Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-03

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AND HERE IT CONTINUES
xrrAwK1NS," said John Bruce
II huskily, 81 think you're big
~ man than you've any Idea you are
"D',e mean that" Hawkins spoke
..,,rly.-only to shake his head miser.
M, the next instant. You 'don't@un.
a,,,tand," he said. II a. good a. killed
S.r mother with drink. She died when
/ 0,,re was born. brought Claire here.
ssd Paul venisa and bis wife took her
4, And Paul venisa was right about 1t.
4. made me promise she wasn't to
s,.v was her father dntil--until she
.sria have q man and not drunken
~ "a look after her. That's twenty
,ssn aso. I've tried. God knows I've
~. but it's beaten me ever since.
psui's wife died when Claire was ak.
~. and Claire's run the house for
Ssn}-and-aud I'm Hawkins-juet
SSvkips-the old cab driver that's
SsnninE IN the harness. Just Hawkins
tlst shu6ers the travelling pawn. shop
ssv Tat Paul's quit the regular shop:
Tbat's what am-just old Hawkins.
vho's always swearing to God he's 30.
isr TO leave the booze alone"
John Bruce did not speak for q mo.
nent, He returned to his chair and.
ri down. Somehow he wanted to
link; somehow he felt that he had not
suits srssped the full sispiHeancc Of
Sbat he had Just heard. He looked at
| Havkins, Hawkins hao sunk into O
ehair by the table, and his face was
buried in his hands.
And then John Bruce smiled.
"Look here, Hawkins" he said brisk.
y, "let's talk about something else for
Snutc. Tell me about Paul yeniza
,nd his travelling pawnshop. It's a
Mt out Of the ordinary, to say the
lust." -
Hawkins raised his head; and his
thoughts for the moment diverted into
other channels, his face Frightened. g.
snd be scratched the scunty fringe Of
hair behind his ear.
IN ain't bad, is it?" he said With
interest. "I'm kind of proud OF It.
tss, cause l guess mabbe, when ais
bad ysnd done. IL was ,ray icea. You
bee, xhen paui's- wife died. Paul went
IN 10 pieces. He amt well now, for that
Mtter-nowhere near as well as he
looks. I'm kind Of scared OF Paul. He
keeps getting sick turns once every 50
often. But when the wife died he was
Just clean broken up. She'd been his
right hand from the start in his bust
ness here. and-I dunno-it just seemed
10 affect him that way. He didn't want
70 90 on any more without her. And
d far as money was concerned, he
didn't have to. Paul amt rich. but
hs's mighty comfortably off. Anyway,
M took the three balls down from over
the door, and he took the signs OF the
windows, and in comes the carpenters
70 change things around here, and
there amt any more pawnshop."
Hawkins for the rrst time smiled
beadly. ... ..
"But It didn't work OUT said Haw-
has. "Pnul's got a bigger, business
h ever had before in his life.a You
~. hs had been at it a good many
yars, and he had what you might call
avenue. mostly ladies, but gents, too,
Who needed money sometimes without
having 1t printed in the papers. and
they wouldn't let Paul alone. Paul
ant got a hair In his head that amt
hens.t and fair and square and above
eeeard-and they were the ones that
snew 1t better than anybody else.
Yes" said John Bruce. Go on,
haxkins. he prompted.
'Well,' said Hawkins, ~ used to
drlve an old hanson cab in those days.
and used to drive Paul out on those
private calls to tho SWEET houses. And
then when Mrs. Paul died and Paul
closed up the shop here he kind of drew
ainsslf into his shell all around, and
nostly he wouldn't 90 out any more,
t1Sugh the svells kept telephoning and
Mlephoning TO him. He'd only 20 to
9uN Z few people that he'd done busi-
T~ with since almost the beginning.
e said he didn't want to so around
a.sIlng peoples doorbells. and being
uslefed into boudoirs or any where else,
.na he was settling down to shun
Miybody and everything. 1t wasn't
Sveo Tor Paul. And then o sort of
sly notion struck me. and chewed
TTover and over In my mind, and finally
put 1t up to Paul. . In the mood he
was IN, It just caught his fancy; and
bought second hand closed car,
.na htted 1t up like you saw. and
earned to drive it--and that's how
shop. " ' "''"s paw"
After that there wasn't ANYTHING
II. IT caught everybody else's fancy
wei as Paurs, and it began to get
nun out OF himself. The old bus, as
fsa called it. was running all the time.
.ox or the swells who really didn't
SIht 10 pawn anything took a ride and
% = DIT Of business Just for tho sake
sae experience, and the regular Gus
~ss fs Just went nutty over 1t, they
VIZ that pleased.
ana then some one who stood in
nn mat swell gambling Joint where
sped pNked you UP must have tipped the
Ssnsser on about It. and he saw where
cou!a DO q good stroke Of business
I.u Iiss " kind OF advertisement, YOU
S"vW, S..H, besides doing away with any
mn u~uaas oy the house itself. and he nut
w. w.. proposition to Paul where Paul
,st.. s 10 get all the business at regular
acco, a,", ana q bit Of a salary besides on
.vun. OF tho all.night hours he'd
!. 70 keep sometimes. Paul said he'd
Hsd .ta Sna turned the salary over to me
bnu, tney doped out that pass word
nv'ts,;.,rip W. Trip to Persia 10 make II sound
M sS...Sus .nS ana help out the advertising
y,h. hn4-well, ! guess that's all"
Nh %..a.ce bruce was twirling the tsssel OF
MI NAN Gown again .abstractsdly /;