Evening star., 1918-01-27

wv It's done now and then, you
" know. Not deliberate. I'll ad-
NIT that's a pastime you wouldn't get
al worked up over plannin' ahead Tor.
Tuesday mornin'. say, you don't remark
hreathless: "Tll tell you: Saturday
night at $50 let's get out them last
years prints and give 'em the comp'ny
'front.'
It don't happen that way-not with
our sketch What was grapplin' for in
the bottom of the window-seat locker
was something different-maybe
marshmallow fork, or a corn-popper. or
4 Catalogue of bathroom fixtures. Any
way, it was something We thought we
wanted a lot. when / digs up this album
Of views that Wee took durin' that treas
ure-huntin' cruise of ours last winter
on the old Agnes. with Auntte and Old
Hickory and Capt Rupert Ktllam and
the rest of the bunch. 1 was just toss
in' the book one side when picture
slips out, and, of course. I has to take
= squint. Then chuckles.
LOOK says I. luggin 1t over TO
In front of the fireplace. Remember
a giggle from Wee.
ssAuntie enjoying a half-hour eulogy
e the dear departed, BY Mrs. Nun uns
.ehe,d been sound asleep for twenty
minutes"
which is what you might call sood
defensive" says !; But who's this d.,
faxin' over the rail beyond-J. Dudley
Let's see" says Wee. reachin' for the
ssadin' glass. Why. you silly! That's
Capt Killam.'
on" says !. Reckless Rupert. the
great mind-play hero"
II wonder what has become Of him.
puts in Wee. restin' her chin on the
knuckle of her forehnger and startn
into the fire.
in st. Petersburg, Fla. all dolled In
white hanneIs, givin' the tin-can tour
lists a treat. That would be Ruperts
game"
don't know as you remember; but in
spite of Killam's havin' got balled ur
on the location of this pirate island
and Wee and me havin' to find 1t for
him. he came in for his share OF the
loot. Must have been quite a nice little
pot for Rupert. too-enough to keep
him costumed for his mysterious hero
act for a long time. providin' he don't
oyerdress the part.
Weird Observation-Disclosures
60 per cent camoufage and the rest
solemn boob. An ex-school teacher
from some little flag station in middle
Illinois. who'd drifted down to the west
coast and got to be captain by ownin
an old cruiser that he took fishin' par
ties out to the grouper banks on. Then
was the real facts in the life story OF
Rupert.
But the picture he threw on the
screen of himself must have beer
something else agaIn-seasoned sailor
hardy adventurer. daredevil explorer
and who knows what else? Catch him
in one Of his silent, starey moods. witt
them buttermilk blue eyes of his open
cd wide and vacant. and you'd had thu
= outline. But that's as far as you'd get
I always thought Rupert himself wa.
q little vague about 1t. but he woul(
insist on takin' himself SO serious
That's why we never got along well.
expect. To me Rupert was a wa1kin
Joke, except when he got to sleuthin
around Wee and me and made a nui
sance of himself.
How completely people like tina
drop out of sight sometimes" says Wee
shuttin' up the album.
Yes" says !. Contrary to old ladie
partment stores. it's a sizabie world W
live in. Thanks be for that. too"
But you never can tell. It amt more'l
tss three days later .. as I'm I'm bree.,n In
district, when a taxi rolls up to tn
curb Just ahead and out piles wide
shouldered gent with freckles on tn
hack of his neck. Course. don't le
Just by a sectional glimpse like tina.
But this was no common case o
freckles. This was splotchy. spat
tery system Of rust marks. like
bird's-eye view Of the enemy trenche
there was the pale carroty hair.
Even then, the braid-bound cutawa
and the hiscuit-colored spats had m
bufEaaesA. b allows Up until can q