The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-23

what to do and they go whersvd
they like.
$50 just thought I'd see whf
It was like for q while. Moth4
gave me money for the movies az
the time. / saved all that and SONS
money that I'd got for my allow.
and tie ] kind of borrowed from
my brother. The rest Of the stuff
L bought. called myself Walter
Emerson.
Caddy at Forest Park.
my sister told the police she saw
boy run out Of the cellar door
when she went down there to look
for me that morning. That was me,
changed my clothes in the cellar
and hid. them behind some boards
and things and then I Just walked
out.
"The first night went to the
z. NJ. c. A. on Marcy avenue
about ten blocks from our house.
Then / went to work. caddie0
every day at the Forest Park Golf
Club. Everybody thought ! was .
boy.
II had my hair cut, too, like Q
boys, although / cut some Of Il
off and slicked 1t down myself first.
And got my voice down kinda
deep. That was hard, but got
used to It.
Read About Herself.
after that first night at the
7. NJ. G. A. got a room at &
lodging house at No. SO2 Bedford
avenue. At. night 1 had to play
cards with the men there. and once
had to try to smoke a cigarette.
It made me feel sick, so just pre-
tended to smoke it. Sometimes
went to the public library at night.
Then when read the papers
and saw that mother and father
thought maybe I had been muir.
dered / guessed I'd better call them
up and tell them I was all right.
didn't want to go home. So !
called up and said I wasn't In any
danger. but ! didn't tell them where
was"
And then Julia told Captain
| Ayres Of the thing that makes 50
many people give upIack Of
Yesterday her last penny was
spent for a breakfast Of rolls and
coffee-not very substantial
breakfast for a growing boy. so
she quit the game.
Instead Of calling her mother on
the telephone, she got in touch with
detectives OF the missing persons
bureau. She got Detective O'Con.
nor and in her natural voice. very
tired and q little pleasant, she told
him who she was.
l.. Tired and Hungry. :.
I'm tired ana Tn hungry, and
want to come home. III tell you
where I am II you promise not to
arrest me. / don't want to talk
over this phone. Isn't there some
place, you could go where I could
phone you in a few minutes?"
Detective O'Connor gave her Z
number. and arranged to meet hef
at z62 South Fourth street, Brook.
lyn, the offices Of the Broadway
Photograph Shop. When he gpt
there, the proprietor told him that
no young lady had been thera
for some time, but that a boy
had just been In, and left a. note.
In It were further directions for
the detective to come to Broadway
and Rodney street, Brooklyn, where
Julia would meet the detective,
provided you do not arrest me-"
So the tOmboy surrendered. She
asked Detective O'Connor to let her
go home first to see her mother.
Girl Not Recognized.
But when Julia faced her mother,
Mrs. Hannigan stared at the boyish
figure and asked sharply:
We'll. young man, what IL Il
you want7"
In, reply, the girl flung her
arms around the wondering woman.
laughed loudly and long and then
exclaimed:
"oh, mother, don't you know me
even YETI"
Everything Is Forgiven"
There was no nnistaking that
voice and that laughter. Mrs.
Hannigan clasped the prodigal In
her arms and both enjoyed an
Gld-fashioned cry. n: