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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-02
FINAL DETAILS
CHINESE ISSUE
TO Be SETTLED
Arms Conference Sill
Threshing Over Details
of Chinese Eastern
Railway Settlement
and Question cf Limit
ing Imports In China

Washington, Feb. 2.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. Final contamination
of the naval limitation treaty and set
tlement of the Shantung controversy
gave the arms delegates free field
for action today in pending far cas-
ern questions and crowded program
of committee and delegation MEETINGS
had been arranged to begin the final
windup of this branch of the confer
ence negotiations. A meeting Of the
far eastern committee OF the whole
aiso had been called for later in the
day.
Prior to the committee session the
delegations were meeting separately
to consider drafts of the two treaties
into which it has been decided to
write the agreements on Chinese
questions not included in the nine res
olutions brought forward at the plen-
ary session yesterday. One of the
treaties is to embody the resolution
for revision of the Chinese tariff and
the other will deal with other agree
ments reached by the far eastern
committee.
At the same time the sub-commit-
tee on the Chinese Eastern Railway
was still endeavoring to thresh out a
settlement of that question, objection
by Japan, France and China to certain
matters of the proposal submitted to
the Far Eastern committee yesterday
having delayed action pending efforts
to reach a compromise. Prior to dis
cussion of that question the commit
tee encountered another obstacle
when it took up the resolution to pro-
hibit importation of arms into China.
Reservations presented by the Jap
anese and Italians finally resulted in
a virtual decision not to press it for
adoption.
The Chinese and Japanese delegates
hoped to finally complete today the
treaty covering the terms of the Shan
tung settlement announced at yester-
days plenary session along with the
naval treaty and other far eastern
agreements. When it would be signed
was regarded as uncertain.
To Sign Friday
Washington. Feb. 2.-(By the, Asso-
ciated Press )-Tha Shantung treaty
between China and Japan, returning
the former German leasehold to
China is expected to be sign.d Friday
at the Pan-American Union building
whers the negotiations were conclud-
cd, Chinese Minister SEE said today.
Pennsylvania Railroad has cut
hours Of 1000 employees in its VIII
mington shops from A8 to 85 q week
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-02
CONCLAVE NOW
SITTING WILL
ELECT A POPE
Cut OFF From
A ii Communication
With World Until Their
Task Is Complete -
NJ ny Names Men
toned AS Benedict's
Possible Successor

Rome, Feb. 2.-(By the Associated
Press. )-The cOnclave of the sacred
college which is to choose a successor
to Pope Benedict XIV began its sit
tings today The fifty-two cardinals
who are in Rome went into seclusion
last night, and when the great oak
barrier at the entrance of the court
yard of St. Damazo was closed they
were out of communication with the
outside world until their task was
done.
Balloting is not expected to continue
more than two days and the next
pope, in the consensus of opinion in
Vatican circles, will come from among
the moderate section Cf the sacred
college. Neither the ''irreconciliables," !"
nor the peace party, which favOrs
closer relations with the Italian gov
ernment, is understood to have Il
chance to elect its candidate, the mo-
derator holding the balance OF power
Crowds gathered today in 81 Pc
ter'S square to watch for the tell-tale
smoke wreath from the chimney of
the Sistine chapel, where the conclave
sits. A ballot is taken on the morn
ing and evening of each day the con-
clave is in session, and these smoke
puffs are the only indication to the
watchers as to the progress made.
When no election is effected a little
straw is burned with the voting pa
pers, causing the smoke to assume a
dark color. When a choice is finally
made the ballots, burning alone, emit
a thin wisp of light smoke.
Until the election the only COM
munication between the approximate
ly $50 persons in the Vatican and the
outside is through the "rota" or turn
ing box at the entrance of the court
yard, and such communications as are
made in this way are not allowed to
come to the attention of the cardinals
Penalty for violation of this Sc
crecy is accommodation
Numerous Candidates
London. Feb. 2.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. 1.-THE Rome correspondent
of the Times telegraphs that, when
the numerous opinions as to who will
succeed Pope Benedict are sifted the
names which stand out are those of
Cardinals Gasparri, Ratti, Maffi, La
Fontaine, Lualdi and Granite. with
the exception of Cardinal Granite, all
of them have been consistently men-
toned as possible choice. Cardinal
Granite is bishop of Albano, is 20
years old and was raised to the pur-
pie in 1915.)
