Prospect Heights High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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THE REGKLESS GUWBUY BY MADELINE BALLENTINE The doorman af fhe Kilroy Plaza gave anofher long whisfle as fhe car careened up fhe sfreef. The brighf red and yellow cab sfopped shorf for fhe imporfanf looking man wifh his briefcase, cane, and sevenfy-five cenf cigar. Wifh a nod and a big fip fo fhe doorman, Charles Morfimer Kingsley fhe Third, gof in and made fhe driver undersfand fhaf he musf gef fhe frain for Chicago af four-fwenfy. The fone of his voice made if clear fhaf whaf he said was of ufmosf imporfance. Chauncey Abercrombie, faxi driver exfraordinary, looked af his wafch and found if was fhen four-five. One of fhose big shofs fhaf fakes himself seriously, he fold himself. Expecfs fo gef somewhere in sixfy seconds flaf and nof feel one bump. Well, if he can sfand if, I can. Aloud, he answered wifh fhe fone fhaf he saved for Thirds and Fourfhs on fhose days when he didn'+ feel if worfh while fo puf fhem in fheir places, O. K. Misfer, buf he mumbled fo himself, lf's your funeralf' lf you can make Grand Cenfral in fiffeen minufes, Kingsley said, l'II make if worfh your while, my man. l'm nof your man, Abercrombie fold him wifh a look, buf he cheered up considerably once he gof on his way. There was nofhing he liked beffer fhan fo break all fhe speed records of New York Cify, and in spife of himself, he could nof resisf a few gleeful chuckles. He was nof always fhe quief driver of foday. When he gof an honesf-fo-gosh person in fhe back, he could be friendly and gossipy enough, even for a cowboy. He sef his cap af a slighfly more rakish angle and gave himself an ap- proving smile in fhe mirror. Why shouldn'f he like whaf he saw? His sensible clofhes fhaf could weafher flafs, rainsforms, and engine frouble? Thaf may have been whaf Kingsley saw when he looked af his cabby, buf nof Abercrombie. He saw a dapper fellow in a pin sfripe suif, a fine brighf fie, a mafching handkerchief. The man fhaf was behind fhe wheel did nof live af Mrs. Flanagan's rooming house, buf was on his way home fo his liffle counfry place for an evening wifh fhe boids, fhe bees, and fhe flowers. So real was fhe picfure he painfed of himself, and so greaf was his hurry fo gef back fo fhe place of his dreams, fhaf when he realized whaf had happened, he gof fhe surprise of his life. I0

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The firsl lhing he knew, he was before lhe judge, explaining lhal il was all Kingsley's faull, lhal he was in such a rush lo gel lo lhe lrain. How could he have figured lhal Jimbie, Jumble, and Jomble would be having a kiddie balloon parade al lhal parlicular lime and lhal he would run smack inlo il? Kingsley was purple. The judge could jusl aboul make oul bils aboul his being a friend of lhe Mayor of Chicago, his oulrage al missing lhe lrain. He said he was THE Charles Morlimer Kingsley lhe Third, grandson of Charles Morlimer Kingsley lhe Second, and greal grandson of Charles Morlimer Kingsley lhe Firsl. The judge was in no mood for reckless drivers lhal day. Ten dollars fine for conlempl of courl, he bellowed. I have only one lhing lo say, said Kingsley. There should be no punishmenl loo greal for lhese drivers who gel imporlanl people inlo lrouble wilh lheir carelessness. Lel's have a word from lhis reckless cowboy, said lhe judge, feel- ing beller since Kingsley had slopped mumbling. Chauncey saw his lwo dollar lip and his nexl week's pay floaling oul lhe window, as he realized lhal he had been recognized. Well, welll Il's you again! Up lo your old lricks dislurbing lhe peace, Mr. Abercrombie. I lhink lhal lhe cily of New York has had enough of you. Thirly days. You don'l mean lhal il's no fine lhis lime, Judge? No fine, was lhe delermined answer. Before lhere was lime lo dismiss courl, a clerk came in and lhrusl lhe evening paper under lhe judge's nose. His eyes popped as he read lhe headline, Four-lwenly lrain lo Chicago wrecked. He held up lhe paper lo lhe lwo men before him. Kingsley lurned graleful eyes on lhe cabby who was looking daggers al him. Do you know, my good friend, lhal I owe my life lo you? You don'l' lhink I did il on purpose? mullered Abercrombie savagely. Ran inlo lhe parade? Don'l be modesl. ll was your . . . your . . . well anyway, I musl find some way lo reward you for whal you have done. Think your friend lhe Mayor of Chicago could change my senlence lo a line? Abercrombie served his monlh in jail, bul he doesn'l look any worse for il. He doesn'l wear a pin slripe suil wilh a gawdy lie and malching handkerchief when he's on duly: he slicks lo a black cap when he's driving lhe while-wall-lired limousine lhal's always lhe firsl lo reach any business conference, bul afler hours he gels all rigged up. Thal lillle chauffer's collage, lhe one wilh lhe geranium-filled window boxes is his. Walk around lhere and see him spending his days wilh lhe boids, lhe bees, and lhe flowers. And gel him lo show you his clolhes closel. I I

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