The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-09
FooTPAD DIscoURAGER.
Is a Great Invention and Will In
lure the Hold-U Industry.

The tall man in the once glorious plug
hat and suit of faded black was wend-
| ing his way slowly homeward. He had
done hard day s work trying to in
i duce an unresponsive public to invest
its shekels in his celebrated shaving
compound. warranted to soften the most
/ obdurate and adamantine beard in 10
seconds or money eheerfully refunded,
and was tired.
1t was late Altar in the west Vega
twinkled dimly Algol. the variable,
/ had passed the meridian, and the
Pleiades were mounting like one of
Henry Georges luminous and inspiring
thoughts. But the tail man noted none
/ of these things. His fertile brain was
busy with something else. Shaving was
not his only speciality. He had others.
As he passed dark alley a man with
mask on the upper part of his face
sprang out and confronted him with
/ drawn revolver.
"Hold up yer hands!" was the stern
command.
Two long and slender arms went me-
chanically up in the air.
You seem to have the advantage of
me, /" said the tall man. 81 don It think
I ever met you before.
81 don't want any o. yef converse
ton. All you've got to do"
sBeg pardon, but would you nind
holding that revolver little further
.away2 1t makes me nervous. Now, see
here. my friend. I recognize the fact
that you've got the drop on me. I'll
stand hitched. co ahead with the regu-
lar business of the meeting. In my
right overcoat pocket you will find
nothing but samples of Glasspy's I'M
equaled shaving compound. Take one
In my left overcoat pocket you will
find bottle with something in it. |
was taking it home for strictly medi-
cinal purposes, but if you
The footpad's free hand went into
the overcoat pocket.
Instantly a pair of long, lean, muscu-
lar arms shot out from under the tall
mans overeoat, and pair of hands,
equally lean and muscular, spanned the
highwayman IS neck with a grip that
would have strangled yearling steer.
The pistol fell from his grasp and rat
tied on the sidewalk. The next moment
he was fat on his back and the tall man
in the suit of faded black was sitting
on his chest.
81 shall have to trouble you to hold
still moment,'' said-his conqueror,
"while l press the spring that lets
down these dummy arms of mine. Thank
you. They were getting tired. And
now, my friend, 1 will explain to you
how this happened. In the first place
sit still, you brute, or I'll wiring your
neck. You have had the honor of being
the first hold-up man who has assisted
in demonstrating the merits of Glass
py's Footpad Discourager, an invention
which | have just completed and shall
bring before the public in a few days
This is my trial trip with it, 1 shall
not explain to you its modus operandi
further than to say that it operates by
a concealed mechanical device It is
entirely hidden. Equipped with Glass
lpy's Footpad Diseourager, including the
1 imitation arms. which fit nicely into
the sleeves of the overcoat, thus per-
hitting the regular working arms to
hang down by the side. ready for ac-
ton, the ordinary citizen fares forth
upon the street at night
Stopping merely long enough to pull
the mask off the face of his listener and
subdue a slight inclination to restive-
ness by grasping his ears and thump-
ing his head on the sidewalk few
times to command attention, he pro,
eeeded:
j Thus equipped, the ordinary citizen
meets stick-up-man-a low browed,
heavy jawed, snaky eyed villain. we
viii say, like you-and is held up.
Then this invention Fcomes into play.
The citizen presses the concealed spring,
up go the dummy arms, and while the
trusting seoundrel is relieving him of
his valuables the real arms-but you
have seen how they work need not
detain you longer, except upon a mat
ter of business. Stand up, you cheap,
contemplate rascal!"
Removing his weight from the pros