Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

l." and apparently intelligent.
Il - greeted him courteously
You the new attorney" ne wanted W
admitted that was the communitys most
recent representative of the bar.
..Me" said the stranger, I'm James common
They used to call me Gyp Conner IN NYawk-
I need a mouthpiece."
"At your service" said /
at used to be er-runner," was my clients
contribution to the conversation
i uttered a phrase intended to indicate the
proper degree Of awe. -.
1T never killed nobody" MI Connor staUeu'
with a certain amount OF PRICE
mop" -
"Nav: I wasn't cut out for the racket Me,
I decided to come out to the sticks ano ses1e
down. Get a wife and home and AL you
know. I reformed"
Does reformation agree with your"
Nav; I slipped cog"
whats the trouble?
II went to the oIeary's Corners Womans
Club entertainment last night"
Did you pay your tcket?"
yeah; hundred Of EN-"
GGT~HIs is all vague" I stated You say
YOU'RE in trouble because you attended
a wopoan's club entertainment last night Is
that against the law m this State3 wnas soas
of a charge do you think you'll have 70 racer"
Assault with . deadly weapon with intent
IN Do great bodily harm and shooting the dis
trict attorneys wife in the leg"
"Eh?"
yeah: that's what done. couldn't help
IT,"
i've never met the district attorneys wife"
7 admitted "Does she insist upon ones max
ing ND a fourth at bridge or something? Just
why did you feel you had TO shoot the iady
I'm the Lego"
II t,dr,t mean TO- had my gAt out and
7 got nervous or something, and 1t went on
You see she's got q little daughter py
name Of Oracle and q lotta other Old women
in this burg's got little daughters ana sons
named Alicia. olawdys. Sophie Tommy. hs1
and Jack"
At Sont think follow you" I stated DO
7 ,,nAerstand that you shot the distF1ct At
torney,s wife because she has daugnDef
named Oracle and that perhaps you tnfeat-
ened n number of other ladies because they
have daughters and sons named TINS and tnaIF
"YeAh."
..vvere any of your parents newspaper men?"
s'Naw: I amt crazy. Maybe you don't un-
Aerstaud, Say, did you attend the WomanS
a1ub entertainment last night?"
''Unfortunately did not
s.Then TN have to explain. You see, ike
Rids. 1 always had q bunch Of kids TAGGING
around after me in N'Yawk. That's why I
left N'Yawk."
ssort Of Pied Piper, eh9"
NNIAw, didn't drink Just hauled the stun.
~ Me, don't like to see kid getting the
wrong end Of the deal was always that way
was q kid once. All Of US were kids once.
don't know about lawyers. Anyway. when
was a kid they used to make me appear before
the public lot and it embarrassed me.
"Were you on the stage?"
NAV; I was in court"
"In court?"
"Yeah; they made me appear and weep for
D lotta guys"
peculiar occupation for q lad"
"Yeah: 1t made me bashful, kinda. You see,
when one Of the tough hooks around my place
got in q jam with the law they'd haul me m.
was always the little kid thatd be orphan
IN case the tough guy was sent up the river. At
Q signal from the lawyer, I'd heller, and the
tury'd get soft-hearted and let the guy that
was supposed 10 be my father CO."
ibid you always manage to sob at the right
Hnoment?"
yeah; the lawyer'd stick pin IN me. He'd
give me a couple of bucks and my real father'd
take em away from me. So run away"
You're certain that all this is leading up
TO your shooting the district attorneys wife
in the lego"
Absolutely. It's all hooked up