The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-14
As We See 1t
Tom o'FIsherty
OrFFY'S DELUSIoN
~ ~, Shout StOryl

mrFFY's DELUSION
/ H n gOldplater, reee Nv
steve Dar'! .'mackers from the
/ Il bis SHY ~ Saturday afternoon
4 asher Of I'll set for a quiet week
| Dd vas ,o an when fate in the
J I'D al i1 Teddy McGOvern ran
form III, IN at the corner OF z0ro
6s.... t'i and Sth Avenue " and Steve
/ No sooI'l the customary obser-
e'h .nl on the the physical appear;
niionsf on one an another and inquired
! ace o. =. O"5 health of their divers
bout i.s sn' than Teddy tossed his
rshIl'ss srer his shoulder, said
aHnl5 n NJ, in the direction OF
ihnIO o,p whose swinging doors
,,,s 'l,eJ' contemptuOusly at the the
aesA Saloon League as cherry
/ 1 1aaEej and rugged customers
/ @osrsd Or left. ,.,o,,,, IN the
liking racket as a periodic.
5 g, he benefit of the uninitiated,
fG al-. 'rs is one whose periods
: ioabriety are either greater or
D ,ssn his periods Of sObriety.
S q 'r him and the tippler, or
i,a.Jy drinker. there exists a
s.oiioo akin to that between the
] I 'tS sects known as Holy
I TaTDers and BushbaDtists = a
] t Of needed scOrn:
'i nnffv hesitated to follow the
r.o If travel suggested by Nc
! eovsru's thumb. He knew from
or0erienee that in his case one
a,pJ drink would demand another
n his recollection of his previ-
~ ~ ussIes with John Gin warn
u him. But he was a social ami
nal and would be true to his ma
mre. The swinging doors of the
] aucy saloon on the corner OPP
wd Hospitality to Messrs. Duffy
] nd McGOyem and discreetly
] ,Osed behind them.
/ Men don't visit saloons to lee
TIRE on the virtues of the Vol
] deaH law any more than do ma
! tons build battleships to trans
] mort peace delegates on goodwill
] Missions to foreign countries or
! 70 provide enterprising junkmen
With the wherewithall to rise in
! The history of aerOnautics or fas'
fen diamond bOulders on the an
,tomies Of glOrified American
. urls. Steve and Teddy got
drunk.
The gray dawn was tussling
With the retreating darkness Ov
q the skyscrapers of Manhattan
when Duffy returned TO his room
y An alone and happy. His wife
vas on one of her periodical Wis
It's to her mother and Steve wa
happy with a bottle which h,
Produced from his inside Goa
pocket. He stood it on the bu
relu On awaking, the content
Of this bottle would put the quiet
Us en- the thrObbing in his hea,
md would loosen his tongue fnOT
The roof Of his mouth. He di
not have a care in the world.
Duffy was on another bat. 81
qent Sunday wOrshipping BaC
hE instead of Jesus. MOnda
found him shining the mahOgan
n his favOrite speakeasy. B
tuesday he was hearing WORD
hat were never uttered and SCI
ing sights on which he had
monopoly.
As Duffy crawled into bed Q
tuesday night he looked at tt
window and saw two gaunt face
ilattened against the pane wit
NO pair Of eyes like burned hOl,
ma blanket staring malicious
a him. Their appearance r
minded him Of the cartoons of Il
amly-SalOOn League in the cor
Veeklies and in the more CO.
Sivatlve metropolitan dailiC
AND Duffy knew that the wis
zone Of the League was the Met
ooSt church, the spiritual nest
We M Klux Khan, the A. P.
INC other social excrescenc,
rs he was selected for pu
sanent by the foes of CathOl
IN, night wines and beers.
DDuiiy trembled violently a
s saS in terror, His teeth N
uS IN his head and his har
quo I. hardly hold the bottle
N Ups He cursed as some
" Precious fluid triclped do,
y chm. He dressed, opened I
W. and flew down stairs.
~ On MS way up looked at
n. u Gael and said: duffy I
"s sn SSTrors'' So thOt Duffy.
Duffy has the hOrrorsp'
,t.. hftle girl coming from
\ !. with a bottle of milk To-
Sds y MIN a she strobe along
nrs' "Duffy has the h
I.. rassing by an alley two ia
nss' al him out of the da
w. @ de recognized them as
vSd" "nO stared st at him thru
NetSo S; Curse those dam
VUi,Is ulsss he muttered as
H r. Dea his pace to a trOt.
The b pass ., BY a music 81
RaIe%uGi,ssp speaker E. was giving
rOun of 'n I'm a Bum" to
hS' MIA :. radio % fans. but to |
fOrS" DuIIy has the