The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-18


night. my dear Mr.. Peters
my regards 10 Morphcun.- Eayn
n. I think III sit up a whiIe.'
-About 2 O'Clock. mn near M
could guess by my watch IN Pea
vine. home comes our iaborinF man
and kicks up Kicks. and calls us
10 the streak Of bright moonlight
shining In tho cabin door. Then
fso spreads out five packages Of
one thousand dollars each on the
floor. and begins to cackle over the
nessf-cgg IKE a hen
am tell you a few things about
that town. sayB he. It's named
Rocky Springs. and they're build.
ing a Masonic temple. and II looks
like the dcmocrntic candidate for
mayor II going TO get soaked by
a Pop. and Judge fuckers wife.
who has been down with phurisy,
ls some better. I had a talk on
these Bnputian thesdsos before I
could get siphon ON the fountain
Of knowledge that I was after. And
there's bank there called the
lsufuDffUFi Ftu'ity ahH ~"
nnu's SavinEa Institution. IL
closed for business yesterday with
y2s, 900 cash on hand. II will open
this morning with SIS. ooo-ail sill
ver-thnrB the reason didn I
bring more. There you are. trade
and capital Now. win you be
badT'
MY young friend Exyn Alfred
Y. Kicks, holding up his hands,
havo you robbed this bank7 Dear
me, dear mer
You couldn't can II that says
Barett. '~Robbing" sounds harsh.
An had TO do WIS 10 IND out
what street II was on. That town
is so quiet that ] could stand on
the corner and hear The tumblcrs
clicking In that safe lock-"rirht
TO 80; left 20 80. right once 10 co.
left 10 i5"--aa plain as tho Yale
captain giving orders In the foot
ball dialect. Now. boyH.' says Bas-
rett, this N an early rising town
1aey tell me the citizens are ali
up and stirring before daylight
asked what for. and they said
hec.,irso breakfast was ready AZ
that time. And what OF merry
Robin Hood7 II must be Yo'clSs'
and away with the tinkers chorus.
IN stake you. How much do you
wanty Speak NJ. Capital
my dear young friend says
this ground squirrel OF Kicks
standing on hiS hind legs and jug
cling nuts In his paws. I have
friends IN Denver who would a.
sis, me. II had a hundred dol
lars -
'.Bassett unpins n package OF the
currency and throws five twcnuea
70 Kicks.
-'Traac. how muchy he says 70
me.
Put your money ND. Labor.
says I. 4 never yet drew upon
honest toll for it's hard earned pit.
tancc. The dollars l get are sur
Plus ones that are burning the
rockets OF damfools and green
horns. When ] stand on street
corner and sen a solid gold dia'
mond ring To a zap for $500.
make just sz'eu' Anu
going 10 give u 70 s"i ~ -,
for all the bcnefits accruins ..o
Si15 ring. his pfuiis -.
which OF us, is the biggest faklrg
And when you sell poor
woman n pinch on sann LOT nag
cents TO keep her lamp from
ploding.' says Bassetf- WHAT oD
you figure her gross earnihs ~
be. with rand at 20 crnts On
listen says j. I instruct her
to keep her lamp clean and "eu
filled. II she does that II can
burst. And with the sand In y
she knows II can't and she don
worry. It's kind OF industrIai
Christian Science She pays %
cents. and gets both Rockefeller
and Mrs.. Eddy on the job. IL ain
everybody that can let tho gold
dust twins do their work.
.Alfrcd r. Kicks an but ticks the
Awe, or NJ Rin Bassett's shoes
asnfv dear young friend says he.
r r,tn meyer forget your generosity.
Heaven WI reward You. But let me
lnp,orc YOU 10 turn from your ways
~ v,olence and crime
s,tou.,e, savs Bin. the hole In
IN. xainscotinr for yours. Your dog
nas ana inculcafions sound 10 me
,ue the last words OF a bicycle pump.
VIVA, ha. vour high moral. elevator.
-. .,..,,r, NJ nfriaxe brought you
80, pe,uriousness ana want. Even
pro,ber Peters. who insists upon con-
,am,na,inr the art Of robbery with
,,,.or,s. q, commerce and trade, ad.
r,,,,sd he was on the MT. Both OF
vo,, ,tva Nv tho rilded rule. Brother
p.,.ry, yvs nm would better choose
s,,c. n, ,h,~ ernbaimed currency.
yo,.-e welcome,
-T ,o,d pu Rassett once more TO
r,,, al. money IN his pocket. I never
IA a.. r..ncc, for burglary that
- ,>.,,,,t. bave always raye