Judge — April 29, 1916 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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and get a check cashed before I turn in to-night. And look here, if you give me the stuff I want? I'll send you a nice fat check.” - “First give me the stuff J want. That watch you got on that chain there.” “No watch on it.” Carter whipped the chain from his vest and swung it a about his finger. “See? Left it at the beach.” “How about silver in the house? You didn’t leave that on the sands, did you?” “Ina safe deposit vault at the bank. The family saw to that.” “I'll take a look anyway,” declared Jim, bringing the gun into play. ‘You get up and march through these rooms ahead of me on an inspection tour.” Carter obeyed, and when they returned to the library, Jim complained: “T guess you ain’t such a liar after all. TI the dreariest crib I ever worked “Didn't I tell you? Now, are you ready to furnish the material I want?” “What kind of material? Burglars’ tools? “No. Material about crooks for a play [ am writing.” This time Slow Jim leaned forward, tense and thrilled. “Are you a real playwright?” “Of course, Lam. Don’t I look it?” “The Subway?” “Fine! First tell me your name.” “Sure. The disguise goes with me. Say, “No, no! I mean bits of description “Jim Brown.” T read in the paper to-day that you fellows about crooks and their mode of living; their “Ts that all?” Carter was plainly disap- make a thousand dollars a play sometimes.” habitat, their psychology, their methods, _ pointed. “Tt happens quite often. And if you will prisons and the police.” “James Brown, if that suits you better.” tell me what I want to know, I may be able “Tcangive you more of that stuff than you “Haven't you any picturesque pscudo- to make a thousand before morning.” could carry away in a patrol wagon.” nym “Whatcha want me to tell you?” “Really “Any what?” “First, some local color, sordid atmos- “Sure, and I’ve got local colors in other “Something like Bloody Jim, or Jim the phere of New York——" cities, too—Elmira, Auburn, Ossining——" Killer, op——” , “Say, look here! I’m not a gunman. I'm in the legitimate. They do call me “Slow Jim’ sometimes.” “That won't do. Well—we'll have to get along the best we can. Now I'll tell you how I’ve outlined my plot, so you can render me assistance where it’s needed. There’s a man sitting at a desk—just as 1 was sitting here when you in—and he is holding a pea necklace in his hands, while he glane ery now and then at a front window furtively. Un- derstand?” “Sure. Shoot “Then a burglar quietly raises a window back of him and steps out of the stormy night and in- to the room without the man at the desk noticing it——” “Not a chance!” interrupted Jim emphatically. Why not?” “The draught of air would * Well. miss. I cant say that I ever saw a finer fish for its size” Employment agent (getting Subbubs a cook)—Which one of you girls would like to take a day in the country ? comicbooks.com