Evening star., 1922-06-11

TT was strange that | should hear
of Levy for the first time from
the lips of Casey. Yet so 1t was.
Il one never knows from whom one
shall first hear of some one else
There is considerable food for specu-
.ataion in this field of thought, but it
does not affect the high cost of liN-
ing.
Ritzoff & Salmovitch. dealers in
second-han furniture and bedding,
had hired Aloysius Casey to drive
their only truck. Casey was born
truck driver. He stood SIX feet two
inches high and. in an uncertain light
looked almost as wide and as thick.
He had blue eyes. red hair. an amiable
smile and stubborn disposition.
one night he worked late and, on
his way home through Delaney
street he saw bright lights in the
upper windows of the Golden Star
I.yceum and heard the strains of
music Being i'll the mood. he walk
ed up the stairs. The hallway was
darkened, but at the head OF the first
uight of stairs a kerosene lamp shed
iiickering yellow rays upon the land
ing Within the area of this illumi-
nation stood Young man-he might
have been anywhere between twenty
and thirty y-five-holdinS a girl tightly
by the arm. And the girl was cry
ing.
You're Just a brute. Casey heard
her cXclalm.
Now. there is an unwrtten law
whose origin extends far back into
the mistS of Irish history that nobody
Of the name of Casey who happens to
ce six feet tall and broad shouldered
and red haired may ever hear
woman say that man is brute
without taking part in the discussion.
Casey geutly-at least he thought he
aid ii Gently-pushed the man aside
and SAID TO the girl.
is he botherin' We
The girl did not reply or. II she did.
Casey did not hear her. A very hard
substance that seemed to weigh 9S,.-
69S.1S9 pounds struck Casey upon the
back of his head and his conscious
ness became d perfect blank. IL may
be observed. parenthetically. that
-ver since legendary Law was unwrit-
ten il frequently works out like this.
II was the next day. in kobliners S
coffee house. in Attorney street, that
I met Casey. He looked very glum.
Excuse me-" he said. but dye hap
pen TO know chap by the name of
Levy-a little fellow so high" He's
r plumbers assistant"
The height which he indicated
might have been about four feet
eight l regretted that / had never
met the gentleman.
I'm looking for him" said Casey
crimly. And. there being no one else
around, he told me what had hap
pensd.
When come to" he said-it
serves no purpose 20 reproduce his
hrogue-''the girl is gone. So | goes
upstairs to the party and watches
the dancing. And after a while
fellow comes up and says 10 me. Yer
heads bleeding i know it, says |.
and I'm looking for the man that
done it And when | told him about
It. he says, That must be Levy says
he L seen him talking with a girl
Just a few minutes ago as I come up
stairs. Did he hit ye with a piece of
lead pipe" l told him I couldn't
swear to it, but that's what it felt
like or Whereabouts. guess its
Levy. all right he says, because he
works for a plumber and he always
carries a piece of lead pipe in his
pocket But he can't tell me where
he lives. only he says if I hang
around here I'm sure to see him
sooner or later. He says L,evy's new
in these parts and kind of mystic
rious.'
During the next two weeks hardly
day passed that l did not come
across Casey in some part of the
Ghetto looking for Levy. He told me
he had patrolled every street from
Grand to Houston and from the Bow
cry to the East river.
But 1 guess" he remarked. philo-