Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

loot, either. The boy who was gong
fishing told other men. OF course. and
before long there were half a hundred
men there. They tore the hog shelter
down. They didn't leave board up
right. They went over that triangle of
ground foot by foot. looking for a trap
door. There was nothing. Not
thing. dad"
Seems sort of curious. don't IT. Al
liec"
ut certainly does, dad Sims Tudd
went of the road and onto the triangle
Of land and then disappeared"
ShaGbark closed his eyes and rubbed
his mop of hair.
THAT bridge. now. Allie" he said.
"Mightn't he have run along the ditch
and got under the bridge and hung I'M
der Ito a beam or something"
They thought Of that and looked.
He wasn't there. No. he hadn't more
than enough time to get to the hog
shelter before the three men were
How is the lower side of the road >"
"All cleared. No shelter az far as
the eye can see. dad. they said"
Il suppose when they didn't find him
they came back home. the dod-whIxed
mo. they didn't" said Alice. MUIR
ply 10 not an idiot. He set men to
watch when he came away. There
have been men watching every minute
since them
For minute longer Shagbark sat
with his eyes closed Then he opened
them.
Pete" he called
Yes. boss" answered the negro
Allie Is goiiI over across the river
Shes Eoin' over to look over a piece of
ground. and you're going with her. You
take tho hickory club that's in the cor
ner 3onder. and the Ratchet. Take a
couple Of chunks Of bread-maybe you'll
have to sit out all night-though L
don't reckon so. T guess maybe or
iando Will come over to where you'll
a,tsr eG soeker or S
tomical lecture. There'il likely be a
crowd with him."
"A1i right. boss"
And. Allie" said 81 gbark. you'll go
over the bridge right now with Pete
and look over that ground yourself.
You notice every little thing-every
chip on the ground and everything you
can see, near or far. so you can pic
ture It all out TO me when you come
hack. Sims Tudd is right where he
was when them three men went do.sn
the side OF the road
1t was an hour and a half before
Allie returned. having caught ride in
a farm wagon on the way back. Or
lando HAD returned. deciding for him
self that it was more necessary to pre-
pare the evening meal than to stand
any longer before Hinjin & Horth' s
window since he had well advertised
Shagbark as the probable winner of the
ms s. PRIZE The had ,on
Shagbark Jones was at the levee, and
the evening promised to bring a good
crowd To hear the grand musical en-
tertainment and anatomical lecture
and to rag" shagbark because he had
not solved the conu ldrum.
What Allie had to report merely con-
frmed what Murphy had told her of
the lay Of the land where the hog
shelter had stood. She reported to
Shagbark. mentioning every detail.
however slight. that her keen and well
trained eyes had observed. She had
left Black Pete seated at the side of
the road. watching. If not keenly alert;
When the evening meal was over and
the crowd began to gather shagbark
dcnned his soiled wizard robe and
helped Orlando carry the boxes of
shagbark oil to the foredeck of the
grew rapidly, and before Orlando
lighted the gasoline flares was already
yelling: How about safes. Shagbark?
When is a safe not a safe?"
ShagbarlS walked from the cabin to
the foredeck.
well. ladies and gents he doomed
in his heavy voice, II got to tell you
some bad news. The grand musical
entertainment is going to be cut short
tonight because one of the worlds mar
velous performers upon the banjo and
my best singist amt with US this even
ing. We will have to get along the
best we can with this here world-re-
nowned monkey-faced guitar artist.
Mr.. Beethoven. please play"
There were some laughs, but several
shouted: How about safes. Shagbark o.
Tell you about them later" said
Shagbark. good naturally. and Orlando
did his best with guitar. Shagbark
followed with his famous anatomical
lecture part of which included this
valuable information: Anatomy ladies'
and gents. is so called from the Latin
words atom and anatom, the two kinds
of atoms that make W the human body
the atoms being the good atoms and
the anatoms heing the bad atoms
which cause disease in the human
frame. Shagbark oil, ladies and gents.
contains 30 per cent of atoms. the
little soldiers of health that enter the
blood and chaw the wicked anatons