich with unexpected nud sur
prising blooms? Fair flowers, be- had
known heretofore to nod only over tea
taI Il 81 IA.
denly transplunted To his cab and
ready to nod on stnlwnrt shoulder,
Strong male tiger-lilles Of the money
market, grated TO the cushions Of a
taxi, became complacent pillars upon
which some cllnging ivy twincd.
In six nights he learned the sound
that banker makes when slender
fingers tickle him under the chin the
gasp Of girl, Grst-kisscd. the cry Of
q young man upon discovering the ab,
sence Of grandfather's gold watch, his
since graduation day the cluck Of a
top-hat fairly sat upon IN the excite
ment of a moment that else would
have been tragic the eXaspcrating tap,
tap, tap, Of Il hen-pecking tongue that
explained and condOned Il murder mys-
terry in the next mornings papers, and
the sob Of ruined yOungstcr who had
played with borrowed money
All these incidents took place with
people whom Mr.. Randolph knew or
l1lew OF and just 10 show what an ok
trcmely honest young man he was, let
Il be said that Il did not once occur 10
him that he need never be poor while
humanity, supposedly In good stand.
ing, continued TO lay Itself open TO
liaclSmall at the rate Of a cnsc night,
AT the same time he was not stupid
aud occasionally tapped out mlssive
loaded with dynamite on the garage
typewriter when no one was around.
Here is a simple.
"Mr. PoIndexter MacGuler, Sir; As
/ wus driving You and Miss j. Il,
larst night who was fostermothered
by an aunt of friend of friend Of
mine, | heerd you talkin To her and
all | got TO say Is If ! see you out
with her again short of the bands Of
fnatrimony I'll get another friend Cof
mine to get Mr.. Robert Herv Ram
doIph to tell what he knows about
you cheaten at cards on Dee. % last. "
Nights that gave birth in the morn
ing to such lliterary tit-blts could
scarcely be called dun, but Il was moi
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
llfesayer TO the lnebrlate elite spread
rapidly throughout the Force 50 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 INTEL i'm got
another tallor-model DUNK here what
has lost his home address from his
mind"