Evening star., 1924-05-04

the stztiou. Do yoa mean To tell me
you see any resemblance
IF "a place, snrr. said Officer Cas-
sidy. coming to ife.
Well
I'VE thaugat he'd bin Disgusting
himself. the way he wouldn't bs- rec
ognized-"
You're q fooi"' said the captain.
Yes, SORT" said officer Cassidy,
meekly.
80 are you, Donahue-"
Yes, sorr
Archie's respect for this chappie
was going up all the time. He seemed
to be able to take years off the lives
Of these massive bffgtters with a
word
who are your" demanded tire cap
tain. turning to Archie.
Well, my name is -
What are You doing here?'
Well it's rather a longish story,
you knew. Don't want 20 bore you.
and all that"
Tn here to listen. You cant bore
me"
We'll. II was this bathing suit you
know" he said.
What bathing suit
Mine, don't you know. \ lemon
colared contrivance- Rather bright
and so forth, but in its proper place
not altogether a bad egg. Well. the
whole thing started, you know, with
ha
of arrangement in a diving attitudr-
for the cover you Know don't know
IL you have ever done anything Of
that Kind yourself, but it gives you
a most fearful crfck in the spine.
However, that's rather beside the
point, I supposc-dpn't RnGw why L
mentioned it. Well. this morning he
was dashed late, so I went out"
ct don't know what you're talking
about" said the czpt4in. He looked
at Archie with IN expressisn OF dis
trust and hostility. "And I'll tell you
straight out I don't Tilse ths looks
of you. believe you're, d pal Of his"
"Ne jonger,' said Archie firmly. ''I
mean - say, a chappie who makes
you stand or a baIly PEDESTAL sort
OF arrangement and get. a crick in the
spine and then doesn't turn up and
leaves you biffing adj over the coun-
tryside in a bathing suit"
The reintroduction Of tho bathing
suit motive seemed to have the worse
effect on the captain He flushed
darkIy.
Are you trying to josh me? I've
a mind to soak you"
'If ye plaze, sorr," cried OFFICER
Denahue and Ohicer Cassidy In chorus.
In the COURSE OF thstr professional
career they did not often frear their
superior make many suggestions
with which they saw eye to eye, hut
he had certainly. in their opinion.
s4sken 4 meuthful now.
-No, honestly, my dear old thing.
nothing was farther from my
thouxhts-'
LIE would have spoken further, but
L L at this moment the world game
to an end. AZ least, that was how tt
sounded Somewhere in the tmmeffi-
ate neigh borhood something went or
with a vast explosion, shatterinG the
glass IN the window, peeling the
plaster from the ceiling. and sending
hfur staggering into the iahospita-
BILE arms Of Officer D0uahue
The three guardians Of the lave
stared at enc another.
"If you place, scrr;" said Officer
Cassidy, salufing-
"weu?'
Kay I spake. sorr?'
"weI~
Something's. exploded. sorr.,"
The information, kindly meant
though It was, seemed to annoy the
captain.
What tire devil did you think
Thought had ffappenes?' he demanded
with not a little Irritation 1T Was
bomb
Archie could have corrected this
diagnosis, for already a faint but ap-
peaIing. aroma of an alcoholic nature
was creeping into the room through
hole In the ceiling. and there had
risen before hrs eyes the picture of
]. B. Wheeler aKectfenately regard
ing that barrel Of his on the prevt-
GUS morning in the studio upstairs.
j. 3. Wheeler had wanted quick re-
suits and he had got them
'borr- ssid Officer DvHzhus