Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-05
ELUSIVE LUCY"
AT MANY HOUSES
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the cards which she claimed she
would give her husband when be
came home. / tried to find out
what the name of this lady was, but
it was too many for me. My next
call was in Elizabeth street where
the lady came to the door whom 1
later found to be Mrs. Annie Mel
lick. When l tried to tell her of
the many bargains to be had at the
Leon store, and the protective ere
dit system this store conducts which
gave every opportunity for any per-
son when they got out of work or
was taken sick, she remarked that
she knew Mr.. Leon very well and
had dealt there for some time. In
fact, she had her whole house furn-
ished at this store and would not
buy anywhere else. / then went
to GA, the same street, where 1
found the elderly gentleman seated
on the porch, also a young man on
a bench. 1 asked of the young mar
II they had ever dealt at the Leon
store and to my surprise he said,
mo, | don't think we have" / at
ono pitched in and told him of my
canvass. also giving him n of the
cards which l explained If he would
make a purchase in the next ten days
it would entitle him to a discount OF
ten per cent. / also told him TO
just give this store a trial and |
knew that he would never regret
1t. / then asked him the name which
he said was H. Johnson.
l next stopped the lady who was
about to enter the gate at 618 Eliz-
abeth street. l started to tell her
Of my canvass when she broke say
ing that she had bought Of this
firm before. / found this to be Mrs.
Holman. l stopped at quite a num-
Der of residences and found the best
part of them to be customers of Mr..
Leon and well pleased with his
method of doing business.
After this l returned to the corner
of Smith and State streets, where !
thought sure that my time had come
as officer No. 8 looked straight in
my face, just as If he was about to
say something at the same time
swinging his arm back in a manner
as though he was going to put his
Hdhu III MS mp poShVI WHICH L
thought sure contained a copy of the
EVENING NEWS, but somehow he
never said a word and let me go
by. / then returned to my rooms
where | prepared for my afternoon
appointment.
At Smith and State Streets.
l arrived at the corner of Smith
and State streets just in time to
hear the gentleman who was telling
his two friends in front of the lunch
wagon that he had seer Lucy pass
about ten minutes Ago., when one of
his friends remarked, well, why
didn't you catch herr" To which
he said, 30, l don't want the money"
/ then crossed over to the grocery
store corner where the young man
In his shirt sleeves told his friend
with the black tie that he was GO
ing to watch for Lucy If it took him
all night. l then continued down
Smith street and made my way to
my rooms where / had luncheon and
prepared for my evening appoint
mention State street.
On State Street Last Night.
And didn't It rain last night?
Well the rain surely made my sail
ing very easy. | was on State street
about 7:45 when / walked straight
down towards Fayette. l heard the
gentleman standing In front Of the
Jacobson store remark. there goes
Lucy. I bet that is her, look how
fast she is walking" / also heard
the gentleman in front OF the bicy-
Gle store remark that he was going
up the street for a few minutes and
then would return, telling his friend
to wait for him. When arriving at