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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
OLD TRIANGLE
CAUSES FIGHT
WafertOwn Grocer Finds His Wife
With Another and Shots are
Fired.

Jack Schmooke, an East Moline
machinist. is in Jail this morning
with a bullet wound in his hand,
two black eyes and other evidences
of a battle he had with F. o. An
derson last night.
Anderson. who is proprietor of a
grocery store in WATERFOWL, is said
to have found his wife with
SchmOoke about o'clock back of
the Watertown ice house. The hus-
band attacked Schmooke and a
lively tussle ensued.
In the fight that followed some
one pulled a gun and TWO shots
were fired, one of them striking
Schmooke in the left hand. Both
men deny having d revolver.
Suspicion, however, this morn
ing points 10 Schmooke jas the pos
SCISSOR Of the weapon. Last night
he admitted to the East Moline desk
sergeant that it was his gun. He
told DR.. Walton Tackett, who at
tended him, that it was his gun,
and Mrs. Anderson declares
Sckmooke told her he had a gun.
The men are held on warrant of
disturbing the peace but a prelim-
mary hearing has not been held as
yet
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Moline Obituary
Theodore Hintz.

Theodore Hintz, for the last p
years a resident of Barstow, passed
away yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. Mr.. Hintz had been i'll for
some time, but his death was IN
expected.
He was born in Germany on Nov.
"a, 1861, coming to this country
when he was a youth. Thirty-four
years ago he married Miss Heni-
eta Erdman and eight children
were born to this union.
Following are the children: Mrs
Martha Ferris, Barstow; Mrs. ElIz-
abeth Anderson, Moline; Mrs. Hell
en- Gutteh1yer, BarstOw; Miss Mar
garet at home; Robert and Otto,
Tarvin. Mimi, Theodore Jr., East
Moline, and August, Barstow. Two
sisters and three brothers also sur
yiYe.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon at l O'Clock at the home
and , O'Clock in the Hampton
church.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
MARKET PARTLY
RECEIVERS WITH
BALDWIN LEAD

New York. Sept 1s.-The stock
market today made partial recov-
cry under the leadership OF Bald
win. 4 FIVE per cent opening rate
for all money. despite heavy in
come tax payments maturing To-
day. also was regarded as a favor
able development, The rebound
was not long sustained, however
steels. equipments, oils. motors and
ruhbers reacting one to two points.
Shippings and rails also fell back,
the only exceptions being some OF
the more important coa}ers. For
eign exchange was again unsettled
on lower quotations from London.
Marks made = new low record at
901gc.
stocks were active lat the open
ing of today's stock market, direct
ing their efforts mainly toward oils,
equipments, motors and operators.
Mexican Petroleum, Shell Trans
port and ROYAL Dutch fell l to y
points Baldwin. Pullman. Harves-
ter and Studebaker average one
point declines. Anaconda, Utah
and American Smelling sustained
fractional losses with American
Car and Westinghouse Electric.
Ohsetting features included United
Drug, American Linseed. General
Asphalt, Central Leather and Su-
matra Tobacco, these gaining large
fractions to ~ points.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
WHEAT PRICES
ARE CUT By RAIN
IN ARGENTINA

Chicago. Sept. To- - Fresh de-
eHnes in the price of wheat result
ed today from rain in Argentina,
further relieving the drought in
that, country. On the4 other HIND,
eompS aints that unreasonable wet
weather. in the Dakotas was spoil
ing wheat in the shock failed To at
tract mach notice. Ereezing tenn
peraturea in Canada tended also to
arouse tent little comment. mi
tial quotations which varied; from
unchanged figures to Il G lower,
with December $L30 to- a-aD14, and
May S1.3 to $14341a, were followed
by slight rallies and them by a
moderate downturn all around.
Subsequently,, new breaks in for
eign exchange rates counned as q
bearish influence, and SO, TOO, did
slowness of export demand Inc
market closed unsettled lac to
2%c net lower, with December at
1.2Sh to I2SA and MayF at l-SS TO
1884.
Corn went lower with wheat aft
err Aopening 4 a sc off TO a shade
advance, including December at
5414c to 5412c, then underwent a
general Ssag.
In heSlater dealings rallies fail
ed to hold. The market closed
weak. 5sc6D &c to 1c Tower, with
December at 531ac@53Rsc to $3.50.
Oats wasN weakened by the &C
ton of othes cereals: starting Is q
TO 1ac down. December 1914 and
later showingia decidedAsetback-
Provisions thad no aggressive
support.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
WOMAN STRUCK
BY FAST TRAIN
LOSES her LIFE
Mrs. Marie Zefas Instantly Killed
While Gathering Coal in
Railroad Yards.

