Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06

Its nothing secret, and perhaps you
can help us out. We're little upset,
for fact. It's about my brother
Jake. He's been visiting us him and
his wife, for the past week Maybe
you've seen him ridin' round in the
limousinc-short, thick-set party,
good deal like me, only a few years
younger"
Mr. Robert shakes his head sorry"
says he, but | don't recall"
"Oh, likely you wouldn't notice
him., goes on Zosco. Nothing fancy
about Jake, plain dresser and all that.
but what gets us is how he coula
nave lost himself for so long"
Lost" echoes Mr.. Robert.
We'll, he's gone. anyway" says
Iosco. disappeared. Since after
dinner last night and"
oh Jake. Jake" walls the billowy
female with the pearl ropes
There, there, Matilda" put in Eos
co. Never mind the sob stuff now.
He's all right somewhere, of course.
He'll turn up in time. Bound to- II
amt as if he was some wild young
sport. Steady as a church. Jake No
PAD habits to speak Of Not one OF
the Kind to go slippin' into town on a
spree. Not him. And never carries
around much ready money or jewelry.
NO hold-up men out here. anyway"
But but he's gone" means Ma
tida.
Sure he is" admits Iosco. maybe
back to Saginaw. Something might
have happened at the store Or hs
might have BOT word that some cloak
and suit jobber was closing out his
fall goods at sacrifice and got so
busy in town making the deal that he
forgot to let us know. That would be
Jake, all right, If he saw a chance OF
turnin over a few thousands"
Would he go barcheaded and with
out his Indigestion tablets?" demand
ed Mrs Jake
"If it was another bargain like that
lot of Army raincoats. he'd go in his
pajamas," says Zosco
But Matilda shakes her head She's
sure something awful has happened
to Jake. Now that she thinks it over
She believes he must have had some
thing on his mind. Hadn't they no.
ticed how restless he'd been for the
past few days: Yes, both the sauatty
"'iA'h Hai. anu tut IuHny lltIle guy
in the long tailed cutaway brought
up how Jake had quit playing bill
lizards with him, even after he'd
offered to start him twenty ub.
But that don't mean anything"
says Zosco. Jake never could play
billiards anyway Hates it, He's no
sport at all except maybe when it
comes to pinochle. He's all for bust
ness. Don't know how to take a real
vacation Xix" n gentleman. I'm al
ways telling him that"
Gradually we'd all drifted into the
big DRAWN room. but Jake continues
TO be the general topic. We couldn't
help but get kind of Interested in
him. too. When a middle-aged store.
keeper from Saginaw gets up from
dinner, wanders out into quiet, re-.
spectacle community like ours and
disappears like he'd dropped through a
manhole or been swishcd off on an
airplane it's enough to set you puc.s-
in. BY askin' few Questions wa
got the whole life history of Jake.
from the time he left Lithuania a. a
boy until he was last seen gettjn' a
light for his cigar from the butler.
We got all his habits outlined how
he always slept with a corner OF tho
sheet over his right ear couldn't eat
strawberries without breaking out in
blotches and could hardly be dragged
out 10 see show or go 10 an even
ing party whore there was ladies.
We, her" on a visit TO villa Nova h.
goes and ~trays OFF like he'd lost his
mind. Or gets himself Kidnapped, or
worse.
Why. says Mr. Robert "it sounds
Ike Il real mystery almost IA care for
a Sherlock HOlmes"
| don't know Why. either, but lust
then he gIancc~ at me. by Jovc"'
he goes on Here you are, Torcf,y.
What do you make out Of tins
Nj says / Just about what
YOU DO. ! expect"
"Oh. come says he put that
rapid-tfe brain Of yours to work.
Try him Mr Zosco I've known HIM
- unraysl stranger things than thi4.
! would even venture 70 say that bs
has hit ou q cue while wc'y. bee,
taking
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