Show I- I CROSS ACROSS CHECK CHECK By Ray kay Trail r A BEAM BRAM Cotters never dreamed IA hed he'd run into such a snag as this when he ho pulled his car into the filling station and told the attendant attendant at at- to fill rill her up Then accustomed accustomed ac ac- as he was to making his living by passing bad checks he heI I j fumbled for his wallet and opened it It in front of the red-headed red boy Gee I Iless guess less Ill I'll have to give you a check ho he said Can you cash one for fifty dollars Well sir the boy said as he hep p scratched his hU head we wo dont don't cash personal checks for strangers Not unless you can get someone to vouch for you Oh its its it's a good check Salary check from Carlson's downtown Yes sir I know tho the store allright all allright allright right but but but- Cotters could see the small drug drugstore drugstore store on the corner opposite the filling IDling station Its sign saying WRIGHTS PHARMACY and his thoughts leaped fast I know Mr Wright over there he said Oh you do sir the attendant attend ant brightened up Well sir that's better I 1 tell you what Why dont don't you ou just go across to the store and tell Mr Wright what the situation is and have him wave to tome tome tome me if It he knows you and if U everything everything every every- thing Is all right i Sure said sold Cotters as he looked at the phony check with the phony name By Dy the way what's your name he asked Andrews sir Jack Andrews he heard the boy say He walked into the drug store and saw a man of about sixty putting put ting up stock behind the counter Hello he ho said to the man are you Mr Wright I me said the cast cist What can I do for you Well I just bought some gas gastram tram from my friend Jack Andrews across the street and ami I t find that all I have with me is this check b for fifty Oh The pharmacist replied 1 He Ire said that if It you'd just step stepto stepto stepto to the door and wave at him hed he'd hedt t wave ave back end and let you know that every everything thin is all right Oh all right said Doc Jacks Jacksa Jacks Jacksa a fine boy Known him since ince he- he was four 1 The pharmacist stepped to the thedoor door and waved a hand across to the red-headed red boy and through th the window Cotters watched the boy wave back with a big sweep sweep Everything was all right So Doc cashed the check and handed Cotters Cot five ten-dollar ten bills Thank you ever so much he be said On his way back to the tho car he ho pulled out another check just like the one he had passed on the tha pharmacist The attendant was smiling Sorry Sor ry to cause you so much trouble sir but now that I know everything's every things thing's okay Cotters was careful to keep ep his back toward the drug store as he handed tho thu boy the check And a moment later the boy handed him Thanks a lot Cotters said He Ha climbed into the car and turned on the ignition What a sucker trick that was wasi he grinned lie Ha pushed hard on the starter and the engine spluttered He pushed again Then his feet fidge fidgeted ed with both the starter arid the tho accelerator flood her that way sir he said Maybe Id I'd better check the carburetor And in a jiffy he had the hood up Should be okay now he said But Dut when Cotters tried again the Ute engine spluttered worse the matter with the thing he stormed Be De more care care- ful tul I will be from now on answered an the boy as he looked up to see the two policemen coming with Mr Wright over to the car the man said the pharmacist Good thing thins Mrs l Leslie stopped In the store just row She works down at Carlson's where this check was drawn and she came by to pay her bill When she pulled her pay envelop melo out of ot other her bag to give me cash I got right then She told me Carlson's Carlson uever never pays by checks check |