Show BROADWAY AW AND MAIN STREET charlie employs employ strategy to gut maneuver ice digger by BILLY ROSE atlease cast four times in the past week ive been buttonhole don broadway and asked have you heard what happened to charlie feltus well I 1 have but on oh the off chance that you perhaps I 1 ough tto bring to date for as long as I 1 can remember charlie feltus has been a promoter ot of things and people and by and larcenous he has always made a pretty nice dollar at it however like a lot of other times Square heads behas he has never hold on to these dollars for or long because of a weakness for bang tails and blondes in recent months to hear the wisenheimer stell tell it it a been rough ough going lor for charlie in both departments teeing seeing as how a most of his earnings have been going into tho the jewel box of a platinum mop ped tootsie named hazel duke and b his luck at the race face track trac khas has been as aa damon runyon used to billy rose itose put ita whole lot less than somewhat came i bleak and bleary eyed evening not long ago when charlie called on hazel with a face longer than ahan durantes smeller im in a 8 spot baby he gloomed bloomed glo omed 1 I owe my bookie butch fleeson seven grand and he just tipped me off that ill it 1 don dont t pay up by the end of the week im in tor for some bad trouble dutch Us as you know Is a pal of mine and make no fuss it if it was up to him but he says the guy who runs the syndicate syndi s cata Is 13 pressing him what can I 1 do about it asked hazel well sold charlie eyeing the clinty knick knacks on her arms and neck I 1 could raise several grand on jour your jew jewelry eliy it would be just a loan you understand nuts ito to that loan stuff said laid hazel and while were hav having ing this heart to heart I 1 might as well tell you ive bhea ben thinking of calling it quits dont slam the door sucker NATURALLY charlie was hurt by this kissoff kiss off especially after his many blue white kindnesses to the lady but ho he was an old ald campaigner and so he left without breaking her aim arm or doing anything else ungentlemanly the next day hazel got a phone call from dutch butch fleeson tho the bookie hello beautiful he said 1 I hear i tell youve given give n charlie the brush and you want po 0 o pick it up where hi he left aft off laughed hazel okay by me and youcan you can begin by taking me to dinner you catch on quick said the bookie he named onu of the exclusive ea teries on the east side and went on meet you at seven and it if you get there first arderi your sell a drink ill be over soon as I 1 finish with the bea bets ts on to nights tight fight an hour holer wit and tour four Afar linh later dutch phoned haiti flaze at aj fht ibbe restaurant laurant res 1 I got goll jammed up sop ht he said MW but bus ill he bf over ever ita fr a low few minutes llant them let up 4 0 couple of ol of than cham and order the biages doubis aleal in the boust borusf IM sl starve arved by 9 0 hazel hatel had ha d po polished of m most ost of porterhouse the and all the champagne but there was wag still no sign ot of butch finally plenty peeved she hrold told herself that no horse hustler was going to make her wait around with th I 1 ketchup on her mouth but as she rose to go the waiter handed her a tab lor for tell the manager im mr flee sons guest 11 shi she said a FIVE MINUTES later the manager appeared im sorry lie he said but I 1 just phoned mr fleeson and ho he says ho he had no appointment here tonight okay said hazel wearily ill leave this bracelet as security and come in tomorrow to pay you the manager took the bracelet and beckoned to a gent who was sitting at the bar the ta wan walked over flashed a 0 detectives boag and handed haiti a typewritten shoes headed articles ol of jewelry stolen irom airs at Fl izabeth stone stoff 11 and when haul examined the list chesaw that item for item ilem it is matched the ilbe jewelry velry iti she was tv wearing 1004 ring theres The rei some mistake she said 1 I got these from a mr charles feltus and he be told me he bought them on fifth avenue venue 4 you can explain it in court said the detective in the meantime hand the stuff over ill let you go home tonight but id suggest you dont try to leave town when hazel got to her apartment she found ia a sheet of piper paper under the door it was a duplicate of the jewelry list the detective had shown her at the bottom was a message in charlies familiar scrawl butch fleeson thanks yo you the syndicate thanks you you dont slam klamt the door tucker sucker |