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SeYenty-Seventh Street entrance of the Cox 111emorial I m:ane Asylum. l\Iiss Thomas stepped out and smiled upon the driver, who immediately became hilarious and ran o\·cr the traffic officer's favorite guinea-pig, which had strolled away from its master, who was enjoying his noon-day nap against one of the many green lamp-posts which decorated the side- walk.
:M i s s T h o m a s t o o k a d v a n t a g e o f h e r opportnnit~· a n d boarded a westbound street car headed for the police station. Getting off at Boot's Dru~ Store, ~:~he went in, had her shoes shined, came out and \valked fonr blocks down the left-hand side of the street; then turning to the right. she walked two blocks on the right-hand side and one more on the left. Here she took a jitney and rode o,·er to East Side, where she en-
tered a shop, on the window of which were stencilled in red letters the words, "Quick Work." When }fiss Thomas en- tered this building, she wore a worried, if 110t a frightened, look on her beautiful countenance. Now as she came out through exactly the same doorway, she wore a triumphant look-she had had a manicnre.
. Hopping a First Street Bus, she climbed to the top, sat down, took out a paper, began to read and then put the paper back into her pocket. When the bus passed a wienie shop at the entl·ance of the Salvation Army ITeadquarters, she jumped off, went up lo the lunch counter, and called in a thin, weak voice, for a pair of wienies, with plenty of onions and mustard, and also n lemon pie. "Tith this encourage- ment she walked 011t on the sidewalk a~ain, and from there to a subway entrance.
.Aftm• purchasing a ticket, she took a cross~town train and got off at the nletropoJitan Art Gallery. She was at once ushered into the office of the l1cad usher, where she enjoyed a glass of blackberry cordial. Leaving the Art Gallery, she went immediately to the AlJ-Stm· Detective Force Rooms in