The Washington herald., 1915-07-25

ed the other man gruffiy. IF you lift
that gate the lobby will be choked in
ten seconds. We can't form line with
this mob. How are you gong TO gee
| EN- out when you get 'em in?'
| Not going to get them out" said
Charley. Better scheme"
What is it? Let's have it-quick,-
! "All right" assented Charley Get a
hundred cops. Put forty in the lobby
Line them up from the gate to the
| door. Make a path for one man at a
time past the window. Rest of cops
inside the house. Keep everybody in
till the cash runs out. Then turn
them loose. Simple"
| The two inspectors looked at each
other.
shoot me. Bill. If that won't do it,
barked the man who had spoken first
! But we shan't wait any longer Mr.
Carter. You'll begin this show right
Observation-Disclosures soon as we bring
! in the men"
Suit yourself" said Charley at
! fably. Same to me-"
1t was all over by eleven O'Clock.
| The police made the crowd come
. through on a trot past the ticket
| window. Ten dollar goldpieces are easy
! to handle and there was no hitch. The
| last man didn't get the four hundred
J eAtti, lnere was a woman
! behind him-a thin, pale, tottering
young woman who in some miraculous
way had found strength to hold up
! against the frightful crush in the
| streets. Charley saw her coming Just
as he sang out to the big lieutenant
| at the gate TO drop it. He pushed a
coin to the one-thousandth man.
treacherously betraying him. and to
| the woman he passed out two stacks
of golden eagles. twenty in each. She
| screamed---made feeble readings for
J the money-and crumpled up in
senseless heap on the floor.
At twelve o'clock Charley sat in the
Dutch room of The Goats Club. off in
a secluded corner. The house was fill
ed with jubilant members. Charley had
been lauded. applauded and toasted
to A standstill, and was then called
on for a speech. He grinned. and re-
sponded at some length-for him. He
said:
Forget it. Fun. All over Merry
Christmas"
He sat now in his corner. tired but
serene. Mr.. Drew and Mr.. Link were
with him. and Mr.. Teeters, of course
A magnum of champagne stood be-
fore them on the table. Mr.. Drew had
ordered il.
And Arlington, He had come
| through" like the dead-game sport he
really was, despite his unpleasant way
of asserting it, Charley neld his check
for seventy thousand dollars, and a
hundred other Goats were blessed IN
aliquot parts of this amount, ranging
from a thousand dollars down: for Mr.
Arlington, being full of wine most
of the time. and smothered in money
all of the time, had backed himself
acai nCt he nr1d
Goats were making merry in the fold
Mr.. Teddy Ball. who had been busy
in the writing room turning of pic
turesque copy to supplement his tele-
phoned flashes to the Scream, came
leaping down the stairs. He thrust an
envelope into the hands of waiting
! boy
"Scootw he ordered
The boy ran out of the door, jump
ed into cab. and went racing OF.
Mr.. Ball then sauntered into the Dutch
room like a man of large and elegant
leisure. though in truth he was alert
to possible follow
'Ha:" vociferated Mr.. Teeters as the
sporting editor approached: I'VE did II,
Teddy, Pulled it off as easy as peeling
potatoes. You owe me a hundred"
Don't. begged Mr.. Ball. wrinkling
his features to express acute mental
| anguish. Don't remind me of 1t. Teet.
| in my feeble state of health"
And you owe Come-on a hundred
| too" persisted Mr.. Teeters cruelty.
Don't mind my sufferings," mourn
| ed Mr.. Ball Go on and rub it in. I'd
have been five hundred ahead of the
game If II hadn't been for you and
Charley. I'm only three hundred as it
stands"
Charley grinned.
"Hedged?" he asked.
Eyes. On Monday aftey you left. A
| bunch hit me that I was betting on a
dead card and I passed the buck to
Arlington. Have look"
He showed check for FIVE hun
dred from the prodigal from Pitts
burg. Mr.. Link winked at Mr. Drew
and remarked
green persimmons ourselves. did we,
judge?"
The lawyers vest buttons joggled.
They did that way when he was
amused
I'm satisfied" he admitted. What
has got us guessing, Ball, is Charley's
statement. He says he isn't sixty
thousand to the good"
Mr.. Ball sat down opposite Charley
at the table and regarded him earnest
ly.
How much to the good are YOU
then. Mr.. Charles Arthur Carter" Re
desired to know.
Nothing" Charley answered NO
fun making presents IL some ether
chap pays for them. Not my idea of
Christmas"
A look came into the sporting edi-
tors eyes that one man seldom gives
another. And when he does IL is worth
more than minted gold. But he said:
"Confound you for a blitheriny idiot,
what are gou going to do with the
seventy thousand?"
Charley hesitated a moment Then
he took the Arlington check from
his pocket
Secret among US five. Not for pub
LEGATION" he stipulated.
IF you say not-no." sighed Teddy
Ball. wishing good-by to another
scoop.
Charley laid the check face down
on the table. wrote two lines on II.
and added his signature. He showed
the slip of paper over to the Scream
man. who glanced at II. whistled. and
passed IL to Mr.. Drew. who passed
1t to Mr.. Link. Neither made a COM
ment There were too many prick-ear-
ed Goats about
Mr.. Link in turn passed the check
to Mr.. Teeters. That artless person
goggled at ii and wiggled his mus
tache.
"Gollamighty," he sapeaked "Po