The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-18

half mintes. but during that time he
separated the crowd not only from
checks of much immensely, as told In
detail In the preceding paragraphs, but
from lesser sums 20 plentiful that the
total result of his brief talk was q
round sum subscription OF three and one
half million dollars for tho loan.
The going was good, but good as II
was several MISUNDERSTANDING Fourth
Deputy Police Commissioner +. A Wal
lace, Police Inspector BIN Boettler. II. b.
Rosen, who II associate chairman OF the
whole goshdinged Liberty Loan drive
and others knew that in many spots to
the north Of Broad and Wall streets was
loose money which Doug could pick up II
he kept his promise to walk the streets
until he got s1,000.0 900" for tho Police
Departments section OF the drive.
Hits New High SPOT.
Wherefore the Messrs. wallace, Case,
Rosen, Boettler and the rest OF the folk
booming the cops efforts, showed the
rollers under Doug and started him
through a waiting town.
Frank Case put a protecting arm
around little Doug. Jr., and a lily white.
but rough hand on the coat collar Of
Doug. ST., and slammed both OF them
through the cheering crowds, finally
landing them on the brown leather seats
Of a spotless maroon Stutz.
Tho siren shr1eked northward through
TANNED Nassau street like all hell walk
ing up to the fact that the total popu-
lation had been damned. Doug, arrayed
In cafe au lait polo coat, stood up and
grinned. largely because he couldn't sit
down.
They slammed him into the rooms of
the Hardware Club. on an upper floor
Of the Postal Telegraph Building. did
the Messrs. Rosen, Case and Wallace,
and fed Dougs senior and Junior n lot
Of chow in a hurry. and then made him
fall down stairs into expectant Broad
way again Waiting in front of the Pos
tai Building was all that was LEFT OF the
maroon Stutz, right resting on the
Police Department brass band and the
solid blue ranks Of the Police Depart
ment's delectable glee club.
Dives Into Sea OF Bond Buyers.
TIA, Ia, tarrrrrrrrrrrrahl Up Broad
way swung the band and the glee club,
with both Dougs, Mr.. Case. Mr.. Rosen.
Deputy Police C'mish Wallace, Genius
Ted Reed-whom most of tho girls
thought was Charlie Chaplin-seated in
the maroon car. which was sandwiched
between the square of blue which was
the band and the blue block which was
the marching police glee club.
Right away Broadway. Astor place,
Ninth street and most of Fifth avenue
quit all thoughts OF work In successive
waves as Doug came along. He picked
UP subscription bonds in thousands and
tens Of thousands
And SO through Ninth street into
Fifth avenue, up the avenue to the
Police Department. loan meeting at the
Union Leagle CLUB, where C'mish En-
right fell in with Doug's one man
pee-rade, and finally to a twilight meet
ing in front OF the Hartman Bank al
Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street
Doug motored or hot footed his way.
-Four million dollars was staring him in
the face then. He topped the $4,000
600 and kept right on. bursting in
among the tea crowd in Sherry's, wedg-
Ing a way into the crowd, which was
stopping all traffic in the streets.
Quit, yuh poor NUT" cried his side
kick Ted Reed. as night was falling,
"Yuh came here from Washington to
get a million and yuh got almost five
million now. not counting what you'll
get tomorrow morning. C'm on with
me and sink your hips in the hay.
Yuh gotta get some rest before you
start to fly back to Washington with
the kale Friday morning."
Tho exact sum added UP after both
Dougs had fallen asleep cannot be
given. but 1t vas maSnifcently close
to S5.O00,000, or some day.