Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-01

Oklahoma. OF which he had heard
Intoxicating reports. Crooks as a
rule do little business by check, pre-
ferring the raw money. So, with
$4,000 in $100 bills, he went to the
office of Tarrant, Willfolk & Hymer,
curb brokers, and turned over the
money for shares in the oil company.
Tarrant, the. senior partner, had a
suspicion of Mulloy's trade. He saw
the yeggnan's eyes follow hin,
eagerly as he locked the money into
his safe. 1t was after banking hours.
AS last thought, before he left for
his home that evening. he took out
the money and placed it in his inner
vest pocket. That night the safe was
blown, but nothing of negotiable
nature was found. Meanwhile Tar
rant walked briskly to the hotel
where he lived, to place the money
for safekeeping in the hotel vaults
until morning, when he planned to
deposit it, smiling at the thought of
the worthless stock he had sold the
safeblower.
Tarrant pushed his way through
the teeming lobby, hesitating only
to humble an apology when he
bumped squarely into an attractive
looking girl. She amiably assured
him there was no offense.
Pie came to the cashier and asked
tor a vault envelope, reaching at
the same moment for his money.
tie blanched. The two top buttons
OF his waistcoat were open and the
pocket had been stripped of its thou
sands--to the last bank note. There
was hue and cry and a great to
do. The house officer summoned
the public police and Tarant told
his story 40 times over. Humph. It
was simple enough-that girl, the
one he had bumped, could he
identify her? He had faint recol-
lection of her features. He could
not find her photograph in the
rogues' gallery. The police prom
ised to keep after it." AS far as
any one can say, the police are after
it yet.
But that evening, as Thumby
Hassom's pickpocket gang gathered
at his home to pour the individual
gleanings into the common pool,
Milwaukee May entered, looked at
the few rneasly watches sud trinkets
on the board, and said: -
Here's some apple sauce, boys"
With that she took from the
pocket lost in the folds of her smart
accordion plated skirt 60 stiff $l00
bills.
"There's five dozen century gov
ernment coupons in that deck" she
said. II took bird in hotel on
the main STEM"
The others 1eaped forward and
banqueted their eyes on the money.
Then they fell back and gazed ad-
miringly.
Men" said Thumby, this is the
finest, squarest hunk OF up an up
divvyin' with phs that ever l come
acrost in over 20 years O. metro
politan activities. Here's a jane
workin' solitaire, nobody even to
'stall' for her, an she not only puts
in this here masterpiece O boostin',
but she comes up like a man an she
tosses six grand in the jackpot
when not . one Of us knew she had
a jitney on her. She's nickin' her
self for 5000 smackers. I call that
dealin' off the top o the pack for
fair."
20, well," said May. "In the first
place l never crossed partner in
my life. For another thing. you've
all been pretty blue since Midge and
me were stuck up, and always felt
| was part'to blame.
Nov, goodbye"
What do you mean, goodbye"
said Thumby.
"I'm going I'm through out. |
You've all done me the honor at one
time or another to make a play for
me. The single ones amongst you
have all proposed to me. The
ones have been kind enough |
to offer to blow their wives for me.
I'll say I've been royalty treated by |
this mob, and I'd be low down heel |
if ! pulled holdout on you.
But I'm through with grifting-
forever. I've met man. a mechanic, |
who tells me he earns good wages. |
He's thrifty. He told me he was saw
ing to 60 into a business where
there's good kale-the oil business.
This morning he phoncd ME that he
had 10000 worth of stock in small
outfit in Oklahoma and he was 60
ing out there to look around and
try to run it into a bank roll. And
I'm going to marry him in the morn
ing and 60 west with him. His name
is Mulloy-Ballard-M -Mulloy-and he
doesn't know | ever sprung
crooked trick. SO | have to beat it.
I'll take my grand-never mind
the share in the junk ON the table.
Now goodbye and good luck
And she turned. smiled sweetly,
then sadly, and departed.
"Ain't that 4 shame?" said Ihum-