Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

door with my latchkey he stood looking
up at me from the pavement with his
quizzical smile.
Love is like the measles" he GRATED.
THE older you get II. the worse the at
tack
johnson did not appear again that dav.
A small man In a rHincoat took his place.
The next morning i made my initial trip
to the ONCE. the raincoat still on hand.
i had short conference with Miller the
district attorney. at III. Bronson was
under surveillance, he said. and any at
tempt to sell the notes to him would
probably result I'm their recovery. I'm the
meantime. as knew. the common
wealth had continued the case In hope
of such contingency.
At noon 1 left the Office and took a
veterinarian to see Candida. the injured
pony. BY ] O'Clock my first days duties
were performed. and a long Sahara OF
hot afternoon stretched ahead. Mcknight.
always glad to escape from the grind.
suggested a vaudeville. and in sheer ennui
consented I could neither ride. drive
nor golf. and my own company bored me
to distraction.
Coolest place in town these days" he
declared. Electric fans. breezy songs.
airy costumes. And there's johnson just
behind-the coolest proposition in wash
ingtop.
He gravely bought three tickets and
presented the detective with one. Then
We went I'm. Having lived a normal, busy
life. the theater in the afternoon is to me
about on a par with ice cream for break
fast. Up on the stage very stout
woman In short pink skirts. with a smile
that Mcknight declared looked like a
slash in a roll OF butter. was singing.
nasally, with a laborious kick at the end
OF each verse. Johnson. two rows ahead.
went to sleep. Mcknight prodded me
Look at the first box to the right" he
said. In q stage whisper. II want you
to come over at the end OF this act"
1t was the first time / had seen her
since I put her in the cab at Baltimore.
Outwardly I presume / was calm. for no
one turned to stare at me. but every
atom OF me cried out at the sight of her.
She was leaning. bent forward. lips
slightly parted. gazing rsptly at the Jap
Mcknight disrespecffully called the Col
umns of Hercules. Compared with the
draggied lady OF the farmhouse, she was
radiant.
For that first moment there was moth
ing but joy at the sight of her Me
knights touch on my arm brought me
back to reality.
Come over and meet Them" he said.
That's the cousin Miss West is visiting,
Mrs. Dallas"
But / would not 60. After he went L
sat there alone. painfully conscious that
was being pointed out and stared at
from the box. The abominable Japanese
gave way to yet moro atrocious perform
ing dogs.
How many offers Of marriage will tho
young lady in the box have?' The dog
out card that said eight. Wild shouts
of glee by the audience. The fools"
muttered.
After a little I glanced over. Mrs.
Dallas was talking to Mcknight, bnt
She was looking straight at me. She was
flushed. but more calm than ]. and she
did not bow. fumbled for my hat, but
the next moment l saw that they were
going. and I sat still. When Mcknight
came back he was triumphant.
I've made an engagement for you
he said. Mrs. Dallas asked me to bring.
you to dinner tonight. and said j knew
you would fall all over yourself to. Co.,
You are requested to bring along the!
broken arm and any other souvenirs oc
the wreck that you may possess"
"1'll do nothing OF the Sort 1 dee
clared, struggling against my inclinction-l
Il can't even tie my necktie. and hays
"oh. that's all right" ne said, easily.
TN send Stogie over to nix you up. and
Mrs. Dial knows all about the arm. {
told her."
sstogie is his Japanese factotum. sa
called because he is lean. a yellowish
brown in color. and because he claims to-
have been shipped into this country in q
box).
The cinematograph was finishing tho
program. The house was dark and the
music had stopped. as 1t does in the cir
Gus just before somebody risks his neck
at SO much a neck in the dip OF death.
or the hundred-foot dive. Then. with .
sort Of shock, 1 saw on the white cur
tain the announcement:
THE NEXT PICTURE
is the doomed Washington fiier, taken
a short distance from the scene of the
wreck on the fatal morning of Septem-
Der 10. Two miles farther on 1t met with
almost complete humiliation.
(To be continued tomorrow