The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-03-13
RECOGNIZED A PATCH
BY JACOB LowENRuRe.

IN his life that the public would en-
Joy reading about?' The reporte
urned TO Mr. Johnson, the friend o
fhe great singer, whose concert the,
had Just come from.
"Why. yes" Mr.. Johnson smiled a
the memory 1T happened about sever
years ago. and was the beginning o.
Alfred Hendricks career"
May Ihave it," The reporter took
out his pad and pencil ready to take
his notes.
1T was late afternoon, and was
coming from the ferryboat with Mrs
Johnson. then my fance; as we
stepped into the street she dropped
her umbrella stopped to pick il
up and small box containing the en-
gagement ring I had just purchased
for her. dropped out There we're a
lot of newsboys gathered sbout One
grabbed the box before could get it
and disappeared into the crowd. in
stantly darted after him. and Mrs.
Johnson after me-
1--WE ran through Twenty-third
street to the elevated station; he ran
UP one side and down the other ! con-
tinuing after him. He was a better
runner than ] so in short time he
managed to lose me- Mrs Johnson
had grown tired and taken the car to
my mothers, so at once telephoned
to the police then went hcme"
"Gee What luck to lose such a
ring" The reporter spoke sympa-
thetically.
I'VE put several detectives on the
case. but there was little they could
do outside of Watching the various
newsboys at the ferry.
"That evening my mother was not
well. so my fiance sat with her, and
father and went to the theater. 1t
was amateur night; they had the usual
bill, followed by the amateurs. Most of
them were impossible.
"About the tenth on the bill was
little fellow who looked about ten
years old He was a nervous chap and
very shabby. He worried through the
first verse of popular song. Some
thing in the song perhaps it was
the bov-pleased the bowling mob. for
they actually let him sing the chorus,
not once, but fully dozen times.
Ills voice was beautiful the most
vibrant. sympathetic BOYS voice I have
ever heard"
"Well it's wonderful now" the re-
rorter smiled lsnowina1v
IA he left the sta~e Mr. johnson
resumed something familjor caught
nv eye-a match on the seat of his
frousers had chased that same match
from the ferry TO Ninth avenue that
afternoon The match was blacl-and.
bife check and The tror~ers gray
a whisDered word 10 NV father
md together We left the Heater Faith
ar hurried m .tbe nolica station end 7
vent IN the etnro door founa mo man
ger and told him The story
orb how was waiisrv wisb the
,rowa for his nri1e Ne received it:
hon Mr. Emery The MANAGER hrouoht
in, n mo
.s.1obnnv no said sdid Won eyer
.ee this gentlemen bofore?'
s.sNo sir the bov renliad nromntlv
"Rut was SIRE about the match so
simplv accused him at once. For a
minnie he seemed terribly frightened
hen he looked me in the eve and
aid.
az didn't take your ring. sir And
lis lin trembled silently
"sPut nv how think said If
indy i recognize tbe match on vour
ooh cir, he smiled .theee ain,t
nv nants. I didn't have anv so rood.
q he lent them to me the how next
cor did He's sick toniebt.'
81 lanehed at the how hut the clue
rae too oood IN lose co 7 offered him
largo reward if he would take me To
is friend
q syviu Won nut him in iail9, he ask
4 And If was NOT until 7 had given
i'm NV word not to punish his friend