Evening star., 1922-08-20

1 found the old gun, too, 1t amt no
good"
Maybe" says l. But as Ex-
hibits A and B before jury those
two items would earn you a long
spell on the rock pile
| Hey says he, dropping the re-
volver as though it was red hot.
Say, don't-don't talk that way, Miss
! Dodge. for the luvva Gawd You
| know me. and You know ] amt no
| burglar nohow. What you gonna do,
| miss"
! Il haven't decided says !. Sit
! down in that chair while ! think
your case over. And ! might as well
/ let IneZ in on this. or the first thing
you know she'll be bouncing in here
and giving you the rough-house
! tackle. Don't stir now, while ] call
| her. Oh. Inez, You may come down
now. Everythngs all right"
\ITHEN Inez trailed into the room,
w all dolled up in a baby blue
dressing robe. you can guess she had
her eyes bugged. Especially when
she saw Hen. Smalley, still masked
and slumped inta a rocking chair.
| Look what ] found doing the
| Desperate Desmond act" says ].
1nez stared hard at him through
the uncertain candle light. Who
| who's that?" she remanded.
"Undrap your face. mister" says
! ], "and give the ladies a treat
With fingers still trembling, Hen.
| removed the bandanna
| That feller. says Inez Huh.
| Why. he's only the grocer boy"
"Precisely."- says j. But when I
strolled down here he was giving a
! good imitation of bold, bad bur-
glar.
NO. ! wasn't, neither" insisted
Hen.
Whats he WANT" asks 1uez going
straight to the point. as usual
That is just the topic l mean to
discuss with him says I. Come on,
Hen, tell US all about it,
For a moment or so Hen. paved
the braided rug with one of his bare
feet and squirmed around uneasy in
the chair. Not rapid-fire thinker.
Henry. nor a shifty performer when
cornered But by main strength and
out a most unconvincing tale. He'd
been coming home from dance. over
at Westmoreland Corners, and he was
awfully hungry. so as he was passing
our place he remembered those
doughnuts of Sairy Jewett's. and he
thought we wouldn't mind if he slip
ped in easy and snitched a few.
so you brought the gun along to
shoot 'em on the wing if you found
'em flying about the kitchen, eh@'
I added I'm afraid your imagina-
ton is muscle bound. Hen. You're a
willing liar. all right, but perfectly
punk one. Besides. I supplied the
hunger hunch, not two minutes ago.
It's a washout. Henry: dead wire.
Come now, plug in on another line
and give US the true dope. What
were you after in this living room?"
But at that Hen only turned sulky.
He oughta be in jail him.. says
| Inez.
I'm afraid that's where he's headed
! for says |. Suppose you stand guard
over him. Inez. while ] call the Milii-
ken boys and
Don't do that breaks in Hen. y
I'll tell That is. IL you say you
won't put me in jail
| "Ill make no promises. Hen, says
II, except that I'll let you off as easy
as 1 can. Of course, if you'd rather
take chances with those rough Milli-
| kens-'
"No, no." says he. Il don't wanna
git mixed up with them. And I'll give
| il to you straight. II was lookin
for something in that old desk
What" says /.
! Some kind of stocks that Ben Tuttle
had a long time ago says he.
| Stocks" says !. What kind OF
stocks?"
| Telephone says Hen. Fifty shares
of Bell Telephone that never turned UP
! at the sale
But the drawers of that old desk
were empty when l bought it, says l.
That is, except for some old bills and
cooking receipts. And saw you pocket
a bunch of letters that fell out of it
Just before the sale. Who told you
anything about shares of Bell Tele
phone?''