Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-03

manded that Jim shed the bath robe,
which 10 finally did, on my promise
10 watch the sunset. Then for fully
= minute, there was no sound save Of
lfsst run1ing rapidly around the roof
and msoccasional soft thud. Each
|thud was accompanied By grunt or
two from jim. J3annigan was grimly
silent, Ones there was smart rap.
m oath from the policeman. and .
l0lrtAless chuck1e from Jim. The
iehucklo ended IN crash. however.
ana turned. Jim was lying on his
1aek On the roof. and flanagan was
Niping his ear with towel Jim sat
M and ran his hand down his ribs.
y sThsy're all here" he. observed
seftsr : minute. Il thought missed
one
3 the only way to take = mans
weight down" Fiannigan said dryly.
/ Jim got up dixzily.
! Down on the roof, I suppose you
Imean,s he said.
+ The next proceedings were mystsEi-
nus. E1anniEan rolled tho barrel into
'4ho tent. and carried small glass
lamp. With the material at hand he
seemed, 70 be effecting 4 combination.
NO new one, to Judge by his facility.
Then he called Jim.
~ the door Of the tent Jim turned
10 me. his bath-robe toga fashion
around his shoulders.
This is . very essential part Of the
Treatment" he said, so1emnly. "The
ie1erc1se. according to Flanagan.
loosens up; the adipose tissue. The
next step r. to boil it out. hope,
unless your Instructions compel you.
that you will at least have the de-
eency to stay cot Of the tent"
II am going At once" said. out
RACED. I'm not here because I'm mad
about e. and you know It. And don't
pose with that bath robe. II you think
you're . character out Of Roman his-
tory. look at your legs"
II didn't mean to offend you." he
said sulkily. "only I'm tired Of having
you choked down my throat every
time open my mouth, Kit. And don't
90 Just ri. rannigan IL going for
my clothes as soon ~ he lights the
the lamp and-somebody ought to
watch the stairs"
That was al there was to it. said
Z would guard the stops. and Flannf.
Gan, having ignited the combination.
Whatever It was. went downstairs.
How Was I 70 know that Bella would
come up whsn she did? Was Il my
fault that the lamp got too high. and
that H3A4ndgz1 couldn't hear Jim call
1ng9 OF that Just - Bslle reached the
top q the stops Jim should come to
che aoor AZ the tsnt wearing the bar
Sel.paIt oe Ais hotlair cablnst and yell
1ng for doctor?
Bella came to . dead stop On tho
upper step, with her mouth open. She
looked g Jim, It the inadequate bar
rel. ana nom them she looked at me.
Thau abe began to laugh. one Of her
hyvtsrical g1ggles. and she turned
and went down again. As Jim and I
stared 6 each other We could hear
her gurxling down the hall below.
she had violent hyster1cs for an
hour, with Anne rubbing her forehead
and Aunt Selma burning . feather out
OF the feather buster under her nose.
Only Jim and understood. ana We
did not tell. Luckily. the next thing
that occurred drove Bella and her
nerves from .everybudys mind.
At seven O'Clock. when Bella had
dropped aslesp and everybody else
vas dressed for elmer, Aunt Seliua
discovered that the nouse was cold.
a,A ordered Dil g the furnace.
i Itswas Dsl's day st the furnace:
lYianniean had been relieved Of that
part Of tho work after twice setting
Aro to Q chimney.
] IN i've minutes D6l came back and
3spoke ) few words 20 Max, who fol-
lowed him 70 the basement and in tsa
minutes more Flanagan pulbed up the
stops and called Mr.. HARRISON.
L I am not curious. but knew that
something had happened. While
Aunt Selma was talking suffrage to
Anne-who said she had always been
tremendously interested In the sub
let, ana II women got the suffrage
would they be allowed to votef-l
slipped back to the dining-room.
The table was laid for dinner. but
F1anniEan was not IN sight I could
hear voices from somewhere. faint
voices that talked rapidly, and after
q vhila located the sounds under
my feet. The men were al In the
basement, and something must have
happsnsd. / few to the basement
stairs, TO meet Mr.. Harrison ct the
foot He was grimy ind dusty. With
streaiu Of cod. dust over his face, and
he had been examining his revolver.
Iswas just IN time to SEQ him slip 1t