Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-14
Missing Out With Inez-By sewell Ford
4 LII 1 can say 10 It sets. youths
\ idea of something for moth
ing. No matter whether ITS
y case of huYinH oil stocks,

plunSing on Ponzi shares, or playing
a wire-tapper's tip, or taking chances
on a hooked rug at church fair-the
result is the same. Poor old human
nature gets nicked In the soft spot
every time!
With US. of course, 1t was the lure
OF digging up pirate gold. Now. back
on East 22d street, New York, or up
in West Roxburg. Mass, or out In
Rockford. Ill. that might sound too
silly for words. But down here on
the west coast Of Florida, with great
stretches of quiet water about you
and mysterious islands scattered
around, the proposition seemed as
logical as cashing a money order.
Not that we admitted as much to
each other. 1nez and Flipper were the
only ones who didn't indulge In more
or less frivolous josh when they dis
cussed the enterprise. Inez had swal
lowed rlippers yarn about the buried
treasure on Mound Key without bat
ting an eyelash. and for her she regis
tered real excitement.
"All we gotta do Is dig it up, hey?"
she demanded Of Flipper.
Just like unbuttonin' a hill of
spuds," he assured her. Some Of it's
in bars, some's made up into $50 gold
pieces, and then there's the Jools-
pecks Of 'em. Didn't I hear Mendez
tell old man Dillon all about It?
Didn't see the map, too?"
At which Inez gasped and nearly
inhaled her gum.
II hope there's bracelets, says
she. They're comm IN again. near.
As for Uncle Nels, he didn't have
n much 10 saw. and only hunched his
shoulders Mt such details. but I noticed
that his old eyes Frightened up and
that the only shopping he did during
our stay in Fort Myers was when he
bouRht a lonR.handled spade. For
that matter, Barry bought one, too.
Don't expect me to dig for buried
treasure with q soup spoon, do you?"
he came back at me when discovered
him smuggling it on board after dark.
You see, when we had. compared
notes and found that Flipper had told
each one of US the same tale, we held
a council Of war in the cabin and dis.
cussed what was to be done. The first
thing that developed was that nobody
wanted to ship the youngster home
now.
TIA don't ant 40 much, I guess"
says Uncle Nsls.
Know say l. anu II .nels
snould DC anstnins III 'n's 1a'e Oh
MS
anyway puts IN narry fst ~e
would Do saps not 10 ioiio" II UP.
since were r1sht mere on inc s,ounu
ana naveht @nStnins eiso 10 no.
Always hASs "Anteo 80 =. pna'e
soio. nut say Jon you .hihk We
ought 70 Keep an eye on that young
sterE .
THAT'S So agrees. hes Gown
no telling now 1ast MS tongue may oe
running. we don't want the "noie
crew In on this DO we:
They didn't, ana IL was q uhahi-
nous vote that ripper snould oe pro-
NOTED to the nrse caoin ana take ms
meals with US. Az which susses'ea
that a little sanitary oaroerne ana
an outnt OF clean ciothes "ouio neip
10 Quah1y MIN Tor tho PASSENGER hst'
All r1snt, says oneie Neis' UNI
strappine MS ron. lou '3he MIN
ashore. Barry ana nx MIN up.
co before we left Fort Myers that
- next morning Barry led our pic
turesous young stowaway up the long
dock to town, and when the pair
showed I'D again, about 1880 am, all
T could recognise of the original Flip
per was the suub nose, a few freckles
and the impudent eyes. He'd been put
through q scrubbine such as he hadn't
had for years. his sun.faded hair had
bsau clipped almost to the scalp, and
he was srrayed in q complete Boy
Scout costume, including khaki leg
gins, wfde-brimmed hat, . red neck
bandanna and a scout knife on a chain.
"whx. F1ipper." SAYS I. "you look
uv. !. r.eular fellow now,,.
az u.tar have sveIl clothes
one." saws he "Refors NAV married
o,a milan. One time had three
.hir+. Hon..tr
No. Won couldn't get F1ipper fused
80 easily as that. Even being shifted
berth In the main CABIN ana having
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