The Ely miner., 1915-09-17

finally focused a steady beam of in.
terrogation upon the countenance OF
Mr. Schwartz.
Ikey never whimpered
Then Bunch took the letter from
the open-eyed Aunt Martha and leape6
to the rescue while came out of the
trance slowly.
Its too bad Mr.. Schwartz forgot
his ear trumpet" Bunch said quickly
and Ikey was wise to the tip in E
minute.
Peaches shifted suspiciously and ]
knew she had the gloves on.
"Mr. Schwartz's affiiction is terri
ble," she said with chill in every
word How did you converse with
him before our arrival?"
"Oh, he understands the lip Ian.
guage and can talk back on his
fingers" / hastened to explain, look
ing hard at Ikey whose masklike
face gave no token that he under
stood what was going on.
Il thought l understood you to say
Mr.. Schwartz is a real estate deal
err" Peaches continued, while the
thermometer went lower and lower.
$50 he is," | replied.
Then why does his correspondent
address him as tango teacher?'
friend wife said slowly, and l could
hear the icebergs grinding each other
all around me-
Il think | can explain that" Bunch
put in quietly Then with the utmost
deliberation he looked Ikey in the
eye and said, "Mr Schwartz, it's real
ly none of my business, but would
you mind telling me why you, real
estate dealer, should have letter in
your possession which is addressed
to you as tango teacher? Answer
me on your fingers"
Ikey delivered the goods.
In a minute he had both paws
working overtime and such knuckle
twisting no mortal man ever INDUCED
in before.
''He says" Bunch began to inter
pret, that the letter is not his. II
is intended for Isadore Schwartz, g
wicked cousin of his who is a victim
of the cabaret habit. Mr.. Schwartz
is now complaining bitterly with his
fingers because his letters and those
intended for his renegade cousin be
come mixed almost every day. These
mistakes are made because the initials
are identical He also says that-he
opes-the-presence - of - this
particular - letter - in-his-posses
on-does-not-offen - ladies
because-while-it
"a -tango-teacher- er-the-contents-
e-quite-harmless- s-being-but - a
STANDARDIZATION om-the-dentist."
keys fingerl kept on working
nervously as though he felt it his duty
to wear them out, and the perspira-
tion rolled off poor Bunch's forehead
Tell him to cease firing l said to
Bunch; he'll sprain his fingers and
lose his voice"
Ikey doubled up his eight fingers
and two thumbs in one final shout and
subsidized.
I'm afraid we'll miss the Sis
train if we don't hurry" said Peaches,
and | could see that the storm was
over, although she still glanced sus-
piciously at poor Ikey.
And, Bunch, you and John can
come home with US now, can't you?"
Alice asked as they started to float
for the door.
Then Ikey cut it as we started to
follow the family parade, I'm hep to
the situation. It's a cutey, take it
from little Ikey. I'll have to charge
you sS for the sudden attack of deaf
ness; then there's $19 for hardships
sustained by my finger joints while
conversing. The rest of the hundred
iron men I'm going to keep as a
souvenir of two good-natured ginks
who wouldn't know what to do with
a tango if they had one"
AS we pulled out of the Mayonnaise
| looked back at Ikey to thank him
with a farewell nod.
He was half way under the table,
holding both hands to his sides and
making funny faces at the carpet.
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa>
Der Syndicate1