Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 220, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1924 — Page 8

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BKGIN HERE TODAY A novelist, seeking nocturnal adventure. loafs one night upon a bench in Hyde Pack. London. Coming towiiltl him he sr~ a little man carrying; a huge bundle on his shoulder. At Victoria Gate the man is challenged by a policeman, curious to know the contents of the bundle. At first the little man is impudent, but finally tells the policeman hr? is on his way to his barber shop in Aqton. In the sai4. he has a wax figure of a woman. Out of curiosity the novelist follows the man to learn whether he is speaking the truth. When the man turns into a direction opposite to the route to Acton he challenges him. The novelist offers the man five pounds if he will report with nim to tho police station. He notices that the mail's finger nails are stained with machine oil. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY t —GLOW of hate hung in his A eyes; if he had had a weapon 1 *•) I should have suffered; indeed. his arm made a movement as if to strike, but he realized that I had eight inches and forty or fifty pounds weight to spare. So the shoulder I held struggled. Then subsided. In a sulky tone he said: “I had to tell the cop a tale. I don't see no ’arm in telling you I ain’t a ’airdresser. I’m an engine cleaner.” “That’s better. Well, what do you iv int with this lay figure, then? Are

Wi; SHOULD Oi l’ AND EACH PUT HIS HALE IN A LAY FIGURE. you going to m ike a mascot of it for an engine?" “Xo." "Still, you're telling i.es. and taking risks for it. You seem rather attached to it. Y’ou tell me you paid ten shillings for it?" ‘Wes.” ‘‘That’s cheap; at least I suppose so, never having bought one myself. What do you think it's worth?” “Oh, I dunno.” “Let’s walk along and talk about it.” We 'vent toward the west. “Think again. How much do you think it would cost new?" “Couple of pounds.” “Would it indeed? Look here; I've taken a fancy to it. I’ll give you five pounds for it as it stands.” 1 ain’t selling. "You're not selling for five pounds

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a thing you can buy new for two pounds. Really, this is very interesting. The police ...” “Oh, ’ang it. There you are, talking about the cops again.” “I’ve got to. You've stolen that thing. You’re a thief J’ “Oo are you calling thief?” “You.” In a low tone, I added: “If you tell me the truth I’ll let you off. But, just one more lie, and I’ll hand you over.” There was a silence. Finally the little man cleared his throat, and in a'gentle tone said: "Look ’ere, guv’nor, you don’t want to be 'ard on a pore working man. You say you want to buy the thing. Well, I ain't so fond of it. I don't mind selling it, but 1 couldn't let it go for five pounds.” “How much do you want?” “Say a 'undred pounds.” 1 laughed: “Now, my man, I’m afraid you've given yourself away. Tell me why this figure’s worth a hundred pounds. Otherwise, off we go to the police station.” There was a struggle in the man's mind. He probably thought of bolting, for he moved toward the road, but I stepped on the other side of him. Then he must have decided to trust me, for in a gloomy tone he murmured: “You’re a gentleman.” At last, with fine frankness, he said: “I'll tell you all about it. But I can't do it 'ere. Someone might come along. I'll show you something. Let's go up that street.” He nodded toward Inverness Terrace. ‘'There'll be a garden or something." I followed him in silence until we reached an empty house. We were fortunate: the front garden was separated from the road by tall shrubs. Behind some of these we established ourselves. Again the sack was undone. tiie ghastly beauty erposed. looking strangely human and surprised. “I got some swag in ’ere," said the man. "Fact is. a friend of mine and me, we cracked a little crib tonight. Do you know Charlie Yill. the barber?” “Os course I know Charleville.” Indeed. this was the name of the most fashionable hairdresser in London. I whose shop has stood at the corner of ; Bond Street for over half a century. “Well, it's like this: Charlie Yill ain't only a barber. He does a bit of business with the fashionable dames while he's doing their 'air: now and * then one of them gets into a bit of a i mess, cards, and champagne wine, all that sort of thing. You know," he went on with a confidential smile. “So they gel short and want to raise a bit o’ money on something. That sort of woman, she don’t want to be seen coming out. . . “Os a pawnbroker's. T understand." “Y'ou see what I mean. They takes j all sorts of stuff to Charlie Yill, jewel- j ry, gold plate, knick-knacks what they \ pinch in their own drawing-room, and he lends them money on it. Oh. ’e’s fly custom# cent per cent, that's what he charges them." "I follow. You and your friends indulged in a little burglary at Charleville's tonight. But 1 don’t quite see why you took this young lady away with you.” “Well, it's like this, guvnor. I ex ; pect you’ve 'ad no experience of crib cracking. If you 'ad. if you'd done a stretch, same as I have, all along o' being careless like, you'd know that it don’t do to go about London o’ nights carrying a sack full of money, and things like that. Y’ou got to be careful. So when we'd got all the stuff together, my mate and I we didn’t quite know what to do: there was jewelry, that’s nothing; one can put that in ones pocket. But there was lots of other stuff: gold snuffboxes, silver sauce boats, combs all over liamonds. Tt would have broken jmy 'eurt to leave it. So my mate, 'e 'ad an idea. We got ’old of two of these ’ere figures; the inside of the stand is empty. So we shared out. and we each put our half in a lay figure. Then we put 'em into the sacks which we’d brought with us. because you never know, and off we goes, each our own way Like that, when that cop started asking questions, ’e didn't tumble to it." He pointed to the ground. “And there's my 'alf. If you say the word, you can ’ave it for 'undred pounds.” It was very tempting to arrest the man forthwith; no doubt, by this means, all the property would be recovered, since the other man could be found. But I felt curious: after all, ; I knew many ladies who had their hair 1 done by Charleville; some were hard j up; one of them had recently received ' from me a few valuable little presents which it would be. amusing to identify. So I said: “No, I'm going to buy a pig in a poke. I don’t mind doing a little business with you; if I think the stuff's worth it. I’ll give you a hundred pounds; I can’t get caught, so I don’t mind.” He twinkled, nizing a fellow crook, dragged at tlfe canvas that was roughly nailed to the bottom of the figure, pulled it off, thrust his hand in. A look of perplexity came over his face. He fumbled in the recess, took up the figure, shook it; then, his mouth fallen open, he turned to me and said: “There ain’t nothing in it!” Y n For a moment the air was filled with ! the thin sound of his misery. YVhen, however, he had said about a dozen times that he didn’t know how it could have happened, I decided to be a little rougher with him. “Look here, my man,” I said. “You’ve tried to play a dirty trick on me. Y’ou’ve tried to get a hundred pounds out of. me by making me believe that in this figure there was a lot of valuable stuff, and . . "But there was.” “Don't talk nonsense.” “It must have dropped oyt.” He searched the sack furiously. “YVhat sort of fool do you take me for? How could the things fall out when you’d nailed the canvas bottom on again? There never was anything in this figure: the only thing ihat upsets me is that it’s hardly any use handing you over to the police, since you haven't got any stolen goods . . . but of course you've got the figure; that's probably stolen go>Bs. I think I'll gaol you for this " "®on't do that, guv’nor.” implored tftY little man. “I lb LS I know 'uw |