While picking up coal along the
right of way, Mrs. Marie Zefas,
a resident of East Moline, was
struck and instantly killed this
morning by an east-bound Rock Is
land passenger train The force
of the impact tossed the body high
in the air and over to the outside
of the tracks
The fatality occurred 800 feet
east of Seventh street about 6
O'Clock. The train was about an
hour late and was speeding more
| than usual. The train failed to
stop and it is probable that the
train crew was unaware that any
thing had been hit.
James Pugh, Waterman at the
Seventh street crossing, was the
only witness to the accident He
Immediately called the police and
ran to assist the woman, but she
was dead before he reached the
scene.
Mrs. Zefas' left arm was broken
and almost torn from the body and
there was a deep cash across her
face. Her right leg was broken in
several places.
'1 saw the woman several min
utes before the train passed" said
Watchman Pugh. She was in be
tween. the east and west main
tracks apparently picking up coal
and / didn't imagine she would
walk onto the east track
Il didn't notice her any more
because 1 was busy guarding the
/ crossing. As the train went by
watched it pass and the first thing
saw was the woman's body whlrl-
| ing around about twenty feet above
the ground. l rushed to where
she alighted on the other side OF
! the tracks, but she was already
dead"
+ Mrs. Zefas was 80 years of age
+ and a native of Greece. She had
I lived in this country only 10
months. She was a widow and re-
sided with her son-in-law, Mike
Capantais. 1011 Eighteenth ave
nue.. Her daughter, Mrs. CapantaIs
! is the only survivor.
{ The funeral will be held this aft
ernoon in the home and burial will
/ be in Riverside cemetery.
/ At the coroner's inquest held al
Il o'clock this morning the fol
/ lowing verdict was returned, thai
( Mrs. Marie Zefas died from a bro
ken neck and internal injuries re
! csived when she was accidentally
struck by a Rock Island passenger
+ train"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
ELLINGSWORTH
is IN CHARGE
AT WATERFOWL
East Moline Physician Formally
Becomes Head Of State Hos
pital for the Insane.

There win be no radical changes
I'm the policy or personnel or the
WATERFOWL hospital, according to
the announcement of DR.. j. II. Ell
Iiusworth of East Moline, who took
charge OF the institution this after
noon
Things will remain just as they
are until ! get better acquainted
( with the details of administration,
the new superintendent said this
morning.
DR.. ElIingsworth, inspected the
hospital yesterday in company with
Prank D. Whip, fiscal supervisor
of the department of public well
fare. and DR.. NJ. c. Hawley, retir-
ing superintendent.
The new head of the hospital
formally took control at 5 O'Clock
this afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Money and Exchange.

New York. Sept. 15.-Prime mer-
camille paper, 3 = 06 per cent.
Exchange: irregular. Sterling:
demand $370l4; cables, S3.70%.
Francs: demand 90; cables,
$702". Belgian francs: demand
S6.92; cables. $6.921z. Guilders: de-
mand, S3l33; cables, SS139. Lire:
demand, $42514; cables. S4-25A.
Marks: demand, 81; cable. 81.
Greece: demand, S5.45. Sweden:
demand, S2I-55. Norway: demand,
$3.50. Argentine: demand 5000.
Brazilian. demand, $3.50
Montreal; 10I2 per cent dis
count.
Government bonds, strong; rail-
road bonds, irregular,
Time loans: steady so days, 80
days, 512 per cent; six months, So
per cent.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Moline and East Moline
LARGE NUMBER
OF ALIENS TO
Be ADMITTED
SeTenfy-Feur, Largest Class In
Years, to Be Given Hearing
Sweden Leads With 81.

Seventy-four aliens viii apply for
United States citizenship at a hear
ing to be held in Moline city court
Thursday, Sept %. 1t is one of
the largest groups Of candidates to
appear in a number. of years.
There are Ii nations represented
in the naturalization class Sweden
again takes the lead with "a appli-
cants. Belgium is second with 49,
Aliens from other nations will ap-
pear as follows:
Russia, 5; Austria, 5: Holland, 2;
Germany, Finland, /; England,
/; Hungary, I; Italy, l; Denmark,
/; Greece, 1; Bohemia, L; SwitzeT-
land, l.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago. Sept Is
WHEAT.
No. 5 red, k261z No.
bard, 1.26H@128.
CORN.
No. 1 D4ixed and No. 2 mixed.
SAC 55c; no. B mixed, 5411c; No. l
yellow and No. yellow, 80 q 53A :;
No white and No. white, SAN q
55s; sample grade white, 4Sc.
OATS.
No. white, 3SA @3sR; No.
white, 3512 @361zc; No. 1 white,
45@ 3554c.
OTHER GRAIN.
Rye No 2, 1.07 Y.
Barley: 5595.9
Timothy seed: 4.0004.50.
Clover seed: 12.0001S.00.
Pork: Nominal
Lard: 1862
R1bs: 7.50Q9-25.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Kansas City Cash Grain

