The Washington times., 1916-01-25

I horrible sounds of furious imprecatlon
lhat we're futile because nobody In the
iast-gathering crowd could understand
In the. distance. June ran into the on
trance to surfton park and found a
| spot gird cd by shrubbery. In the
midst OF It stood giant tree with an
aegurdly thick trunk,
The monkey shifted affectionately
at her chin and raised his little paw;
as II trying to insist that, in spite Of all
which had been said about him by
mary, ne was very decent and play
June hugged him up to her. cut the
rope close TO his collar, and started 10
take OF his ludicrous Ettle hat and
coat. All undressed. as he was meant
, TO be. the monkey reverted to type and
gazed lonRlngly at an overhanging
branch. June loked up at the low
"Of course, you want to get up there.
You poor, ill-treatcd little beastie," she
whispered to him. That's what I stole
you Tor. TO set. you free, Say thank
you to the lady and shake hands"
she reached up and pulled the branch
down to her Then she waited II see
what he would do. With Just one re-
gretful look, as though to say, I'm not
unErateful-but oh. you tree" he leaped
from her arms ana scampered up the
tree, On high branch he sat down
and looked at her.
June waved her hand
NOW, be wise little mcnk
scoot before the goblins get YOU" she
called up to him. softly.
He chartered back. noisily, that he
would; and the next instant he vas
lost in the dense, overhead branches.
Back on the beach, Mary watched
the struggling Pietro. and tried desper-
ately to decide what the wiscst move
would be. His awful cries would at
tract larger crowd In a few minutes.
IL flashed upon her, suddenly, that
there Was a way of protecting June.
even now. With the wrap still on her
arm she ran toward the scream-rfI
Italian. Indications that she was going
to release him, Mary unbuckled The
strap; Just as policeman came rum
ming up.
Pietro scrambled to his feet. ehok-
ing with rage. A torrent of sound
poured from his thick oily lips. His
hands WORKED overtime. He jumped
up and down like a Nuremburg toy.
His listeners all looked mpathetic,
but they were blockheads-they dtdn+
understand.
Almost beside himself at the terri
Bile thing that had happened to him,
the Italian started to embrace the po-
liceman with the fervent plea. Of;
"Helpa what demanded the police
man, squirming from under the dis
play of Latin affection.
MY monk gone-stole--girl-w
an-gotta round on hand! Stole! Cut-a
rope! Swipe-a monk! Beat it!
"Sa-ay! Now, lissen, you! Get 1t
straight, that's all l tell you See?
l nabbed a pair of guys yesterday fer
getting fresh with the force. It'd be a
pleasure to run in a Tony like you.
So get 1t straight. see?"
Pietro appealed to the others hunch-
ing his shoulders unffl they touched
the lobes of his ears; stretching out
his arms in mournful petition. Mary
stepped forward and spoke to the Of
ficer. ...
1T seems THAT someone stole his
monkey. He's showing you the cut
rope on his hand"
The patrolman raised his cap.
81 didn't see YOU at first. Miss
Mary" he said pleasantly ''Yes, I
understood that someone had copped
the monkey; but what's he getting at,
drawing things on the back of his
hand and moving his fingers like he
was cutting paper?"
"As near a. can make out" Mary
answered slowly, the person who
stole the animal cut the rope with
scissors and had a mark Of some
kind on the back of her hand"
"A mark. the policeman jumped
mark-a Red Clrcle?" he asked
Pietro excItedly.
Seeing that at last someone was
beginning to understand. Pietro went
back into Italian hysteria and threat
ened another fond embrace. The po-
liceman lodged adroitly and turned
again to Mary.
You've been on the beach some
time, haven't you? DO you remember
seeing anyone go past with a mon
key?"
Certainly" the old woman replied
promptly. II remember distinctly see
ing a young woman on the beach with
a monkey. | never dreamed that she
had stolen it. / thought it was her
pet. You know you read so much in
the papers, nowadays, about women
having monkeys for pets"
Pietro fell on his knees before her
as soon as he realized that she was in
possession of a clue. The patrolman
yanked him to his feet again and
gave him a singing tap with his club
to emphasize things.
''Do you remember which way she
went?" he asked
Mary, apparently thought deeply for
a moment.
Yes" she said at last. very DELHI
erately. "she went down the beach in
that direction"
Her finger pointed directly opposite
to the way June had gone.
THANK YOU" said the policeman.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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