The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1932-01-29

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night. Old age is congenial to the
dusk and the end of day. Externals
are fading out. We are subjective
people"
May my old age be as yours,
Mr.. Darling, but it won't be. III
probably be a night Waterman In a
warehouse, although would like
to retire with a couple of bees to
a clover country. Just a few ques-
lions. Can you suggest a way of
picking up the whereabouts or
Blair. Ashley or Roberts?"
"Only by beginning where they
were when | heard from them last
or waiting until they give me their
post offices next month"
"What influenced Mr.. Turner to
make this will?"
Mr.. Darling was silent a mo-
ment.
These men had injured him I'M
fOrgivably," he said as If he were
considering his words. 1T wouldn't
interest anyone very much. AS to
the actualities of it he never talked
much, although he was seldom reti-
| cent. At first l was unable to be-
lieve that he was serious in this
arrangement. When ! was forced
to know that he was | represented
the case of his son as strongly as
l could. He was persuaded that
his son was amply provided for. l
was inclined to be angry and might
have broken our friendship, but /
have been generally delinquent in
the moral grace which should have
compelled me to interfere in other
peoples lives and purposes. In the
end / did not take a firm stand.
Tom Turner had been almost NOR
tally injured. This idea of justice
pleased him. Whatever | should
have done, l didn't, and whatever
conscience / should have, haven't"
The lieutenant waited for what
more Mr.. Darling might say of Tur-
ner's WILL When it was apparent
that he would not of his own de-
sire go further the lieutenant fore
bore to press the question.
"Mr. Turner's son." he said,
after a pause, Lives here In New
burgh, / believe"
"Yes, the boy recently married.
He will get his education without
college. l have encouraged him in
that. He is a young fellow of the
most engaging seriousness. | hope
to live to see what comes in the
way of learning to young fellow
who cuts loose from our delightful
American college life"
Then l probably could see him
tomorrow"
"Oh, surely. Just go north, say
a half-mile from the Palatine and
inquire"
May | call on you again, Mr..
Darling? Therell be more ques-
tons, if you don't mind"
Il shouldn't like it if l weren't to
see you again. Lieutenant"
P0mpey came into the room.
Hes always just around the cor
ner," said Mr.. Darling.
Pompey looked critically at the
brandy bottle.
Pm glad you remind me of hos
pitality." said Mr.. Darling. "Lieuten-
ant Stanton and l will have a STIR
rup cup. Pompey, you are in the
presence of a lieutenant of Chicago
police. This gentleman has been
centurion where Dion O'Bannion.
Tim Murphy, Lombardo. Bugs Mo-
ran. Al Capone and twenty others
lived or still live"
Don't kid US so much, Mr.. OAR
ling. We do the best we can. And
good night to you"
In walking to the Turner boys
house the following morning STAN
ton made some mind pictures of
Thomas Turner's son, and the boy
he thus prepared himself to find
proved to be that boy. 1t was
fairly conclusive that if hard
fighter of repressible conscience, of
an elastic moral code and of a
world easily adjustable to his de-
sires had alienated so much of his
fortune from his son it was because
his son was unlike him. The diff
ference might be at one side or the
other Of the elders character. Such
a boy might be much of the worst
Of his father or largely the best of
him.
The house was a New England
removed into the Hudson valley,
the type which was framed, raised
and painted white, and which gen.
orally contained the question wheth-
er the coffin of an adult could come