Kansas City, No, Sept. 15.-Cash
wheat: No. 2 hard, 1.19@1.2S; No.
> gred, 1-30.
Corn: No. white, Az; No
yellow, 501z; No. yellow, 49q
49,.
Oats: No. mixed, 3S12@39; No.
2 mixed 36037.
Rye: 94695.
Barley: 4612@52.
Hay: unchanged
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
COTNCH. ELECTS

The Robert Emmett Council OF
the American Association for the
Recognition of the Irish Republic
met last night at the knights of
Columbus hall, Moline, and made
temporary officers permanent ones
until the next election which will
be held the first of the new year
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Chicago Potatoes.

Chicago. Sept 15.-Potatoes:
steady; receipts, SIS cars; total o.
S. shipments. 1902 cars; Idaho
whites. 2.80@2-90 per hundred
weight; Red River Ohios, 2.S0@
200 per hundredweight; Wisconsin
whites. 2-6502.S5 per hundred
weight: Minnesota sand land Ohios,
10000 per hundredweight-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
"DOKIES" GO TO
PERU CEREMONIAL

Tigris temple. No. 219. Knights OF
Khorassan. has been invited by
Mek-Kah Temple of Peru to at
tend and assist at its installation
Oct l of 1 so votaries Camel
drivers and tiger tanners from
temples in this district will WELD
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

wicked lashes in the subduing of
the attackers on the journey into
Khorassan land.
John Fohrberg, delegate from
the Tfgris- temple, to the annual
session in Chattanooga will make
formal report of that meeting to-
night in Turner hall, Moline. This
branch of the Pythian order has
increased from 10000 in 1919 to
! 81 600 this year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
MarY E. Bailey.

Funeral services for Mary Z.
Bailey of South Coal Valley were
held at the home yesterday after
noon at 2 O'Clock, Rev. ]. c. War
mock officiating. The pallbearers,
all relatives, were Harper Warnock,
Robert John Bailey, John Warnock,
Walter Grant, Robert Bailey and
William Warnock. Burial was in
Homestead cemetery in Rural town
ship.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Liberty Bonds.

New York. Sept 15.-Lfberty
bonds closing prices today were:
315s, SS-OS; first As, 88.2S; second
IS, SS.2S; first 4J4s, SS.42; second
414s, S.44; third AIS, 92.42; fourth
.414s, $3.50; Victory 3As, 1904 Vic
tory AIS, 1904.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
Toledo Seed.

Toledo, O., Sept 15.-Clover seed :
prime, cash $1L85; Oct, S11.S5
Dec. $12.021z; Jan, $12.121a
March, $12.10.
Timothy: prime, cash (1920)
$3.50; cash Q92D, and Sept. and
Oct, 1855; Dec, s270.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
St, Louis Futures,

St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. FIXTURES
wheat: Sept, 1854 asked; Dec,
1.2SB bid.
Corn: Sept, 4974 asked; Dec,
5115 as asked
Oats: Sept, So asked; Dec, 3S12
asked.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
St. Louis Cash Grain.

St. Louis, Mo-, Sept 15.-Cash:
wheat No. 2 red, 1-35; No. 5, 1.31
4L34.
Corn: No. l white, 521aQ 5S; No.
3. 81
Oats: No. white, Sc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
New York Sugar.

New York, Sept 15.-Raw su-
gar, 4-25 for centrifugal; Cuba's,
ass.
Refined: fine granulated. $500
sos.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15

STANLEY ". EGEssE singing ~rhe Little Gray Home u
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25

