The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-30
Out of the Mouths of
Crooks:
The Trailing Dick.
A Kiss and 81.
Smacked by Mabel.
The Celebration.
nv HAI. ARMSTRONG A

A NNIE THE GUN came to Seattle
"A the year OF the A..Y.-r. cxposi-
ton. with a firm resolve TO shoot
square with the police and the de-
parsment store detectives.
II was. therefore. with only the
best of intentions that she and her
booster frierd. Mabel. set about rob
hing the silk nhirt counter Of Sec.
end ave store the day of their ar
rival here.
I'VE hadnv n thought OF deceiving
tho coppcrr." said Annie the Gun.
r~rntnixccnsfy. as we sat In the cory
front paritr OF her First ave. boot.
IegKtng Joint. -wc didn't want to.
Our fondest hope was always 20 get
along with them so well they'd be
xiad TO have Us working steady"
LOOK LAKE ARISTOCRAT
AND DAuGHrER
Anne the Guns austre coun-
tcnnncc and haugh1y bearing lent
themselves well to her make'up. tina,
q an arissocrntc mitdle-agce wo-
man. One would have concluded at
. u ncc that she came from the
Cnpktol Hin district ana that Mabel.
she handsome young woman with
her. was her daughter.
Thus. that afternoon. they thread.
"a their way thru the crowd OF shop
perx and approached tho silk shirt
srctton-
In = pirch Annie the Gun could
have carried under her spacious seal
skim a. many as half a dozen boxes
% shirU. She had garnercd only
threo. and Mabel had acquired moth
Ing yet. when they perceived they
woso observed
we whipped cut Of the store and
l~wn into Fisus ave- sid Annie
~ Gum mabel glanced behind us
- we rounded the corner.
THERE'S store dick trailing uA
- told me. and at the next corner
~ dropped down to Western ave-
on1o the waterfront. as II TO catch
: NC We were walking fast. but
not 80 much 10.
~nION'T.- SAID MABEL:
= THINK I CAN FIN HIM"
"A load Of hay was just ahead Of
-. ITS luck TO wish on load OF
ny. 20 wc both made n wish Then
enjd 70 Mabel. Its a cinch he's
Co1ng 20 rumble us I'm going to
sum these boxes up into the hay
- NJ pass behind IT,
Dent do H.. she said- I think
can f1x him. He's right. ! think
we continued on until the detco-
0ve stopped us.
Ladies. you must pardon me- he
nd. In that oily manner all depart.
ment store dicks are irnbued with.
hut think you took n package out
of tho store BY mistake
Il threw up my head. with an air
q shocked righteousness.
You are very much mistaken.
ntrr l informed him I hope you
viii not insinuate further. Good
afternoonr
nlABn<L HAD A $40
nnIA IN HER POCKET
Il turned to go. Mabel hesitated.
lt w1s her role to fix him, II she
OouiA She had a $40 biiI In her
pocket. / knew abe had reached for
Il / heard her say:
III wi sitye4t't Wt' ~ tsft ~
shout IT, Really. I know you didn't
mean to offend hes. It's your duty.
u courxe. You were mistaken. but
mother was 20 cruel to cut you so.
po0r man. There--there's something
Tor your trouble tsmackD
II heard her kiss him--actuaiiy
reachcd up and kissed him when she
~ u<>d him the bill But that waar't
the funny part OF H. He put the
bill IN his pocket and started back.
We kept on going. And when we
rot home 10 our apartment. Mabel
found the $40 bill she thought she
had given him still in her pocket
she had given him 81 bill That
night we went out and spent the other
bill ceiebrating. At a table nearby
fat the detective, looking sour and