The Washington herald., 1922-10-22
The Beautiful
And Damned
cortsssss from Yesterday.
By p. Scot Fitzgerald

0osftsss6 FROM Yesferddy.
Al 7:so. when they had completed
thssix rounds. Anthony found that
his Intentions were giving audi
ence to his desires. He was happy
and cheerful .now-thoroughiy en-
3oyfng himself. It seemed TO him
that the story which Pete had just
finished telling was unusually pro-
foundly humorous-and he decided,
as he did every day at about this
point that they were damn good
fellows. by goliy!" who would do a
lot more for him than any one e,se
he knew. The pawn shops would re-
main open until late Saturday
nights. and he felt that II he took
just one more drink he would at
tain q gorgeous ross-eolored ex-
hiiaration.
Artfpily he nshed In his vest pock-
cts, brought. mp his two quarters and
stared at them as though in sur
prise.
We'll. I'll be darned." he pro-
tested In an aggrieved tone. here
I've come out without my pocket
book"
Need some cash7" asked LyteIi
easily,
Il left my money on the dresser
at home. And 1 wanted to buy you
another drink"
"oh--knock IT." Lytell waved tn.
sugseztion away disparagingIy. II
guess we can blow q good fella to
All the drinks he wants. what1l
ycu haye-&ame7~
I tell you." suggested Parker Al
iison. suppose We send sammy
across the street for some sand
wiches and eat dinner here"
The other two agreed.
Good idea"
Hey. Sammy. wantcha do some
pm for Us. :"
Just after 0 o'clock Anthony
staggsred to his feet and, bsddinr
them thick good night, walked
unstsadfiy to the door. handing Sam
my one OF his two quarters a. he
passed out Once In the street he
hssitatsd uncertainty and then
started In the direction of Sixth ay-
enue. where he remembered 10 have
frequently passed several loan
omc<s. He went by a news stand
and two drug stores-and th.n he
realized that he was standing in
'front.' of the place which he eoueht
ana that IL was shut and barred.
unperturbed. he continued; another
one, haif a block down, was also
closed; so were two more across
ths street. and a fifth In the square
oeiow. Seeing a faint light in the
last one. he began to knock on the
glass door: he desisted only yhen
q watchman appeared in the back OF
tne shop and motioned him ansrily
to move on. With growing discour-
asement. with growing befuddle-
hent' he crossed the street. and
walked back toward Forty-third.
In the corner near Sammy's he
paused undecidsd-if he went back
10 the apartment, as he felt his
oody required. he would lay himself
open to bitter reproach: yet, now
mat the pawnshops were closed. he
mad no notion where to get the
money. Hs decided finally that h.
might ask Parker Allison, after all
but he approached Sammy'., only IN
nnd the door locked and the lIeht,
out. He looked at his watch; nine
thlrty. He began walking.
Ten minutes later he stonned
aimlessly at the corner OF Forty
thlrd street and Madison avenue
oiagonally across from the bright but
nearly deserted entrance to the RIlt-
more Hotel Here he stood for .
moment. and then sat down heavily
on q damp board amid some debris
OF construction work. He rezt.d
there Tor almost half an hour. hi,
mind shifting pattern of surface
thoughts. chiefest among which
were that he must obtain ,om.
money and get home before he he
came too sodden to find his way.
Then. slacins over toward IN.
Biltmors. he saw a man ,tsndtns
directly under the overhead glow on
'hs porte-cochere lamp beside a
woman In an ermine coat. As An
'hony watched the couple moved for
ward and signaled a taxi. Anthony
perceived by the infaIIIble td.ntin-
cation that turks In the walk of a
friend that It was Maury Noble.
he rose to his feet.
MauryG" h. shouted.
Maury looked In his direction
then turned back to the girl tu., Al,
'ne taxi came into place. With the
chaotic idea OF borrowing $40 An
thony began to run as fast a. he
could across Madison avenu, and
along Forty-third street
As he came up Maury was stand
ing beside the yawninr door OF th.
taxicab. His companion turned and
looked curiously at Anthony.
Hello. Maury." he said. holding
out pis hand. How are your"
Fine. thank you"
Their hands dropped ana Anthonv
nesitated- Msury mad, no moys 70
introduce him. but only stood there
REGARDING him with an in.crutabl.
feline silence.
wanted to see you" bs-
gan Anthony uncertainty. He aid
not feel that he could ask for a loa n
with the girl not four feet away,
SO ne broke on and made q p.rcen-
uoie motion of his head as n TO
oeckon Maury to one side.
I'm In rather q big hurry. An
thony."
I know-but can you-o.p
Again he hesitated
III see you some other TINA .
said Aaury.
It's Important
I'm sorry. Anthony"