The Times correspondent adds that
it is probably safer to mention no
names at all, but emphasizes that TO
cardinal with the exception of Gas
parri stands much chance for cleo
tion.
IIe quotes "a very we'll informed
quarter as saying that either Mon-
signor Cerretti, papal nuncio in Paris,
or Monsignor Pacelli, nuncio in Be-
lin, would succeed Gasparri as seer,
tary of state. The fact that neither
of them is a cardinal will not create
a precedent, as Merry Del Val was not
cardinal when Plus X appointed him
to the position.
In Zion City, ILL.,, the "holiest COM
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-02

Twin lighthouses of the New Eng.
land coast, long since abandoned eVz
erywhere else. are to be replaced by'
single beacon eQuinment to throw
their warning RAYS inlkher ont q a.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-02

In Zion City, ILL.,, the "holiest COM
munity in the U. S." batch of quarts
of home brew exploded just as the
church chimes were ringing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-02
To Sign Friday

Pennsylvania Railroad has cut
hours Of 1000 employees in its vii
mington shops from As to IS q week
rather than Eeducq forces Y
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-02
THE WEATHER

Cloudy tonight, probably local rains
in extreme south portion; cooler in
extreme north portion tonight. Friday
generally fair, cooler in north portion.
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DoPIs ri. Arm, :BUBAKovE
zE SJEZDU .SES.. fODPOR.
JEDNOTY v CHICACU.
Chicago, rs. srp. '22.
Ctena redakce Sveta!

CnCaSO, 20. STp. AZ.
Ctena redakce Sveta!
Budete sc asi diviti, re vam
pisemne zpravy' nepodavam,
zasilam vam protokoly ihned,
jakmile je dostanu zpravy
druhe, re zabav zde pofada-
nych neni mono zasilati an
mne cas- nedovoluje,. .,neb zaba-
va berou mne take vlastni cas-,
ktery bych mohla venovati We
fejnosti; nesmim zdstati zpet.
Sized pokracuje velmi pekne,
nase zastupitelky konaji ver-
ne vsechny svoje povinnosti,
takze mohou byt sbory uspo-
kojeny; divim sc sama nasi de
legaci, re i ty mlade move de-
legatky hledi navrilovane topra
Wy prosadit.
Jsou zde velka horka, tax re
jsme velice unaveny a umorc-
ny, vzdor tomu, re chicazske
danny volily st'astne misto,
kde jest dosti vzduchu, pres to
jest to pri!is unavujici. Pokud
sc tyce zdravi, nase delegatky
jsou zdravy a spokojeny; PAM
Hamplova 81 hned re zacatku
vyvrtla "nohu, ale jiz opet be-
ha jako ciperka; name zde
tez hodne hostG re zapadni
strany a z vychod. Clevelandu,
ty, myslim, re dobre prohledly
jiz mesto zahrad. Ia to my
name co d6lat, a vecer Sc mu.
sine chit a zavodit jidlem
nam predkladanym, ale velmi
dobrym. Zde 81 mas tax zml.
saji, ze Sc nam samotnym me-
bude libiti variti 0 domac'
most Sc opet starati
Nase danny sc ustavicne ta'
zaly po nasem "Svetu' a jd
nevedela, co nam rici; "Svft
me doSel az vcera, We ctvrtek
ami nevite, j;kou radost
81 jej rozebraly, takze moje
malickost nedostai, mic, ale tt
mic nevaM,, jsem rada, re jsen
je uspokojila.
Myslim, ze Sized bude uko,
cen az V pondeli, ponevad!
jsme teplem pri zasedani tai
unaveny, re nemazeme praco
vati dele a druhh rriC:na jes
asi, ze 81 mas chte,l upoutat n:
nedeli, by jsme Jim ncutekly
an vedi, Re zeny re vsech mis-
by Jim ihned odjely, neb ne
ktere sc nemohou dockati a:
opet zavitaji ku svym milyn
drahym manzelGm naruc je
jich, nu, nemam-li Sc ia pI
tom nejhure, neb mne nebud
tuzebne ocekavat ami manzel
ami ditky, kterych nemam
sebe, ale jaka pomoc, jes
tech vdovicek vice a ia jser
tim Iplne spokojena. Pis
rano, jczto jsne mely vcera
dome krasnou spolecnost; ma
Sc pant Hlavackova Sc tax Z
nj, jsme tam tax spokojeny, Z
skutecne neraIdy cd nj pdjde
me. Vase
A. Ruhakpva.
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da a mzourat do slunfcka, nebo
jit premyslet k rece mad prut,
anebo Sc skrabat v hlave. Ale
toto - verpanek ceka kazdy
den. Mdj verpanek je uz tax o.
hlazen, re sc v mem mohu vzhli
zet. No, reknete mi - narodil
jsem sc k Will tomu, abych W.
hlazoval verpanky?
