Dr. Herbert Benjamin
over to the bench, patted the sleeping man on the back,
and grabbed his hand to shake it.
The sleeping man woke up and tried to struggle
away.
“What did I do?” he complained. “I was just sitting
here on this bench minding my own business. I just
dozed off two seconds maybe. Is there a law against
that?”
“Now stop being modest!” said the policeman. You
know you just helped me catch a criminal, Why, this is
Cruel Charlie, the famous bank robber! You’re going to
get a $10,000 reward for this! And you
deserve
it!”
“I am?” said the man, “I did? I mean. . . You don’t
say!” And he shook his bead back and forth in
amazement.
And the policeman hustled off Cruel Charlie the
bank robber in one arm, with his other arm around the
man who, a few minutes before, hadn’t had a penny or a
bed to sleep in.
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