The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-10

she wants to get back to him,
be said. I'm not sure. but !
think she's working in a place
where there are a lot of shelves.
She did this to worry you-to
make YOU know how it feels. or
something like that. Is that
right?'' He opened his eyes and
fixed them ton me searchingly.
I, Of course, recalled how had
left her several times without ex-
PLANTATION and no mixing of where
..Yes,o 1 said slowly. chats
right When, when viii she be
sam arose from his chair. you
20 back. home and wait conf
IDENTIFY" he said. 1T might be
tonight; maybe tomorrow; posi-
bly, not for two or three days,
but she'll come"
thanked him and asked him
what the charge was.
s.Nothing Tor YOU he said.
ssYou are a friend of my friends.
I was very much impressed. I
shook hands all around and
caught the first car / saw for
the ferry: Before dark 7 was in
Mil Valley again.
Taste Of Own Medicine
Next day Nj bred returned. 1t
was just as Sam had saad-she
had run off to make me feel wor-
ried, to give me taste OF my
own medicine" And she had
secured a job in a small grocery
In Oakland and had worked there
4 day and a half. Then she had
lost her determination and has
tened back as fast as she could
come. / thought she would
smother Donnie with caresses.
And when / told her little later
how I had come near getting out
searching parties. and notifying
the. san Francisco police, and
had net s ept wink, she De-
came contrite.
al never dreamed you'd take It
that hard,, she murmured in 9
hs,lf- satisfied tone. But what
puzzled me is how did that Sam,
as Won call him. knew was
working In store with shelves
and how I looked.
BECAUSE he doesn't take money
for knowing, 1 guess" answered
half flippantly. But he certainly
took & load off my mind.
The temptation to draw q cur.
tain over the rest of that summer
fs almost Irresistible. shrink
from thinking of it, let alone
hensibly there would be no good
man done what / did should
condemn him. ], therefore. stand
self.condefnned and that's thet
point that's what makes the rel
counting Of my perfidy ana weak
ness worth while.
There were thousands OF men
doing the same or worse things
to their families, their friends,
their loved ones because ct
similar slavery to John Barley
corn. Were / the only man in
the world to manifest so repre-
'hensibly three would be no good
reason fer telling of It. But l
was only one Of many, and what
[ went through, what suffering
I brought upon others, may serve
as a warning. The turpftudes OF
most men are covered up, kept in
the family. That's is one reason
why other men fall; few have
ever had the courage -though in
me you may call it effrontery-
to tell the seIf-crucifyirg truth.
All Sumner / continued my
periodic drinking, with the price
of whIskey going higher every
day. Several times went broke.
I lost my seff-respect, my spirit OF
independence. / borrowed money
from friends-from Bert Sehlesin-
ger. from Eddie Graney, from
phiianthropic persons of both
sexes and all walks of life who
had in past years taken an active
and supporting interest in my
prison work.
Climax
The climax came in October. 1
had been lying drunk in a hotel
room for several days, and felt
the horror of delirium tremems
coming on. / was penniless. As
an Indication of my more or less
IRRESPONSIBLE condition, had a
few days before made bet of.
SIS on the Cincinnati Reds to beat
the Chicago White Sox in one of
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