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Show all ales As told to: ELMO , FRANK E. .nd SCOTT HAGAN WATSON The Unfinished Story CHARLES M. WALKER tells tall tales because of silent hours with feeding slieep In the Big Horn mountains of Wyoming. But, strangely enough, his favorite yarn concerns the heart of Chicago instead in-stead of the great open spaces. "In 1928," Charlie tells, "downtown "down-town Chicago had numerous banks and many bank vice presidents. Despite De-spite their numbers, however, some of the latter were obsessed of self-importance. self-importance. One of these I recall. "He lived fashionably on the north shore, commuting dally to the loop. One crisp morning he discovered discov-ered the family cat dead at his back door. It was only 18 paces to a small garden but the banker revolted re-volted at being seen burying a cat. He wrapped the carcass in oiled paper, pa-per, Intending, to cast It into the Chicago river which he always crossed downtown. .; "Two friends joined him at tfie river's edge, which meant that the parcel was cached In an empty safe deposit box at the bank. "Homeward bound, the banker retrieved his demised animal, planning plan-ning quick interment on recrosslng the river. Once again, however, friends accompanied him. He boarded a crowded train, placed his ghastly parcel In a lugajje rack. "At his station, the banker seized a brown-paper parcel and bolted. Swallowing pride, he decided on burial In the garden. But when he opened the parcel there was re-vealed re-vealed a T-bone steak which an unknown un-known but soon-to-be-shocked commuter com-muter had selected." Q Western Newspaper Union. - - - o Phone as your news Items. Call fit- |