Evening star., 1922-01-22

isfied when we show 'em that we got
it, from head walters up. Look at Dam
ny over there. chumming with those
Philadelphia swells All they needed
was a glance at his expensive outfit
to know that he belonged. Same with
your friend Inez, wnen 1 met her this
afternoon. So let's forget the de-
tails"
"Oh. come, Mary" says I. whats s
the use. You've told me most OF the
story. Why stall around? I've given
you all my tale. Now where did you
! make your strike? What's your line,
anyway"
She bites her lip for a minute. and
thought she was going to continue
the clam act. Then all of a sudden
she throws up her chin and levels
those brave blue eyes straight at
mine.
"All right. Trilby May" says she.
Il can trust you. Besides, 1t doesn't
matter down here. But finally Danny
got a job driving a gasoline truck.
And then he met another Rainbow
Division sergeant who'd Joined the
state troopers and was being sent
with squad to patrol the Canadian
border. You kntw-watching for
booze runners. Well. hearing those
two chin all one evening got
me thinking. This buddy friend had
lot of dope on the business. He
knew just where tie runners got the
; stuff up across the line. how they got
it over, and what 1t brought on this
side. He told of one bunch that had
cleaned up ten thousand apiece in a
few months. starting with a couple
Of hundred dollars capital. That was
enough for me. I had a talk with
Danny next day and told him a few
things. I let him know I was good
and sick of singing hash in hot-off
joints and having MIN do fourteen
hour trick for poor pay. Why pass
up the easy money? I asked him.
| Didn't they hang medal on you for
taking a chance over there? And you
claim you got a thrill out of the work.
Well, why not cash in on some of that
training?' And you bet it didn't take
Danny long to see the point"
':Wha-a-at?" says I, smothering a
gasp. You didn't start in running?'
"WE sure did," says she. "on foot
at first. with what we could save
from two weeks pay. My being along
made it a cinch. A. couple Of honey
moon trampers. we passed for: but
when we wandered back across the
line after dark those knapsacks of
ours were full up. Danny didn't have
to hunt around for customers, either
to double and treble his money. OF
course we were PHI ers. Not for long,
though. Inside of month we'd made
enough to buy an old touring car I'd
had my eye on. The old bus wasn't
much to look at, but after Danny'd
finished grinding the valves and fit
ting some new piston rings she was
right there with the speed. And, with
eight or ten cases in the tonneau,
that's what you need. Say, do you
know what Uncle Sam mounts his en-
| forcement agents on? Flivvers! Amt
it joke?"
Mary McGucken" says l, staring
=
go with him on-on these excur-
sions?"
Think I'd send Danny out to do
something I wouldn't try myself"'
says she. "Say. I'm not that kind.
And after I'd been on one I wouldn't
miss being along for a peck of pearl
ropes. It's the greatest outdoor sport
on the card. Talk about getting a
kick out of life! Running through a
squad Of troopers will hand it to you,
if you've got the nerve"
Don't they sometimes shoot?" I
asked.
Don't they?" says she. You ought
to see the mud guards and tonneau
back of that old boat. We have to
plug up bullet holes after nearly
every trip. But'we don't let 'em- have
the shooting all on one side. They've
found out I can work an automatic
at seventy miles an hour, and that
sort of discourages 'em from getting
too intimate. That reverse search
light that Danny fixed up to throw
behind doesn't help 'em, either, and
the bullet-proof shield we can raise
at our backs is more or less of a
comfort when an ambitious motor
cyclist cuts in with a .4S. I have to
SOW tacks for those birds. unless /
have the luck TO wing EN-
I'll admit that by this time was
looking bug-eyed at her. "But-but
Mary" I protests, "all that sounds
very much like crime"
maybe it is" says she, with a care
less hunch of her shoulders. They're
calling lots of things criminal that
used to be perfectly all right. Any
way, Danny and have found a way
to duck starving"
An the next morning Inez wants
to know IL I saw Miss McGucken at
the theater.
"Oh, yes" says I.
"she was lookin' swell, Ell" says
Ines
Absolutely" says j. ? So $500