Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18


was suddenly called to Havana He told me I'd got to
take his place. So here Before he left me he gave
orders clothing store and told to fix myself
up. That's what / did first. They rushed the suit
through, and I've just got into it.
well, you've sure dressed the part SWELL saws l.
@But it all listens good deal like fairy tale
Here the office keys and the safe combination
says Tubby.
"Then you're the real thing, says I.
You'd have thought so, says Tubby, "i you had
little while ago fired bookkeeper and two
stenographers who seemed to think l didn't quite
belong. guess the rest of EN- know who's boss around
here now
what sort of game is it, this development bust
ness?' says /.
Its big thing" says Tubby 1Of course I'm not
familiar with all the details just yet but we deal in
and tobacco lands old Spanish estates that have
been practically abandoned We buy em up from the
Cuban government, subdivide 'em, and unload on
American investors at two hundred per cent profit
But the advertising and fo1ow-up letter work has been
done sloppily I'm going to change all that and make
things hum. I'll show 'em point two!"
@Gee!' says 1. 3But you make noise like reg lar
guy, Tubby. What the advice you spoke of wantn
thought
ooh, yes says he at was about Joining club. I
want my put up at where would meet other
big business men in my line; substantial convenient
place where
TUBBY breaks off and turns half around. l was
listenin too. We'd heard the reception room door
jerked open and shut with bang then comes rafting
click of high heels and in blows ossy female party
most impetuous. From the draped mink coat, the
zppy bonnet tied under her chin and the foot1ght
complexion she'd laid on, she might have been some
Broadway managers favrite emotional star. But I'm
soon put wise that this is wrong guess She takes one
look at Tubby, and stops stiff in her tracks with her
arms rigid and fingers punched.
@You!' she Kisses out unpleasant
3Aice!' says he gaspy.
Thew hold the tah1eau for fill ,,,;n,+a The, eLo
creeps up snaky and demands explosive:
"Where's Cartwright"
3Eh?7 says Tubby. 4Why, he-he's gone"
3Gone!' says she. @Have they got him? Then it was
you, Tubby Tobin, who put this up on him Spying
curl Who's this another sneaking detective?- and she
turns to me.
Mot guilty, Ma'am,' saysI 4I'm just the gallery
4Why-why, Alice!7 protests Tobn feeble what
is all this about"
aOh, don't think you can trap me too!- saws
the lady. "1've seen EN- They've been to the
house, and I've read the indictment. Why, it's
in the evening papers But III bet you Cart
wright fools them all, and if thought you were
trying to Hah! Here they GOMEZ
Sure enough, there was three of 'em in plain
clothes, and two cops in uniform.
NWhos in charge here?7 demands one of the
bunch
II am speaks up Tubby.
an what capacity says the other
I'm the acting general manager, says Tub
by, twirlin' his bunch OF keys ostentatious.
Sorry to disturb you, then,7 says the de-
tective 4but I have John Doe warrant for
you
3But-but see here!7 says Tubby, wavin' his
!. arms panicIy. 4I've done nothing. IL know
nothing about all this. You-you can't arrest
me-
isn't this your husbands right-hand man,
Mrs. Stuckey?7 asks the plain clothes gent.
For second she stands there bitin her lip
twistin her fingers in and out, and starin hard
at Tubty, who has cop at either elbow.