AlLlc DlL VI Il SpOI
beside the cook. The cook and /, they
say, are funny pair.
THE cook, as you know, is a man
cook, and one of his two feet is sew
eral times larger than all of me!
THAT may be curious sentence,
Tag, but 1t Is my kitten way of talk
ing. I'm not very big and not very
wise.
"But l needn't bother about such
things, as / am so we'll looked after.
When people see the cook and then
take look at me they don't-see how
[ can escape being stepped on by the
cook without his noticing it.
but am not afraid, for / know he
IS looking out for me, and that he
would not step on me for anything.
"Of course no one thinks he would
step on me except by mistake. but l
know he will not make any mistake Of
But" said Tag, your name isn't
30 very sensible, for there are big spots
is well as" little spots"
"a spot usually isn't so big" said
Spot. "But no matter. Names mean
so little. / have such fun, too. l go
n the coal bin and get my little white
nose SO dirty.
''Then the cook apologies for me,
,or don't know how to very well. He
says: please excuse the kitten for
being dirty, as he has just been in
he coal bin, which he likes AS play
ground
"But he lets me go in the coal bin,
'or he knows l like it. He says I'm
1 cunning little brown and white kit
en-"
$50 you are" said Tag.
"Of course" Tag continued, I'm a
little kitten, too, but / am of greenish
grayish color. Oh, there are lots of
kittens Just like I am and lots of cats,
100.
"RSt no matter, for l think it is
good cat STYLE"
"Fine," said Spot
There's little black kitten in this
house, too. Let's get him to come and
talk to U.s."
But no sooner had they said this
than along came little black kitten.
''Here I am" said the black kitten.
"Onc of my friends was i'll, and was
playing with him. Yes. / leased him
by playing and making believe to bite
with ray little sharp teeth
'And my friend who was i'll had
boys anti girls singing songs for him.
And he sang, too. And | joined in
the chorus with a Meow, meow,
meow
"Ah, how they all did sing. Both
the boys and the girls. MarliO led the
- ood NTH
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
ENvIED HIS SMALL DAUGHTER
Duck Hunter Would Have Given Much
for the Power She Exercised
over Ducks.

Betty, four years old, lives in a
modern apartment in Brooklyn, facing
Prospect park. She knows all the
squirrels in the park and the birds
that stay there in the summer.
For several weeks Betty has been
lonesome because all her feathered
friends went in search of warmer
weather, but now she has plenty of
company again. Wild ducks are her
newest friends.
The ducks coming alight in Prospect
park lake and generally remain week
or two to rest and feed. They are
wary Of men, but not afraid of chill
dren, if Betty is an example.
The other day she was walking
with her father, duck hunter. Betty
noticed she couldn't get near the ducks
while she was with her father, b1t
when she left him and ran along the
shore alone she found she could ap-
proach them. After a little coaxing
the ducks swan up and ate pieces of
popcorn from her hand.
"And l have to crawl through a
swamp on my hands and knees to get
within gunshot of them," unused her
father.-New York Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
| SENATE LADIES
! RECEIVE TO-DAY

w Observation-Disclosures the party
" warfare in Washington there is
another war, more implacable and
more relentless than the struggle re-
corded in political bulletins and by
special correspondents. 1t is the So
cial war Of the women, war in which
no quarter is given or taken, a war in
which there are no armistices nor
peace conferences nor treaties.
And now active hOstilities threaten.
The senate ladies have decided upon
course of action in vindication of
their cerulean blood. They propose to
receive their little visitors, not
singly, but in groups. The basis of
the groups will be seniority of serv-
Ice. That is to say, ladies whose hus-
bands have been senators for 20 years
will form one group, and the wives of
ten-year senator's another, and so on.
Each group will have its own particu-
lar Thursday.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
Packers Mystery: Who Is Diamond T7'?

in a rectangular figure the shape OF a
diamond
at is quite evident that Diamond
T. was very important person. Moth
ing was developed in the evidence that
ever disclosed anything that he had
written or anything to which his sig
Failure was attached. Reference to
this character only appears when in
formation is given from one official to
another that certain information had
just been received from Diamond T.
"How much Diamond T. received in
the way of compensation, or who he
was, will perhaps always remain a
mystery That he was some one high
in official councils, and therefore a
very expensive character, and that he
was able to give the packers exceed
ingly valuable and inside information.
will not for a msment be questioned.
When the men who were dealing di-
rectly with him go upon the witness
stand and deny any knowledge of the
identity Of this mysterious individual,
they not only convince the honest man
that they are guilty of falsehOod, but
they make themselves ridiculous in the
eyes of honest people"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
Nominations for Officers OF u. S. Army

