Evening star., 1928-04-08

BE debris sudden extra lao ofoQgHt
as much as s wheelharrow load Of
bricks and plaster tumbling down in
q shower-ta&lng the lahher in the
plunge, It meant fall Of one story
on a pile Of broken brick. twisted iron
and sharp pointed plaster. but be-
fore he quite reached what looked
like sudden death, the piano leg arms
reached out and caught the victim in
Q giant grip.
Having saved 8 tragedy, the bis fel-
low set his 6aze6 colleague or his feet,
shook his shoulders, and gave him what
the classics would call a humping
vhack on his back Then he chucklcd
cut 8 rollickins pretenSe OF lmpatience
that was as gooo as 3 play:
Say boy, wtstcller mean by tum-
bin Of your perch like that-huh?
Reckon better send you home for your
NANNY 10 lay over her lsp-My gosh.
ki6. whatcher mean Strlkln' the best
friend you got-huhp"
Eor the near-killed chap. still dazed
from his danger. had hauled of and
thumped his preServer on the chest.
Then realization must have come, for
he caught the big mans hand and
shook il IN gust Of gratitude that en-
tirely wiped out the blow. And. being
young, his hySteris exploded into boyiSh
laughter. The other pulled him 10 his
denim breast and Graded him IN his
arms and for about 8 mnute-maybe
leSS-the two Of them. enlotionally con-
sidere6. might have been mother and
child: or 10 so further af1eld for COM
pariSon, Damon and PythiaS, come
egain-inStead Of a couple of laboreTS
II blue overalls. wreoking building out
Fourteenth street way
This Ff~v fS HrnEnY. NFrt IN 9 rash Nf
new buldings-mostly limestone And
rs about each means the wTecking Of
old ones. it must be allowed 10 stand
es fact that many lives are endanger-
ed In the course Of 6emolitions. But as
few deaths find their way 10 print. 1t
makes you feel that. II headlines yere
distributed inipartially. We would find
that hands that help are more blessedly
numerous than hands that kill
Which Is comforting thing TO know
X
A STREET CAR was whizxing out to
the suburbs that last rainy night
And the night was Saturday. with the
city lights drenched into so many blnbs.
and rain staggering down as If il we're
made OF something stronger than water.
The passengers, mostly men, included
commuters tagged from a days sweat
OF the brow, natives VINO were sluggish
or festive. according 10 the times they
had been giving themselves in town, and
Just human odds and ends. enigmatic
enough 70 defy the newest culture eX-
pert vino can read the inside OF a man
from mere glimpse Of his outside skin
and bones
A bunch of women were honling from
some entertainment that had featured
plaster rabbits and stiff little flags, all
Of them chattering like birds in build
ing time, and over to herself spinSteTy
sort OF woman who looked as IL she
couldn't say boo" to the traditional
goose-if you know the kind
The tightly canned atmosphere was
vzriegated with tobacco that had been
smoked, good and gone dinners and
market baskets that snifingly suggested
dinners yet 70 come II was further
streaked with the shorty breathings of
o fat gentleman who had gone to sleep
t,1stingly with bag OF jelly beans IN
his lap. except that he had no lap. and
with the military demands Of blur
eyed heavyweight for some one 70 stand
up and show which was the better man.
There were no takers. The other pas
sengeys obviously we're not Of heroic