The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-12

he looked al my empty VINE eoo'er
u.1 WAS II LADY, he had the effrontsr,
gN TO ask
n % Yes it was lady" answered Tha
wal-eyed intruder knew nothing OF th
heavenly supper had stumbled on II
that wicked French restaurant, or OF the tine anC
hrm Clos Vougeot that had been unesrthed from III
shabby cellar, or of my own peace Of mind as ! sa
there studying the empty metal cooler and ponder
ing how the mean and soabby wastes OF Champagne
could mother an ichor SO rich with singing etherea
.ies
z-Er-just what might she look like, SIR my tor
mentor next asked of me.
"She moves very, very quietly, and has star in
her hair" replied TO that fsh-eyed waiter Her
breath is soft and dewy, and her brow is hooded.
And in her hands she carries spray Of poppies
The waiter looked down at me with that mper-
sona mild pity with which it is mans wont to view
the hsrnllessly insane
Surely said with smothered yawn, surely
yvu havr met herr Surely you have been conscious
81 those soft and shadowy eyes gazing Ito yours as
you melted into her arms ?"
R-Quit. 50. SIR. uneasily admitted my wall-eyed
friend. Then began TO realize that he was waking
me up. grew fearful lest his devastating invasion
shculd frighten away the timorous spirit had been
Nwo0ing assduously as angler seeking his first
strout. For one long hour, with full body and an
empty head, / had sat there stalking sleep art
fuAy ana as ar0uOosiy As huntsman ever Staikeu
deer. And ! knew that if moved from that spot
the chase would be eyer, for that night at least.
"but the odd thing about heT, | languidy ex-
planned SIS that she evades only those who seek her
She is coy. She denies herself TO those who most
passionately demand her, Yet something tells
that she is lowering near me at this moment. that
she is about to bend over me with those inerable
eyes If only / await the golden moment. And So
my dear sir, ii you will take this slight reward
lfcr your trouble. and that exceedingly soiled
hooking divan in that exceedingly dsreputa look
l8s1rr4 with ant
that curtain which is apparently designed to convert
AZ into chambre paTiicuiiere, will be giving me
y chance 10 consort with angel OF graciousness
more lovely than any meretricious head that ever
isoiied its faded plush. And If | am left uninter
p'ed s.. until I'll you e in the reward
$50 he set dazediy about draping that none too
lssn dvan with tablecloth making il. in fact look
rricornforfaby like bier Then he took me by the
arm FIRMLY and soIcitously. His face as made nv
WAY without one stasger or reel into that shabby
bittle quietude sereened' of from the rest Of the
world, study in astonshment 1t plain
khRt Tpuzzled him He INDUCED in a second
wondering glance back at the dvan as he drew the
2ortieres Then. if mistake not he uttered the
one explanatory and sef-suffcient word-"Needle
punperi"
R1fey off into deep and natural sleep and dreamed
4 gxs being carried through Sicilian orange groves
bya wall-eyed waiter with wings like butterfly
From that sleep | emerged vaguely conscious of .
the fact that voices speaking close to Their
naarmur, in fact, seemed TO blend with my ever
shifting dreams.
Then why can't Sir Henry work on the. Belmont
sobf" OF the voices asking
81 told you before Sir Henry's tied up" another
woice answered.
AWhat doing?" asked the FIRST voice
s~He's fixing his plant for that Van Tuyl coup"
~ SShaf Van TuylY
AtJp in Seventy-third Street He's got EN- hog
svAnd what's more broke in a third voice he
won't touch soup since he got that safe wedge
in the wrist It kind O broke his nerve for nitro
HAw, you couldrTt break that guys nervel"
%Meli, he knows he's marked anyway"
How'd he get through the ropes up there" in
CriEed one Of these voices.
Same old way Butlering Turk McMeekin
d2ped him up hslf-dozen London recommends.
'Whippeny Club Then he did the Herresford job.
But he's got peach with this Van puyl gang, They
let him lock up every night-silyer and all-and
carry the keys up 10 bed with him."
Its up to Sir Enry 10 make EN- dream he's the
fsal thing" murmured another OF the voices.
Sure. answered still another voice that seemed
Then the humble became murmur and the
A1ugnur drone
syzll eyed waiter was there waiting for his second
II was two hours later that the first memory of
hose murmuring mldnight voices back to me
1hen here and there green shoot Of suspicion
tfnerged. The more ! thought il over the more dis
hrbsd4I became et warned myself that could
5eskure OF nothing The one tangbility was the re-
i<4fed word, Van Tuyl" And there at least was
ITuetnlu& on WHICH tDuld iOCuS my attention
III went to the telephone and called up Be ice ,
(an Inyl As Youngsters we had raced pony carts
nd played water polo and catbosted on the Sound ,
1nefber. reahEesfsss / heard that CHEEKY young :
ssfroH's voice @fe< tsfes~re, that would have 10
lex my steps wth care.
~ say, Beatrice are you possibly in need of |
.1f1erf began as offhandediy ! was able I
eOuf of place. Writer dear: the chuckling
Inuiry that came 20 me ,
<iso, I'm not, but know of good man." was /
~ Iiiendacicns reply /
MY dear Witter. said the voice over the wire,
.<'ye ; sexfeT OF a man up here He's English YOU
,on. And I'm beginning to suspect he's been with
y4ity.
What's his name ?" {
less What il ought to be-the most appropriate
he Of wilkins ess
6lsow long have you had bum z"
,Ok. weeks srd wetksi" Onlys Nsw York house t