Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-27


creamy masonry, and he paused to
pump madly, striving to coax a draft
of smoke we wondered if twas
intentional" His eyes sought mine
inquiringly.
BY Jove, was so frozen with hor-
ror, 1 couldn't even look away; just
stood there, helpless, you know, and
my jolly monocle hanging limp
couldn't have lifted it to have saved
my life! Felt my senses just grow
ing numb all the while with the
tragedy of the thing, the thought of
this coarse monsters touch detling
the dainty, gossamer garment that had
shrouded her sacred what-you-call-
'ems-Oh, it was awful!
"Um-ah, l see! 1t was, then!"-
he was nodding with an air of under
standing, pausing in the struggle with
the refractory cigar. His strained and
redeemed face shaped sympathetical-
ly. Just what l thought and told
emf" he bodied with satisfaction. AZ
understand You amt got no need to
u5&iss no explanations to mel" and he
lifted his fat hand to restrain them.
why, my wife's own grandfather had
a club foot, and to her last day If she
got outer bed on the wrong side, the
old lady went header sure-oh,
know!"
A moment before, l had thought
that SO far as the mere matter OF jolly
misery was concerned, had sounded
the what-you-call-'ems; but now my
dashed brain was Keeling before this
new horror! To think that she was
but oh, it couldn't be! And yet / re-
called ominously that most of the
time had known her, / had only
seen her sitting!
"By-y-y the way, sir!" He closed
one eye at me as he carved from the
brown beauty 8 half inch OF its waxy
bud, using for the maltreatment per-
tectly brutal knife. THAT was a neat
try-on you made to copper the thief
yourselt-a leetle irregular, you
know" he shook his head at me, but
as the captain said, we amt making
no point about that with q gent like
you--surO not!"-Rnother imperisha
BILE line Of beauty upon the receptive
stone, and he puffed inhalstions OF
SOY. "But I knew you never could
get hin t. the station-I could have
told you"
"ohi" I remarked. puzzled. By
Jove. I had q dashed awful thought
for q moment that must be losing
my intslligeneei looked at jenkins
again. but he had not yet come bach
to the ground.
"oh, I'm on. sir!" Another one o
those awful winks as his clul
scratched his helmet sideways. "Yo'
know l saw everything was RICH
there at the Kahoka, you know!"
"Oh. that!" said, understanding
For knew then that he was talking
about Foxy Grandpa in my rooms.
had almost forgotten the jolly oil
vagabond, but 1t occurred to me tina
perhaps I ought to show some inter
est as they must have recaptured hin
along with the pajamas. Il say!"
chirped up, did you have mucl
trouble about it-getting him again
you known"
" ACSlO APP NOuDlC'
CONTEMPORARY. ut was easy as but
teri" His hand spread, palm down
ward, in an expressive gesture. why
} he doubled right back to the Kaho
kai"
by Jove, you know!" I exclaimed
; startled.
"Surest thing you know! collaret
J him right in front and with tn,
goods!" Mr.. o'Keefe expeetorate'
J eloquently. my, but he did put u
an awful holler-said the pajama
J were his own and he had Just had 'en
made. And bluff-well!"-he flames
the air for u moment in the EFFORT Il
find an appropriate gesture-"I'n
used to these swell con men, but tina
} gun was the limit--pulled out q car
case, mind you, and letters, and want
! ed me to 60 with him to his club
his club" the big fellow doubled owe
in spasm of mirth that all bu
choked him. II told him I'd give hin
the club If he didn't go quietly-fo
you see I recognized him in minute
you can't lose them freak kind! BIZ
sides, he give himself away: told m
he'd overlook my conduct on this OF
casion and the other, II would n
lease him. Well, that was enough!
beckoned Jimmy DWyer across an