Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19
HEARD AND SEEN.

Endorse him; perhaps he could not have
received their aid, as the post ofiioe
committee assignment at that time was
better than any job any OF the Sun
flower coterie could boast of.
Il don't believe / can land a big as
signment like that for any new member"
said Busby. You know that you
haven't much influence"
You are my friend" said Murdoch,
with that wide-open. ingenious coun-
tenance which has won him SO much.
land you can get 1t for me as easily as
YOU please"
And still he did not ask the Speaker.
Now. when IL came time TO make up
the committees Busbey said 70 the
Speaker:
who is Murdock?- Uncle Joe asked
From Kansas. A country newspaper
man. He has no backing"
Except yourself" said Uncle Joe-
That's an said Mr.. Busbey. '-of
course. the post office committee In q
big one, but here Is q country news
paper man. You know, there has been
a feeling that the metropolitan news
lation of that committee. Here Is q
chance to refute that suspicion"
IAN right He goes on. But III hold
you responsible"
So Victor broke into the big commit
tee. and there was all kinds Of talk
about IL. From the start he was a
broncho and refused to be saddled and
bridled. and made the old members mad
But Uncle Joe never went back on
the assignment: and he really never olo
hold Busbey responsible for the appoint
ment-eyen later on when Murdoch was
fighting Cannon in the big rules row.
Charlie Michael has a friend who lives
in an apartment on 18th street He VIII
not allow the use of his name. but this
| friend Of his is a well known stenographer
who is Just crazy about the study OF
| astronomy. He goes UP on the roof Of the
apartment on clear nights. lies fat on his
back and watches the various solar ana
planetary systems swimming about IN the
universe. He has lot OF pets among me
! stars, which he treats as II they were nns
Japanese fan-tailed goldfish, ana when a
cloud intervenes 'twfxt him and his favor
lite sun he doesn't like IL bit,
ton with a lot OF slides and jiggers which
can be manipulated so that with a proper
| scientific knowledge Of what is going on
above and the right twist OF the Wrist on
\ showing just where each star ana each
constellation should be.
It is this star map which got him in
| trouble.
In order to see II properly he has to fash
| a pocket electric light upon it as he lies
| upon the roof. This is what the police
1 objected
| from some dark point of vantage, and one
night when he was communing with his
| friends in the ether. flashing the electric
F! light on the star map. two large detectives
burst on him. They came right through
the roof and growled at him.
| 'Whatcha dom here?" they asked HIM
AS well as he could reply. this star gazer
answered 1t didn't make much OF an inn
preston on the detectives.
How about that Morse you're hashingr
| they asked him.
That didn't convey anything to the star
gazer, and he said SO.
That Morse That Morsew repeated
| the detective.
| What are you driving at?-
| Look here. Don't get rough with us"
replied the man of the law. We been
watching you down on the street, and you
have been flashing Morse"
| "Oh, you mean this lightT'
Yes. that light You been flashing the
! Morse code"
| "oh. you think am signaling some
| one"
| 'wer, you know what I mean You
may be signaling some German. so he can
know how to drop bombs on this city
/ from an aeroDlane-
And with that the star gazer emitted a
| wild whoop.
Somehow he got rid of the detectives.
They were not quite sure they had made a
mistake at all and promised to keep an
eye on him Just how he conducts his
starry observations now that he is under
80 oi EARL GOODWIN.