The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-09

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Hans ruminated and accepted the
offer. Gyp was honest and faithful
He did loyal service and won the re-
ward. Then for a week his boy com
panions were treated to all the adap-
tations of the glass. They viewed mag
nitied wonders, they set fire to a hay
stack. they played dazzle up and down
the main street, = they focused the
suns rays on a patient horse till the
burn stung and he ran away with a
load of eggs.
Then one day, when Hans came
home from his restaurant lunch ne
found his cherished phryne a drip
ping, dropping mass of melted wax.
de complained to the police. and Gyp,
suspected, was warned.
Revenge" pronounced Gyp sol
emnly to his cohorts. thus tabooed, and
proposed u new, fendish bit of mis-
chief. Opposite the store of Hans was
n having an awning. Apprizing his
cronies of his intended attack on Hans,
and armed with a bag of corn and a
bean blower, the ingenious Gyp nestled
In among the folds of the awning. He
cut two tiny round holes in the fabric
II the crowd posted at the corner
waited.
Hans was not very busy until after
noon and was wont mornings to sit
in u huge armchair in the doorway of
his store. On the present occasion he
a no sooner become interested in
his newspaper thar dip-bing! the
tusiliade began. From some mysteri-
Gus source II steady rain OF missiles
assailed him, passing pedestrians and
every customer. A tattoo rang across
the windows. Hans suspiciously eyed
the grinning group at the corner, but
could not trace the source of the bonn
parchment to those knowing ones.
Finally, Hans sent for the town mar
shall, who was us well made the sub
Ject of a sound peppering. Then an
unfortunate thing happened to Gyp.
h owner of the awning came out to
unroll it to shade the front of his
store and the unwarned Gyp was
thrown into the street. Spry and
speedy, he picked himself up and dart
ed away and was missing in Brook
vile for nearly n month.
1t was in a distant city that Gyp
sought a nights shelter at Il police sta
ton. His bright ways attracted the
lndulgent attention of the turnkey, and
he saw that Gyp had a good breakfast.
Then Gyp, casually looking I'VE some
notices on the bulletin board, was
struck with the photograph there of
an escaped convict. wanted"
Il know that man." volunteered
Gyp. He m to Brookville once in
a while, and goes as Jacques Lee
moine."
Good" nodded the turnkey. May
be that's a tip. Wen look up this
Jacques LemOine of yours"
Gyp returned home" a few days
later. He did not penetrate the vii
lage until late in the evening, fearing
the marshal, and it was about eleven
o'clock when he ventured down the
principal business street. Someone
was coming down the thoroughfare.
Gyp lodged down an alley. 1t hap
pened to be next to the store of Hans
BGtterman.
Gyp was about to dash behind an
ashbox when he CHANGED to look
through n side window of the store.
A spluttering glare attracted his at
tention. 1t was the great oil lamp
Hans kept burning all night in the
beck of the store neal the safe.
"Crackey!" bolted out Gyp, for Of
a sudden the lamp exploded, scatter
ing its blazing contents in all direc-
tiOns.
Call the police, the fire depart.
ment-anything! bawled Gyp to a
passing pedestrian, and made u spring
for the window. He carried with him
half its frame. Then, inside, he seized
a mat and began beating out the
flames. The last spark was extin-
guished by the time the fireman ar
rived, but Gyp was writhing with the
pain of his blistered hands.
"Achl Dot boy of der flats I"
groaned Hans as he arrived on the
scene-but his eyes bolted large with
surprise and gratitude as he learned
how Gyp had saved his property.
Dot best room in der hotel for mein
frient!" he insisted later, and IA bran
new suit for mein frient. He shall be
mein assistant manager. Mein goot
anchel," he declared additionally the
next day, when he learned that it was
through Gyp that his rival had been
unmasked and Katrina ~undeceived.
The poor maiden was glad once more
to accept the honest devotion of Hans.
you will be dot bride boy at my
wedding" Hans told Gyp a month
later. you behave yourself, and next
year | will make you my partner"
Which came about, for Gyp had
sown all his wild oats and was glad
TO settle down in "A nest of comfort
and plenty he had won.
Living in the Past.
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