The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-13

She was IN exile, she was homesick
Even The cops didn't notice her Daisy knew
them all on sight, but none Of them seemed to
sense that she was famous dip who had hood
winked some Of the fyest dicks in the big league,
Daisy could tell policeman by the cut Of his ears
not deigning to glance as far as his papahle feet
for the lowdown. But she had no dissinEuishins
cowbells on her. And she pinsd fer lsek Of stteR-
zion, even recognition.
Not that Daisy eFaved the key 20 the city/ar
m invitation to address the-rotaFy club But she
yearned for some sort Of human contact. Now.
contact was her speciality, aRds aennoisseHTs had
yielded that she was an artistic where that word ~
either syllable Of II registered.
Rnt Daisy had some respect for her profess
sion and sbe no lpngeF was satisfied TO boept wal.
lets only for what they might contain. She en-
joyed HsltuatlaRsp Plain Glowing and edging
through crowds Of unidentified people 70 lift q
travelling mans advance expense allowance or what
business executive held out on his wife had lost
the tingIe Of pride and satisfaction which came
How more through the JOY Of sheer accomplish
pnent than In the result Of the count-up.
Her pet weapon was her duleet Dixie dialect
q got her In and it had always gotten her out It
ipgratiated her with men who wouldn't have lis
tened to the prize beauty Of Minnesota or the
slckest yamp from Syracuse. It hypnotixed the
brains between the ears II tiekled. and II messs-
lzed the nerves Of Suspicion, caution and discre-
tion. Not that Dsisy stopped 20 low % to make
unen fall in love with her SO that she could t11nl
them; she just made them fall In love with her
and trimmed thena--she didn't have TO; she could
live off platonie plcipecketng II she wanted to.
But she didn't want to,
And here was her surefire Geo'gia Inolaases-
Und-honey gift Of CAB getting rusty and midsWestt
ern through disuse. What good was II against bell
boys and taxi dFiyers3 She seegnsd to turn II on
the strsst-eeFnsF Washers and the Obvious hicks
who eglsA, winke9. e9nehed end made the regular
variety Of Euds eyeFtaEsa,
She wanted To watt herself In somewhere make
q eeRReetieA, then tuVn loose the werks-hn-
works, her individual Dixie Daisy tschRique, the
famous Hasstr'e, takes'e. trina-'ena ana ta-ta-en
identified with her system Of operation
Thus far she hsaRt found or made an opening
Several circumstances had 70 combine before an
auspicieus enc was feasible. These hadn't meshed,
therefore she hadn't clicked, r
And Easter was approaching,
Easter meant to Daisy, what Il means to every
Christian girl that devotional manifestation of the
true spirit 81 the day WHICH expresses itself in a
flock of new Spring dads, AAaye set these money
was required -
Now. Daisy had money; she had stocks and
bonds and checking account, But Daisy had
principles. Before money eeuld be spent it must
be obtained. Only ,prodigal nieked his, principal
for Injuries Her own father had always made it
rule to steal bis breakfast before he ate it, and
at her dear mothers knee she had learned the
Sound lesson of saving other peoples money.
Yes, gladstone Easter was looming, and she was
marking time and running up a hotel bill and not
even having a good time. The action, then: If
Milwaukee wouldn't come TO Dixie Daisy, Dixie
Daisy would go to Milwaukee-and go 10 il plenty.
Whereupon Daisy strolled forth into the main
stem Of the Wisconsin metrop, and just totest her
powers turned her baby-blue mig Berthas on a
traffic cop, usually regarded as immune to such
artillery, and had him block everything both ways
while she tripped by.
"Ah thank you syo much" she gurgisd, and
she saw the big bully of the crossing vlsibly
weaken.
Yes, It was all righti she hadn't lost her punch.
This Milwaukee neglect was Milwaukees fault,
not hers. For that someone should pay, And If
she must work the crowd, that was professional