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GOOD DEEDS

COMPLETE novelette

By A. F. G. COREL

p one of the advantages of being ril that any little good thing r do looks very good. In the r a shady citiser. might take tide in a deed that would get r awfully talked about. It’s - of comparison; Just as s white against a dead biack whores it would look i pure white. £ of course, isn't an argument f any wickeder that you have i f'erely a recogrJtion of a H»d a recognition c: that fact 1 deal to do wi_h the case i Malone day. a panic olarly fine when hit term In son expired, Sini era found It was lying .n the rich lay mud beside the walk, and s a rich brown 'olor itself, raped the attentlca of a few H>ple who were oasaing on f borne from ebur h. i they missed it rartly ber thoughts and eyf * were on

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saw it be '•l.ie 1,» was [ along. In a mood of ho.-t-mess, with his eyes on the e we ought to stop to corraoral inference that might t from the fad that Slnkeio parse while churchgoers ^t& and we would if morality | much less in demand than » end of man Is an action. . said the Greek philos1 we agree with him. Thertjp merely note that Sinkers t purse up with one quick jwlng. dropped it into a side 1 slouched on as if nothing toed, but anybody who had inker* both before and after Did have been struck by bis C&ppearance. i the easiest way in which I ever come by a pocketd he had come by some pockety easily at that. His recent | “up the river" had been Inttinected with coming by other peopl-'s pocket0 easily. By trade and prefertere was a ‘'dip.” which is a \ for pickpocket, and he eti9 reputation among the pok and various shady citizens of s not on account of J of skill that he had taken k trip up the river; he had been >n" by an intimate friend, s mood was so particut. It waa bad enough gnt up because of a bungled When a person is sent up | clean get away, through na m, but a five-times-sdly cursed ''squealer"—that e for murder, or at least £d>le homicide. s away Sinkers took the y offered by turning a corner Milnd him. No one seemed ested in him. and h. alo glance Inside his I,‘ look, who's here?” he re- | to his inner consciousness. * he referred to BUI: for the | thst struck his tree was a deed William, marked with dts. most pleasant to boe were two five-dollar bills E to keep the larger one from 1 hurried them back Into bis ^ For the nex« half a dozen » Joyous knowledge of their ?Interfered with his thoughts 1 homicide. His face light 1 It bore a faint resemblance •bled faces r>f some of those I he had passed on their way _ i church. k tight of a girl loitering on a ■ half s block ahead his ■d even more. The girl ) and hurried forward to meet p was pretty in her gtrllshaeBB i black and white cotton ■ big eyes were the exac* '.the May sky overhead and mething of the sky's sc E^hcy looked at Sinkers. N r the tky nor the eyes seemed Sinkers, disreputable object P and ahady citizen though he undoubtedly was. J he said. f she replied: and as ke came up to her side she turned and walked by bis aide You might not have p-cted that they waited a year and six month* far that meeting. Td.haV' come to meet you at th train.'' s|» said. "but. honest. 1 dldn have carfai'-; and 1 wasn't sure what train—wha time " ‘Sure; that's ail right.” said he Aftar they had turned In at the

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tenement a few

&NM 4»wn the street Sinkers sudpi t Ms arm around her and her on the cheek; she kissed m back, and cried for a moment ua

bis shoulder while he shamefacedly ruffled up the brown hair over her

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But the wife of a "dip” and the wife of a soldier cannot be too emotional; she dried her tears of happiness, and in silence they tramped up the live flights of stairs to the two dingy rooms they called home. 11 I get you some ewts. Harry?” she asked, patting bis arm while he hung his cap on the nail driven into the back of the door. It was a sign of her feeling for him that she, alone all the world, called him by the name his mother had given him. 'I got some pork chops yesterday— shall I cook them with tomatoes, the way you like? I thought they'd be little surprise for ym." "Bless your heart, kiddo!” he said He caught her in his arms and kissed her gently, this time without shamtfacedness. "And I got a little surprise for you tool" he told her. “Come here! Say. lamp the look o' thst!” He drew out the pocket book, opened it and threw the four bills on the table. it—lot of good Christians wouldn't even look at it—left It for me. Say, how does it look?" “Hall Columbia!” murmured the girl; “and I was just wondering how we was going to eat after tomorrow' Say I take the Httle one and go out for pie? Well have a gorge—and you won't have to go to work again for a week or two, will you?*’ She reached for the bill with annllgbt. sunlight especially because he wouldn't have to work at once, it ap peared, on her face, but he stopped

her.

