The Washington times., 1925-10-12
New and Amazing Serial Describes Ont
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

"I'll not leave ferep' said.
eve reached the saturation point.
It isn't q matter OF choice any
longer. Every time 1 get that
way 4 have to sober up-I Just
have to-"
For the next three days Doctor
wilson and his motherly wife
ministered to me. Jack came IN
only for q few minutes each
evening. / was worried at Aav-
ing usurped his room, but he
only laughed, telling me that he
had a dozen places about town
where he could always get flop
pings
The third day, at Doctor WI.
sons urgent persistence, called
up Mildred and told her where I
was. That same morning the
doctor had seen Older about me.
Ell come right over" said MIL
dred. .I had begun 20 think you
had been killed or something.
I'll bring Donnie. I'll borrow
money from Mrs. Coady for the
trip."
Money! Z had been forgetting
all about that. had none and
she had meme, and I had none
due me. What was I to do?
What was to become Of us?
turned from the telephone sick
at heart. / felt that imprison-
ment for life would be q mild
penalty for what had done.
Mildred came over to Doctor
Wilson's in response to my tele.
phone message, bringing Donnie
with her. It was the first time
i had seen them in two weeks
or more. We had q long talk, in .
which she said she had learned
from her friend In New York
that the Fox film had not proved
q success, and had not been
shown In Texas.
at think we ought to return
to Dallas. = she urged. You
haven't done well here, and that's
one reason why you have kept
on. drinking As q rule YOU don't
drink when you have plenty OF
work, You've been lucky to re-
tain the two Texas house organs
all this time. and they Will be
an assurance we won't starve if
we 90 back. I feel sure you can
get plenty or work there again.
It's q growing city, full Of pep,
and there isn't so much COM
petition in your line. I wish you
would do 1t. Don.
Filled with Contrition
was filled with contrftion ana
anxious to redeem myself. I
liked Dallas and its people much
as she did. I knew in my heart
that I could have secured plenty
of work in San Francisco had /
not repeatedly thrown opportu-
mites away for the sake of booze.
The banker whom had neg
lected for instance, had apparent
" been ripe for starting q
monthly, which would have
meant $1,000 year for me.
That, along with my Frank
Facts publication, would have
meant an income Of $2.1O0-and
on that we could have forged
ahead. regardless OF the Texas
work.
CuOCACSS Win lHLEuS1N6 GkIOEL
on my part 1 could have secured
other advertising and publicity
work. The fault had not been
In our location. but in me.
Still, had many business
friends in Dallas, and q reputa.
ton there as an advertising and
publicity man. In San Francisco
I was known az a writer only.
tAll right. Mildred" said
Wen go back to Texas. But
my idea would be for me to go
on first and get established again.
The Armisteads have returned
from Dipsea, so you have COM
pany In the house, and they have
asked you to remain with them
as long az you like. Let me go
on alone and get things ready; 1t
VIII save you lot of worry"
She looked sat me queerly and
hesitated before replying.
eTo Be Confined Tomorrow
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