And i las C IonI A AI How New Yorkers Were Victim r q s A 4 by the Slick Swindler Who r rt t Masqueraded as the Former tr t f tf t I w wg g t Ambassador f i v 8 Lyra a b While Having D w r rt aLively and andY andr y yD r Y e Largely Unpaid for at the 1 Fling N Fem t City s 's Night 1 l 44 x a Life 1 r re j riK S f Is 4 k kriK At AtS S d J e w Tx i r I C a w a l 4 i rte ze 4 a B r k r r k F wy 3 f x d n a r a N aAN rN r P Pv v 44 0 T Typical members of the chorus from which the grieving Mr Voight says the I t tT former Ambassador chose the guests whom he carried about S SV n nr r ni night ht after night in the still unpaid V for limousine k a tJ a p ors a 1 sw k y u uThe Georgek y F The real Colonel George t et B M Harvey former Am- Am Amt Amr r r lo to England who was g i S ST T s 4 r fl ry 4 pained to learn how his distinguished name and reputation have been traded on by an impostor n g IT BARRY B-AKRY VOIGHT is a man of o am am- am ambition N am-N HARRY As a n result of years of faithful pursuit of this ambition h he finds to day nt at a little oser o ty the tho owner o of what hat he ho describes ns as the tho only really high-class high cal cai for rent in New York Tins Thus car cu is nothing less loss than a Rolls Royce limousine for which the hardworking hard hard- haid orl working ng d a-d intelligent chauffeur paid a few months ago Probably there were ere few prouder men in III the world orld than Harry Voight when hen he first seated himself at the wheel of this luxurious motor dl essed in III the tailor tailor- tailor tailor-mado made livery which he thinks such s vehicle and the I he demands for r I vi But Dut just lust now his prideful joy JO- in III his hiscar hiscar hiscar car is clouded by the tha knowledge that for a month this expensive piece of property has not earned him o a penny penn penny not enough to pay for its gas and oil to say nothing of Vl own time Yet during this month the tho car was as as busily employed as one ono can be engaged be In carrying can ing as Voight s a Colonel George C n lit II M Harve Harvey former Ambas Ambas- Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador to England end and arlOu various alluring women omen friends of his hI on gay trips about the city and suburbs that often lasted all night long At the end of the month the lessee suddenly vanished and when hen VOIght tried to collect his unpaid bill ft f for he was as dismayed and distressed 0 io o learn that his supposed rich and distinguished patron and passenger was as not Colont Harvey at all The trap into Mr Voight had fallen was as the result of one of Ills his newspaper advertisements offering the Rolls Royce Ro ce and the sen services Ices of Its operator owner operator to persons of refine refine- refinement refinement refinement ment One day the telephone had rung and Voight had heard the polished but authoritative mans man's voice olee speaking Hello Mr VOIght I The man the Rolls Royce to rent Eight hundred a month 1 hats hat's satisfactory If it the th car is as you say Yes drive at once to flY my the club club the and Metropolitan Metropolitan and I will try it out This is Colonel lIan Harey ey Mr Voight felt Celt sure that Colonel Har- Har Harsey liar icy sey ey was as a person of importance Still Stillmore more certain was as he of this when as lie he brought his Ins car ear to a n stop slop slop before beCore the tho th smart Metropolitan Club ell dressed t 3 young oung man addressed him from the curb Are Ale you iou OU the man with Ith the car for Colonel Harvey Harsey he asked I am the colonels colonel's lIe He wants icu eu to trait alt until he gets through talking Ith President CoolIdge over long distance Of course tins thus created a favorable impression on Mr Voight at once Nat Nat- Naturally u any solid citizen is glad to 1 ho bi 0 thrown tin own into with Ith witha Itha a man wh telephones the President of oC the great great United States right after breakfast D B u t still Mr VOIght didn t qUite pia place e e Colonel Harey Har- Har Harvey vey ley ey so 50 he be t t asked the sec secretary sec sec- seck secretary k rotary That w 1 gentleman shoed honed great great t fe y surprise V hat bat you i 1 dont don't know v r the million million- s aire r awe diplomat Colonel Col Col- Col onel George B n M Harvey You dont don't know the greatest great great- est Ambassador to England England that our countr country ewer ever sent over You dont don't know the states- states man editor man edItor the theoner t h he e owner o and pub pub- publisher pub lisher of oC The The TheNor Nor North t h American Review Well WeI I declare But hele heio comes the colonel colont now now Voight looked up to see a 1 I rather athel elderly el- el derly derl exceedingly f well well ell groomed gentleman gentleman gen- gen tieman approaching approach- approach approaching ing mg ing hastily with Ith the t the air IlIr of a 1 manof nun man of gleat affairs Miss Dorothy who ho never wasted asted Knapp Knappa a famous a minute Follies beauty Just a minute but NOT one of he said those the bogus and III try the Colonel Har- Har Harcar Harcar car Har-car car Now Simp- Simp vey entertained son this this to his get get get off that letter to Queen Mary first of all Tell Ills His MaJesty Im I'm sorry not to I be Ic c able to spend ChrIstmas with