Show t bacher as a holdup H ol 01 up man rr the weekly short story sl ho loy by OWEN ATKINSON 8 20 a n M john booth plump red need pompons ful fifty clief donn he 1119 steps of hi his new rochella lp atine 1 and climbed into H limousine tight ID 00 the dot 88 a be lot told d JIL tj chauffeur wll will let in the seam gears with i wry smile he lit krow only too spit ell kimt mr bolh a daly schedule ns nl it I 1 varied fir 1 lit ten years 1 III hAlb lately the chauffeur had found balag that mr booth would ie le i a minute late ale ome tome time during tie the day be punctual pune and never fort forget anything booth announced for perhaps the thousandth time if it I 1 badat followed ilise 0 tio o PrID principle 14 1 d never he of the new yolk ty trust today there was wa no dening hat that mr fob atin wa was president bf 1 I that p tit trust im pany 14 will aid said anth mr lit 11 comfortably back in to tb abe hell 11 sent and 1 lit hi his a arst of 1141 daja allotment f clinora cli nira the nm first ici 14 of alch left his hl upa lips as the car passed meridian ruael morning traffic at the crossing wf wis heavy hear I 1 today anti nd 11 I 1 if wai was forced to slow down to a bare fire rolles miles an hour b out glancing Glanc lne about him with ith no tin air of contented content fd benevolence mr sir booth eyes ee oa on the figure of a men batin civi oo 00 the tile nesip st curbing now it wax wait not the bank batt cr ers habit to offer ill to er M but bill 1001 1 be he wai Is iz a generous mood blood and besides the mao man on he the curb appeared to be prosperous well dres dressed seil booth ordered vill to stop the car and leaning out of the window asked the wr brilling illing gentleman if it he cred to ride into the city lie ile did and climbed into the rear of ur goethe booth I 1 limousine with iab tt 1 it jr explaining thai that his ova own mi had broken donn down and that be he had en on important Import appointment that morning mo ona had bad ben be n desperately trying to and a tx trill to take alra don to W street streel sit booth chuckled and vall wail street happened tupp hipp ened to be hta film destination ind nd that he understood the necess lt of keeping an ep lip tho stronger st thea then to in produced trod ced himself ns as one david car rigan ripa now darld carrigan hap bened to te president of the me lie chabica sating bank an ion which hooth had every anten tiou of merging with his own trust min company pany for months be hod had b two za trying to arrange the combination of the two financial 1 bat but to date ball never bad had the true still they get flenty of exercise bid plenty of wandering wand erint as they thay annd along you never wander off the earth and yet you probably do a good deal of exer eier cislon and find stalking and exploring but now yoa yon must feet ket started et arted cosmo signaled to tto tho pilot ini and they their speed again the rockets il shoot ln oft off behind them as bey they sped through gli the sky 1 I II 11 come back for you ah AIL wee on hermay iler ry A 1110 1130 western T jefro newspaper I 1 ingot 1 of h hi president of the mechanic aroid mr air booth im 1911 1 delighted at tit this ihl chance op to get cl lic b 11 was wits tot tooth larer rend d a man to take advantage of the nod fo attempt to talk bucl nc fristedt fri ne stent ai he chatted on the tile latest subjects of Nestel imler county ua the he alarming larmin fi in in bold up ups of 3 3 lie tile highway hIgh wais and by 11 II wai was a dear to mr sir heart and he be expressed ei A roan a cotil M to take chance chances 0 he A little caution li is all thai necessary nece sury few never top stop for stran strangers kt hers that i a want I 1 I 1 ay I 1 ive ve never had any roubie yet let I 1 ro too item for the he crook lueill never fl gt nie ai As mr lit booth car rolled into central paik ai at one hundred ind and tenth street he reached ai as uund for his watch in order to check will and po if it he be was re binning runal rig OL 01 schedule ills hand fumbled at his 1113 vett pocket then lien hunt hung there pam hit 1114 watch was gonel cone I 1 then in a flash he be answer came to him bini this man tano beside him was wits im darld cardigan Car tigan lie fie was a hold bold up roan mant I 1 now as mr air booth was ID to the habit of driving at lit daht al tit on ID in tb the county lie he bad had secured a license to carry a 11 revolver in his automobile mr ur booth aitel swiftly lie ile snatched th he blunt dosed automatic from th he pocket at his side aide jammed the mule into th tilis of the man mart beside botill side him ari PJ mid sold la 14 bard deter give methe me hie balch I 1 A startled look dished ita thoi oer carrican is fata with trew bIlas hoods tie he plucked the lie watch and from his hl ml test pocket handl the articles over to sir boolba and then delei head first frontu te mooing car 1 l ii let one ter r wo and was wa tone pile on hia his return home that aielt tit booth proudly dialed related the L mornings incident to hta his ife star tha As the be was amu stowed to ita ila to lila triumphs gaj ghorm ho no particular rut but when her er husband hus banit reached the p part art about the watch she he ut sat wi listened in dently and then its coroia his vary mil anti to illustrate the point be took the very iticia from bit b pocket packet and it in front of his hl wife stin sha delred it turned it over oer and looked on lie the back then strangely trans cly the he berun began ti laush lAok Look Jolin John ahe she 1 lat it tile lie on the back of I 1 abe ratch 11 D a 0 that was ra mr sir car 1 ripa you invited to ride with you thia his morning I 1 found lour own atch alich after you left for once la in vur life you forgot youve youre roide mile a mistake oh john I 1 this dinkes youl a human again and to hr Ilo booth surprise his hi if thew the th ew her bet anna ams abent his neck gd aued kissed h him im full upon the lip for the ali ortt 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