Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

tyino the man from the Draft Board, but
Dit<n the fun tpas oper VIII ,Dolked to totpn
to report for Induction. On the DGy he met
his not-to-smart pal Bart. who Is outraged
that he's not being drafted too. Wtl and Bart
arrive tn totpn after the courthouse Is closed.
but Bart knoius wlere Mckinney, the Draft
Board head. Hues. He and VIII 90 to the
house and Bart threatens enough violence to
bring the police.
And then somebody inside the house
put on the porch light and there we sat
with the spotlight from the car on us and
up the walk come the policemen with their
guns out and everything. and 1t was right
wearing. They come striding UP saying,
whats going on here?" and then Mckinney
came out Of the door. and there he was
toting gun too with his eyes real big, and
al the neighbors was standing out on their
porches watching; so just moved aside and
tried not to listen to it any more.
The police knowed Bart right on.
though. When they seen him, one Of them
said, ITS him again. told you so. didn't
other one shook his head and said, Jaw,
come on. Bart, what are you doing now?"
So then Bart started trying to tell them
what all Mckinney had done, and then
Mckinney busted in telling them what all
Bart had done, and they argued about It
a good bit. Mckinney said he wanted Bart
locked UP and he didn't mean maybe; and
then the policeman got right mad too. only
he said he didn't want to lock Bart UP be-
cause he had just let him out last week.
He said, Nov. Mac. just amt going to do
It, We've had him UP there four times in
the last two months and he just lays around
and eats moren any four mules you ever
seen-by God, Mac, Just cant afford to
keep him UP there no longer I got other
prisoners to think Of and they amt going to
put UP with It much longer neither and I
cant say ! much blame them"
Then Bart busted in again saying he
Just dared them to try to take him in, and
then Mckinney said, Listen to that, viii
your" and the policeman said. yeah. that's
what I am listening to and If I take him
UP there, that's what I'll have to listen to
for the next two months. and got wife
and family living downstairs In that JAIL
Mac, and 1t just amt fair Of you to expect
me to take him back in there no more"
Anyhow. they was arguing so hard that
there is chance Mckinney never would have
seen. me because was setting back in the
dark but about that time the, other police
man looked around and said, what about
him?" and then the older policeman saw me
and, said Yeah. that's it! Now Wen take
him in. Mac. II you want US to. but this
other fellow, I -"
That Really Did II
So then Mckinney seen me and mean
that really set him OF. His eyes got big and
he backed OF and then he stepped UP again
getting red in the face, and before it was
over, he was taking on worse than he did the
first day he come out to the place. He told
L. the police that was that Stockdale boy and
that I was the draft-dodger that was sup
posed to report today and didn't do 1t, and
more things than I ever heered before. /
I'll ~kA H. Aar, I,s~
finger at me again and raving around, and
the policeman kept nodding his head up and
down, listening and smiling, saying, Yeah,
that's 1t, Mac. He's the one all right. Let's
lock him up and let this other one CO."
II want them both locked up" Mckinney
said. II tell you he's dangerous and know"
well, let's lock him up because he's the
one that -"
"Nosir," Mckinney said. II mean both
Of them"
So they argued about it some more. and
Mckinney held TO the point He said, you
let him out first thing in the morning and
see that he's In front Of the courthouse at
seven sharp. I don't want him left around
town here at all want him on that bus in
the morning"
So they finally decided to do that. and 1t
was all right by me. In the morning would
get on the bus and 1t would give me place to
stay that night besides. And then Bart spoke
up and said II that's the way it was. he would
go along to jail after all. He said he was
going to stick with me all the way. He took
on good bit that way going out to the car.
and kind Of appreciated all the things he
said. but was tired and hungry and really
didn't care too much one way or the other.
And TO tell the truth about 1t. didn't
look forward too much having to spend the
night with Bart nohow. knowing there warnt
no way Of getting away from him. really
couldn't much blame the way the policeman
felt about him at all.
But Bart acted real nice once they got US
back to the jail. He showed me around and
seen that got the best bed and introduced
me to everybody, and seen to 1t that we got
something to eat and everything. It just went
to show what good friend he could be II he
liked you. and appreciated 1t too because
was right tired and my feet was aching and
was kind Of wore out with things anyhow.
Because when you come right down to It,
didn't care so much about the draft in the
first place.
Anyhow. got up real early the next
morning and dressed waiting for them to
let me out, thinking / might have a good
chance Of getting out before Bart woke up.
but the sun was already UP when they come
after me. But they didn't have no trouble
with Bart at all, 1t seemed like once was
ready to go. He acted real nice and didn't
raise ruckus or anything and seemed right
satisfied to be right where he was. It's that
way with q lot Of folks though-when they're
doing what they want to do, they are just
as nice as they can be- And don't guess
Bart had ever found place in his life that
suited him as much as that jail did: he Just
didn't seem like the same person somehow
When ! was ready to 60, though. they
decided had better have guard to 90 with
me and they got this little fellow that come
UP to about my shoulders to 60 along The
courthouse was only half a block from the
jail, but this fellow was right nervous and
jumpy and wanted to walk behind me and
all like that. He kept good guard all right,
but his lips was trembling the whole time
and he kept jumping and jerking everytime
! moved and after a while he begun to
make me kind Of nervous too. I mean had
to watch myself and move real easy to keep
him from getting any more upset and all.
When we got to the courthouse steps I set