The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
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along toward feeding time. and h
was growing uneasy-I picked hin
up. and blest il she didn't lool
/ scared for second--as though sh'
thought was going to take. hin
away for keeps. Put him sdoWr
quick she whispered II can't hav.
him but a few minutes. Put hin
closer. .
She looked at him for moment
smiled, and her eyelids dragged
lower and lower In no time sht
was asleep. and that was a gooc
sign. For nearly q week she haG
depended on opiates, and the dOctoJ
was niggardly with them She hat
~her baby with her now, and there
was nothingfos worry about. And
although he was restless as thu
mischief. and burrowed into hei
shoulder like little wiggle- worm
Eileen slept all the souhder.
I looked around among the flow
era TO see what sort of a showing
milne made among the others. Van
! another. sin against me- Recording
/ Angel I'm a moral bankrupt. and
I'm not going to hide my assets OF
| liabilities.
After a while / found them,
foot and a half from me. in thu
place of honor-tne little glass
topped table at the head. of tn,
bed, and I was nonsensicAlly re
lieved to find them there. Roses
not American Beauties. for / wa!
cutting expenses to the bone--bu
lovely, the way Miss Martin hat
arranged them, under Eileen's di
rection. No one could handle flow
ers the way Eileen could Red
yellow and white, they were, AM
all hand-picked- selected ever.
last one of them myself and REL
carnations, with few sparkling
white ones. and green ferns. Ant
off at one side was congregation
of violets. holding a rump converse
ton by themselves-in coffee-cup
There's always scarcity OF thing
to put flowers in, at hospital.
That hasn't anything to do will
bootlegging. and running sixty miles
an hour down the Baltimore Pix
in a rainstrom and trying to but
Ia police car into the ditch. Blu
we're coming to it. That's exactl,
what ! was doing before the nigh
was over. 4
But of course didn't get up fror
| my chair at Eileen's bedside AM
walk out remarking. Well, CUES
iii go and be a bootlegger:p Ii
fact, I had just arrived at tn
conclusion that my four some
what risky trips were entirely I'm
necessary, and / was a fool ia
undertaking them.
Had Feeling of Security
/ was Judging things with ,
clearer head than the one tina
melted me to call up BoWdoin tina
night when Eileen was in sucl
danger and the bad checks were OF
my conscience. ] had a feeling o
security now, that helped me I,
reason more -sensibly. Eileen wa
recovering better than the doctors
had even hoped for, had none,
enough to pay for immediate neces
stiles, including the three nurses
and the surgeon and DR.. Stephens
We're not insistent about their bills
The seventy-five dollar paymen
that was such bugaboo at thu
time, / could have taken care o,
somehow-the bank would let i
ride for few days, and | couIC
have arranged Ioan-the 81. 0OI
second trust was half paid, ant
someone could be found. who would
chance a third trust on a propert,
like that.
1t was the suddenness of tn,
thing that took my nerve, de
cided--the need for instant read,
money. / never would let tina
happen again. The thing to dt
was to place the loan anyhow. Anc
put the money in the savings bank
10 be used only in case of dire
and immediate necessity. The in
terest the bank would pay woult
! bring the net cost down - 3 pc,
cent or 50. That. on $4,000, woulC
-1e only $50 Il year-s5 a month
Not worth thinking about.
And | had earning power.
was d good salesman-one Of III,
best in the organization. I'll,
president of the company told III;
| that himself, when he sent me OF
here from-never mind where
very dry state. Up to the time
went to Canada and took on FOL
oversee service. | didn't know bee
from whiskey--and | Vas II year.
Old. But that is "A DEPRESSION. An,
/ here's some more. j handled ar
army ambulance for a year, anC
that's how / learned to drive.
thought ] knew it all when | wen
over there. but ! picked up som.
tricks that improved my techniqu,
considerably.
Enforcement Agents Knew
Any enforcement agent betweei
here and Baltimore can tell vol
about them. And many a man
brought in under fire durIns tn.
year straddling 16 and II can Eiy,
you further and more faVorabI.
report. ! was sent home OH ac
count of ruptured heart-aneuI
| ism is what the United State.
| Army doctors called it, They turn
ed me down. too.
And Bowdoin would have turne,
Dae down. If he had known abou
my crippled heart. II he had seer
/ me collapse at the foot of tn,
! stairs that time he would hay,
! turned me down. And in that h,
| would have been wrong. becaus.
| carried more rum for him thai
any man he ever had. I've BEEF
/ in the business since February I3
1920, and I've never been caugh
but once. A record? Well. tn,
Germans didn't catch me. either
/ 1t was a COW shed I was hiding il
that fell and caVed in my ches
i that sent me home.
| RIIf I didn't drive very Inno fo