The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-20

We've picked you to sell mum bers.' If he doesn't agree to sell it's just too bad for him"
 "Why, the mere thought of i makes me indignantly she cried.
 "If there were a few more in. dignant persons we could do some. thing about 1t. But we Americans since the Spanish American War seem to have lost the power ol getting indignant over anything.
 Its courageousl" the actres. added.
 We haven't outsmarted the mobs yet. The numbers racket gets the little change, and now tht jewel thieves are organized to take care of our new zeal for hoardine precious jewels. You might be in. terested to know how carefully they work the whole country. A diamond merchant was forced of the road outside small Mississippi town last week. They found his riddled body in a ditch. The haul in diamonds was forty thousand dollars. The old-time diamond salesman, amiable cuss, carried them around in a leather wallet just as Diamond Jim Brady did But that's all changed in the last six months. Jewel salesmen make the rounds in armored cars. Wo- men won't wear their jewels outside the house. You'd think precious stones had become the only medium of exchange"
 ITO get at the jewels which be- long to the Sultan of Hpderabad," Dick put in, smiling, you would have to pass through dens of CO., bras, saber-toothed tigers and fire"
 Snowshoes scoffed. "One of our monocled Jewel thieves would charm the cobras, make the tiger purr like pussy cats and put out the fire. They'd get the diamonds if they found the cave. They're clever
 And you think we have them with us on this cruiser" Nora Lane smiled at him, as one always smiles at @ mans pet alarm.
 "Never can tell. You see them in Paris. You see them in Amster- dam. You sect them most frequent ly in de luxe resort hotels, where the rich congregate and wear their jewels. I've seen hundreds of them in my career as hotel de- tective. We caught one with the goods at Lake Placid last winter. He was posing as a Belgian count. He wormed his way into every body's confidence, and on the night of the Carnival ball at the Lake Placid Club, when guests were in fancy costume and naturally did not wear their jewels, 50 people were robbed. A housemaid caught him in the ffty-frst room and locked him in. When he tried to escape from window he fell and broke his arm. We caught him."
 Nora Lane said, T will be more careful with my diamonds in the future. didn't know jewel thieves were so prevalent. Why, a few years ago, you couldn't sell 8 dia- mondl They were drugs on the market"
 But not any more. People are jittery about gold and silver money today-unsettled conditions. Noth- ing seems safe to some people but a store of precious jewels"
 Persons in the public eyes are more subject to attack than others the actress advised. They are pulp licized. Everybody knows their per- sonal habits, where they lived and alas! where they travel. must ad- init I was rather unnerved by that photographer on deck this after noon." ...
 You had a right to bel" Snow shoes put in. Since the snatch racket fell under G-men blows, blackmailing has got it's nose un- der the wire. Every yegg that thinks he has something on an- other person tries to put on the squeeze"
 i've been subject to extortion threats for Q long time. My name is in the papers too much. This person - Mamie Jackson, as you call him - may have meant no harm. But I suppose I've become a little jittery on the subject. My nerves"
 Snowshoes said laughingly, "You need bodyguard, Miss Lane!"
 Nora Lane looked at him and without hesitation said, You're hiredp
 Snowshoes' laughed out loud. "No, mol" he said I'm on my first vacation in 20 years. was only joking"
 She seemed terribly in earnest, and Dirk decided to take her side. At the thought of protection she seemed to be happier.
 I'd like to see you undertake that job. Snowshoes," Dirk said. Really, I'm a little afraid about Miss Lanes safety myself. Maybe I've got the jitters, too, but"
 oh, please, dol she added. aVt.--