The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-04-20

sy MABEL PARSONS


lght he that ~ the social register had
TOT some reason forget t. cali uIUn
the liuslrl There wasa'S another humc
In rylerVille that contained 81 many
Justly furnishings. silver aud Jeweiry II
particularly jcw.lry aud yet Mrs
Hoes WAS denied a share II the l,nnc-
light with the uristurrucy.
q: amt a. IL We alnt got nothing.
Phlness." she solbcd. her many Ola.
monds flashing la the morning sun a.
she poured the coffcc. There's the
Jon-ses. and"
"Stop right there" exclaimed Mr..
Hogg irritGhl,. Amt I done gu !
cant Amt gone all over this house
every night and ui,cned the window !
Why. last night even left the front
dcor half open. and lid any burglar
com. int hid he. usk youi Mo-" he
continued. answering his own question.
What else be- M ght baV. said will
never be known a. ~. butler entered
at that moment. and " there was any.
one Il whom be stood In awe u VAS
Henry the butler.
Succc>s had cuue a. the ioggS late
Ia Ire. and while Mr.. lIogg was In
clined to lie hack and take things
ensy. Mrs. Hogg was happy "nly when
she was 'am"ng thus. present" Hut
'hinsas was n gtS'd sI"ri aud under
her constant urge he ran her q pretty
good seccud In their chase for social
recognition. he affiliated himself with
every club aud every social AFFAIR she
suggested. and gave her every blessed
thing she wanted-but there: pau~.
moment.
There l. one thing In which he had
failed. Mrs. Hogg told him. In that
heart touching. sobbing way Of hers.
that the rowells aud Bentons had
family tree. aud she didn't have one.
Never mind. Lucy" he said sooih.
ingly. ~. got m"nsy enough to get q
front lawn full % them" 80 you see.
dear reader. his heart was In the right
place
Away frum the eyes - Henry. they
Kissed In parting at the door.
Cheer w. dear" said Phineas en-
couragingly. "well be- robbed yet, AM
Lucy smiled family In hope and partly
because Mrs. Powell. across the street.
was locking on. Phin-as waved his
cane airiiy as h- entered his motor.
for the same reasons that Lucy smiled.
and he was OF.
Arriving at his office he immediate
~ rang for his secretary
Mr.. pagget." said he. In his cute
little pompcus way. do you know any
good porch climhrr'l | mean. are you
acquainted with any good crooki
mean-what that is" Plainly.
Phineas was confused
Mr.. Dagg.t d"esnt know yet wha,
his employer INFANT. bat b. was glad
To- get out 81 his sight. and for the
rest " the day 10. went about on tip
toe with moist handkerchief In his
hand. and a CLASSY look In his eyes.
Now. while the Hoggs valued the no
toriety Of a burglary, let IL he known
that there was about $4,000 worth Of
jewelry. which was carefully concealed
every night. that they had no inten-
tion II losing. That night. while pre-
pairing for bed. just at the moment
that Mrs. Hogg had put all the jewelry
In the case after a careful checking. n
loud crash sounded through the house.
and while they looked at each other,
frs, In surprise aud then Ia JOY. that
crash was followed by another.
"A burglar A robber'" Mr. Hogg
shouted Enthusiastically. rushing out
into the hall, Mrs. Ilogg close Ia his
wake.
Swapping ON the lights In descent.
they arrived upon the scene nj the
moment the policeman had subdued
his prisoner Subdued doesn't convey
the picture at all be was worse thnn
that. and ~ he stood there In the light.
Il IL ne wonder recognition was de-
iayed. Mr.. Hogg was the first to wake
up.
why. it's Henryi" he exclaimed In
amaz.meni
lie was right. lie was the butler.
II seems that Henry was not real
Notwithstanding like that-qulte
duffer ~ II. in fact. Il was simply a
OF his Interest Ia his