Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-22
Daily Short SIOry
The Hall Mark
BY LOUIS DAVIDSON

By LOUIS HNN lbNON
HDUT, Pat-there are plenty
ID Of suit cleaners In this
neighhorhood | can't see WhN
YOU GO all the WAY down 10
second avenue for that hoiskN
person "a take care ~ your
clothes Hes good-hut. after
all--there are Just a. good
people here
Patrick A,ol sIls Butter retired
detective captain and now 1hie'
investigator al --e hartman tn
surance Company only laughed a
his sister Fuen'S nc,Cnauon. iif
kept on foidi5L coats and trousers
and vests and LAYING them m iht
box.
more than once I've eN-
planned. Ellen, he was patient.
.rkofSkN did me a bic favor once
and nothing I can ever do can
repay IL. II l. little enough 10
give him my business and turn
all can his WAY
But You've been dong this
over 90 years, complained Ellen
who usually was cood-naWred
as her plump figure and smiling
face would indicate.
when Wc lived farther down
town IL wasn't 50 bad. But now,
away up here-and you're not
even using your car these days.
It's a long ride down I'm the sub
way" But Pat stu only smiled.
As he left his pleasant little
house NOT far from the terminus OF
the Van Coruandt subway. he did
realize that the box was heavy
But twice a year was not so often.
II meant lot 10 KofSky - say
that Pat Butler still brought ms
clothes there 10 be Cleaned-and
the cleaning itself was not an in
considerable financial item rs Pat
liked clothes and had plenty OF
them.
After he was settled in the cor
ner of the subway train, and had
looked over the headlines of the
morning paper Pat leaned back,
idly watching the gray walls and
the many pillars of the subway
flash past.
His talk with his sister had
brought back 10 him those early
DAYS when Kofsky and he had
become acquainted.
GETS FIRST LESSON
II was Pats first day in plain
clothes in the service OF his city.
A detective at last And he had
been put on one of the busiest
streets in the city, and one of the
most dangerous, Second avenue.
AS he stood al the intersection
of Delaney street and the Bowery,
Pats heart swelled. He felt that
he was responsible for protecting
the whole city. People iostled him.
Street sounds surged around him.
He was part of IT,
This was his work. his duty. II
is good thinL that youth has
flaming ideals, has a dream quality
which invests the most ordinary
pursuits with a glory light. For.
as the years come, duty becomes
rather drab and everyday. But
when a man is young whole
world is in his hands. So 1t
seemed TO PAT.
He started up Second avenue.
eyes darling TO right and left for
suspicious characters, mind alert
10 gather in every detail which
might be useful in the future.
'('The good detective Is always
suspicious" he had been told in
his very first Lesson as a men,
Der of the force.
So Pat wasn't in the least sur
prised when he did run into action.
He was passing a dingy little
shop, on the sign Of which
one scarcely could read the name
IS. Kofsky', for CRIME He auto
matically peered into the store
then swiftly turned his steps in
side.
Back in a shadowy corner. the
proprietor, young man, frail and
frightened, was backing away from
an advancing sturdy young thug
whose gun was trained on the
proprietor's midriff.
Three times you have robbed
me-" the frail man was saying
historically where you think
get money. Go some place else"