The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
EGBERT and EDWARD ABROAD
A MORAL TALE FOR THE GUID-
ANCE OF THE YOUNG.
The Wicked and PerilOus Adventures OF
Two Lads With a Stolen Bank Roll
OF 3773, and Why They Didn't Get 10
See Edwards Red.EIaired Lady Friend.


See Edwards Red-Haired Lady Friend.
Egbert Heath. IA years old, Of 40 West
Forty-fourth street. and Edward Dordan,
is years old, Of 42O West Forty-fourth street,
decided last Monday night to spend the
winter "fashionably' in Florida. They
didn't have any money of their own, SO
young Heath picked 1928 out of safe be-
longing to Reiss Il Bernard, wholesale
grocers. Of $40 Greenwich street, by whom
he was employed as an Office boy.
The pair delayed their departure for
the South go that Eddie might say good-by
to his girl in Stamford, Conn. Owing partly
to this circumstance, they arc now locked
up in the pen in Police Headquarters.
The ordinary boy of Stamford is always
hungry, but never carries very many green
backs In his pockets. Constable Andrew
Schlechtweg knew that.
Egbert and Eddie stopped him in the
street on Tuesday afternoon and asked
where they could get meal He showed
them a place and offered to help them out
with half dollar.
we don't want your dough, said Eddie,
and each lad pulled wad of bills from
his trousers pocket. From that moment
the boys were under the broad shadow
of Schleoht weg's professional suspicion.
The youngsters began operations in the
town with the meal for which the const atle
had offered to contribute a fifty-cent piece.
They ordered everything in sight and ate
all Of it. They tipped the waiter and threw
a 500 gold certificate over 10 the cashier
TO be broken in payment for their rejection
Then Eddie blushingly suggested that
they rig up and finish the business for
which they had came to Stamford. DE
thought it wouldn't be bad plan 10 drop
around and spend the night at the home
of his godmother who lived in the town.
She had invited him up, he said, when he
visited Stamford last summer.
Egbert couldn't see any need for him
to buy a new outfit to wear while Eddie
said good-by to his girl, unless the lady had
went to clothing store and got new outfits
all the way through-hats, shirts, suits,
shoes, collars and necktes.
In the meantime, Mike Kelley, one OF
Eddies Stamford friends-a boy about
the same age az the other two--had heard
of Eddie's arrival in town. He attached
himself to the visitors soon after they
came out of the clothing store.
Young Kelley switched Eddie off the
girl proposition for the time being, and
one of the three-Mike says it wasn't he
proposed bicycles all round. Eddie and
Egbert bought three secondhand ones,
fifteen dollars of the New York firms money
being put into Stamford circulation in
this deal The trio scorched through the
city streets tho rest of the afternoon.
In the evening theatre party was on
the cards for Eddie and Egbert They
had 81 so seats in the front row, and they
threw paper flowers at the actresses.
They went to call on Edde's fond god
mother after the show. She told Eddie to
10 home, or his pa would spank him. The
bows slept in the loft Of a barn that night,
the next day they dropped over to New
Caanan and looked that town over pretty
thoroughly, and then they took in Norwalk.
They slept in another barn on Wednesday
night. They didn't go to hotel, they said,
because they thought somebody might
suspect that they had money.
They came back TO Stamford on Thurs
day to say good-by to Eddie's girl, and
Constable Schlechtweg bounced upon them
and locked them up Young Heath adj
mitted stealing the money but said Eddie
had put him up to it. Between them they
had about $50 Of the 1929 left, Among
other things, they had an after dinner joke
book. They got it, Eddie said, to complete
the big dinner which they had when they
struck town.
Eddie, when the detectives were taking
him back to the city, remarked to his chum:
"Your father won't do a thing to you
"Yes," retorted Egbert, but that won't
be a deuce to what that red-headed girl
o. yourn will do to you