The Washington times., 1926-01-26
"RUM-RUNNING IN
WASHINGTON"
By DONALD MeDOUGAL
GAGovie and Stage Rights Reservedl
CHAPTER XIV
OhA4 ! Eli AF
Copyright. 1880

Then they took the splinters
out of my foot like shaking down
q furnace, sewed up the cut, and
told me not to rest any weight on
it for ten days. / wanted to get
up and walk out Of the operating
room, to prove I was all right,
and DIR. Stephens wanted me to
60 out in a wheel-chair, so we
compromised on q pair of crutches
with an orderly to see / didn't
: fall. But I found the wheeI-chai1
. right convenient piece Of furni-
ture before I'd gone very far.
Then came liquid diet and OBJ
Hyion, and, around 8 o'clock, all
the liver and onions ] could eat.
Eileen was promoted from "re-
acting favofably" to "doing
splendidIy," but / couldn't see her
for a while yet. Hobbling around
on clutches wasn't the most In
spring sight in the world for her.
and I'd better wait until she was
stronger.
about my encounter with the two
motorcycle men,. Dwight had
stretched the account. for all the
traffic would bear There was no
death car-no dangerous injury.
even, as far as the doctors could
determine at that stage. The Off
Ger who collided with me at the top
of the hill had made his way to a
nearby farm HOUSE. after regaining
consciousness" and phoned in q re-
port to the State police station. For
all my sorrow couldn't help smil-
ing at the naive explanation. Writ
ten by cub reporter, surmised,
who wanted to guard his readers
against the mistsl1e OF supposing
the officer had Done to the farm
house before regaining conscious
ness.
Barker Had Made No Report
couldn't find word about my
tilt with Barker and his men, They
were willing to call It stand.off,
apparently. And to me that seemed
fair enough-both parties were at
fault in the matter. / had run onto
the boulevard at a high speed, with
out looking for oncoming traffic,
and Barker had tried to pass me
on the right. Barker wanted to
evoid publicity in the affair, it
seemed, and didn't blame him.
But it might be a different story
when he learned about the lookout
number.
was fidgety as a room full of
kindergarten children on the first
day Of school. It seemed like n
month since l had been home. How
was Miss Wade coming along, ma
fooned out there with Sonny? I
must get home and see for myself.
And Joe-how had he, made ont
Had Josie come around all right?
Where was Lem? And Danny?
And his mother?
For no sensible reason what.
ever. took Danny's case to heart
rs though 1t had been my own.
Perhaps his mothers pleased ref.
erence to the $4.2O q week had
helped bring about q feeling Of
fellowship.
Only a few hours before, I had
oeen worrying about money mat
tiers myself. My need had beer
greater than theirs, perhaps, but
no more distressing. The $4.20 were
gone, now-Danny had slipped uI
the very first mornIhg-caught in
some kind of a bootleg mixup. How
many of his customers would be
lieve his explanation? When would
he be out of Jail? Suppose the
case was slow coming to trial.
in a vague kind of way I knew
the rum calendar was pretty wei
crowded.
What would become of that fraiI
stoop- shouldered mother, while Dan
ny Was locked up? How could hi
pay for lawyer to defend him
what chance did he stand, alone
against three experienced perjurers
This wasn't the first frame-uI
they had handled They went g.
It in too professional a manner t.
asAVe any doubt on that score
Iher teamwork was perfect The,
Couldn't have acquired that dexter
Lty OF touch without long and faith
Lui practlce. Danny's chances, as
inquired them, were exactly zero,
nAd an awful time persuad-
ing Dr. stephens to let me 20.
At nrat 1t WAS impossible, then
ne dropped down to dangerous,
move was very unwise- would
he consent 70 my going. 1 could
have. got away without ali that
arguing, IL my clothes hadn'f
been locked up. Lem walked In
while / was dressing.
81 told him what was excite
about.
"Oh, everything's all right AT YOU
houge-or was when left there q
haR.past II, and / don't guess motif
ing's happened since. haven
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