FRIDAY
CHINA MAIL
HIMA
"Imagine My Embarrassment?
of all one word about self, for
believed that when
ing a story one give the reader personality, and, really possess personality.
Tway
one is tell
should try
idea after all, rather striking
Nothing blatant, of course, but defmite in a quiet and polished
herefore tires
1 dressed" myse
wearing 2 ner
certain that the lower are affected
ceeded to Bloor
Lopp had informed me, Bolgutz was hiding out.
manmer I do think polishing
important, don't you? and with just a scent of that old-world
ant
hionable
is so very these too hurried
Lord
Spear
his employ- uncle Philpot
Lor
Spear
and my job
lumn and
Miss Helena
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As I was approaching the front door he came out He was a short, very thick and extremely ferocious looking man, and his high colouring was definitely en hanced by a check suit, a mouth- ful of gold teeth and a cigar worn with the band on. I pulled my- self together quickly, and putt on a rather tough planted myself directly in path
"Look here, Smasher Bolgutz, I said stemly
Short
definitely my one real friend Story
carta
I have suffered a mount of petty annoy- rece Billkins, the rather plebeian News Editor, and his equally unenltured staff of news reporters. I quite realise that
game's up. I am Ramsbot the Argus, and I know about you!
He regarded me amused expres.
these men, with their N
methods, are necessary to
life of a newspaper, yet I see no reason why culture should al- ways be a butt for rough men or why-on such occasions as I have to go through the News room that very hard case Tomson, the crime reporter, shoul sing in a raucous voice that could be heard that out at Chiswick Don't to the little Pasey cat
Enough of this. I am sure you realise the situation, and it was because of this atmosphere that I said nothing of the letter 1 re- ceived from my friend William Lopp, who works on a Chicago newspaper and who evidently be lieved that I was on the ne side of the Argus.
And the information letter was such that Büllins the News Editor would have given an ear to possess it. Briefly, Lopp said that one of the most feroci ons and notorious Chicago gang- sters no less a person than Smasher (Kill'em) Bolgutz-was on his way to London under an alias in an endeavour to evade the Federal police.
Lopp suggested that I shou contact Bolgutz and
him, and that this donme a lot
8000
the
he said.-
"Listen, Blue Eyes," "Are you bughouse or do they grow that way over here. What's eatin' you? Shoot de works
be fore I smack you down, an let me tell you dat when I smack 'em down dey stays smacked.
I explained at some length ex- actly who and what I was and I must say
when I had assured Smasher that did not intend to publish any interview until after he had left the country his at- titude became much more amic- ab
"Say, bozo," he growled "Why didn't
you was a wshound an ami news or 2m 12 T'm de guy what eats oysters lls on Chip in kid. I'm
TO
eats house van
e dope dat!!
ake you
curl right ap
Belgu
ested tha
ell you that
then
should dine at the Byclusiv taurant in Reg
a most beautiful ing, and I enjoye thong
must say the
ppearance
By Lady Muriel Beckwith
on the
ent not far
should sa
few words
type she
superb figure, and she
ing
heels
nely Alkher frown. tight and she had
"could could
that I life
Bald ho
what it
burned up,
type. She's go
boy, am
got dem
lovm
blues
I
felt that in wou
banction
ithout any
r address the lady, but could recover my usua. turned round, saw us, straight over to us
that the
bird
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