The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-30
HOW MANY CARDS?I
onr. 1920 ~ W. NY n.l" ostrnnder .. ,n., ;, nm. ,.
By Isabel Ostrnndcr
VI NrRrlds A Co. Cnrvr,sh.

Think I'm ON track at last Of man
who Allied
MAY the devil and all his rcla-
tives take him and his tracks,
cried McCarty aloud and without
, troubling To- Rad further he tore the
I note IN two and flung g. in cNaspera-
/ tinn into the waste basket Then he
+ turned out the light and went tr bed.
The sun was high when ho aWak-
onod, and after hasty breakfast at
B tho little nearby restaurant ana a
/ glance az the papers ne started
/ downtown once more ana across to
/ the Porter Adams garage. lie had
purpusDly neglected i0 shay" and
The old suit which hr had douncd
was uulr, ~s,d and shiny as TO
seams while the usual derby had
/ been replaced by a shabby cap set AZ
d decidedly rakish angle, which Cou-
/ c'aled % long strip of perfectly SUI
/ perfluous surgical plaster, He
/ looked every inch miidts-agcd mo-
chduic. hagd-wurking, but with fall
ure' written upon hts mgubrious
I fcountouaucc.
Tho garage proved to ho large
. one and from the costly types OF the
/ cars which filled every available foot
az, sa m ,r,,s','' mo- 80 ,r,,.,t.
Itrada r,,r in ov,ralIs viz an
,u.r,g -, Sic b,ra ,t,n,bod a., mo
rmfrsEcc vay ANA sl,r,.d nm haif
surliiy as McCarfy halted before
him.
Does guy named Wavoriv keep
7 his car here?" the latter asked with
ont preamble.
Tho man tnnt and uip,d a rrir1v
hama o"r".. ur" b bis ,,'an,h "' " h"fnr" Ea % re,
s,,',d'a ''''
W Hal " 10 you ~ ne doeo
~ "a lot 20 me, McCarty soc
ohd'd ,"n 'r'' u'ent tone "I 'lc olh-
IT y" o''n '"ohl"E i'I MN ever
s'hcc ! eo' 'u' 'i i'' H"SPllh''
What's the pattcr|' The man
( stra!ghtencd with show Of interest
ana 'ytd lhe thlek-S", llEure belorc
MN aPpralSihglE iiau In-h
WIN nun Gu ouS ~ HlVt p'eIl
dDI, az, 20 hhyCh MN "u' al ''s"' ne
al ''aopy iat'
His tone was contemptuous and
McIarty rctorted
"1ve had no chance at him yet,
huf wait tiu get hold ~ him that's
all, A fellow standing hv when ne
ran into me toid me his number
while / was waiting for tho anhu-
lance. It's 'oi79-N New York isn't
it, And his car is long, low road
stcr with an engine built Ike a
racer"
The other nodded.
you got a straight tin. there's
the car over there now" Hc pointed
toward tho farther side of the ga.
rag.. How did IT happon?"
SO ,bars II &c 10 Thars tho
roadIouso mat busted nv taxiSab?''
McCarty doubled one fist significant
Ilv. "And the rotter that was behind
and leaving me for dead for all he
krew, or cared. I'm going to have
tho law on him good and proper,
but I'll take a little of II out Of his
hide first"
g., aaza,, ,,,
ot,'. ~, ai, 80 49,
thaso da,s a,;,h ,r,,s W. b,r, nag
,,i,,e ,,d .t,,i,, -
.',rb bn,,, rtob,i" ~ ~ n,ho, a,raaa ,-lt'i
"yvas i, Cow n,,, cah o. "e o'
"Sure !, McCar,v was arccooa,,c
In worli,s hi,nsoiS nm irto III
Stimulated s,ata ~ iro ..I ,,,s, 90,
il naid or two wecks 400 snd f.,
hoa, ,oo b,,s,, IolI5 70. -
] guraDH.
tousn IuCh. Ihe man spa
again; II am complete wreck, Is
GU can get IL patched up! q,
W rock Mctarty snorted
II, Iuchy II l don lost my license
lor IcaVlnS heap OF JUNK ohStruct'
Ins the ROAD! VINO IS this Fu!
WaFeriy' ANYWAY? I'VE Just come
from inc ponce bureau whore I went
10 look up ms NUMBER
"Oh, he's one of the big stiff.
from tho avenue" Tho man Eestured
toward the park. Got a bunch OF
dough, but he's a t!Eht-wad; hop,
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