Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-01-26
For He's a Jolly Good FeNop. !"

FOf lie s q Jolly Good FellOlD.
The newspapers the latter part
that Wallace Reid favor had lost the fight against
the narcotics system passed the great
beyond Way he Familiarity known the going
public fairly eaped into in the space very years
Thousands loved him his portrayals dramas and
Inc mad trends IN every community where his pictures shown
Fortune seemed to favor him. He wife Dorothy Daven
port one of the of lom, and far the
knew, was absolutely happy little boy them
little girl adopted make the family circle complete
airy mounted higher and higher until to the average person.
ed monumental would had everything that mortal
man could have wished for
Waly built huge home Hollywood which was one of
the show places of that section however overbut and his wife
showed her good and business judgment by selling her
diamonds pay off the Indebtedness She then encouraged
HIM IN his work until his salary increased by leaps and bounds The
Reid home became the loang place for the happy young
of his age who large city His bum
ming room huge in the house aside for entertain
ment of guests became the haunt these parasites hocked
about him. smoked his tobacco and liquors from his
cellar They slapped him the back good fell
Way warmed under this of praise apparent good
Fellowship their part.
When the sensations derived from booze began
pail some evil genus introduced into that crowd that nsuous
substance known the country dope 'Way had to
maintain his position of good fellow not once or
twice but times Before his wife his knew
almost he himself knew e addict Things went from
bad to until he confined he made
gallant struggle for his life But the deadly drug had fastened its
enaces into his va and the effort quit entirely his
nervous system rackd only could relieve
ibis suferngs
Waly maintained his reputation good fellow AS
long he able dispense hospitality baaons of ne
bowels continued his companions while health strength
land booze But when he brought into
his being by these false e by they away
one left to bear the burden but his faithful hepmatehs
Quite few years when the writer cub reporter
lefty daily with large country field
LOT the towns his beat whom he
this viii be called Billy Billy smooth appearing
smiling, young then under thirty.
enemy in the world for he agreed with every
good humor and pleasant smile he had been
circuit court He pleasant fellow meet obligng every
calculated to make quite
who often found going rather difficult day exhuberance
the Writer burst older the fact that he thought Billy
WAS mighty good fellow The older pondered the
exclamation and then replied that fact that good
fellow but concluded his remarks that that could
said of him. This brought about the sudden the
term good fellow Il that things against
his better Judgment rather than risk mourning dpeasue
tempt of his fellows
number of afterward mutual friend of the
Billy visited the home his return this
friend told the concerning old friends When
came time to tell of Billy c. the that Billy was just the
town drunkard But Billy O. still maintains reputation Of being
la good fellow