sully Ith her and King George at Luckingham Palace I Explain A pia III that a 1 busy editor cant can't get so fai CIlI away assay flam hIs magazine With these words Colonel Hal Hai as about to step into the car when hen he thought of something else ele And I And I soy say Simpson wont won't ont forget torget hat calle cable to the Km King of Spain Spann and the tM card to Lloyd George Now No Voight let lets let's see what hat sour our car cal IS ls is like Ike The fhe colonel Voight to lake tako him for tor a little tUI n up Riverside Un e did going goin Oln a ns as carefully as the Harry V Vois ht and the luxurious car which he owns and operates and which the spurious Colon Colonel l Harvey kept running night and day for a whole month without paying a cent f B j I Iman position of the great grent greatman man demanded Indeed In- In Ind In d deed d as Voight later lat r ex explained he felt that his car had rea reached hed its WOI worthy hy end when hen it carried th this s well ell dl essed business like business gentleman who ho was as on such good terms with President Coolidge and the cro crowned ned heads of Europe When an hour or so latel the colont left the car at the Ritz Carlton pro pro- pronouncing pro pronouncing it satisfactory y and ordering It placed at his Ills service for Cor a month VOight felt that all was as well ell in m the best possible of worlds Now slid said Colonel Harvey Harsey as he alighted to enter his hotel havo have the car here hei at 3 Im I'm going to lela relax for a i few Cew wrecks and ha have base e a 1 good lively 11 ely holiday But it will spoil evel if e er body disc HIS secs v cis who ho I am So if anyone any one asks If its it's Colonel Haney Harsey youre you're driving mg you 01 oj say no its it's voir Uncle Moe from Kalamazoo do you ou understand Mr Voight did and said so As he later latel e explained Of course I know that men will be men and that a II great per per- pcr on on like Colonel Harvey must have hIS little le rela relaxations Thus with Ith perfect understanding began the holiday hobday of the colonel en by Hairy Voight I expected we e would divert elt II a little v s ith the ladies ladles of the stage says Mr Voight but but also I felt sure ure uree we e would call on the and Mrs andel and many of the other othel fash lash fashionables IOn We would owe ove that much to our position But I never was so sur- sur surprised sur sur- surprised surprised as on that first afternoon noon when hen the colonel gave me my 01 orders ciders ders Take me nee up Riverside nl Drive e said he and keep voin yoni eyes opus open for sonic some pi city girl who looks s lonesome Yes sir Mr t ir said Mr Voight Voight while In- In Inal in in al lie he was dumfounded As he cx- cx ex explained x I could hardly believe my dais eals cai 31 1 tiled feed to square this with Ith the reputation the boys boss bo at the garage garnge hid had h d given me for ex Ambassador Harve Harvey the knee Inee hi bl and the add ess to the Price of Vales and Wales und I lust couldn't make male It We hadn't gone ninny blocks before e ethe the colonel rapped lapped I on the s window Stop I he called You You are lire Ill I'll passing rIght by that little pippin with Ith the slen- slen slender slen der ankles 0 oser ov cr er there Well I stopped the car ear and the colonel got out He lie raised his hat hilt to the loung oung lady Im sure weve we've met before he told her Yes she the replied smiling where II wax it Jt In England Ingland I think he sal said l And nd at that the little lady lidy lifted her small glo glowed gloved ed hand and slapped the for for- former former for former mer ambassador a stinging smack sight light across the t face ace Drive e on you vou OU hoi horrid i id masher sal said J lie he or I will Ill call the tho police I was never in England in my life The colonel got into the car alone his Ius face I red led cd flom her hei glove glare Presently he again agam spoke ole through the tube tUDe I stopped and he got out onto He Ife said the thes-ime thes same thing to another young oung lady Jady about having met before beCore she agreed and got In I shook my head If he didn't nose move in sit the very Cry highest circles cIrcle I told myself m self Id order him lum out of m my car at once But I But I suppose suppose- suppose hes he's just lust doing this for a day Pel Perhaps this IS 13 the only way ay he can forget his worries 0 over or or grave giave gl ave political problems I tiled to be chai liable through Central PallI Pall Palk I drove drone until I was as dizzy and thene then we e took the young oung lady to dinner at nt the Ritz When the colonel appeared later he came canoe with Ith still another young oung lady I was liS amazed at athis athis his Ius el That evening I the colonel and the ne nest nev young oung lady Indy up to a in III Westchester and we sae didn't get back till I 1 in m the morning I staggered Into my ay bcd bed having haung done miles and fi file e hours of w wanting tune time since I signed on with It h the colonel NeAt Next da day the call c canoe cime me at 10 to pIck pIckup pickup pickup up my boss at al the He lie came camo out dressed in Ul COI formal mal morning clothes cutaway lined fur coat white pink sit his buttonhole This Tills time there was a aI areal aleal I real enl lady with