-Pfi vasi postave mohl jste
Sc stat kovarem!
- Ale to mate stejnou mize-
rii. Jakmile clovek musi, uz no
to netesi a pta Sc: co mann
toho, ze jsem clovekem? Rika-
il, ze clovek jest panem tvor-
stva. Pekny pan! Neni ma
svete vetsiho otroka mad Glove
ka. Jen tazny dobytek je ma
tom jako on, ale prece tax ne,
nebot' sc o sobe nedomniva,
ze je panem tvorstva a nema
vztek ma vsivou pravdu.
Anebo 81 pomyslete tQhle:
Stesti! To je taky takovy'
svindl. Zalibi sc vam holka, We
|zmete 81 il, musite il zaprah-
'nout do driny a "a pet let je z
nj baba. Vite, re to nenl ieji
,,vinou, ale mate ma nj vztek, pri
Ipada yam, ze vas podvedla, ne
bot babu byste 81 nikdy ne
wal - ale media Sc mic delat.
Nebo ma neco Sc naramne te-
Site. Sporite, abyste 81 to moh'
Iporfdit a kdyz to mate, je vam
to "a diva dny lhostejne jako
patnik. Clovek by chtel cesto-
vat a mrzi no byt donna. A So
tva vytahne patty, mrzi no ce-
Istovat a styska Sc mu po jeho
pelisku. o politice mi radeji
nemluvte, ia zajima rozum-
jnych lidi jen ty, kteri j delaji,
a z tech ostatnich jen nedo-
chddcata. Jednou poslanci NADIA
,vaji, podruhe mu volaji 'slava'.
Ctou noviny, ackoli vedi, re
thou a ma konec lhou sami ta-
Ale mate umeni! namitl
Jodas.
TO je jen pro bohate, od-
|sekl svec. - ia ami nevim CO
to umenf jest.
Po chvili pokracoval: Nej-
horst ale je, ze to vsechno je
stale stejne a clovek 81 ma to
pax zvykne, ze je pomalu stro-
jem. Vstava v urcitou chvili,
dre, obedva, chodi spat kdyz
'nekdy vyboci z toho nesmyslu,
rika: Dnes nejsem we sve mi
re -. Vite ia jeho mira, to je
ten stroj -. A ia priroda, jak
'jste to prve ukazoval? Je mne
Ipetactyficet let 9 uz jsem 81
taky ma to zvykl. Slunce je mi
milejsi nez zima, ale mate to
jedno, protoze mavl rukou
ma zahrady = "a par mesicu
nebude po tom ami stopy. To je
tedy takove: Priroda porad ne
co slibuje a nikdy to nesplni.
We stridani je pdvab, ma
mitl nesmele Jodas.
Ale jdete! rekl dobracky
svec. - Jake pax stridani,
kdyz vite predem, re to pride
a jake 10 DuQe!
Jodas vytahl nervosne hodin
ky: Muslin uz domG, fekl.
-Panicka ceka? tazal Sc
zvedave svec.
Ne, neceka, jsem svobo-
den.
"A tax, rekl svec filosofi-
cky dodal: To teda O zivote mic
nevite a - mGzete 81 po druhe
kazani oodpustiti.
IS bohem! rekl Jodas zlost-
ne tem6r a svec rekl take do
bracky: S bohem =.
Jodas odchazel, tentokrate
vsak rychle, neohlizeje Sc me-
naslouchaje, zda svec Sc Ease
pokusi o sebevrazdu. Zlostne o.
teviral dvere "a dvermi a kdyz
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es, 4 i
veru skoda kazdeho slova.
Jodas 81 odplivl zpIsobem te
mer manifestacnim a rychle cd
chazel.
At Sc obesi treba petkrat,
myslil 81, ia Sc uz do toho ne
vmicham.