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for why. I put the stuff in with my own ’ands. Would I tell you a story like that if it weren’t true?” ‘indeed I don’t know.” "What do you think I’d tell you I cracked a crib for if it weren’t true? Ain't the sort of thing a cove boasts about to a stranger, is it?” “That may be. But you say you think you know how it happened?” “Well, guv’nor, I don’t know, but I think it must *ave beerrxhke this. I took my ’alf, and my mate took ’is alf. We each got one of these 'ere figures off the floor. I filled mine. I ’ad to take the canvas off the bottom first, but I put it on again after. There was about a dozen of them figures there, waiting to 'ave 'air on. What I think’s 'appeneu is that I picked, up one of them lay figures that was empty. Ard mine, what's got the stuff in it, is in Charlie Vill’s back shop now. Oh my! this is a go." “1 shouldn’t wonder.” 1 remarked. “It seems very likely. X suppose you were in rather a hurry.” “One always is in a 'urry in om business. My mate ’ad been nearly two hours opening the safe, and it 'ad got on my"nerves like. When I’d got my figure full. I dityi’t ’ang about, I can tell you. I just 'opped it.” Once more he expressed his misery, his resentment against fate, until 1 stopped him: “Hook here,” I s;ud, “this is all very well, but the fact remains that 1 you’ve left tire stuff behind, and here's no .chance of yo-- going to

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now; I 'aven't the nerve to risk it, and as for tomorrow night, they’ll ’ave ’alf a dozen watchmen, with ’alf a dozen guns, so that it don’t 'appen again when it’s already ’appened.” (Continued in Our Next Issue) Butler to Get Air Camp Plans for a naval aviation training camp at Butler University were under way today following a meeting of stuFriday in the college chapel. Capt. O. F. Hesler, commanding the 9th Regiment of Naval Reserves spoke. Examinations for the men desiring to join will be held Feb. 4. At the close of the year, twenty-five men will be sent to Great I,akes for summer training.

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Carl C. Gibbs is chairman of the committee. Other members are Edward E. Stout, vice chairman; Walter H. Berterman, I. Leonard Daye, Gale S. Eaglesfield, FYank E. Gaines, Robert A. Mac Gill, Theodore A. Randall, Edward J. Seoonover and Alfred W. Thompson.

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