Evening star., 1922-12-31

nance Of D. Wtggett appeared therein
and Molly at once identified It as the
heavy and hard object to which her
employers manual plight was due.
| The countenance opened. somewhat
slantwise. and sent forth a gasping
and melancholy below:
"Police!"
Without a word, Molly seized one
Of the battered hands and ran. Per-
force. her employer ran with her. A
taxi was prowling up % avenue.
! Molly hailed It
0N the trip Mr.. Miles Morse ex-
~ hibited silent but alarming symp-
toms. Arrived at home, ne fatty re-
fused to enter
Air and space" he said. were his
! special and Immediate needs. He
made his way to the most secluded
bench in the park, followed by his
dismayed housekeeper. sat down and
began to chuckle. The chuckle grew
/ into laugh. the laugh into a series
; of chokes. the chokes into a pro-
tracted CONFUSION OF mirth. When
at length 1t had passed, leaving him
spent and gasptng. Molly Duns,an
spoke seriously to him.
Are ye fnished?"
1T am"
Have ye been drinking"
| Il have not"
What did ye do to him.
Il did everything" said Mr. Miles
Morse with a long reminiscent sigh
Of utter satisfaction. but bite him."
"Ye told me-" accused Molly with
heaving bosom. that it would be a
strictly peaceable errand."
$50 1t would" replied the other
calmly, 'if he hadn't said something
about YOU
Molly's brown eyes widened and
frightened with amazement. Her lips
parted.
About me-" she cried. Then she
committed what the lawyers call a
non-sequitur. Mother of all the
Saints" cried Molly. How old are
ye?"
"Thirtyseven years and four
months" replied the meanest man In
our square graveIy.
And me thinking"
He never found out what she was
thinking. for she broke Off abruptly
and said:
CLAP a b. OF raw beef to that
cheek" and vanished from his sight.
No Molly appeared for breakfast in
the morning. In her stead arrived a
court officer with a warrant, in which
the term "feloniously" played a con-
spicuous and dispiriting part At
court Miles Morse, prisoner, found a
delegation from our square awaiting
him. including Molly. Cyrus the
Gaunt, the bonnie lassie, Terry the
Cop and man taking copious note.
| with an absorbed and ferocious ex-
preston, with a view to daunting
wrongdoers by the prospective fierce
white light OF the press. This was
part OF the bonnie lassie's strategy.
So also was the presence Of Merri-
vale. the young lawyer OF the legal
aid branch, for the bonnie iassie had
correctly guessed that the accused
would disdain to spend money on q
lawyer. AS he waited his turn at the
bar of judgment (before Wolf Tone
Hanrahan, the human Judge, his
friends remarked with satisfaction)
Terry the Cop caught sight Of his
damaged knuckles.
II always said he had a grand pair
Of hands," murmured Terry to the
bonr Ie lassie.
And here they are in court, where
you said they were at their best" she
commented.
An expression OF bewiIderment gave
place to a grin on Terry's handsome
face. >. ..
1.-THE court I said, "the hand ball
court at the Y. NJ. c. A. He packs a
wallop in either hand 'un kill a bull
Then the plaintiff came in and
there was no further need OF expla
nations.
D. Wiggett was a horrid sight. He
would have been a horrider sight If
he hadn't been almost totally OBJ
scured by bandages. The gist Of his
Testimony was comprised in the fire.
I9uently repeated word, murder"
| X y
lT~HE accused put in no defense. In
L the human judges eye were doubt
and indecision. Obviously. there was
something behind this case. AS he
hesitated, the legal aid lawyer came
forward with the light-pink docu-
ment Of D. Wiggett & Co. and handed
1t to the Judge with a few words. D.
wtggett's lawyer entered vehement
objections. Stilling his protests with
a waving hand. Magistrate Hanrahan
read the agreement to SELL" Then
he called for Mrs. Molly Dunstan
More objections. overruled. At the
conclusion Of Molly's testimony he
turned to the protesting lawyer.
Ibid ye draw up this dockyment?'
IT did, your honor"
ITS as full Of holes as the whitch's
cullender. Y'otta be disbarred fer IT."
The lawyer hastily receded. The
remains Of D. Wiggett were led for
ward to listen to a few brief but
pointed dicta by the court. while the
reporter (under promptings) edged
up and took copious notes in book
such as no reporter ever carried ex-
cept upon tho stage. At the end OF
the ordeal D. Wisgett. in broken and
terrified accents, disclosed that his
motives were Of spotless purity, that
his document was a harmless joke.
and that, Mrs. Dunstan could have
the place ana . deed thereto II she'd