Stoupal bystre do kopce. Lu-
ma opet stribrila bilou stezku
a vrcholky topold Sc chvely, ja-
koby sc nekdo hotovil odleteti
S Mich ke krasne, velke hvezde
v zenitu. Vlahy, temer von-
ny vzduch, provoneny kvetouci
mi jablonemi a rasici zeleni, o.
myval konejsive Jodasovy
skrane. V hodinach, kdesi dale
.ko, Sc cosi rozehralo a ctvrte il
hodiny putovaly "a sebou jako
apostolic We staromestskem or
loji. A po Mich, jakoby Jim od-
povidaly, ozvaly Sc jine hodiny
a chvili znel mad Prahou Ia
milky hlahol pIlnoci.
-Je to krasne! Hrome, je to
prece jen krasne, pomyslil 81
Jodas. -Priroda j dilo lidi. ia
ko ma priklad tyhle zvony. A
on, blbec, Sc vesi!
Zastavil Sc a poslouchal do
TINY a ticha, nebot' tato myslen
ka jej bodla.
Ucinil Ease nekolik kroku.
"A prece nebylo to sprav-
ne, vytkl 81. Ten clovek musil
jiste hodne vytrpet, kdyz Sc k
tomu odhodlal a nemohl jsem
tedy cd neho ocekavati, ze mi
bude z vdecnosti libat ruku. A
lc ia jsem mel miti rozum a tr-
p6livost. Vzdyt' to ode mne W.
pada jako jakasi spoluvina ma
vrazde. Ne, mel jsem mu to pre-
kazit trebas nasilim
Jodas Sc ma okamzik rozmy-
slel a pax lprkem sebehl pres
plosinku. w z dalky patral Wy
desenym zrakem po postave, vi
sici Sc stromu. Ma stromech
vsak nebylo mic neobvykleho
mrzoutsky sebevrah sed6l tam,
kde jej Jodas opustil: pod jed
nou jedlickou.
Omrzelec jej zatim pozoro-
val a zasmal Sc: NO moh'
jsem 81 to myslet! rekl zvolna
a ironicky.
Jeho vysmev Jodasa popletl.
-Myslel jsem :. bal jsem
Sc -. re Sc budete chtit Ease
povesit :.
-Bodejt'! zabrucel vousac,
mystic, re to jde jen tax? Pro
dnesek jste mi to zkazil, clo-
vece.
Co to delate? tazal Sc Jo-
das.
NO, jim, odpovedel podi-
vim neochotne. Nasel jsem v
kapse kousek salamu a..
Nyni Sc zasmal Jodas.
Go Sc smejete? utrhl se
nan neznamy. Co je ma tom
k smichu?
-Ja Sc nesmeji yam, omlou-
val sc Jodas.
-Cemu Sc tedy smejete?
NO tax, vseobecne :. be-
hu veci. Poslechn6te, lide
jsou vlastne prapodivna cha
mrad' -.
-Jako ma priklad Wy, pokra-
coval ,Jodas.
Neznamy zachrochtal, snad
vyhrIzne.
Mo, bez urazky, chlacholil
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:
n
testoval muz.
-Chci rici, ze vam Sc zivot
treba zdal hroznym nesmyslem,
ale to bylo proto, re jste mel
spatnou naladu, nebo pech.
Az by oboji pominulo, pripa-
dal by vam zivot trebas jako
vino, jehoz Sc clovek nemdze
ami dost napit.
No, ia jsem Sc no napil
dost a dost :. bublal muz.
Az jste dosel k te horke
kapce ma dnu. Ale to byl prave
vas omyl. To Sc ma splachnout
novym douskem z move lahve.
TO je tajtrlictvi, rekl ne
rudne muz. Wy jste patrne z
tech, ktere nikdy netlacila pa
ia.
Mann dokonce dive patty,
mily priteli a tlacivaji mne ne
kdy ODE. Prosim vas, Wy, tako-
w obr, takovy zatraceny chla-
pix mluvite jako melancholi-
cke devce! otyam jen vlezlo
do hlavy? MI
- Co je vam do toho? odbyl
jej znovu nedovesenec.
DEFINE tomu, ze mi mic, do
toho neni. Ale vec Sc must
brat sc vseobecneho stanovi-
ska.
DO toho Ease mne mic neni,
brucel muz.
-Ba je, professional Jodas.
