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"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

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Spear

his employ- uncle Philpot

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and my job

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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

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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

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should dine at the Byclusiv taurant in Reg

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By Lady Muriel Beckwith

on the

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should sa

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type she

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banction

ithout any

r address the lady, but could recover my usua. turned round, saw us, straight over to us

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