The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-09
4 FRONT PACE
STORY
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By CoSMo HAMILTON
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tstb S. fhrse tit8 bills Wil
fadrr please rNturm 60 Nora Con-
sore Lassrs hotsL Ssw YORK.
"uE Errrn.sisore,i yoBng man
who Eas about 90 set up this
Il ed emitted n AhoUp and al.
dressed shw composing rooEn In gen
eraL Not since the Prophet Ma.
h0meg oFdeged The mountain 10 cone
20 hlm bad anything quite 80 op.
tlmistIc bern heard o. bur That
Was pot exactly hos the young mRn
expressed himself What he aciu-
ally said wns:
Say. you guys, I!un your lamps
over this gem. What a swell chance
that James got 81 ever gllmpsing
her ,hree hundred smarkers again
HuhT'
They chuclied and Rad II.
~iil tell the cockeyed universe
she'll never Eee that dough again z"
"ii6G-haw- -haw
-Can yon tie ihaIT
Maybe those bills are s;ill lying
just where she dropped EN- -
sure Nobody on Hroadway'd be
30 means 10 pick up a paliTy bit
of change that didn't belong 10
them q"
And 50 The comment hsw Until
"a oldlsh man wiih horn-rimmet
spectacles balanced perllously near
the tip of his nose exclaimed
-Well~-wadjn know about that r.
Nov. when some one unleashes
~wadia know about thar The las,
vord has hesn said. Anything fur.
Their would be anii.ciimax SO the
c0mposltors tr.ckled back 10 their
respective jobs
Nofas simple faith 10 mankind
prohably amused those few curious
people wbo glanced over the Lost
and Found column the next morn
ing. Il certainly brought = smile
TO the face of S0lly Rosenberg as
be crunched his breakfast toast aud
Euiped coffee.
Within half an hour of reading
that al. Soliy Rusenbcrs vas Inter
viewing Nora ConnorS al the modest
Iaverne hotel Nora seemed over-
Awcd ot this extensively dressed
liiiis mAn wlth much yellow bullion
IN his teeth. a massive diamond
ring on either hand. and a diamond
pin in his neckte.
so you lost this money about
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon"
Mr. Rosenberg wAs saying
Yes. that was when I missed
Il from ms handbag. sir" Nora an
swcred. her large. frank. blue eyes
nxed on bis.
"Uyon live here-
~So. sir. oniy arrived In New
York yesterday from South Bend.
Ind
''on = vacationY'
''Oh. no. came 20 take painting
lessons. and that money lost Was
20 pay FOR them. Ny young broth
er and saved Il % we're or.
phAus and II took us over
two years 20 DO IL
~Ahi~ said Mr.. Rosenberg. beam
inE. lie had hardly hoped Tor any
thing 80 good as this
~And yeu see. sir" Nora contln.
ued. brushing hack a strand of her
nuay golden hair with pretty
hand. III that money isn't returned
10 me I'll have TO go back 70 South
Bend. aud that viii be the end of
my ufe's ambition 10 paint
Her lips trembled and she lowered
her sllken lashex 20 hold back the
tears
NOW. don't you gc; all bet up. III.
tie girl said Mr. Rosenberg. I've
goi some bully news for you. Your
moneys been fonnd-lnckily by an
honest party you're going 10
get Il back
-Oh. how wonderful Nora
clapped her hands You know she
said. after ali I'd heard about New
York was just a little worried
that the finder might no, return Il
Go me-"
Mr.. Rosenberg extracted three
500 bills from a black pocke;book
and handed them towards her.
There they are. my dear he
said.
~But those are not my notes"
Nora protested. Mine were dirty
and crumpled-noi clean and new
Ike those
Il know know. my dear. Let
me tell you wha, happened. Your
money was picked Up by Gladiola
Gladsome-her new picture. the
Gorgeous Sin. opens here next
Thursday. And It's a dandy picture.
believe me. Well-GladIola gives
me the dough and asks me 10 try
and and the one who lost H. She's
a mighty nne woman. Is Gladiola-
Now those notes didn't look none
too sanitary 10 be carrying about.
so changed them at the bank for
clean ones. seer
''Oh. yes Nora said. smiling and
taking the bills. AT first | was
afraid you were just being kind and
pretending you found my money. or