The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
Copyright les4, AEA Service, lac.

week couldn't wait that long so ' begged her to make it that even- ing and she agreed.
 THE moment she opened the door
 Il I realized she was as anxious to forgive me as I was to be forgiven. ! I followed her into the living room where a fire was burning. It was like old times. This was going to be 8 cinch I thought. But when we sat down formal-like, ard I had to begin. I vas stymied.
 Prom the sofa I shifted to the familiar place on the rug After a moment she followed suit. Then she again waited for me to begin but I couldn't I got up, walked over to the light switch and turned l it of.
 Then, in the semi-darkness. with only the fire to look at. l found the words I'd been groping for.
 That niett she learned more about Leo Kabateck than I'd ever revealed to anyone before.
 There wasn't just one Of him. There were lots of Leos beginning wits the ore who used to go to chLsh with his old man and was fascinated by the bishops long black beard. Later another Leo heard symphonies inside his head but knew he'd never be able to set them down on paper. And yet another discovered he had a gift for making people feel what he felt by using words. Innumerable Leos who, as time went on, con- tinued to perpetuate themselves, eliminating in the one who sprang into life when Boggio arrived on the scene ...
 Here Mickey had interrupted me.
 How did you and B0ggio meet?' That was the same question Gtn- ger had once asked me and l haont had the guts to reply. For some rea- son it was easier now
 Tt was on the day the manager at Harris. Ferguson & Co. told me that some people were cut out to be musicians and they became musicians, while others were cut out to be shipping clerks and should be satisfied. ft made my blood boil I knew l wasn't cut out to be a shipping clerk !"
 Funny how mad ] could still be- come when ] spoke of that old m- 1 justice. And hoy many times I'd relived what follOgedl
 ssT WAS determined to get started A somehow" continued. "On my way home that night ] say a mile long car parked in a deserted alley. l went up close to admire it, | tOrturing myself with the thought ! that some people could afford so much when ! needed so little to alter the whole course Of my life Then ] noticed that the car yasn locked and that there was ar eHv pensiye looking fur coat ln lt Hardly knowing what l was doing, ] l opened the door and took lt out, To this day ! don't know lf was capable of stealing t or not, ] vas | torn by too many conflicting de- siTes and 1 really believe I'd lave put the eoal back l I'd been left alone. But then I noticed a short, ugly man was coming 10. ward the car. ] lost my head and began to run but stumbled and fell. The aan grabbed the coat and began kickiag me as ] lay on the ground Re had good reasons for not waning to call the police, but of course ] didn't know that My first impulse vas 10 fight back then ! thought better Ol t. ] was strong for my age. but ] believed in brains more than ] did ln bTawD. So I started talking. talked fast, pleading my case so well that the man became interested. What tol- lowed seemed incredible. Instead Of turning me over to the cops he drove me to his apartment and made me tell my whole story. When that was over ne again astourdsd rec hy saying he'd pro- vide the chanee wanted go des- perately. But not to study music!