The Washington times., 1937-09-25

irritable and, therefore. polel
they might bring.
And, besides, the character who
had been paid large sum IN cast
to act the villain in the piece l!
very sensitive and quick on the
trigger.
With little aggravation. ne
would start shooting at any one
WIN offended hin In fact he has
started SHOOTING at people who not
only never aggravated him but
didn't even know him.
Therefore, be it thoroughly n
derstood that the names OF all
persons mentioned in this account
are as fictitious as the writer car
make them.
You'll probably recognize that
by their queerness. Thus, there
were Georges Beirut. an emotional
restaurateur: Mike Bad Business
Castano. a remover" who had
his own list of reasonable prices
for sending troublesome people
out of this world; Mrs. Mia
Dunks, a coquettish widow, and
Title Swain waitress.
You understand, don't you. that
all these names are fictitious?
Very well. This is the case his
tory known to the police as The
Case of the Gun Dodger."
BUSINESS BAD
Business was bad for Georges.
It was bad and it steadily was grow.
ing worse, His restaurant on
Broadway in the Cat h dral
Heights section was one of the
best of its kind in the city.
He had a chef. The chef he
hired for sixty dollars a week.
When business got worse, he went
to him and asked him to take a
cut in his salary.
The people would not come in
there to eat. So that was why
he would like HIM to take little
cut in his salary. But what did
the chef care9 The chef cared
nothing.
Georges almost cried when the
chef told him 50. He did not tell
him so nicely.
If the chef had dropped any OF
the language in which he told
Georges he would not take a cut
into the food he cooked, the res
tauyant customers would have
died of a poison worse than pto-
maine.
Georges walked away. He kept
himself from crying by remember
ing that he always had Mia to
fall back on. Mia loved him.
She loved him much more than she
had loved her first husband, or
any other man.
She told him so. Looking at
Mia, you would find it hard to be-
lieve that she had ever loved any
one but Mia. She was a large
buxom, hard-eyed, thin-lipped
blonde.
Whether she had started life
as a blonde has been debated by
her few women friends. But today
she was blonde with the help OF
the beauty departments of 10 drug
stores.
FINANCIAL TROUBLE
Georges went from the chef to
his butcher and explained about
how nice his restaurant was and
how people didn't appreciate it.
But the butcher didn't care,
either.
Neither did the green goods
man or the wholesale grocer
Georges was just about sunk as
he finished with the last of them
They had all said the same thing
to him. If he didn't pay them
what he owned them they would
sue him.
If they sued him all together,
there could be only one result. He
would have to close his restaurant
because he would be bankrupt.
He told Mia about it when she
came in that evening for dinner
She had said she was not hungry,
so she only ordered porterhouSe
steak, potatoes, lima beans, salad
with roquefort cheese dressing and
cheese cake.
She was dawdling over the cheese
cake and coffee when Georges
broke the news, his brown eyes
glowing liquidly as he got ready to
lap up some Sympanthy. But Mia
was not sympathetic.
so you're going broke, Ell.
Georgie?" she said We'll, that's
just too bad. Because if you
haven't got money, you can't have
me. A girl has got to look out for
herself in this world.
Jim DunkS was nice man. He
was as nice as you, George. But
he was no provider. Many's the
day had to pitch in and work TO
get enough to keep the two of us.
And when he kicked in, I sal. 10
myself
Mia, old girl, the next time
you get married. marry provlder
Woman's place is in the home and
its up to her husband to provide
and furnish the home
WIFE LEAVES
so George, I guess its curtains
for you and me. I can't give you
back your ring right now because
I forgot and left it on the kitchen
sink.
Come up and see me sometime
If business picks up. maybe We'll
get together again Meanwhile
that was a nice dinner. Here
Give the chef a dime for me"
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