Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-04-11
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gers are going mad! beslues'
1t can't go on like thisl I'm not used
to being treated In that fashion,"
Suddenly Gabriel whispered:
ITS another trick Of o. G's."
Remy gave a grin, MERCER sigh
and seemed about to speak but,
meeting Gabriers eye. said nothing.
However, MercieF felt his responsi-
bility increased as the minutes
passed without the managers appear
ing; and, at last, he could stand 1t no
longer.
Look here. I'll go and hunt them
out myself"
Gabriel. turning very gloomy and
serious, stopped him.
BE careful what you're doing, Mer-
cier! II they're staying in their Of
flee. it's probably because they have
to! o. G. has more than one trick
in his bag!"
But Mercier shook his head.
That's their lookout! I'm going!
If people had listened to me, the po-
lice would have known everything
long ago!"
And he went.
whats everything?" asked Remy.
"What was there to tell the police?
Why don't. you answer, Gabriel? +.
All, SO you know something! Well,
YOU would do better to tell me, too. If
you don't want me to shout out that
Won are all going mad! Yes,
that's what you are: mad!"
Gabriel put on a stupid look and
pretended not to understand the pri-
vate secretary's unseemly outburst.
What something am supposed to
known" he said. II don't know what
you mean"
Remy began to lose his temper.
This evening, Richard and Mon
charmin were behaving like lunatics,
here, between the acts"
II never noticed It," growled Ca
bfiel, very much annoyed.
"Then you're the only one! !.
Do you think that didn't see themY
And that M. Paradise, the
manager of the Credit Central. mo-
ticed nothing? And that M.
de La Borderie, the ambassador, has
no eyes to see with? {. = Why,
all the subscribers we're pointing at
our managers!"
"But what were our managers do
ing?" asked Gabriel. putting on his
most innocent air.
what were they doing? You know
better than any one what they were
doing! You were there! And
you were watching them, you and
Mercier! And you were the
only two who didn't laugh. :"
Il don't understand"
Gabriel raised his arms and dropped
them to his sides again, which ges-
ture was meant to convey that the
question did not interest him in the
least. Remy continued:
what is the sense OF this new
mania of theirs? Why won't they have
any one come near them now"
What? Won't they have any one
come near them?"
"And they won't let any one touch
them!"
Really? Have you noticed that
they won't let any one touch themT
That is certainly odd"
ION, SO you admit it! And high
time. too! And then. they walk back
ward"
backward! You have seen our
managers walk backward? Why, I
thought that only crabs walked back
ward!"
Don't laugh, Gabriel: don't Taught"
'Tm not laughing" protested Ga
brieI, looking as solemn as a judge.
Perhaps you can tell me this. Ca
briel. as you're an intimate friend OF
the management: When I went up to
M. Rienard, outside the foyer. during
the Garden interval, With my hand
out before me, why did n. MOnchar-
min hurFiedly whisper to me. Go
away! Go away! Whatever you do,
don't touch N, IL directeur!' Am !
supposed to have an infectious din.
ease?''
.It'S ineredlbldl"
And, q Aittlo lAseE, WnSA -. uS -
BofdSfio went ~ To u. Richard, didnt
y0u sas u. MonchaFnin ding himsslf
betweon them and hear him exelaim.
m. pambassadeur. l entreat you mot
TO touch n. Il directeurr -
.Tt'a tsrrfblel And what
was Richard doing msanwnilef"
'What. was be dosngf Why, you
saw hfnI He turned about. bowed
IN froht o. him. though there was no
body IN front Of him, and withdrew
backward"
'Backward?" asa ~
"And Moncharnin, behind Richard.
also turned about: that Is. he de-
scribed q ssmi-circle behind Richard
and also walked Backward
And they went like that to the stair