th him dressed in a n hand hand- handsome handsome handsome some velvet costume the I he moment I looked at lit leer hei I knew alio sho hio was as quality In Inwardly I was glad gilld the colonel h had d fin finally lly looked up his Ill friends in society I wondered h what t Quern Queen Maly Many would hwo havo 1 4 thought of him if IC she could have seen him the day before But nut the surprises lot fOI me had only started T Two To 0 days liter we e called again for the lady at her hotel hen nhen another thing happened I distinctly heard the colonel sa say as he held the lad ladys lady's s 's hand My My dear those lings rings need cleaning Let me see to them foi for you While Rhile I wondered the lady took toole off her rings and the colonel told me to drive to a n fashionable Fifth A Avenue venue Je jewelry ell store The lad lady seemed pleased at this at- at attention attention at attention but as I sat there on my seat scat driving driving day day I kept growing mg mote mOle at the way ay this 1 really ea Ily gJ great cat man was 19 I used to say to myself elf 0 over oser er and over Mrs Har liar Harvey vey wy should be here s with ith him HIS Iles wife ICe ought to be told the told why the night nightlife nightlife life de of New Yolk is turning the m in In crazy For the tho ho colonel took the quality lady about only once in a n great gl cat Other times it was beauties collected from flom the stage stige t ge doors and theatrical with whom he filled my limousine to overflowing o night after night The full of his Ills was as reached when hen he became acquainted with Ith se several eral of the beauties in m Mr I had thought my job was as hard hald before but from then on it became still w Oi 01 se After Artel we e met meet the lie Follies chorus we 0 u used ed to beg begin III day at 10 in the morn morn- morning morning ing mg We drove drone to all nil the best haber haber- haberdashers haberdashers da dashers hers and the best tailors The colonel 01 ordered dered a n dozen new su ts is and gloves hats neckties and silk sill socks to go with each new ne outfit One thing I noticed however ho which Iset I 1 set down to the mean mean- mean ress of ot the lee I cally richand rich lich and I really call great lIe never nevel 01 del ed even a bunch of daisies to be sent ent to the ladies ladles of o the theater As he said to me once witha with Ith Itha a I wink wink chum charm theny then with my new clothes Hamand and this tillS fine car of vours ours I thought this tillS was pretty mean in n a aman aman man who ho II hid had d seen spen theay the way ay a leal gentle gentle- gentleman gentleman man treats a 1 lady hd both help here and in England But waiting at the stage door each night at 11 II and then di h iving the lie his Ills lively ey friends to a road road- roadhouse rood house hou house e somewhere some here in Connecticut anda and 0 a 1 getting back to bed at 6 each morning kept me too weary Cary to think much about it Somebody ought to wire Te Mrs Harvey Harley I said to mys my- my myca ca s self e l I f C Somebody ought to pull him up before he gets l himself in a really s first class scandal x Suppose some of off the stage tage beauties I j s should sue him l But its it's I rather lather a delicate matter tell tell- tellIng tell tell telling ing mg a 1 mans man's wife she should hould look mt into 1 her husbands husband's conduct when hen lies lie's seeing New NewYork's W Yorks York's night life Besides I 1 thought I could understand how a great man might tight be bo entitled to fOI forget get his 1115 I responsibilities for a time nut But one morning as I dropped the col- col colonel col colonel onel at his hotel at C j I made bold to beg him to go a little easy You know kno I said you owe something some some- something thing to your our position colonel Harr Harry my bo boy he lie said lets keep going and hang the Queen of England v hen first I saw v you ou I rather suspected you ou hid had no imagination That's why Ini Im going up to Albany to morrow and andI I m ni going on the train you Harry you vou OU I respectable old dog I might aught really shock you ou ou if I took you vou ou and the car to Albany So Ill I'll give gle gl e you vou ou a little holiday Of course I thanked him and just as asI asI asI I drove off lie he called me back Oh bythe by bythe bythe the way ay Harry he said have ha your our bill waiting ailing when hen I return Ive I've got to settle do down n to business then Harry 1 I I and thanked hun him for the two t daIs holiday They went by I slept most of the time I tune I was so tired Three four days went ent by but no colonel Land knows what hat hes he's up to in Albany I said And then I got nervous I went ent to the Metropolitan Club Colonel Harvey Harsey hasn't been here In years cars I was as told Then Iwas I was as in Suppose he ho wasn't what hat he lie sands said I looked up the lady lidy those chose hose I rings unga he had taken to the store She burst into tears base We We have hale been basel basely imposed upon Harr she Bhe said aid He lie is not I Harvey nt at all I will newer nevel get my back Ti II rings ou never get your c car r hire Besides there was as a small loan of I made him hini N Next t I called on the ladies ladles at the Follies collies Well what hat do you know about that tha