The Washington times., 1932-06-24
The Taxi Sticks

and she d fix the place up.
The Taxi Sticks
81 walked toward Lexington Avenue to get the sub
way and lot of people, mostly men, ahead of
ming west Fyfrst Street barrcaded at Third Avenue
Some Federal troopers had commandeered empty ground
floor of loft building and machine guns the
showwindOw sis The plate glass windows shivered
all the pavement The crowd less orderly
and of the officers joking with truck driver
and wondered if ought her keep off the
but decided late enough and there wasn't
much point in it anyway.
Tension in the Air
At the subway entrance Federal guard was posted to
Keep people out t wasn't till the afternoon that the Nine
teenth Street station bombed but they weren taking
chances) suddenly felt almost a tooth that about
10 acne, vague recurrent pang The
was slent silent but active, suberranean activity of
speed and tension which could result in anything had
an almost overwhelming desire speak someone
least some temporary But everybody in
tent preoccupied walking with the walk of man who is
about to break into The noise that filled the streets
was e noise OF silence after explosion only there had
been bomb.
Release
All at considerable weight dropped from me-
had been mpeed by circumstance march obediently
my office, yesterday the day before But now
te on vacation There seemed point in trying get
to the office But somehow couldn't stop walking At
the Grand Central Gordon of police with hands their
holsters stood at entrance There caps
noticed number of people drive up to the Forty
Street entrance and emerge with heavy bags One woman
her hair loose stepped from cab She thrust dollar into
the drivers hand and tugged at heavy valise. could
see she was in hurry and over offered carry it.
One said nothing but gave grateful vince and followed
her on the trot until stopped by the guards
was before they issued could that if they
make her open her bag for inspection she lose her tan
which assumed must still be running why her haste?
Her face was such picture of terror and patiently
innocent that the police did pass through She ahead
faster and faster.
No Information
The weight of her bag made stop to shift to nv
other hand and when looked up she gone great
hall of the station full Every so often single
desperate figure would dash the marble and
disappear into exit had the feeling that the people
were merely running into the train sheds; that no
awaited them in the tunnels little boy suddenly started
screaming turned to try to find my lady also alone
hoWlng There were police in the There no
at the information desk over to the little bow
and asked him his trouble He lost He couldn explain
The End of 1t
Helpless told him to watch my bag and would 90 off
and see what could be done him the BAG bv the
information desk and went off to telephone short swarty
man IN black shirt suddenly stopped felt sick
ness of arrest But he said merely Shine please? had
no idea of what could do but suddenly wanted to get
hold of Margot went to the telephone had no nickels
had only quarter. 1t rang like bell of bronze as it
dropped. No answer. No at all Outside in the
street siren screamed And then suddenly and with that
slow acceeratlon and retarded swness accident and
reality boom like nose sound like dam bursting
1oreStraed the proximity of drums The walls had
not yet fallen and started running toward the Great
Hall again. Where the round information desk had been
was cloud OF cyanic smoke The