The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-13
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ewn ehaiss.
Her stilfui eye ran ever the passing
thFaRg and ita xsFay search penetrated
the pockets and che purses awsFHIhg by
her on all sldes. Daisy ceuld divine
hankFell through eleth, leather and rub
heFThsAd, Cash was her ebieetive, She was toe
wise to meHkey with iewelFF or ether things that
had Identities, Currency, the most easily mcgee
table, has meme.
she had Learned that the very rich rarely carry
much money about. what with charge accounts
end bank aeeeuRtsi the very peer, of eeaEse don't
hseause they cant, But the prosperous middle
elasses they ieye itI they like to feel the sensa.
ton Of being well heelad, They believe that
money talks and they dealt want 10 be caught
teRgue-tiea II they want to SPILL Faanthfpl,
So Daisy scanned the pedestrians, seeking
type. OF course, she might waste her finest Gifts
on him when she found him, and net set snsugA
to pay for the wear and tear en- her manicure.
But, like all scientific operators, she had found
that Il Il safer u feew principles than lunches,
md that the formulate will develop results.
No one showed for some minutes whe exactly
measured up. Twice she stEelled the length Of
The principal avenue through is busy hleeks, She
want used 70 paEementbes fer living ~
. pastima, and she was Just aheut in the humeg
TO have some eeaFss worker approach her with
the Travelled haven tslrmstrye racket
or some other smalltewn stuff, and fFisk him for
the lilngs In his back teeth, wheH=,===
Daisy, whe eeuld see cut Of the back ef hAr
neck sensed that she was being foIlewsa,
She had been fellewsd> before, eften, and fer
different purposes She knew precisely how to
act ~ followee, She zigzsgged toward show
window so that she could look back without turn
ing, and she saw tall, specialized man Of middle
age slow down; she turned corner, he turned,
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crime in Milwaukee) and saw him hurry 10 the
corner and cross after her Che being lsw-abid-
ing local..
Daisy sized him up as the best@lOoking bird
sheNhad seen that day, one she would have picked
from the mob. And he had, for his yAasons,
singled her out too. Well, that was more like It;
she felt less like pothunter or snipef or net
fisher now. The sap had at least done her tho dis
tinction Of chasing her around so there was soma
entente.
She thought back Of the gallant traffic cop,
and she led her persistent but not very aggressive
shadow toward the crossing. There she stood,
with the other east1knd-west Founders. until she
caught his eye. Then she stepped out. Up went
his mighty blue arm. Drivers janned on their
brakes. Everything stopped except Dixie Daisy,
who waited forth under the long arm Of the law.
which had not always been her friend.
She gave the officer smile that would have
melted prohbitonist or denatured dynamite He
smiled back at her the stern smile of the strongi
maybe, if there hadn't been so many watching, he
wouldn't have been so strong
Daisy shot q fash at her pursuer Anal He
hadn't dared follow through when the signal for
commoners said no, He was leaning forward,
ready to leap at the whistle, fearful that he would
lose her little form In the threng But she pet hia
fears at rest. She stopped very deliberately when
she passed the curb, opened her bag, took forth
her powder pad, angled the toilet mirror just 90,
and patted few little dabs on her yelvet checks
and pert nose. BY the time the blast rent the air
she was flIiping her hair into place, and before
the echo crossed the street the man with the
glasses at her back, carried along not only By
his own eager momentum, but the press Of the
others behind him.
Daisy had seen him start, In the mirror. AS he
came up behind her she turned suddenly, as though
to retrace her way Her little elbow caught the
man amidahins. II didn't hurt him any, but Daisy
acted most apo'ogetc.
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