The Washington times., 1937-11-05


the grip under the bed, Rose
Baron was in the room and. foI
the first time since he had come
to live in Sam Baron's house
Harry looked at Rose resentfully
She ignored the look and smiled
cheerily.
Morning, Harry" she said, then
looked at the bag on the bed
Going somewhere?"
Harry picked UP the ties he
had dropped and tossed them into
the bag with an air Of defiance
before he replied.
I'm going to the office"
Roses eyebrows went up and
a smile played around her lips
Thinking Of setting up house,
keeping there?" Harry Scowled
and she came close to him, tax
ing the lapels Of his coat in both
her hands. Seriously, she sal d.
"What's wrong, Harry?"
Nothing" he evaded. He tried
to look her in the eyes and, fall
ing, added miserably, TN going
away,
JOB OFFER
"I've been offered a job as a
brief writer with an Albany law
firm: they made the offer while
was there last month on that
Greenman case for Sam. I'm go
ing to take it." -,
you're going to leave Sam?"
she asked. Her voice was gen.
tie as she shook his shoulders a
little. After all these years"
He reached into the grip and
fingered one Of the ties absently
staring over Roses head at the
wall.
eyes" he said in a flat voice.
after all these years. I'm be-
ing rotten, Rose, and I know 1t.
"I know what you're thinking;
that I'm being terribly migrate
full to your father; that. because
he was a friend Of my fathers
when they were a couple OF i'm
migrant boys from the same Eu-
ropean town, he took me in this
house when my parents died.
"He paid my way for years
paid for my law course, paid Tor
everything for me. He's been ike
a father to me-" ..
"He looks upon you as a son.
Rose said gravely.
And no son ever respected ms
father more than I respect Sam,
Harry burst out. That's why I
want to leave-it's the only thing
thatll be fair to both Of us.
Don't you understand, Rose,
he went on in response to her look
I'm not an asset to Sam"
= you're q lawyer, aren't you?'
she asked. 1.-THE same as my
father?" Harry smiled bitterly.
I'm a lawyer, all right, but faI
from the same as your father
That's why I'm not an asset to
Sam: he doesn't need me. All I
do is write briefs for him. Sam
tries all the cases.
"He pays me three times as
much for what I do as he'd pay
a young law student for doing the
same thing. I'm dead wood with
the firm Of Sam Baron, Attorney.
''I don't want to be a weight
around his neck any longer. Or
a weight around my own neck"
"Meaning?" said Rose. Harry's
jaw set a little.
NEW PARTNER
Meaning that Milton Levine,
who quit as assistant district at.
torney a month ago, was in to see
Sam last week. Right after that,
I heard Sam telephone the sign
painter, telling him that he was
going to take in a partner and
would want a new sign put on the
window.
1.-The sign painters to be at the
office today, when Sam gets back
from the hearing Of that Green
man case in Albany. When Le-
vine comes in as a partner, he
, won't want to carry me along just
to satisfy Sans sentiment.
80 I'm going to get out before
I'm asked to get out"
/ He paused, and resumed dog
gedly: Besides, I've got to think
Of myself. I've got my own life
to live and I'll get nowhere with
this new partnership. You see
I've been thinking Of getting mar
ried."
Roses hands dropped from
Harry'S shoulders.
, "Oh," she said, and turned
: away for a moment. When she
faced him again she had forced
a smile. Congratulations, Harry.
il hope you'll be very happy"
They aren't in order yet," he
answered gruffly. She looked at
him quizzically. He added, Il
. haven't asked her yet"
I. He laughed hoarSely. Chances
are she'll turn me down when !
do. But I want to have something
to offer her first"
eff she's the right kind Of a
girl" Rose began.
"She is the right kind of a girl.
That's why want to make good,
to offer her something, when I do
ask her.
while I was going to law school
sand for the five years since was
admitted to the bar, I've been in
Sans office, getting by on his
reputation. doing nothing to pay
my way.
q SANS the best lawyer in the
city and we both know it. Why,
down on the East Side, he's prac-
-tically an idol. He doesn't need