TN THE debates over promotions in
Z the army it cropped out that there
are IL nominations for major general,
as follows:
Maj. Gen. james w. McAndrew,
chief of staff of the American eXpedi-
tionary forces in France,
Mai. Gen. Henry L. Allen, now COM
manding the American forces in Ger
many.
Maj. Gen. David G. Shanks, corps
commander First corps area, and dur
ing the period of active hostilities
commanding general of the port of en-
lsarkation at New York.
Mai. Gems. Adelbert Cronkhite,
George w. Read, Omar Bundy. William
M. Wright, Charles Fl. Muir, Charles
Il. Menoher and William G. Haan.
All of the men in this list, with the
exceptions of General McAndrew and
General Shanks. were corps commando
ars in the army in France; that is 10
say. having distinguished themselves
as division commanders they were Sc
locted by General Pershing for higher
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
Texas Leads the States in Farm Crops

IL farm crops of the country were
n valued at $40, 5,015,000 last year,
based on December l prices paid to
producers, the Department of Agricul-
ture has estimated. That compares
with $16,O35, 111,OO0 in 1919 and $1O,-
156, $4,000, the five-year average,
1914 to 1918, inclusive.
Texas maintained it's place as pro-
Queer of crops of greatest value, with
total of $727, 100000, which was
$5OO000,000 less than in 1919. Iowa
retained second rank with $459,191,-
OO0 Illinois, only slightly behind
Iowa. continued its place as third with
$3.50, 10000.
California jumped from tenth into
fourth place, held in 1919 by North
Carolina, with $457, 100000 New York
went into fifth place, from fourteenth
rank with $4565O7,OOO. North Caro-
lima dropped into sixth place with
$412,374,O0O.
Pennsylvania went forward into
seventh place from sixteenth ranll
the previous year with 1897 ,617 900.
Kansas dropped from fifth rank
into eighth place with S37S, 436, 900.
Ohio dropped from eighth rank into
ninth place, with $3.50, $4,000 Wiscon-
sin moved into tenth place from
eighteenth rank with $500, 270,O00.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
War Of the Senate and House Ladies

Now it is evident that these recep-
lions cannot be held in private houses.
And that is just where the cream Of
the whole business comes in. 1t is
exactly here that the senatorial ladies
score heavily over their poor benight-
ed sisters of the house of representa-
tives. The senatorial ladies propose
to use one of the fine chambers Of
the senate office building, which would
be admirably adapted 10 the purpose.
But the house of representatives la
dies cannot demand similar priv
ilege from their own particular branch
of Congress, because, being so much
more numerous, there is no room large
enough for the purpose.
1t seems likely that the senate Of
stately cefemonials, with the senate
ladies divided into appropriate groups,
holding a sort of court, perhaps seated
on raised dais, while the callers file
past them and make their obeisances.
There may even be orders as to the
kinds of dresses that are to be worn,
and ushers, and all the rest of it.
And the fact that these ceremonies
are held under the senate roof will
naturally give to them a sort of Off
cial status.
No wonder the house of representa-
tives ladies are up in arms about the
whole business. Not that they are
surprised. Oh, no!
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25

vEI HO is "Diamshd To" The Con-
w gressional Record contains long
statement by Senator Norris of Ne
braska, in which is said, among other
things:
''Ihe investigation by the senate
committee on agriculture disclosed the
existence of a mysterious character
who was very valuable to the packers
in giving item advance information Of
possible legislation in Washington.
This character was never designated
by name. Whenever reference was
made 10 him in the packers memo
randa 1t was by character drawn
with pen and ink. This character was
represented by the letter IT inciosed
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN
FROM ACHING JOINTS
Rub Pain right out with small trial
bottle of old "St. Jacobs Oil"

Stop dosing" Rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating "St Jacobs Oil'
right on the tender spot" and by the
time you say Jack Robinson-out
comes the rheumatic pain and distress.
"St. Jacobs Oil' is harmless rheu-
matism liniment which never diSap-
points and doesn't burn the skin. 1t
takes pain, soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles and bones |;
stops sciatica. lumbagO, backache and
neuralgia.
Timber up! Get small trial bottle
of old-time, honest "St. Jacobs OiP'
from any drug store. and in a moment,
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheuma-
tiSm away.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-25
POINT He: HAD OVERLOOKED
Until That Moment, of Course, Thug
Had Not Realized He Was
Breaking the Law.

Archibald Periwinkle had $14 in his
pocket, and he hated to walk home
that night.
However, he decided that four bits
was too much to pay for taxi ride,
so he started afoot. From the shadow
of a building stepped masked man.
Throw up your hands, commanded
the man, presenting a gun.
Archibald did. But he frowned
"Sir," said Archibald, shave you per-
nit to carry that gum"
81 have not" replied the thug.
"Then you are breaking the law.
You do not wish to do that, do your
mo, indeed!" replied the thug
''Thank you for calling my attention
to it."
And, throwing his gun away, the
man disappeared in the darkness.