The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08

were happy ana CnaC mine was an eAceptioH';
I remember that cried and felt that the
world was a very miserable place on the
evening that Tony made his confession He.
too, was greatly upset. l told him that
could not see him any more, that matters
would only grow worse. held fast to this
decision -
After half hour of pleading with me to
please see him at least once in while, he
gave up battling. Then without another, he
took his hat. l saw his face before he left.
1t was the saddest had ever seen. l was
frightened by the grim line of his mouth. >,
And then-well, couldn't live up to my
decision. In few days l surrendered to-
my hearts instinct and called him back
to me!
Perhaps the most important reason that
led me to take the path which would finally
take me beyond the law, into the tempes-
tuous storms of the sea, and the desperate
dangers of illicit liquor traffic was this:
Personally, Antonio Cassese is one Of the
most honorable men who ever lived! I ad-
nit that his judgment had been frightfully
amiss-that he should not have loved me
and that he should not have been rum
rnner."
He was honorable with all those with
whom he came in contact. He was chiv-
alrous, fine in every respect toward me.
Indeed, the outstanding reason that he
was SO greatly respected at sea was that
men knew they would get what they called
Square DEAF from him.
This quality was exemplifiel in the quail
ba byon MT
The majority of rum runners carry bot
ting apparatus on their ships. As they
bottle the liquor they dilute it. But Antonio
Cassese never did that. He brought the
LIQUOR in bottles under seal. 1t was genuine.
Everybody who knew him knew that he was
square in his dealings and for this reason
all his liquor was sold before it even got
to this country.
Mr Cassese's liquor was delivered here
bottled just as he bought it in the Bahamas.
l am sure that he never defralded or
tricked single human being out oil cent
in his life. He felt that he had right to
a certain extent to take the chances of
liquor trafficking honorably since the peo-
pie in this country wanted it.
He was wrong in caring for me just as /
was, but that is all that can be said about
him. He paid me every honor and respect
that woman can be paid Because of his
dominating personality, not word that
should not hear could even the toughest of
the sailors say in my presence. They feared
Antonio Cassese!
1t is impossible to get away from the
fact that every woman follows the judg-
ment of the man she loves. Her love is
founded on admiration and respect. And
even though she cannot understand the
course of his action, she says to herself:
81 don't know as much as he does of all
these things. So shall trust him and all
will be WE'LL"
About all the things could understand. I
knew Mr.. Cassese to be a gentleman and a
splendid character. And about those l could
not understand, I trusted to his Superior
judgment, and gave him the benefit of the
doubt.
Now I see that in this was wrong. But
this is the great pitfall that brings more
suffering to women than anything else!
1t is not to do the things that look bad.
1t is when things that are entirely wrong
look as if they were entirely right-there
is the rub. Women do not need protection
in society from wicked men who everybody
knows are wicked. Women shUn men Of
that type instinctively.
1t is from the sincere, honest men, with
sweet natures who have wicked notions
about living this world that women need
protection.
And they are not exactly wicked no.
tions. They are just notions based on igno
rance notions that one can't have and live