Evening star., 1924-12-11
Continued from Yesterdays star.)

There Is point on which I'd like
10 ask you a question or two, Nc.
Grath." / said.
Shoot"
Before you fell asleep or became
unconscious this morning. did yol
hear anything of an explosion?'
He stopped dead in his tracks to
stare at me. -FEEii
"Faith-now you mintion Ut" he
said slowly, 'I believe 1 did hear a
bit of pop. Nothing to startle ye
mind-just a quiet little pop, like
yed be hearin' when child burst q
paper bag"
Where were you when you heard
this pop, as you call it?'
Let me see, now" he unused. 'Td
be standin' right foreninst tn ex-
change when 1 heard ut"
You didn't hear more than one?'
Il might have. But, dye SEQ. ut
was the sort av noise that might be
comm from the uptown traffic, and
not at all the noise that would swing
ye round to see what ut was"
How long after hearing the noise
would it be before you became un-
consctous?"
Now ye've got me, for ut's a thing
] can't tell ye," the big fellow said.
''Pm told that I was asleep for two
hours-but, II ye ask me, I say ut
was a bare Ave minutes from hearin'
the pop until I woke up and found
meself lyin' on the sidewalk"
After the noise. did you become
conscious of any peculiar odor-
even Of the slightest"
mo, divil a whiff av any sort" he
said positively-then, with twinkle.
unless maybe what was left behind
III IT.
aires"
That might make your eyes water,
but would hardly send you to Sleep"
said l. Before you became uncon-
scious. did you see any haze or mist
coming up?'
There was nothin' but maybe a
kinda blueness In the street." he
began, then broke on: "B' the holy
piper" he exclaimed. Come to think
av ut. ut was an odd kinda haze,
too!-like nothin' so much as the
way the letters on me watch would
show IN a dark corner or like wan av
If ye was to spit on ut in the dark
but more spread about and thinned
down"
"Ah, phosphorescents
1T wouldn't be putin a name like
that to ut, SO I wouldn't" he said
carefully. "If ye understand me, u,
was almost too faint to notice. All
say is the street looked like ghosts
might
Thank you. McGrath," told him
you've given me just what I want
ed to know"
"Is ut a bit av detectin' you're
afterT" he asked me. Faith. Mr
Boon. ye've got things out av me thai
none av thim-polis or prtvate-hat
the since to remind me av. One Of ms
some queer on-goin's up at the post Of
flee. Have ye heard anythin' at al
sbout ut, Mr.. BoonT'
had forgotten Dick Schuyler's
casual reference to the post office
and my interest was reawakened.
Commander Schuyler said some.
thing about It," I said to McGrath
Was the post ofiic gasseed and
robbed, too?
mo. 1 wouldn't say that. haven''
got the rights av ut yet, but ut'i
just queer on-goin's that's runiored
..Uts a queer affair, so ut fs," hi
went on, "and the more ye think ~
ut, the queerer ut is. There's rnt
1ocket, now. Dye think / can get thu
polish back on the thing? Not wal
bit av ut. Uts all pitted an dirty
lookin'. What tho girl will say, Hivir
knows"
IF you don't mind letting me have
ST." / volunteered, 'I'n give yor
enough to buy another like II. ane
something for the girl as we'll. I'm
interested In it,"
Have Mt, and welcome" said Nc
Grath. I'D been thinkin' I'd better
get a new wan, an say nothfn tt
TNorah about ut, for ! wouldn't like
her to see ut that dirty. ! know thu
store where ut was bought. Let ms
get the photy av her av ut, an uti
yours"
He handed over the damaged trink-
ct, ana I gave him two SO bills. He
vas nightly pleased, for with thu