Wy nejste zviratko sam pro Sc
be, Wy jste clovek. Vas osud by
mohl byti lidstvu konecne lho-
stejny. Tesi-li vas opratka, tax
bohem. :. Ale zde jde O ne
co jineho.Nic neni tax nakaz-
liveho jako slabolina. Jeden Sc
povesi a uz to della po mem de-
set jinych. Ne, to nelze jen tax
zhola pripustiti.
Nine neni mic do nikoho a
nikomu neni mic do mne! prote-
stoval muz. Ma mne take me-
mel nikdo ohled.
IS vami je hezky rozhovor,
rekl nakvasene Jodas.
TAX Sc mnou nehovorte!
A Wy Sc Ease povesite, ne?
To je ma vec.
Jodas Sc rozehral. Ovladl Sc
vsak a vysv6tloval mu mirne !:
-Rekl jsem vam jiz jednou, ze
to neni jenom vase vec. Do to-
no ma co mluvit take - spoiled
most.
! -Spolecnost! zachechtal Sc
sebevrah. Prosim vas! Spoiled
nosti je to dplne jedno, zije-li
o jednoho chlapa vice nebo me-
ne. Ma jine veci ma starosti.
Hlavni je, ze tolik po mne zu-
stane, ably nemusil hikdo do
placet ma mGj pohreb.
To jste Sc najednou roz-
mluvil! divil Sc Jodas. -Jsem
vsak jist, re Sc mi vlastne bo-
jite sveriti, proc jste Sc chtel
veset. Bottle Sc, ze bych vam
to rozmluvil. Je to treba jen
n6jaka hloupost ted uz Sc "a
to stydite.
Nedoveseny Sc zamyslil je-
no cello Sc vrastilo pod lsilov-
nou praci: No vite, rekl konec-
ne, Wy chcete me takto prinuti-
! ii. abych Sc vam vyzpovidal. A.
lie z ,toho nebude mic.
Wy tvrdohlavy blame, roz
krikl Sc Jodas, jemuz konecne
dosia trpelivsot tax sc jen 8
; panembohem obeste. U vas je
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| |kT|[.+ 4,
'boroval dale sve prsty do jeho
hrudi, velmi ddrazne.
Ale nedoveseny Sc jiz uplne
vzpamatoval, odhodil ruce Jo-
[dasovy a posadil Sc. Ohmata-
val 81 kirk a rozhlizel Sc kolem
'udivene jako nekdo, jenz po
velmi dlouhe a velmi obtizne ce
ste ocitne sc zcela jinde nez ce-
kali,
Byl to velmi velky a velmi
silny clovek, hotovy obr, snad
liz padesatnik, ale s vlasy je-
Ste zcela cernymi, velmi husty-
mi a rozcuchanymi a cerny-
mi, divokymi vousy, jez cd usi
az po bradu vroubily jeho tvar,
jez v tomto ramsi by jiste pri-
padala velmi bledou, kdyby ne
bylo krve, jez Sc jeste pine roz
lcvala po obesencove tvari. O.
blecen byl proste a misto reme-
mem mel kalhoty svazany pro-
vazem. Tento obraz nyni visel
ma vetvi, zakoncen obSirnou
klickou. Treba dodati, ze muz
byl bos.
Muz vybafl jeste nekolikra-
te pokusil Sc vstati. Neslo to
vsak. Byl slime nervove vycer-
pan a shroutil Sc po kazdem
pokusu Ease do stare posice. 10
dasovi to pripominalo dlouhou
dobu, ktere dite potrebuje, nez
SO nauci choditi. Vse bylo vel
mi poucne a velmi zajimave a
spolu Sc Jodasovi probouzela
jista pycha, radost mad dobrym
skutkem, jejz ucinil.
- TAX vidite! rekl nezname-
mu konejsive. Nahle mu napa-
dlo: Proc to vlastne udelal?
Palciva zvedavost Sc jej pocala
zmocnovati.
Muz proti nemu prichazel
zvolna re stavu zivocisneho do
lidskeho, nebot' Sc zle zamra-
Gil.
Jodas sc laskave usmal: -
ia vim, rekl ted mne jeste "a
vse vynadate.
Muz jeste dvakrat vybafl,
jakoby 81 ma hovor musil znovu
zvykat a pax rekl: - To jsou
zvasty!. -.
Proti pdvodnimu rozhodnuti
Sc Jodas drobet urazil. Vstal,
oprasil 81 kolena a rekl nelo-
gicky: - TAX? No mohu tedy
odejiti a Wy 81 mlzete ,jeste
jednou poslouziti :.
