Morris tribune., 1907-04-13
more or less
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DO you WduI q AcdA, AVE- CASAtAAS
sort Of job?' he asked.
"Let's hear about it." replied.
"Well, I've made my pile, so it's not
much consequence to me, but there's
one man on the face Of Gods earth
that if / could only lay my hands on
I'd be worth another $4,000. II you
can hunt him down anywhere, I'll pay
you well.'s
whats he like?''
Hes the dead image Of me, as like
as the halves of split pea-what you
call over here my double. He's got his
initials tattooed on the soles of his
feet"
'Whatr' / exclaimed.
Eyes, on the soles of his feet. It's a
ticklish job. admit"
Van Scoup entertained US with a
long rigmarole as to how he had only
to find this double, whom he knew to
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
I felt l should like to have a Turkish
bath and so found myself in Northum-
berland avenue luxuriating in true
eastern fashion.
had not been in one Of the hot
rooms long before l saw the big.
burly form of the American coming
through the doors.
rose from the marble slab to greet
him.
"Well. Van Scoup, this is a queer
place to meet you. Why, we're dining
together tomorrow evening"
$50 we are, but that's no reason
why we shouldn't enjoy ourselves to-
gether tonight, is it?' .--
''Of course not"
He took one of the wooden lounge
chairs beside the marble slab on which
I was extended at full length, and we
had very interesting conversation.
I've not found your double yet"
him?''
"No; I've not. But you wouldn't ex-
pect to find him here, would your
l laughingly replied: "No: perhaps
not. Of course you would be able to
see his feet here, wouldn't your
He laughed. "Ah, so you would!
Never thought of that. l ought to
have had a private detective put on
at every bath in London
suggested. ''It wouldn't have been
bad plan if it was worth the 'trou,
BILE"
''Oh. it's worth the troubler'
Time passed on, and my companion
was the first to announce his inten
ton of being shampooed and left fol-
the cooler room.
/ stayed little longer than I an
ticipated and was rather annoyed al
finding considerable rush on the
shampooers. so that possibly l was
not undergoing that delightful process
Of being thumped and banged about
till quite twenty minutes after my
friend had left me. Shampooers are 8
very communicative sort Of men, an6
the one operating upon me was no ex
| ception to the rule d .-~--
THAT'S fine piece Of tattooing WORK
upon your chest I said looking at al
immense design covering his whole
chest, crucifixion, in fact.
eyes, it's about as good as you'll sci
In days march, but it's a silly gam,
to play with yourself. 1t gives you M
| end Of pain at the time, and it doesn'
give you chance If ever times 90 bat
with you
His words seemed to burst upon m.
with new thought, a splendid idea
better than the plan of Van Soups OF
having private detectives at the bath:
ask all the shampooers. So asked:
| II suppose sometimes some OF the
bathers themselves have been tat
| tooed?"
"Oh, heaps of 'em, especially thos.
| that have traveledr'
''Seen any lately?" asked
"Why, there's never a day passe.
without seeing some Of 'em. Only thu
turn but one before you-a big Ameri
can he was-he had been tatt0oed OF
the soles of his feet"
| What" / exclaimed, Jumping up ant
almost running out of the sbampooinl
room regardless Of being in puris ma
turalibus and that my head and eyes
were covered with soapsuds.
'Stay a moment, sirr' the man ex
claimed, but was not to be stopped
| A sort Of frantic frenzy seemed to take
me as l dashed from the shampooins
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.
| 1.-THE man with. the tattoo marks or
| the soles of his feetv' | exclaimed
| Where is he? Where is he?
By this time my curious appearance
had attracted considerable attention
when small boy attendant ran up
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