South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-23

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Won can md III Thug or you are
not a policeman or a police oelec-
tive) Era the handsomely flrnlsiiea
nrivafe Office of the Horseshoe,
eandbar and Jimmy Renting Co.
Ire m one OF tho most expensive
business buildings in New YORK
Ike All very busy men he IS most
! anproachab Bile. and always ready TO
far- Of his success and how ne
came by H.
In fact. n YOU are magazine
ranervrist or a newspaper reporter,
ard DO not turn up IN his ante
roonr for an interview once or twice
= wear. be viii send around 90 the
eaffor and require what has become
az YOU. Modest though he Is Mr..
/. thug believes ARMY in the value
az publicity
John TT. Thug now owns bust
ness for which he has lately refused
an offer Of ten million dollars. That
business was built on an Idea, and
the idea was founded on a Fetish
nothing other than the childish be-
lief that there is luck in horseshoes.
But SIR Thug understood the ar
OF supp superstition Win
brains and hard work. And that s
why he sits at his ease in great
Office while hundreds OF men, at the
risk Of lives and liberty and sacred
/. honor. pile up dividends for his cor
poratlOn.
II give al the credit for my sue
cess % my gray haired father is
the way AIr. Thug begins his story
ct was ne who brought home the
4 horseshoe. You see our coy little
home was I'm the gas house district
and father. returning 20 his family
OF a NIGHT sometimes dot into dis
h pute with the Hudson busters,
whose clubhouse was just around
The corner. He had found horse
shoes very edcacious in these differ
J ences.
con this particular evening the
Hudson Busters were engaged else
where. so he brought home the
horseshoe, tossing it outside tho
door as he entered.
Being a right and invest gating
child I gathered the missile up the
i next morning and hung 1t over the
door A few evenings later ] was
passing a dwelling IN Gramercy Park
when I observed a burglar, endeav-
oring fully 10 raise "a window.
els there anything ] can do TO
help you sir I inquired
Yes, ne said gimme jimmy
Now. although 1 had never seen
q Jimmy 1 had frequently heard my
father speak Of the one he used in
his early life. and like a flash I saw
how one could be fashioned from
that horseshoe.
If you will wait a few minutes
sir" I said, It guess I can accomo-
date you"
Happy TO think that. child thoueh
I was. i was at least able to do
something real and vital in the
world 1 raced home. Wilh eager
fingers I plucked the horseshoe from
over the door. In the basement
was an old wise left by a plumber
and a sledge hammer which my
father had used earlier IN life wher
ne was unable 20 obtain a sandbag
and needed the few dollars that be
lated passersby had in their pockets
"A few blows sufficed TO make
straight, fiat, iron-bar OF the horse
shoe. Hiding ii under my coat
hurried back to the scene Of tn
projected robbery and thrust 1t int
the hand Of the waiting burglar.
'.He seized it. applied it to the
sash. and with a grinding noise tn
inside lock gave way, and up few
the window When he returned
with a bag full of loot he tossed m,
a handsome diamond brooch. TAKE
that for your trouble, he said.
Many children would have spen
the money I obtained for tina
brooch on candy or carrousel ride
but I was not that sort. I had m,
Idea
IF burglars are going about un
equipped for their work / thought
there ought to be a fortune il
eouippinr them. I was able 10 bu
horseshoes cheaply in those days
and soon had a hundred and eigh
teen jimmys ready for Use. Ny I'm
genuity enabled me greatly TO inn
prove them as I added 10 my stock
Then I went about the district