Muz namahaye vybafl a pra-
vii: - Prosim vas pekne :.
Nynl Sc Jodas dopalil: - Wy
jste nejaky palicak!
TO Sc vam jen tax IDA :.
odvetil muz zvolna. Ale clio.
vek, kdyz 81 n6co umini, tax
'obycejne to chce take udelat
Prosim vas, clovece, kdo Sc vas
o to prosil?-
-Tuhle otazku jsem cekal
namital Jodas, "a priznam sc
vam, ze neni snadno ma nj dat
odpoved'. Vite, slusnost uci, ze
fnnohy lituje toho, kdyz uz je
} pozd6, toho, do echo Sc trebas
horlive hrnul -.
TO leda jen zenske ;. "a
mrucel nedoveSenec.
. j-Nu snad, pripoustel Joda'
! superioritu muzu.> Rozhodujic
! vsak je,s ze zivot spravne MUS
; posuzovati' jen ten, kdo jes
| khdny.
: -Narozumim vam... pro
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jej Jodas a vypukl znovu v
Jdete sc obesit a nesete
pri tom v kapse salam.
-Salam je vzdycky dobra
vec. -. zahucel sebevrah. Ale
kousek chleba by neskodil. By
10 to moe mastne.
-Poslyste, proc jste to chtel
udelati, zacal Ease Jodas ale
nyni jiste uznavate sam, ze to
byla pitomost.
-Mozna, re uznavam, MOI
ma ze neuznavam.
Chit opustit to vse!
Co? ptal Sc nechapave
muz.
No CO.! Tu oblohu, ten
krasny mesic, ten prisvit ma ze-
mi, jablone v kvetu, toto roz-
kosne skupeni stromI. Je to tax
krasne :. je tax sladko zit. Pc
myslete 81 jen, kdybych ia sc
vam nebyl do toho vpletl, ze uz
byste nikdy t6 krasy mic ne
mel.
Hin! brucel neznamy.
"A pax mate odpocinek, pc
kracoval kazatelsky Jcdas,
-Dymku, hospodu, mily zvast
s prateli. Mate politiku, noviny
a to zabavne stridani: Jednou
Sc vam neco dari, podruhe jde
vse napric. Jednou mate ra.
dost, podruhe vas neco hnete
Clovek ma nezdar dspech =.
stale Sc pachti, stale je stridant
jako v prirode, hromada do.
brych veci a kupa nehodi. me
kdy to clovek zakleje, ale vidi
ii, jak nekoho pohrbivaji, my
|sll 81: Spi sladce - to jsem rae
re nejsem ma tvem miste.
Nastalo mlceni a Jodas, KITE
|ry Sc sam svym licenim roze
hral, nesl t6zce liceni neZna
meho. Konecne Sc jej tazal pri.
mo: Co tomu rikate?
HIM, zahuhlal muz pro
sim vas, nemate cigaro?
Jodas chtel zlorecit. Ale
pax mu byla vec k smichu a po
davaje sebevrahovi doutnik a
|zapalky, rekl s humorem: Jak'
mile vam chutna kourt, vracite
Ise opravdu k zivotu.
Neznamy udelal nekolik dl.
kladnych tahd a pri tom Sc u.
kazalo, re ma jeste krasne, bile
zuby. Byl to vdbec znamenitJ
'exemplar cloveka. Snad nejakJ
kovar! pomyslil 81 Jodas, Gin
jste?
-Sevcem! odpovedel 1sec
Inc.
-Sevcem! opakoval Jodas
lzklamane.
-Nelibi sc vam to? small Sc
kurak. Nine taky ne -.
NO ne, odporoval Joda!
zdvorile, je to uzitecne zames1
mani.
Marianne!
A Ease mlceni!
Po chvili sc oval svec: A
ted vam Ease reknu neco ia
|Sednete 81 tuhle a poslouchej
tie =. TAX. >. Wy jste 81 naran
me chvalil zivot +. Bee uraz
ky: Je vas citit vino! To j;
taky chvalim zivot, kdXz Sc ma
piju. K vGli tomu vlastne pit
je ma svete. Koralka nebyla nj
jak hloupym vynalezem a do
bra koralka prodlouzila naran
me mnoha lidem zivot. Az sc z
toho vyspite, bude vas bolet
hlava a az budete musit jit dc
prace, budete nadavat. Boze
ito by musilo byt kofalky, ably
lide byli v jednom kuse spoke
jeni!