Wait." he said. "There's another thing tliat's got to be settled before eats. Set down." The girl sat down across the table from him. The sunlight disappeared from her face under a sudden mist cf u'lubt. He sat down on the Uner side. The money and ihe purse lay neglected between them. "That squealer—that Simp Karpy— seen anything of him s.nce I left?’ he demanded. stammered: “Why—Harry— no—I—no. 1 haven't.” She was frightened by the change that had come him. He was suddenly hard, sneering, wolf-cruel; his lips lifted at the corners to show his teeth. “I ain't never said much." he growled, “hut I alwnys thought maybe it was some on account of you. wanting to get me out of the way. you know, he squealed on me. You know how he always made up to you. Now I been thinking—” "But, Harry, 1 never sc much as looked at him—I never—” she cried. "There—I know it it. You don't git me right girlie." he said, and laid of bis hands, his long, while' supple hand*, on her. T know vou’ro on the square. Here's what's on my mind: That Simp, that squealerwhile t was np I swore I wouldn't be out a day before I croaked him. And I'm gotn' to make good—see?" She seemed relieved that the matter is no more serious, nevertheless sirprotested: "But. Harry, why not pui it off a little while, anyway? They'll git you sure. There’s been too much of this croakin'—" "Forget It!” he comraandi-d. "He's itill bangin' 'round Slezak's gin mill, ain't he? You know where you can reach him? ' '! guess so." admitted the girl. Her lips made a tight, straight lino. She was loyal to her man. her eyes said if he was determined to become a murderer—well, he was stiil her man. nt you to git in touch with him," Sinkers became calmer no* that he had the business under way; he loaned back and stuck his thumbs In the armholes of his vest like a aer chant about to consummate a deal. ”i want you to pretend you're sore on me —ready to throw me over for him— ? He don't know I'm out. I.-as'n he found out I got ten months off for good con. and he's too big a fool to And that out . Tonight I want you to walk him past me when I'm bangin' round back of Slezak's. and 111 fill him so full of hot lead—" Her eyes had taken on some of th* hardness of her own. but she interrupted plaintively: “Oh. Harry', net just tonight, the first day you'rt; home!” "I don't care whether I'm home o' not till I git that off my mind!” t< swore, tapping the tohle lightly with his lonr Angers. “’fow, git ftra.ght—” He choked on the word and leaped to his feot. Some one had knocked. They had oeen too busy with their own plans to notice the warning that the five Hlghu of wooden stai - were especially ' instructed to give. Thi? bad even forgotten to lock the uoor not that locl'ing doors made much difference if it was a Central Office

