Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01

lions. It was very kind of You, Mr.-er-1
don't quite remember your name. Please ex-
euse my husband-he's far from we'll"
"Of course. madam" said MIR. FassbrO0ke.
Luce added to nobody IN particular:
Though why Mary should have shown him
in here don't understand!
Whereupon Anthony said Grossly:
do people call ut midnight about train
reservations? And Mary didn't show him IN.
Haven't told you ne came in by the Window
why can't you believe me IF you VIII take
the trouble to look, you viii see his Cvercoat
hanging ON the balcony-unless it's fallen into
the quadrangle. And wish you'd shut either
the door or the window. Why do you always
leave doors openP The draft in this room b
enough to blow the carpet off the floor"
Luce went to the window and shut it. and
in doing SO she described the overcoat. which
vision had the effect of changing the direc-
ton of her ideas.
At the same instant that is to say. stimuli
taneously with the turning Of Luces back,
Mr.. Fassbrooke shot toward the door. But with
an even greater velocity Anthony shot from
the bed and grasped Mr. FassbrOoke's retreating
arm in steely wise; the grip of the honni-
cidal insane
mo, you don'tI" cried he. mo. you dontI
I promised I'd let you go, and will; but you're
making mischief between me and my wife and
I won't stano it. My wife thinks I'm OF my
head. and you're letting her think so. Why
did you say OF course, madam? Are you q
burglar or aren't you? Yes or no"
eyes," responded Mr. Fassbrooke.
You go and stand in that corner" COM
manded Anthony, indicating a corner by the
window and far from the door,
Mr.. FRssbrOoke obeyed.
81 see it ALI" Luce burst out
And she did see it all.
You better get back into bed" she said
to her husband.
st am getting back into bed" said Anthony
bitterly.
And he did get back into bed-coughed, and
took a cough lozenge
ITO think" said Luce, "that a so-called
travel agency should deliberately employ @
man like you-worming things out of their
customers, and"
Don't be sillyl" Anthony stopped her.
Deliberately You surely don't suppose
they had the slightest idea what kind Of q
man the man was. The travel agency is
perfectly innocent"
Ignoring this reproof, Luce Reels said, with
O new excitement:
HAS he been into my bed roomq My
Eubies-"
He hasn't" Anthony stopped hsr again
"Are you slre?"
"Of course, I'm sureI" Anthony shouted.
nearly beside himself with rage at her doubts
''Why can't YOU believe me? You wouldn't
believe me when I told you the fellow was q
cat burglar, and now for the second time you
aren't believing me. Why Is it that women
win believe anybody sooner than their
husbands?"
Ignoring this reproof also Luce said: IT shall
go rounG - the agency tomorrow morning and
tell them. You'll SEQ"
Unnecessary, madam. I shall not be there
any more" MIR. FassbrOoke put in
NO" said Luce with liveliness. "You won't
be there. You'll be IN the lookup"
Didn't tell you" said Anthony chat I've
given the man my word that he may go fFee?"
If you did, you were very silly" said Luce,
suddenly enheartened by the sound of her
own voice
That's neither here nor there" said An
thony. The point is that gave him nv
word. And permit me to say that it's very
bad manners for you to call me silly in front
OF complete stranger-especially O burglar.
what viii the criminal classes think Of the
intellectual claSses?"