Evening star., 1924-05-04
WORK WANTED
By p. G. WODEHOUSE
BY p. G. WODEHOUSE.
Incidents of Archies Experience Artists Model

like manner. This done, he seemed
to feel that he had done all that was
required or him, and he returned to
the packing OF a large suit case
which stood by the window.
II say" said Archie.
Mr.. Moon, with the air OF 1. man
who has remembered something
whica he had overlooked, showed u
seek in his guests mouth and re-
sI-ned his packing. FIe bundled his
belongings in, closed the bag with
some difficulty, and. stepping to the
window. opened il. Then he climbed
out onto the fire escape, dragged
the suit case after him, and WAS gone.
y In less than ten minutes Archie,
after 4 good deal OF snake-t!Sa writh-
ing, was pleased 10 discover that the
thiugummy alta shed to his wrists had
Ioosencd sufficiently to enable him to
use hts hands He united himself and
got up.
He now began to tel himself that
out OF evil cometh good. His en-
counter with the elusive M- Moon
had not been an agreeable one, but
Il had this solid advantage, that II
had left hin, right IN the middle OF
3 great many clothes. And mr. Noon,
; whatever his moral defects, had the
one excelIent quality OF taking about
the same size - himself. Archie. cast
ing a covetous eye upon 4 tweed suit
which lay on the bed, was on the
point Of climbing into the trousers
when on the outer door OF the studio
there sounded fo-ceful knocking.
open UP here
Archie bounded siIcntlJ out into
the other room and stood listening
tense,y. He was not d naturally
quer2lous man, but he did feel at
this point that fate was picking on
him with somewhat undue severity.
I'm tn name av tn law
There are times when the best Of
US lose our heads. At this Juncture
Archie should undoubtedly have gone
to the door, opened Il, explained his
presence in 8 few weil-chosen words,
and generally have passed the whole
thing on with ready tact. But the
thought OF confronting posse of
police II his present costume caused
him to look earnestly about him for
a hiding place.
Up against the farther wall was j
setteo with a high, arching back,
which might have been put there for
that special purpose. He inserted
himself behind this, just as a splin-
tertng crash announced that the law.
having gone through the formality of
knocking with it's knuckles, was now
getting busy with an Ak a moment
later the door had given way. and
the room was full OF trampling feet
Archie wedged himself against the
wall with the quiet concentration of
a clam nesting in its she'll, AID hoped
fer the best.
TFTERE followed a BRIEF council OF
war, which, as it took place in
tho bedroom, was iuaudible to Archie
except as a distant growing noise.
He could distinguish no words, but,
as it was succeeded by a general
trAmplinS OF large boots in the di-
rection of the door and then by ST.
leuce, he gathered that the pack,
having drawn the studio and found
it empty, had decided to return TO
other and more profitable duties. He
gave them a reasonable interval for
removing themselves, ard then poked
lis head cautiously over the settes.
All was peace. The place was
empty. No sound disturbed the still
ness.
Archie emerged He stretched him
self, fer It is cr7mping work lying
under se.tees, and. proceeding to the
bedroom, picked UP the tweed
trousers again.
Clothes had fascination for
Archie. Another nan IN similar cir
cumstances might have hurried over
his toilet, hut Archie, faced by a
difficult choice of tie, rather strung
the thing out. He selected speci-
men which did great credit TO the
taste of Mr.. Moon. evidently one of
our snappiest dressers, found that
1t did not harmonize with the deeper
meaning Of the tweed suit, removed
Il, chose another, and was adjusting
the bow and admiriEg the effect when
his attention was diverted by q slight
sound which was half q cough and
half sniff, and turning, found him
self gazing into the clear blue eyes of
q large man In Uniform, who had
stopped into the room from the FIRE
escape. He was swinging = substan-
tial club IN a negligent sort of way.
and he looked at Archie with a'Iotal
absence Of bonhomie-
"Ahr he observed
"oa, there you ar! said Archie,
subsiding weakly against the chest
OF drawers. He gulped. "Of course,
can see you're thinking all this