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THE LASE OB THE bla: lleUb FINGLHPRINTS Sllck Magee was a clever clock He w s born and brought up ln the lowest slums of the Hal lem dlstrlct 1n New York City AS he grew up he learned o l1ve by h1s wlts and to be always one Jump ahead of the cops It was ol1ck's deslre from the flrst to be the cleverest crook 1n the U b He never went 1n for vlolence but contented hlmself w1th robblng safes Just often enough to QIVG h1m a good l1V1ng Every cop 1n the d1StFlCt knew about hlm but they never could pln anythlng on h1m,There were always plenty of flngerprlnts on a safe when the cops suspected olrck of robblng But the prlnts d1d not come fron the flngers of Dl1Ck, These prlnts were compared w1th all those on the po l1ce flles, but no llkeness could be found as the safe robblng Jobs became more numerous, the New York pollce became desperate They flnally called on prlvate detectlve, Dlck Marlowe, one oi the oest ln the country Marlowe flrst went to work on the flngerprlnts He found that in was the same thlef ln every case because the pr1nts were always the same. but the pr1nts were the oddest shaped thlngs lmaglnable. They seemed to come from flngers that were nearly as wlde as they were long Flnally the detectlve declded that the only way to catch the crook was to actually catch hlm robblng a safe all other methods had f3ll6dg After a careful check of the d1str1ct, Marlowe found that there wa only one safe that had not been dlsturbed, Nlght after nlght he watched the store that con About three o'clook 1n the talned the undlsturbed safe, but notnlng happened Then he declded lt was tlme to pa s the was be1ng l it ln the safe than entlce the thief to make h1s Marlowe settled hlmself to walt leave hlm alone untll after the enable hlm to flnd out about the word around that more money usual Th1s would probably appearance That nlght as for the th1ef he resolved to safe was openu Thls would odd prlnts mornlng th detectlve heard the lock on the door belng plcked Then the door swung open and sllently as a shadow someone stepp d 1n He went stralght to the safe, but lnstead of touchlng lt he took off hls rlght shoe Then puttlng hls toes to the safe dlal he twlsted lt, llstenlng for the fall of the tumblers It was not more than ten mlnutes before he had the safe door open Then Dlck Marlowe stepped 1U and put a stop to CHS proceedlngs Dl1Ck put up no flght but sullenly submltted to the hand cuffs Only a crafty man would be smart enough to open a safe wlth hls to s so h1s flngerprlnts would not be on the dlal Francls Howe 'L8 1 -x ' 1, 1 X X H- L L A Al , ' ' ' fn - 1 V - g Cl . . , 1 . . . ,. , . A t . . v . . O I fi O l ' . V-. . . 0 0 . . - . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . 1 . O ' O D C V 0 W I I Q - . . . 0 I I - :. . ' . . 0 . . 1 W . 0 - 4 . . 0 . . . . . . . ' ' H 0 . . . Xl O . . . T F ' ' Q 4 Q 1 - - . . , - 4 ' 1 . I . W . . ,K .1 A . . - . . . Q . C , , LJ ,A . 4 'A 1 . . Q. . - . K . . u , Y 'B V o 'r I 3 0 I L . . . 3 . , . . . . I 0 ' I c Z U U . . 'J 1 I o . A . . I3 o Y . . . . . ' A . . . g . . . . . . . - 1 ' . . , -A . J ' X . J . . . . . . . - n ,A - . . . . . C . , . .
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Coming Back to Life The day I graduated I IOIHGQ the Infantry The slx months went fast for me and I really enjoyed them as I made a lot of frlends Maklng frlends was SOUGth1WU new for me as I was an orphan and had to work all my tlme and thus hadn't had tlme to make many acqualntances It was ln the seventh month of tralrlng that I was Shlp ped to the flghtlng zone At that tlme I bore the rank of P F C and I felt real proud of myself It was when we landed 1n Normandy that a fear that somethlng was gOlHg to happen over took me Through weeks of hard, tlresome flght lng thls fear stayed wlth me In the locatlon where we were, farm anlmals were runnlng over the place, set free from thelr pastures by bombs and the flfhtlng As only powdered mllk had, some of us stole out from camp at nlght to get of fresh mllk One nlght I had found one of the and was flll1DU my helmet when a gun cracked some where off 1U the dark nlght and a paln rlpped through y shoulder about all soldlers, was to be a helmet creatures A couple of days after th t I awoke to flnd myself 1D a crowded room The cockroaches were as thlck as dust, dead bodles, dlrt, blood, and dead mlce were enough to choke a puy to death I could feel the llce from the man next to me run nlng through my halr As my eyes became accu tomed to the d1m l1ght,I saw that there were multltudes of other men ln thls same room, packed so close that they were standlng, SlCt1UF or lylng on each the dampness of the floor I knew I was ln a German Prlson Camp Llfe, 1f that lS what you call lt, was torturlng e suffered many a beatlng by the brutal enemy We were forced to work ln our b re feet and were whlpped untll our hldes were raw lf they were not sulted For meals, when remembered, we were glven a small bowl of pot to peellng or fnh he d soup Many a tlme we had to go wlth nothlng to flll our stomachesa Many t1m9S I prayed that I would d1e rather than have to l1ve through thls torture For months my m1nd was blank and my prayer was almost answered I really can't descrlbe the months of sufferlng I went through, but I w1ll never forget the day that the Amerlcans took over I was never so thankful ln my llfe s when they put me on 3 nospltal shlp headed for New York It was wonder ful to lay 1D a real bed I broke down and crled when a tray of food was set 1n front of me Only tho e who have been through hell w1ll know what a wonderful leellng lt 1S to come b ck to llfe agaln, after g1V1ng up hope Joan Coffln 'SO 6 , If A . . . . . . r .LO , , . , . I . . . . 0 O O I . . . - I . .Q . . i . 0 . . KI' . . m C t a . . r A ' I J 1 rv u . Q 7 1 C l s ' ' . 4 1 . . J . other. I tried to get to my feet, but my legs were numb from . i . . ' 0 . . . C ' - I , C ' I . . . . 3 . . 1 g . T . . . . F . C . I . . . f I . I f ' ' t a F , . g . - I . L . . V . S - I 3 . r. 1 H. . 0
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