The Coolidge examiner., 1935-06-21
Not Posed
By MOSES SCHERE
G Mcclure %ea spasssy sya3lcats
WSr HefYsre.

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Listen. Daisy" be said finally.
don. ask nlc 90 take II. Please.
please. go back To England Go
back 10 your folks I'm no good.
married you ave years ago. and for
four Of those years you haven't
even had enough TO eat Go back
there. sweetheart. I can't. can't
take The last 81 your rainy day
money aud siak II in this shop. and
watch II 20 .he way the rest Of II
went"
She stood and looked az him for
long time Then she went slowly.
drearlly hack to the two little
rooms
she said. You arranged every.
thln= Tommyi"
Yes The Carib5ee sails at
noon lie tried 10 smile. "Pay
them NJ The pier Thcreu be just
enough left 20 get you home after
you land on The other side.
She said. Il love you with her
llps. not making any sound Then
she walked out OF the door.
when be realized that be was
standing and looking at the sharp
edge ot hls pocket knife. he re-
colled Not thai-ever. lie looked
around wildly.
There was the tricky little cam
era with which you snapped people
as they walked down the streets
You gave them coupon with n
number and one in a hundred
would send Il hack with a quarter
FOR sou 20 develop the negative.
The gadgei had cost him plenty
cost him Daisy. perhaps But he
locked the store and ran out with n.
Ten O'Clock she'd be- gone IN
two hours and gone. he knew. Tor
good.
Just send IN the coupon. madam.
The plcfure viii b. perfectly nat
.ural-noi posed. you see
That ones the kind who wouldn't
want naturailooklng photo
graph III have 10 be careful about
types Eleven-ten. Twenty. Thlr.
~. Dalsy's sfill here-she's on the
ship. and the captain Is looking NJ
his watch she still loves me: II I
didn't know that Ia walk out In
front Of that trolley cnr q.
there's man. there's n good type.
Why. IT'S his honor. the mayor.
Ills honor wouldn't send him =
quarter. but he'd Just watch that
SLOW. heavy walk Ia his finder.
Al. he's stopped-some men have
come out of car marked Press"
and are talking to him. very re-
srectfully And the mayor Is deny.
lng something; he's turned his back
on the men and Is walking on. a
little faster.
What's fhisf Some one else Is In
the finder. Some one who's picture
had been IN the papers as much as
the mayoT's-Big Dan Murphy. the
Opposition boss. the sworn enemy
ot his honor. Snapl Got them
glaring NJ each other. Snap, Got
both their arms waving. snap' Big
Dams fist Is In the mayors face :
Snap' The mayor Is on the side
walk with blood running os his fat
chin and Big Dan Is turning on
some one else, It's the men from
the Press car: they've suspected
something and had their camera
ready-ihey were behind the two.
Maybe they were In time and may
be they weren't. Big Dams two
hundred pounds IL moving toward
thar camera Ike a charging ele-
phant. Snapl Got him. Got him
as he lifted the instrument and got
him as he slammed II down and the
creamy-white film spilled out and
spoiled
The newspaper reporter who had
been smart enough 20 scent the
trouble but too much in a hurry
10 take two cameras. opened his
mouth 10 swear. Then he saw some
thing that caused his mouth 20 re-
main open--a man with n dlnky lit
ale picture-iake who was calmly
taking shot after shot OF the
MAYORS battered bewildered face.
When the newsman descended
upon him he was dazed. They
grabbed him.
"nld you get it--get the whole
nghiT"
Slowly his eyes opened wide as
he realized what he had done.
Il got H."
"He got IT. He got IT." There
was a happy chorus Then strict
business.
"Here. Hop into the car. It's
worth FIVE hundred TO us. Get In.
get in"
Tommy suddenly looked around
wildly. Where was that clock7
The official pulled hls hand down.
"All right. I'll make Il seven hun
dred: but It's near press time. hur-
~ up"
Tommy stared. II sank into his
mind. He looked up for the clock
again-there II was. an electric
clock in the window OF a telegraph
Office.
There was ffrnef