Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-10-16

ing with Josephine and come down.
stairs. / want you TO go to the store
for me-"
He opened the door.
"All right. mom." he called. He
turned back to Jodie. Lets see how
good you are"
III get one" she promised. Some
thing better than getting killed on a
bikei'
Says YOU" he doubted.
Says mel" she affirmed.
He found her on the. sun porch
when he returned from the store. She
was full of ideas and produced them
n by one
They could steal into Old Man Gift
ford's garage and let the air out of the
tires. Dinky crushed her by pointing
out that Old Man Clifford would Just
call a taxi.
She suggested that they call him
up tomorrow morning and say that this
was the government and that it had
just been discovered that the calendar
people had made a terrible mistake
and that the day was Friday instead
OF Saturday.
On analysis she agreed. reluctantly,
that this plan was not SO good. He
might not believe it.
WELL" she tried again, 'how about
sending him a telegram saying Be
ware!'"
Beware what?" Dinky shifted.
Beware anything. Beware the oc-
topuS.' That would scare him.
What octopus?"
There's a book about it," Jodie de-
clared. THE octopus was a bad man
and"
What if he never read the book?'
Dinky scoffed.
We'll. Beware the Black Hand then.
Or black cats. He's scared of black
cats"
Yeah. He's scared of black cats.
We'll, then-say!" she exclaimed
suddenly. BLACK cats! That's i'll"
"Aw, he wouldn't pay any attention
to a telegram about black cats"
Didn't you hear about how he made
his chauffeur turn around and go six
miles because a black cat ran across
the road?" Jodie was excited now.
1T was blocks, not miles," he cor
rected. And two blocks, at that"
We'll get a lot of black cats and
scare him. Not a telegram. Cats
Real catSl"
What d'ya mean, cats? I suppose
we run around ahead of him chasing
black cats across the road"
mo. Well get a lot of black cats,
thousands of EN-" she dubbed. We'll
hide up by his house and when he
comes out tomorrow morning We'll
have EN- swarming all over his place.
He won't be able to get out Of his
house without stepping on a black cat.
He'll never get to his car. He'll turn
around and run in the house and
won't come out till shutdown. That's
when the jinx ends-sundown. BY
then pop'll have the toothpaste."
Jaw, that's no good"
""Tis too good. He's a nut-Old
Man Clifford. When he opens his
door and sees about a hundred thou
sand black cats-anybody's be sur
prised. And him-hen have a fit"
Maybe" said Dinky doubtfully
What if we can't get EN- to run ou'
on his lawn? What If they just sit?'
wei get a dog. They'll run, al
right.
Dinky grinned with appreciation.
mot bad" he admitted. The picture
of the scene became clearer in hi.
mind. "Oh, boy! That1l be som
show! All right, Jodie, wherell W
get the cats?"
Lets start now. 1 know where
there's a couple. We can get the kids
to help"
Lets pay a dime apiece for 'em
Wen go up and open our banks. A
thousand black cats at a dime apiece
That's"
"You get the money" she ordered
This was her idea and she was going
to run it. I'll tell the kids"
"Hey, wait!" he warned. What if
nom finds out?"
Shes going out to play bridge. III
60 tell the Human boys and Buster
and Mary and Beverly and George