The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes
“Another day passed before her absence was taken seriously, and Cholly-on-the-Corner was sent to look for her. He checked at her usual pitches in front of some of Broadway’s better theaters, and some that were not so better. He talked to the bartenders at the between-the-acts joints in which she was known to imbibe and the waitresses at Schrafft’s restaurant on Broadway and 44th, where she was known to lunch. He spoke to some Broadway citizens who were known to be acquainted with the lady. He di...dn’t find her.
Alexander Brass and I were having a late supper at the Knickerbocker Grill on 54th and Sixth and listening to Benny Goodman and his boys make music on the bandstand, which is, after all, Brass’s job, and he is my boss, when Cholly came over to the table to tell us about it. “I am on da glim fer Two-Headed Mary,” he told us, plopping into the empty seat at our table without bothering to ask. “She ain’t been where she’s supposed ta be at fer a nummer a’ days now, an’ some a’ her friends ah startin’ ta worry so’s dey ast me ta put out da woid.”MoreLess
Alexander Brass and I were having a late supper at the Knickerbocker Grill on 54th and Sixth and listening to Benny Goodman and his boys make music on the bandstand, which is, after all, Brass’s job, and he is my boss, when Cholly came over to the table to tell us about it. “I am on da glim fer Two-Headed Mary,” he told us, plopping into the empty seat at our table without bothering to ask. “She ain’t been where she’s supposed ta be at fer a nummer a’ days now, an’ some a’ her friends ah startin’ ta worry so’s dey ast me ta put out da woid.”MoreLess
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