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Show PARTED W3TH HIS COIN, PhonyCheck: Worked on a Young- Belgian Bel-gian "From Murray. J ii Ion Salens didn't even ct iho chanc to hUl an old valine lit return for his JIO IWibably tho pnlr of bunko artists who lu taped up against Salons wore In too big a hum to get anything moro than a "phony" che.?k for ?1M. Hut the' check, did tho work. nny.Sow, and tho bunko men still havo It for fuiu j" uoc. Sal tns Im a young Belgian. II hns been work.W In Murray, lie with about to board the tiiiln for OlaeKO IjjUo. near CIiIciko: but hn wi ait up tho street with n nmooth-tulklnir little fv"ow whom h5 mot at the Rio Grande passed :er utatlon. Tbu llttlo fellow called the lul-n on Halonn. bemc a BelKlnn. and then a lid ho knew a lot of tho younc foreigner' for-eigner' friends. Incidentally mentioning that Ills own wife came from near Brussels. So they weftt to got a kIuss of beer. Tlmy l.Did Just quailed tho bock, at tho expense ex-pense of tho xtrunifer. when another well-drvssvd well-drvssvd lUlle man came bt on a tTullop He demanded his money for attondlnt; to Ihe Birauger's Krlps. "Can i-u chance Jlffl?" ald tho Hlrantror. Tho outride man couldn't. Salens couldn't, either. We had only Hn. nut that wu enough, lie Kiive It up without any further hatffcllitR. Ho and thu strancer wnro both bound for Cldcaxo. It looked ull rlcht. And, anywuy. hrt liked llu? ptranuer. That Individual wan to meet Salens al the train. "When In- failed to tfhow up Salenx hunted up Patrolman Tom Mlmor. That officer sent him to the police station, where he gave the details of the affair. |