Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-04

Jill pdSS IL
said, oh, they are looking for Lucy,
! suppose
Then she said, is Lucy to be on
that corner tonight?'
Il answered her by saying, Yes,
l think she is At the same time j
asked her to walk that far with me
and we would see. She said that
she would and we walked to the cor
ner, where W. stood with the rest
OF the searchers. l told her that I
would like to be the one to get that
fifty the EVENING NEWS was Of
fering for the capture of Lucy, when
she remarked, Yes, so would T.
While standing in this crowd ]
heard the little lady with the air of
one Of the show me- kind, remark
that she thought there was no such
person as Lucy, at which her friend
who was clad in the dark skirt, re-
marked, oh, yes, there is The
little one than said, Well, l don't
believe it. At the same time she
was looking every woman in the
face and carrying a copy of the
EVENING NEWS in her hand in a
manner that one would think it was
a bank book with a very large de-
post and she was much afraid of
losing it.
my newly-made friend asked me
which way l was going, when 1 re-
marked, AS far as Madison avenue,
to which she replied, Why, I am GO
ing that way, and If you will go now
let's 60 / answered, all right, :
and We walked up Smith street. ]
left her at the corner Of Madison
aVanue and walked as far as the DOS
office, where / stood in the shade
and made several slight changes anG
returned to Smith street.
Just at the time l saw that good
old Staver-Chicago car pass me by
at the orne Of Madison avenue
How l would have liked to stop the
car and taken a ride, a riding in
the Stayer-Chicago is Just like
swinging on a feather pillow, for one
goes along so nice and smooth.
81 again returned to Smith and
State streets, where 1 mixed with
the crowd for some time and talked
to the young man wearing the blue
serve suit, when l asked to put me
next to Lucy and l would split the
reward. He told me In reply that il
he knew where Lucy was he would
go and catch her himself. After
leaving this corner l walked dowr
Smith street as far as the Packer
House, from where | returned to my
rooms"
Conditions Of Capture.
The conditions Of the capture OF
ELUSIVE Lucy" and the reward
which will be given by the EVEN
ING NEWS, are as follows: If the
captor shows ELUSIVE Lucy at the
time of Identification a receipt for
six months subscription to the
EVENING NEWS, the receipt to be
dated since August LIST, 1910, $50.
If the captor shows ELUSIVE Lucy
at the time of identification, a copy
of the EVENING NEWS not more
than tw%enty-four hours old, they
will receive $25.
How She Must BE SaIuted.
ELUSIVE Lucy" will recognize but
one form of s%alutation, which is:
Pardon me, you are the 'mysteri-
Gus Elusive Lucy of the Perth Am
boy EVENING NEWS. the Leading
Home Newspaper of Perth Amboy.'
If you address Miss Lucy, using
the exact words above given, she
will at once admit her identity and
ask you to accompany her to the
NEWS office, where the reward will
be paid.
Now here Is a chance for some
shrewd person to display c~leverness
and at the same time secure a prize
which will be well worth while.
Miss Lucy will positively not rec
ognize any one OBTAINING her any
length of time in order to obtain a
copy of the EVENING NEWS or any
one in any way whatsoever who
stops her longer than a reasonable
period to repeat the salutation cor
rectly. So always be sure and carry
a copy of the EVENING NEWS with
you at all times, as you can never
tell when you will meet the mystic
rious little lady. 1t must be distinct
ly understood that ELUSIVE
Lucy will IMMEDIATELY AID
NIT HER IDENTITY IF CORRECT
lily SALUTED. There will be nc
need of holding her at any time, MOI
will she recognize any one who
FORCES nlmSSlI OF ueFsell whatever
place she may barricade herself.
The winner must be a bona 1de
resident of Perth Amboy or the i'm
mediate territory where the EVEN
ING NEWS .circulates.
All employees OF the EVENING
Jaws are barred from securing the
reward; also all those with whom
the mysterious one may be stopping
during her stay in Perth Amboy, OF
any person or persons who in any
way may be connected with any such
persons.
Read what Lucy has to say in the
NEWS tomorrow.
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