Evening journal., 1907-04-17
MANY A SLIP.

40 a'N want " ANHii AAf g tANAlAA :
sort OF jobf' he asked.
Lets hear about Il" I replied.
"Well. I've made my pile, 80 it's not
much consequence to me, But there's
one man on the face OF Gods earth
that n / could only lay my hands on
I'd be worth another $4,000 II you
can hunt him down anywhere, I'll pay
you we'll"
What's he likew
Hes the dead image OF me, as like
IS the halves of a split pea-what you
rail- over here my double. He's got his
initials tattooed on the soles Of his
feet"
"Whatr' / exclaimed.
"Yes, on the solos OF his feet. It's a
ticklish job, I admit"
Van ScOup entertained us with a
long rigmarole as TO how he had only
TO find this double, whom he knew 10
be In London. and TO produce him in
New York TO have him convicted Of an
impudent fraud by which he had abso.
lutely got immense sums Of money by
personating Van scoup in several
places IN the States.
OF course l never gave the matter a
moments consideration until one night
felt I should like to have Turkish
bath and SO found myself IN Northum-
berland avenue luxurlatng in true
eastern fashion.
! had not been in one Of the hot
rooms long before saw the big.
burly form Of the American coming
through the doors.
/ rose from the mari slab to greet
him.
"Well, Van Scoup, this is q queer
place to meet you. why, we're dining
together tomorrow evening"
80 we are, but that's no reason
why we shouldn't enjoy ourselves to-
gethor tonight, is itY"
"Of course not"
He took one Of the wooden lounge
chairs beside the marble slab on which
/ was extended mt full length. and we
had a very interesting conversation.
"I've not found your double yet" I
said. "IInve you seen or heard OF
hlmgp
mo; Two not But you wouldn't ex-
pect to find him here would youy
/ laughingly replied: mo; perhaps
not or course you would be able to
see his feet here, wouldn't youTp
He laughed. "Ah, so you would
Never thought Of that. / ought to
have had a private detective put on
at every bath In London"
! suggested, 1T wouldn't have been
bad plan II it was worth the trou-
BILE"
"Oh, it's worth the troubleg
Time passed on, and my companion
was the first 10 announce his inten-
tion Of being shampooed and left for
the cooler room.
/ stayed a little longer than l an
tcipated and was rather annoyed at
finding a considerable rush on the
shampooers. so that possibly / was
not undergoing that delightful process
Of being thumped and banged about
till quite twenty minutes after nv
friend had left me. Shampooers are n
very communicative sort Of men. and
The one operating upon me was no OK
ceptlon TO the rule.
That's fine piece OF tattooing worl,
upon your chest" / said, looking at an
immense design covering his whole
chest a crucinxion, IN fact.
Yes, It's about as good as youll see
IN days march. but it's n silly game
to play with yourself II gives YOU no
end OF pain at the time. and 1t doesn't
give You a chance if ever times go bad
with you"
Ills words seemed to burst upon me
with new thought splendid idea.
better than the plan OF Van scoup's of
having private detectives at the baths
ask all the shampooers. SO l asked.
Il suppose sometimes some Of the
bathers themselves have been tat
tooed?"
"oh. heaps Of 'em. especially those
that have travoledm
"Seen any lntely?" I asked.
"Nhy, there's never a day passes
without seeing some OF 'em. Only the
turn but one before you-a big Ameri-
can he was-he had been tattooed on
the soles Of his feet"
"Whatw exclaimed. jumping M and
almost running out OF the shampoolng
room regardless OF being in puris ma
turalhus and that my head and eyes
We're covered with soapsuds.
stay a moment, sirr' the man ex-
claimed, but l was not to be stopped.
A sort OF frantic frenzy seemed TO take
me as ! dashed from the shampoong
room, slipped accidentally into the
plunge bath, SWAN to the other end.
seized huge white sheet from the as
tonished attendant and rushed madly
up the stairs to the cooling rooms.
"Ihe man with the tattoo marks on
the soles OF his feetw l exclaimed.
"Where is he? Where Is hef"
BY this time my curious appearance
had. attracted considerable attention
when small boy attendant ran up.
40 you mean ten gentleman. with
black hair aud a tuft Of hair on his
chin like n goaty'
That's the manw I almost shrleked.
well sir, he's gone. He went al
most as soon as he came up from the
hot room. He said he couldn't stop.
and he told me TO say II any one asked
he had forgotten an appointment and
would not be at the dinner party to-
morrow"
dined the next evening with my
American client, but didn't tell him
how near I had been TO earning his
dollars.-New York World.