Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
HEARD AROUND |
THE CORRIDORS
ANGELUs GUESTS DIsDAIN
WALLET FILLED WITH BILLS
BY THE EAVESDROPPER

Fifty dollar bills are of no particu-
lar interest to guests of the Angelus
hotel. AT least that is the discovery
of three small boys. A Los Angeles
firm has issued advertising money"
and some Of this has come into the
hands of the hotel clerks. BY persua-
sive language and promises to keep out
of mischief some Of the currency has
removed itself from the clerks drawer
and the small boys have been million
aires. For a week they have been
strutting around with the dignity of
Rockefeller and any one of them
would make Carnegie or Pierpont Nor
gan look like pauper. Yesterday one
or the youngsters succeeded in induc-
ing his father to part with an old wal
let, which the lad decided would be
OF much more use to him than to his
parent. He and his chum put their
heads together and each decided to
contribute some of his vast horde of
wealth to opening the eyes of the tour
lists. The bills, $40 in denomination
and five in number, We're placed in the
wallet and while two of the bows kept
watch to see that no one was looking.
the third dropped the wallet in a con-
sp1cuous place in the corridor with
the greenbacks peeping inyitinglv
out. The boys took vantage point on
the stairway and awaited develop
ments. There were probably one hum
dred people who walked through the
corridor during the next hour and the
boys became more and more restless,
for none of them seemed to notice the
fortune in plain sight.
"These guys wouldn't know money if
you gave 1t to them. They lust go
round with their heads up in the air
and never see nothin', nohow," OBJ
served the Oldest philosopher of the
crowd.
"Aw, let's go play somethin' else;
taint no fun sittin round waitin' for
these fellers wots stuck on themselves
to do somethin'."
"Say, my father said that if you
boys didn't use good language Il
couldn't play with you. He says "taint'
Is not proper" This same from dain-
ty pink and white cherub of the Lord
Fauntleroy type. The other boys
shifted.
Guess your dad amt so much, just
because you can live at hotel all
the time and wear curls and those
white suits. You'd last bout two min
uters in real feller's game"
Gee whillikens! While you feIlers'
been scrappin' some ones run off with
that pocketbook and took all our
money, too" put in the third and more
d.
All differences We're forgotten and
the young sleuth, lying dormant be-
meath the white jacket and the dirty
shirt, came to the front. With all the
Importance of real, live millionaires
they started a search for the missing
wallet. Little Lord Fauntleroy was al
lowed to approach the clerk after be-
ing commanded to look big and make
the guy come through with the money.
With all the dignity that s and
curls can command Lord Fauntleroy
approached the clerk.
Have you seen anything of a purse
with lot of money in it, Mr.. Clerk?"
he asked, The clerk looked down at
the youngster with an amused smile |
and asked what he was doing with |
money, and after he had questioned !
him for awhile he held up the wallet |
This it, boys?" he asked.
At the sight of the purse the two
other members of the group were un-
able to remain in the background, and |
to Lord Fauntleroys Yes, sir" they
chorused you bet"
Although scores of people had passed |
over the wallet 1t had remained for a
little old gray-haired woman, with |
glasses, to pick it up.
Il guess four eyes are better than !
two" she said with a smile as she
handed il to the clerk.
The boys went back TO their post on
the stairway and agreed that It was
hard luck to wait an hour and then
have somebody do It when a "feller's |
back WOE turned and he couldn't get
the laugh"