m_n come to let them know that Headquarters knew Mr. Sinkers Ma lone was out Central office men had a pleasant way of doing that. But Central Office men seldom knocked; or. if they did. they knockel cnly after proving to their satisfaction that the door waa locked. Sinker* began tc creep toward the door, his hand outstretched for the key. There was another knock. He put Lis foe: against the door and shot the bolt. “Who’s there?” he askea. “Why. a friend." said a hesitating voice, a man's on the other side. 'What do yon want?" demanded Sinkers, bold and gruff with relief. That voice, at any .-ate, never came from the throat of a policeman. "I wish to make yon a present—of considerable value.” said the voice. Sinkers was paralyzed with astonishment. After a moment of staring, first at his staring wife and then at the door, he asked. "Huh?” "I said that 1 wished to make you a present.” repeated the voice. It waa a well-rounded, well-kept voice, that might have come from a well-rounded, well-kept man. T come in all kindliness and good will. Of course if you do not core to open the door 1 will go f. At the same time, I think 1 have something to offer you that you ms. he glad to have.” "Some fool charity worker,” the girl suggested to Sinkers in a stage whisper. “Might as well let him in.' The man outside laughed, laugned heartily. "No. I'm not a charily worker, fool or otherwise." he said. I'm merely, as I said, a friend. And I’m absolutely harmless. You might open the door, anyway, and hear wha, I have to say.” Sinkers was not much moved by the unknown arguments. "If you've got anything t< say. say It through the doer," he recommended. "Get me?" 'Thanks for the suggestion; probably 1 can say It through the dooi the door,” admitted the man outside, he was evidently a very good and forbearing man. “I merely wish to say that I lost that purse you found, that 1 saw you pick tt up, that I followed at discreet distance—" T didn't find any purse: don't you go getting gay!” interrupted Sinkers with righteous indignation. 'And that I made inquiries on the first floor about you.” continued the i learned that you had Just returned from—from a place that may maki It difficult for you to secure immediate employment: and therefore 1 wish to present you both purse and contents with my very best wishes. That is my first present to you.” There was silence for a moment, and then the question. “Can you hear whst I say*” I hear you." said Sinkers. "1 didn't find no purse; hut gas along if you like it; 1 can aland it if you ».” i wish also to remove from yet y iaint or not having come by the money honestly." proceeded the voice. 'Since my card is Inside, If you didn't return the purse you might be open to the suspicion of having been not qu.te—honest. I wish you to siart today with a clean slate. That is my second present to you. Do you understand what 1 mean?” Sinkers replied, alter a short, thoughtful pause: "Say. bo, you got te mixed up with the grass. Wise up. ise up! You want to get me to split. 1 found that purse, then you'll toddle up with a cop. I didn't find no purse! Nor It won't do you no good to bring cop up he p e—" ”1 don't blame you for your suspicions." interrupted the man. "1 blame your experience with life, whirii has hardened you. I shall report ray loss to no pop- 1 came, as 1 said, in aU friendliness and good will. In these time 1 wish to do all I can to promote pe»ce on earth, good will toward m Now I'm going; 1 shall only say that I hope you will have a peaceful Sunds'and that the good will and gentliness of Christ will soften your heart •oward your neighbors; for your heart seems to have been hardened, and that is worse for yon than for others. Goodbje!” Sinkers and his wife without P'..»v log listened in dead sJ'ence <o the sound of the man's feet 'iinounclji! his descent of the stairs. After that sound was gone they continued to stai * at each other. A religious nut!" commented the girl, offering the suggestion subject to Sinkers' approval. Sinkers walked over to the table, sat down opposite his wife, and declared solemnly; "That was a white gink!” He looked at th» money, and it stirred him to added solemnity: 'That was a dead white, pur,- snov

shite gink, by God!” He gathered up the bills and put them into his pocket. the danger he had Just run of losing them seemed to have made them, and the occasion, almost sacred. The girl was half convinced. “Ain't he Just gone for a cop?" she asked. “He was on the square; he won't rome back with no cop.” declared Sinkers. "He was a white gink. He was like some I met up the river. Only they didn't never do nothin' bu* talk—and talk's awful cheap . . . That was a white gink. There's some men like that, believe me girlie, there is. And he done a regular white thing: and he sure talked white, too —pure white." He strolled about the room in solemn meditation. The girt wholly convinced and admiring, looked at him In silence. “He was right—I have hardened; I ain't had a square deal." deelared Sinkers, producing, with due gravity, the devil's oldest excuse. He was thinking hard; something lance and important was on his mind. "I ain't never had much peace and '.ood will in my life—and I ain’t never sli-mod much to others. . . . Girlie.” tiu announced facing her squarely with a kind of exaltation in his eyes. "I aln'i a-goln' to croak that squealer—I'm a-goin' to let him live!" “Oh. Harry!” murmured the girl, awe and admiration of him held het spellbound. It was several seconds before she gained the courage to go to him. to put her arms tlmldh around his neck. "Oh I'm so glad. Harry!" she told him, with tears in her voice and eyes. "It's a lot safer and better—Just you leave the croakin' alone and stick to bein' a good uonesi

dip!”

Of couri-e H would be pleasant to view Sinkers. In this lost paragraph, as a reformed and model young man; but at least we leave him a compemtively good, honest dip. not a murderer; and considering how white Lla unknown friend must have been and how black Sinkers was. I don’t knov.but that Sinkers’ good deed shows up a good deal whiter than the deed of the man in the hall—by comparison, of course.

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