Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-04-01

"Then come on, says Jim, pouring
out the stuff into two glasses. How
they happened to be there ought to
have puzzled me at the time, but 1t
didn't. 4 think I've divided fair
says jim, and you can take which
ever glass you want
"'rll take the one nearest you
says l. Here's health, anyhow And
so we drank. You won't make It an
other dollar, gentlemen? All right;
just as you please, Of course.
1--WE went home. All that night l
kept feeling myself to see II was
black, but I felt just the same.
guessed I'd won then and went to
sleep peaceful. When woke in the
morning l went over to my shaving
mirror. l was as black as the ace of
spades, gentlemen. And It wouldn't
wash off.
swell sir. you can guess how felt
Jim Burley had got her for sure.
What rlled me more than anything
else was my having took the glass
nearest him. II I'd taken the other
one I'd have been white instead Of
black. Now was black instead Of
white. tell you, gentlemen. 1t made
me sick.
81 thought Of all the trouble I'd had,
getting my face bunged up by Jim,
and then drilled full Of holes, and
falling nine hundred feet out Of
blazing balloon, Just as II I'd been
movie actor instead Of an ordinary
decent, self-respecting citizen, and It
got me sore.
~ had a try at salves and turpen-
tine, but 1t seemed to have settled too
deep for anything to be- Of much use.
| l thought Of telephoning Marian to
take me anyhow, but knew that
wouldn't 20. Jim had won her In
fair fight, and-well, I had to knuckle
under.
"Just then l heard a ring at the
door Of my apartment. I went and
opened 1t. An ugly-looking buck mig
ger was standing there.
"'What do you want, you black
loaferr l roared. for wasn't feeling
very kindly toward the colored race,
l just lhths A1C lOohb " hiCs w nav
you tooT he roars. And then l saw
that II was jim.
| "'Come In = says, frostily, but still
glad at heart. But he didn't need the
invitation, but Just pushed me into
my room and pulled the door to after
him. And he burst into roar Of
laughter.
at don't see nothing funny in your
remarks says I. But Jim only laughs
the louder. Have you tried turpen-
timer he asks.
az have, and likewise suds, ben
zine and gasoline answers, hufily.
Then the laughing fit took hold Of me
as we'll. Say, Jim, you do look like a
peach l says. DO you think Miss
Marian will marry you nowT
""That drop must have divided,
says Jim. We'll, there's no hope fol
either of us now, Theodore
az dunno says I. I guess It's w
to us to commit suicide, II we aln'i
death-proof, but there's one thing to
do first, and that's to bash up Per
lesser MacStart.'
"Tm with you there says. when
do we beginT
fright now he says; and then the
telephone rang. Excuse me- says /.
"TH go with you.' says Jim, kind
Of suspicious.
at was from Marian. Congratulate
me- boys she says. I guess you're
together. I'm telephoning you from
Atlantic City The perfesser and I
were married at six this morning.
81 don't know that need to say
any more, gentlemen. I've been
searching for the perfesser ever since,
but I've never found him. In the In
tervals I've been searching for some
thing TO take the color on. ] never
found that either. Jim and I at last
started to work our way through the
states to find MacStart He started
from San Francisco and / from New
York. I don't know how far he's got,
but I've reached Jersey City, as You
see, and l hope TO make Philadelphia
by the end Of the year. You don't
think it's worth another dollar to help
me on my way after my telling you
this7 Oh, all right, suit yourselves,
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