The Bozeman courier., 1927-06-03

dock boss. There each applied for-and
was assigned-a checker from the Office
force. The checker and driver, in turn,
received their o. K, from the delivery
clerk and-where the truckload prom
ised to be heavy-the driver returned to
his truck and selected few shenangoes
from the out of workers lounging hope
fully nearby. Nothing then to do but
Shane, the gateman, that there was room
for another truck on the pier.
1t was shortly after the lunch hour
that heavy draft dropped near Jimmy'S
station. The cargo guard on duty there
nudged young Mr.. Lynn and murmured
graphically, That's It'll" Instantly sig
nal was flashed down the line and Jimmy
saw clearly that his stepfather nodded.
The big steal was now about to be put
into operation and Jimmy was immensely
worried, for, despite his hours of head
achy thought, he had not vet succeeded
in concocting a scheme which would keep
his mothers husband from travelling the
primrose path.
Without even botharing to look, Jimmy
knew what was happening outside. Out
/ yOnder big truck was waiting patiently
for a signal from John Shane. This
] truck was actually the property Of a
I wholesale grocery concern and had been
sent down to remove a large shipment of
fancy imported groceries and delicates-
sen stuff. The driver was known to, and
trusted by, Lew Foster and his cohorts,
and now, when John Shane nodded, this
swarthy person swung out of line, oblivi-
Gus to the angry shoutings of other
truck drivers, and passed through the
| gate with his particular checker pale,
anemic looking young chap who had also
listened to the siren call of eaSv money.
Under the watchful eye of the dishon-
est cargo guard, Jimmy slipped his hand
truck under the case OF lace and trun-
died it halfway across the pier. He un-
loaded near a pile of cargo-which he
knew was the cargo belonging to the
wholesale grocery concern. The watch
man, anxious to appear innocent, strollec
away that he might not see what was
about to happen.
The grocery truck appeared with the
complaisant checker and greasy shenan'
goes. Cases Of the delicacies were loaded
conSpicuouSly around the outside Of thI
truck, and then, with Jimmy's persona
assistance-the case of lace was hoisteC
aboard, and Immediately surrounded b,
more groceries.
So much, Jnen, FOR that. Jimm,
glanced toward the entrance and saw thi
amused eye of his stepfather focused up
on him. Jimmy was desperate. He wa
not opposed to thievery, as such, but h
, was decidedly averse to having JOIN
/ Shane sent to prison-and the compan'
which owned the Agraria was most dis
= concertingly summary in its manner o
dealing with persons detected in the &C
: of stealing.
!. The chances are that Jimmy had neve
). heard the adage about necessity bein
the maternal forbear Of invention. TIL
: fact remains, however, that it is. In
: binding white light of clear thinkin
the solution of the problem presente
itself. It was a scheme rarely and su
Y perbly beautiful and, while it embodie
: a certain degree Of physical discomfoI
: for comparatively innocent persoI
:. Jimmy was not a young man to let sue
v a detail deter him from a proper an
efficient course of action.
He was smiling as he stepped close t
the swarthy truck driver who had com
e for his groceries-and Lew Fosters cas-
= of lace. There was, in his manner, u
= slightest hint Of what he intended-bJ
in the fraction of a minute which ha
already elapsed since the idea had fir
blossomed, every little detail was cles
in Jimmy's mind.
Swell weather, amt it?" remarke
Jimmy casually to the truck driver
"Yeh-it sure is" agreed that gentle
man. Whereupon, with the deftne
and snap Of a professional pugilist jim
my landed on that portion Of the truC
p drivers cranial apparatus which is know
as the buttonI