-Upozornuji vas, re nejsen
alkoholik, rekl trochu dotcer
Jodas.
NJ
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-28
20 PoLN ocI.
Emil Vachek'.

.ss / :. ~. -
,Herec' Jodas vracel Sc jednou
We vonne majove noci do sveho
bytu We vile "a mestem
Vino, jez vypil We mest6 a ci-
IL rczhovor v kavarne po pred
staveni - napoj . p6na - ky
p6ly V mem dosud prijemne. Svi
hal hdlkou live, nebot' je pre-
&C jen dobre zit.
Nyni vysel dokonce mesic,
''tradicni mesic, jenz Sc usmiva
ma vesele ypijany, plny, okrou-
,hy, blahobytny a .pfi tom j ne
|zucastneny.,
Ty isl .pekny sobec, zvolal
bez zjevne pficiny Jodas ma
lmesic.
Obloha kolem mesice prosv6t
lala svit hvezd pohasl. A "a
roven krajina ziskala jaksi du-
chovniho zbystreni. Pfedmety
luz nebyly predmety, ale zaha-
dami a o topolech, jez rostly ma
|hfebenu mohlo Sc mysleti, ze
mali dust.
Jodas byl svoboden a bydlil
sam v byte. v te chvili nelito-
wal, ze ma neho donna neceka
zena, anebo ze 81 il nedeve do
mi. Predstava ldzka, jez nan
ceka, zdala Sc mu odpornou.
Zastavil Sc, ably 81 zapalil
Idoutnik, nebot' doutnik je pre-
ce jen dobrym kamaradem a tn
zaslechl pred sebou, tam kde
koncila zahradni zed' kde by
la ploska, ma niz Sc zazrakem
Iudrzelo jeste nekolik jehlicna-
itych stromd, zbytek lesa, jenz
ustoupil stylisovahym krabicim
lidskych doupat, docela zrejme
kroky.
Jodasa napadlo: Lupic! c.
ha ma mne. A &C prve touzil
po lidske tvari, byl by 81 nyni
rSd namluyil, ze to nebyly kro-
Ky, Fhybrz halucinace. Avsak
hned potom uslysel move susie
nj, rozhodne velmi podezrele
a byl by Sc dal ma dstup, kdyby
nebyl uslysel hned take podiv-
ny chropot praskani.
Herec Jodas nebyl o mic me-
ne uslechtily nez ostatni lide a
strach pred prepadenim byl u
neho rychle vystrid4n popu-
dem: - N6kdo te trebas po-
tfebuje =.
A tax misto ma ustup roz-
behl Sc pred a dobehl rychle
ma onu planinku, ma niz bylo
nekolik jedlicek. Luna vrhala
ma skupinu divadelni svetlo, jez
Sc blystilo na vysumelych We
tevkach stromG.
Kdyz Jodas dobehl az sem,
chropot prestal, ale jedinym po
hledem naSel ma tomto zrcadle
tepaneho stribra cernou
skvrnu, podlouhlou a apatic-
kou, visici mezi jednou vetvi a
zemi.
Jodas ucitil nevolno, jakoby
Sc nacichal pribloudliny ja-
kasi nerozhodnost jej zachvati-
la. Bylo to 20 druhe v zivote, co
videl obeseneho. Poprve bylo
to pred triadvaceti lety; byl
tehdy bosym venkovskym klu-
KEN a kdyz nasel v oresi obe-
sence, utekl. l nyni pocitil nell
jiz choutku uteci, tedy jistou
jistou nevrlou zlost k obesenci,
jenz mu pfipravuje nemilou
situaci, v samotne noci, ably Sc
mu tom zdalo. Ale hned po-
te probudily Sc v mem vsechny
smysly uzraleho muze a Jodas
nekolika skoky ocitl Sc u obe-
sence. Hledal horecne v kap-
sc n1z. aby obesence odrizl, ale
v rozechveni Sc mu nepodarilo
jej najiti, ac tam nekde naji-
sto byl. Bleskurychle rozhodnut
povesil Sc ma vetev vedle obe-
sence jak predpokladal, sc
stalo: Vetev neudrzela THY
dvou lidi a pronikavym pra.
skotem se zlomila. Jodas upadl
ma re m a obesenec mu vlet9l