Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1936, Page 30

PEG-LEG By G. C. Coler. IF PEG-LEG had another name nobody knew it. And that covers a ‘1ot of territory be- cause this unfor- tunate sat at his pest daily on one of the city’s busiest corners, his back against the wall of an office building and his pitiful wooden stump stretched starkly stift before him, and could boast of en acquaintance that wculd have made a list as long as his spare frame. Although it was strictly against the city ordinance to beg in the down- town section, Peg- Leg had been doing it for 20-odd years at the same location. Knowing him, it was not difficult to see why. There was something Puckish about about him in the way he looked out at life through his calm blue eyes, in the philosophic and tolerant smile that seemed permanently playing about his lips. He gave the im- pression of asking nothing, of accept- ing gratefully whatever the gods of chance happened to drop into the battered hat at his side. Clearly Peg-Leg was a born show- man. Into his hat fell quite a few coins and occasionally & bill that would have remained in the donor's pocket had Peg-Leg presented the eppearance of the usual fawning and ebject mendicant. * x * % EVEN the policemen on that par- ticular beat, as well as their su- periors, overlooked his harmless in- fraction of the city code. It was well known that upon occasion Peg-Leg was not averse to contributing gen- erously to police benefits and charitles. Jt was a set-up which pleased every- body. The ordinary human being always feels more magnanimous if he helps some one less fortunate without being asked. Peg-Leg himself was more than eatisfied with his work, if it could be called that. Having lost his right leg just below the knee while a switch- man on the railroad, he decided upon this occupation when he was released from the hospital. He had decided during the long, bitter months of convalescence to make the world which had robbed him of his usefulness pay heavily for his loss. And so it had. But elso it gave him the aforementioned contact with countless persons, most of whom at one time or another stopped & moment to talk to the familiar figure who was to be found in the same spot in all sorts of weather., * x * x THE police captain in the first dis- !T trict was aware of this wide scquaintance, naturally. One day in late Winter a squad flivver stopped &t the curb in front of Peg-Leg and one of the detectives hopped out. “The captain wants to see you, Peg-Leg,” he grinned familiarly. *‘Something personal, I guess. We'll take you down in the flivver.” Peg-Leg’s smile broadened and he reached down beneath the worn over- coat to adjust the strap on his wooden stump where he had loosened it for comfort. “Sure thing, Sullivan,” he complied, putting on his hat. “Help me up, will you?” The captain greeted Peg-Leg ge- pially and helped him to a chair in| his office. When the orderly had gone out, closing the door, the captain eyed Peg-Leg speculatively. “How “SANTA CLAUS” LIQUOR ; UNDER FEDERAL BAN BY the Associated Press. The Government cracked down to- day on liquor firms which have been planning to act as Santa Claus this Christmas. Some distillers and wine makers, it Wwas reported, were preparing to give away cocktail shakers, muddlers, Jamps, bottle openers or elaborate packages made in the form of minia- ture bars to those who buy their pro- duct. But the Federal Alcohol Adminis- tration warned them it is illegal to furnish to retailers for distribution sny gifts “conditioned directly or in- directly on the purchase” of intoxi- gants. | JUNE CAPRICE DIES HOLLYWOOD, Calif., November 11 {P.—The death of June Elizabeth Millarde, actress of the silent screen known as June Caprice, was disclosed yesterday. She died in the Cedars of Lebanon “‘The captain wants to see you.'” would you like & Job?” he opened bluntly. Peg-Leg's blue eyes nar Towed. “What kind of & job, chief?” he par- ried. “You know, I'm not much good, what with this bum leg and all.” “That’s all right,” the captain as- sured him. “What would you say to being a special in- vestigator for the narcotics di- vision?” Peg-Leg thought that one over for a mo- ment. “I don’t get the angle,” he con- fessed. “But if I can help you, chief, Just say the word.” He concealed his relief. At first he had feared that his days of freedom were abruptly over, * % ok x “’T"HE commissioner has been on our necks for a long time because we can't round up all the dope ped- dlers in town, which would be a miracle, let me tell you! We've tracked down a big operator, one of the | biggest in town, but we can't put a finger on him.” Peg-Leg nodded his comprehension. “Who is he?” he asked. “We don't know, and that's where you come in. He's operating some- where within a block of your hang- out, and I thought maybe you'd know him, or be able to find out who he is. You know all the regulars in the territory better than any one I know.” “I couldn't tell you who he is,” Peg- Leg Tegretted. “As you say, I do know & lot of people who've been | helping me for years, and I might be able to turn something up. What would the proposition be?” The cap- tain turned to some papers on his | desk, “I've got your application all made out, ready for you to sign, Peg-Leg,” he encouraged. “I figured you would come in with us, because, of eourse, you'll be drawing regular pay from the force. All you have to do for it is to just keep on doing what you have been doing . . . and keep your eyes and ears open!” * o x X EG-LEG'S eyes twinkled humor- ously. “There’s a joker in this for you, chief,” he pointed out. *“I c#n't promise to produce. What if I | don’t or can’t report to you who it is?” “We’ll just write it off to bad luck,” the captain shrugged. *“We can't afford to let any chances slip by. Maybe you will succeed where we haven't been sble to for years.” “Maybe I will” agreed Peg-Leg, intent upon signing the paper which would make him a member of the city police force. He passed it to the captain, who glanced at it and put it away in his desk. “Thanks and good luck, Peg-Leg,” he said. “The boys will drive you back now.” They shook hands. Once back at his corner, Peg-Leg adjusted himself comfortably and waved a cheery farewell to the flivver squad. His smile was even wider as he realized the irony of the situation. Peg-Leg a copper! He sighed and loosened the strap of his wooden leg so that he could reach within its hollow top to get the papers of morphine and heroin which he would | pass to his regular customers as they shook his hand. (Copyright, 1936.) 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