The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-28
FOUR BLIND OATES
Joy EdWin Rllt

Who do you think am ] said
Houdini?'
''She came around all right, then
And the net Of it is, we went that
very afternoon to drugstore and
registered my weight. Luella Wrots
it down. The plan is that, on the
day Of this Long Island braWl
we're going back to that same
scales and weigh in again before
the big bout, so to speak
But" Van objected, "do you
think you can take of ten
pounds?"
aIts in the bag, son. Why, listen.
for the last couple of days I've
lived on lemon juice and birdseed.
It can't fail, ] tell you"
Van climbed down of the paral-
lei bars.
We'll, Jumbo" he said, "this is
very good news. ! wish you luck.
Jumbo made preparations to re-
sumo his mad canter on the cleo
trio horse.
"HeyI he called, las an after
thought. How are you getting on
with that girl Of yours?"
Swell, |" said Van. want to hear
what happened to mel"
Jumbo turned on the electric
horse.
Haven't time to talk" he said.
TOO busy reducing"
sRudAiasS
n EFT us turn back to that sultry
L summer day when Mr.. William
Steele Of California girded loins
and set about the business of track
ing down the East brothers. domi-
ciled on Seventh Avenue.
As he turned into this thorough
fare, Mr.. Steele found himself
wishing, momentarily, that fe-
males of the name Of East had
been more plentifully sprinkled
through the Manhattan telephone
directory His opponents III this
game stood in position to have at
least a potshot at Romance. II
wouldn't have been bad, reflected
Mr.. Steele, to be calling upon some
unknown and, perhaps. glamorous
lady this afternoon. Then he de-
cided that things were better this
way. After all, he did have an UNI
Outstanding with bronzed, long
limbed girl in California. And he
had every intention of shouting
California, here come" in the
near future. Solacing himself with
| these thoughts he felt better and
presently arrived at the building
which. according to the telephone
book, housed the East brothers
1t was a dilapidated four-story
structure Of nondescript color
There was a shoemaker's estab
lishment in the basement and
delicatessen on the street floor
| Lying on the sidewalk in front Of
the delicateSSen was a NANCY
mongrel who seemed to have lost
interest in life during the Taft ad.
ministration.
William, who was fond Of dogs
NANCY or no. spoke to this indi-
vidual.
Hi, fellow" said William.
The mongrel opened one blood
shot eye, gazed at him with loath,
ing and went back to sleep again
No soap there. thought William
He decided to go into the deli.
catessen and inquire fol the East
brothers.
An individual in smeary white
apron presided over the delicates-
sen.
East brothers?" he said, to vii.
liam's inquiry. HIN! You'd be
wantin' Horace an Morris or I'm
a liar"
William said that he did not
know their first names.
/ At this the delicatesSen man
grinned Economically.
'SYou don't know which one of
these guys you want to seer" he
asked.
William shrugged. 1T doesn't
matter. Either or both"
/ Because" said the delicatessen
man, splitting over the counter at
a cat who had come to infest the
doorway, you can't see one with
out the other"
Us that so?" said Bill. Devoted
comrades. eh? Damon and Pythi-
aS?"
''Huh?"
81 said, perhaps they're buddies."
The delicatessen man leered.
can howl"
''Well," said Bill, wishing to get
on with il, '.do they live in this
building?" s
yeah" said the aeiicatessen
man. "But they amt here now.
They're working
"Okay. Where do they work. i
i Where do they work, huh?"
said the delicatessen man. He
brooded for space, then seemed
| to get a thought. "You wait q
minute, fella."
/ He turned and took much
thumbed card from the top Of the
cash register behind the counter.
4 This here card" he declared.
Says where Horace and Morris
works. They says il anybody asts
/ for 'em when they amt here, ]
should give EN- this"
/ Bill took the card. Scrawled in
| pencil on 1t was the legend:
j HORACE g. MORRIS EAST
i DTFFENDERFER'S PENNY
ARCADE
i -. EAST AND STREET