New Britain herald., 1928-02-28

Hh deiivercr, the saver of ! hurrying along now. I'll shoot on ahead an catch Dad so as to post him bout tn hi- -jackers. An don't worry. Jack. Tn one that got away is hiding in tn rocks somewhere an as soon aS We are gone he'll load his pal in their bus an beat it. You'll never hear peep about this affair from them!"
 She flashed hin. a smile, gave a swift glance back, and then. with roar, the powerful roadster shot forward and away in a whirl of smoke and dust. Stuart drew a deep breath, exhaled it, a .n then he, too, stepped on the gas and drove away from there. Just an incident in the days work, passing event in the game they were playing.
 Tt was one day last week. Dad, that I got my first suspicion of that chauffeur of yours" declared Mary Elizabeth Sweeney. addressing her father. but speaking for the general edification of the assembled guests, the Stuart Justin family. the four members of which were seated around the sumptuous table in the Sweeney dining room.
 Y was driving along Main street." continued the girl. and right in front of that pool room at Main and High I saw tn Big Boy. He was standing at tn curb, his back toward me. an talkin' very earnestly to fat faced man. Something told me to draw up an stop-an' did. On tn instant tn car came to a halt I heard Big Boy exclaim:
 "Nawthin. doin', Mister Pike. fer any five hundred. If I gives yuh tn dope yuh'uns have gotta kick in with one thousand. YesSir! One grand, Mister Pike, nawthin' less!"
 Was this Pike one av tn two behind tn roadster today?" asked Pat Sweeney. although he had ask ed that same question before and knew quite well the answer.
 "Yes." replied the girl. shooting a quick. searching glance at Jack Stuart as if curious to note the ef- feet of her answer on him. He was tn one that-er-stayed."
 If Stuart felt that her answer in- dicated lack of feminine delicacy. or was in any way unusual, he gave no sign.
 What answer did Pike make tn chauffeur that day, Mike?" queried Tony who envied his brother-in-law the joy of having had his life saved by the alluring Mike, the girl with whom he was now heels over head in love.
 He said: 'Yeh-ah, Big Boy-oh. yes'm! I'll slip yuh a grand-sure I'll slip yuh two grand-yes ] will not'!"
 Did th' talk about th' grand make you suspicious?" asked Peter Justin. from his seat on Jill's left and opposite his hostess.
 Well, I wondered what Big Boy meant by saying if he gave tn dope he wanted a grand" the girl replied, trifle evasively, it seemed to Peter. Then she went on as if desirous of making her position clear to all present. 'I wasn't exactly suspi- cious of his real intentions right thcn," she said. although his words were surprising. But tn minute l heard him speaking over tn phon. in tn garas. this morning tf' con Iection uns clear. He said
 "'All right, Pike. IT lake charce this time, ;u' I sott.. nav one grand. You viii? Okay. then h,r's tn dope
 At those woris ' perll" up m9 C.r's sn' listeNei l was andIu' 'ess than six fea5 from Inn on th' other side of a partition, but th' door was open an inch or two so l had to fairly hold my breath 10 keep him from hearing me. Here's what he said to th' man Pike:
 Now lissen careful. Tn two trucks leave tn Justin g'rage at 7;3o sharp. One goes tn River road an tn other tn State Iou better got tn Statr-you knows tl' road so I don't have 10 ;ell YOU where. rh' point IS. th two trucks leave at 1:2o sharp. Tn or Ma &n' Big Ei'I Guernsey go ah -ad O. th' State truck in his flivvcr
 Well" Mike interrupted herself to make tommtnt-"you can inag- inc what l thought when I heard that talk. Tn firSt thing f'r me 10 do, l knew. was [ sneak ontta 'h g'rage without Big Boy knowin' I'd overheard him. To do this I had 10 slip upstairs an crawl out th' rear window onto th' shed roof. A drop of eight fee; an l was ready to start things. 1 came outta tn house. apparently, told him to hurry an fill my car with gas as was goin' fr long drive. With