Abe and Mawruss - Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass
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wrists encircled by a pair of handcuffs.
"Come along quiet," said Mr. Gunther calmly, "or I'll knock yer block awff." At this juncture the elevator door banged open and Abe came into the showroom. "What is the matter here?" he cried. Mr. Gunther smiled. "I'm a United States deputy marshal," he proclaimed, "and I'm arresting this guy under a warrant duly issued in the Southern District of New York. I've got a taxicab downstairs and if any of you gentlemen is a friend of the prisoner youse can come along to the marshal's office." Morris darted into the office and reappeared with his hat and coat. "Abe," he said, "you stay here in the store. I would go down with him." Abe frowned. "One moment, Mawruss," he cried. "It don't go so quick as all that. First, we would find out what he makes this young feller arrested for." The deputy marshal nodded. "That's all right," he said. "You're entitled to know it. He's arrested on the complaint of the Russian Consulate for something he did in Russia |
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