Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-18
Removal.SThis Laundry on and
after this date will be removed to
No. IS Chestnut Square, half way
down the block. Have your house
or laundries moved by P. Huckle-
back, Dubb's alley, Bellport.

1t was too true. For Mr.. Huckleback.
with deep laid purpose. at the same time
that he had purchased the first lot, had
also purchased another lot further down,
and paid, not money but a mortgage COW
ering the former. Now to avoid complica-
tons. he at once paid this mortgage off,
and thereupon became the owner in fee Of
the second lot, without any incumbrance of
any kind against 1t. And the only differ
ence between the vacant lot, No 90 Chest
hue square. and the lot he had first pur-
chased, was, that whereas the first lot was
surrounded by millionaires the second was
surrounded by multi millionares, that's ALL
If millionaireS viii pay thirty thousand
what will not multi-millionaircs put up?
So reasoned Mr.. Huckleback. But he rea-
soned to SOME extent without his host
Chestnut square boosted of some consider
able influence with the city government
and. in fact, one of the greatest of the city
officials lived in the immediate vicinity of
Wing Shoes new abode.
The next day man in a blue coat tapped
on Wing Shoes door. 'Yeh," said Wing
shee. what nlow. Clollah of clun. Lent
fee. Yeh"'
You come with me-" exclaimed the off,
cial. Wing Shee went.
At headquarters he was informed with
much ceremony that he had violated the
building laws because he was not connected
with the sewer; and the fire laws because
his building was a frame one within pro-
Eibited limits. In other words. 1t was up to
Wing Shee. He was cast into a cell Hue
kleback arrived and went his bail. Wing
Shee was free for the time being The next
day Mr.. Huckleback. with smile upon his
face, paid Wing Shoes fines, and started
the erection OF a brick laundry with sewer
connections The laundry was to be two
story affair, and yet 1t was small enough
| to be built In few weeks. During the
course of it's erection, Huckleback marched
up negro family of goodly proportions, to
see how they liked the second floor
Bellport had never had case of small
| pox. But one day two or three ambulances
| drove up to the home of Wing Shee and of
| Washington Johnson, the negro, and the
health officials discovered that which they
had suspected-that the whole crowd had
developed smallpox 1t was true that Wing
Shee and the negroes never showed it, But
the negroes We're black and the Chinaman
was yellow, and the symptoms under such
circumstances are not so readily apparent.
The city officials. though usually timid
about contagious diseases, handled the ef-
ficted crowd apparently without fear and
bundled them off to the hospital There
they were kept for an indefinite time: for
officially they had the smallpox.
Mr. Huckleback, hearing of the seizure,
| building and entered 1t. Having entered it,
| they had him-for the time being The
officials fumigated the place with the nasti-
| est fumigator known to science, and they
| fumigated him quite as much as they did
| the place. Then they locked him up and
kept a guard outside.
/ But Huckleback won out, after ALL So
| they had to buy him out again. He would
| not agree not to set up in the same vicinity,
| but all the property owners had with
! drawn their vacant lots for. sale 1t was a
| sure thing that he was done for this time.
though at an enormous expense. Now Mr..
| Huckleback had large amount of cash,
| and brick building on his hands, but he
sighed for other worlds to conquer
| The pocket books of the denizens of
| Chestnut square had been severely taxed.
| The great official who had concocted
schemes considered that 1t was up to him
| to get even. MIR. Huckleback was no law
yer. He knew nothing of title searches and
| Investigations and records and all that.
In a dingy tenement In Bellport there
| was a man named Updegraff. Updegraff
was not his real name, and he did not be-