Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-21

says Bill, stands about halfway between
me and you, Mr.. Kicks, in the line of
havoc and corruption. He always gives
something for the money he gets. I'm
glad to meet you, Mr.. Ricks-you and Mr..
Peters This is the first time / ever at
tended a full gathering of the National
Synod of Misunderstanding, swim
ding and inanciering all represented
Please examine Mr.. Kicks credentials, MI.
Peters,
"The piece of newspaper that Bill Bas..
sett handed me had a good picture OF
this Kicks on it, It was a Chicago paper,
and 1t had obloquies of Kicks In every
paragraph By reading it over l mar
vested the intelligence that SAID allegeo
Kicks had laid off all that portion OF the
State of Florida that lies under water
into town lots and sold em to alleged In
nocent investors from his magnifcently
furnished offices in Chicago. After ne
had taken in hundred thousand or so
dollars one of these fussy purchaser
that are always making trouble i've mad
'em actually try gold watches I've sofa
em with acid) took a cheap excursion
down to the land where it is always just
before supper to look at his lot ana see
IL It didn't need a new paling or two on
the fence, and market few lemons III
time for the Christmas present trade. de
hires a surveyor to find his lot for him.
They run the line out and find the -four
ishing town of Paradise ollow, SO ad :
vertised, to be about 40 rodes and 10
poles S., 81 degrees E. OF the middle OF
Lake Okeechobee. This mans lot was
under thirty six feet of water, and, be-
sides had been preempted so long by the
alligators and gars that his title looked
fishy.
Naturally, the man goes back TO Chi
cago and makes it as hot for Alfred H..
Kicks as the morning after predlction
Of snow by the weather bureau KICKS
hltf he Pnul0n Z
deny the alligators. One morning the
papers came out with column about
ii, and Kicks come out by the fire-escape.
1t seems the alleged authorities had peat
him to the safe deposit box where ne
kent his winnings, and Kicks has to west
ward no! with only feetwear and dozen
1871 English pokes in his shopping bag.
He happened to have some mileage lett
in his book, and that took him as tar as
the town in the wilderness where he was
spilled out on me and Bill Bassett as
Elijah III, with not raven in sight for
any of us.
"Then this Alfred e. Kicks let's out a
squeak that he is hungry, too, and de-
MES the hypothesis that he Is good Tor
the value. let alone the price, or a meal.
And so, there was the three of us, rep
resenting, If we had a mind to draw
svllogisms and parabolas, labor and trade
and capital. Now, when trade has no
capi:l there isn't a dicker to be made.
And when capital has no money there $
a stagnation in steak and onions. That
put il up to the man with the jimmy
Brother, bushrangers,' says Bill Bas-
sett. never yet. in trouble, did desert
a pal Hard by, in yon wood, l seem
to see unfurnished lodgings. Let us go
there and wait till dark
There was an old, deserted cabin in
the grove. and we three took possession
of it. After dark Bill Bassett tells us
to wait, and goes out for half an hour.
He comes back with an armful OF bread
and spareribs and pies.
'Panhandled EN- att a, farmhouse on
Washita avenue says he. Eat, drink
and be leary.'
The full moon was coming up bright,
so we sat on the floor of the cabin and
ate in the light OF II. And this Bill Bas-
sett begins to brag.
Sometimes says he, with his mouth
full of country produce, I lose all pa
thence With yon people that think you