San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

mere WITH Gdule llll ClOSluS time,
won't you? I'm going to take the
Kid home with me to my mother"
The next morning ! was thinking
about Jane and the Kid when l en-
tered the studio. The girl at the
switchboard stopped me.
"Some woman phoned a few min
utes ago for you. She left word that
the Kid wouldn't be out to the studio
today" she said.
In the office with the boss was the
Prince.
Good morning. Pete" the boss
nodded. "The Prince wants to ask
a favor of you
ats this way, old chap the
Prince stammered, embarrassed. II
couldn't avoid hearing the message
| that came for you. Rotten luck ;
what? Extremely likeable little fellow.
/ hope it's nothing serious"
"Oh, / don't imagine SOL said.
"The exposure-his long immersion
covered from flu"-he broke off. Il
| he was substituting for me, do you
see? Do you think he might accept
| from me at least his doctor and nurse
lees he uieW WaheI hoh Aie
| pocket.
Sure l said.
The Prince extracted from the wal
let n few small folded papers and
some large bills. Laying the papers
on the desk he counted out two hun
bred and fifty dollars and held it to-
| ward me.
you're too generous I said, look
1 ,,~ ,,afntn,1I,- 81 thn trn tnn-lOllQ r
| bills which were all that was left of
his cash.
He shrugged his shoulders. "That's
quite all right. Ny secretary-silly
beggar-settled and closed all my ac-
counts before cashing the usual check
| from Lord Moncton. He's trying 10
arrange that now, over the wire. /
insist upon your taking these few
| dollars for the Kid. Stevens. I'll
make out somehow, I'm sure"
"You don't need 10 worry the
| boss smiled. "What was the size of
the check Lord What -his-name sent
| | might be able to cash it for you.
The Prince unfolded one of the
papers on the desk. stamped with the
British Embassy seal. twenty-five
hundred dollars"
"Oh, that's all right the boss
said. Endorse it and I'll send q
boy right down to my bank with it:
"Oh, / say, please don't trouble
"No trouble at all, your Highness.
Languidly the Prince started writ
ing his catalogue of names on tn,
back of the. check. "The old fossil
should have telegraphed it instead o
putting me under obligations"
The boss interrupted with laugh
"There's no obligation, Prince. The
amount of this check is just about
what I'll owe you after your wees
in Tia Juana. That's all the PRO-
lection ] need
From the expression on the Princes
empty face you couldn't tell, as he
stared at the boss. whether he was
going to be insulted or not when the
bosss words should finally sink in.
by jove." he said after moment
al didn't think of that. Our con-
tract. Of course. Weirdly practical,
you Americans what?"
| rang up James house during the
lunch hour. I'd salved my conscience
for taking the money by convincing
myself that the Prince would never
miss il and really wouldn't care
whether it was spent for the Kids
doctor or lawyer bills.
James sister answered the ring.
"Oh. yes, Mr.. Stevens" she said.
"Jane left for Frisco this morning on
business for-you know"
"How is he today?'
kidding my mother into hyster-
| les"
Tell him I'll be out tomorrow
with Then 1 spilled the welcome
tidings.
But Sunday I had the feeling that
someone was following me, so James
house was about the only place IN
Los Angeles / didn't visit.
Late Monday afternoon just as a
few of us were going into the pro-
lection room Jane appeared.
"Come on in with me- l said. i've
got to look at some film. What
new?"
"Just this, Pete. There Isn't a
thing to keep them from railroadins
the Kid. He's n vaudeville and circus
acrobat. But the vaudeville troupe
he was with-the only men who can
| really identify and abb him-they
sailed for Australia last Saturday.
I told her about the twO-fifty gift.
"Iisten; let's retain a good lawyer
with that jack; and go straight to
Chief Rogers. He's square and fair
and"
"And in the hospital waiting for
an operation. Nobody can get to
him."
watch his dive whispered.
Then came the footage showing him
cutting through the, swells. reaching
Miss Morris and starting with her to-
ward shore. Then flashed on the
screen a fairly closeup shot of the
Kid. He was lying on his back in
the water, his head stuck up so his
wet hair was plastered tight to his
scalp, his eyes staring IN with .
silly vacant expression, his mouth
hanging opened.
II thought you said the Prince
couldn't SWIM" said Jane.
"The Prince? That's the Kid
grinned. l hollered back TO Sid
Where did that come FROM"
Il had a few feet of film left he
answered, and when the. Kid passed
on his way to the ship l wound the
roll out on him."
II see" Turning around I found
Jane gone-so quietly hadn't heard
her leave the dark room.
"She went out" the gateman told
me "and got into the taxi with Silent
Sam Simmons and Louis Spinola.
1t was Just half-past Z when | turned
the corner TO T-Bone's. Behind me
running fast came little Flash Fan
chon.
Come on, Pete" he called. "YOu
can help"
i got into T-Bone's two jumps be