Show f pays boyhood debt as pal fal appears in court new york two boyhood playmates met recently in court here the magistrate leaning forward on MR MB bench with sympathy in his face tho prisoner shuffling shamefacedly toward him a ragged and wrecked picture of failure tom do you remember me mas mair istrate harry howard dale asked yes I 1 do tom McAll mcalinden uden an flis hands shook and his voice quavered he was being ar reigned for the eighteenth time in ta n brooklyn court for intoxication jl haj lindseen had lind been in the workhouse five times he was fifty fafty five you tind and I 1 were playmates the magistrate recalled you were going to bea great lawyer and I 1 was going to be a truck driver mcalinden who now Is a truck driver said tie he remembered fate switched things around it judge he asked it dad tom dont call me judge im just harry to you im still the some hurry harry you saved from drowning one lay day when I 1 fell into the fer at the end of grand street chasing it a dog now my time hns has come coine to do something for you As long as im on the bench never go to jail agnan now get out into the lie sunlight and see it if you cant he be a man |