The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-25
PART ii-contInusd.

SOUtluS KlHd-A pnOny 10 me, Nnld
the captain grimly, "considerln you
took this same gent home week ago
come Friday
'Did III" snid 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 thnn /
ever saw him before and besides. he's
wearin' new set of shlrt-studs. Kind
OF changed his looks"
slim fingered Look here" he muir
INJURED to the captain confidentiaily.
ssYou're on tn me. but just let me
whisper. I'm getting to be the deliv-
cry wagon for all the hlgh-spot soaks
IN town. The first one OF 'em that
loses his jeweiry between the curb
and his own front door, just tell me
where / get off, win your I'm honest
] got reputation, an tell you, Cap
tain. I'm willIn' to bin 'em through for
you when you ask for the home port,
but It's nix ON me handlin all the
hlgh-expioslye freight north Of Forty.
second street. Get mei"
"Sure, SLIM" said the captain, APP
preclatiyely. 'I'il pass the word, lad"
Thus did Mr.. Randolph make good
his new front name and little capl
tai besides. working on the stalwart
old motto: Every knock Is boost.
Instead of becoming d mystery and
consequently anathema to the Force,
an impression was created that Slim
was a hustler, but clean white goods
ready 10 sacrifice fare or two that
he might sit high up alongside Gaze
mars wife. BY stopping at two or
three stfntegically placed police sta-
lions during the wind before the dawn
to ticket such drunks as were of his
acquaintance. he was able to give the
glad hand of farewell to a Job not
TO his taste.
About this time series OF colnci-
dcnces befell the young and fevered
Fair of the city Of New York which
would have given pause to the persons
Involved had they been able to get
together and compare the dope. Take
what happened to Miss Georglette
Hattone. Her people had played In
hard luck and died. Georgia had Sc
cured a job and was doing pretty
we'll at II until young Doctor Bones
met her and gradually persuaded her
that she was threatened with gallop.
ing consumption. Once he had fright
ened her. the rest looked easy; he
would take her out Of bad ventilation
into his rnn-abvut and the openairs
out OF the goodness Of his hea-. and
the fuliness e his purse, he would
take care OF her.
He began by leading her to a Meth.
erlimb Show and supper afterward.
They danced a little and for the first
time IN her life, but under medical
advice she took something In the
way Of stimulant after the Initial pref,
~ cocktail They issued from supper
and Il was when Mr.. Chauffeur Slim
Heryey heard the whispered address
that the game became threesome.
Counting upon the abstraction, or
rather, the concentration OF his fares
on interior fittings, Driver Heryey
soon switched his cab from tile char
tered route and made for downtown
through silent back streets. In Just
ten minutes he drew up at an old,
fashioned house I'm very quiet
square, shut of his engine to the idle
and waited. Not for long. out Of
the cab cnme blasphemous exclama
tion In medical tones and with II {
cry Of awakening from George
Through one window she looked upor
the home Of her childhood; through
the other upon that happy RATED gar
den-square. which was the umbrageou
garner-close of all her dearest, pures
and dreamiest memories.
aOh T. she gasped No, you mustn'
scold him. rnis is just where / wan
TO get ont and walk. lists extraoi
binary" Then from the curb Il ma
be going to die of consumption. dor