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Question
Answer the following question.
What was Soapy’s first plan? Why did it not work?
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Solution
Soapy's first plan was to go and have a good dinner at some fine restaurant. He would then say that he had no money to pay. And then a cop would be called. It would all be done very quietly. The cop would arrest him. He would be taken to a judge. The judge would do the rest.
It did not work because as he put his foot inside the restaurant door, the head waiter saw his broken old shoes and the torn clothes that covered his legs. Strong and ready hands turned Soapy around and moved him quietly and quickly outside again.
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