Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

strength uf that spIled bandage, ana
Mt 9 O'Clock TINT night arrived In then
car Flyun went 10 the back door and
posted himself there; aud Angellou
rang the front door bell. A hight was
switched on in the hall presently, and
Ianny. dressed for the street, opened
the door six inches. Angellod had ms
foot i'm It In a Hash.
4Detccttve Sergt. Amgellot OF the
central station. Miss tanning. have
here n search warrant, giving me legal
right to search your house ana secure
the person Of Nance Beldgn, an escaped
convict from San Quentin Penitentaary.
Read 1t an weepr
"You take your big nat foot out Of
my door and stay outside until I've
read this purp0rted search warrant or
IN shoot your foot on" Lanny In
formed him coldly. Angelloti win
drew his foot promptly, Lanny clused
the door, and he could see her faintly
through the curtatned glass, reading.
Come in" she tnvited-and ut that
moment the electric light bulb tossed
out the upper window by Nance ex-
ploded with a loud report. "What's
thRt?" Angelloti cried, instantly alert.
A still louder explosion reverberated IN
the back yard; then the voice of Flynn
crying: Hey, stop or IN shoot"
"Tried slippin' her cut the back
door, eh?" Angelloti exulted, and
dashed through the house. with Ianny
at his heels. As he went ont the
kitchen door, Lanny slammed and
bottled it behind him, and then, even
rs Dan McNamRra had predicted, ma
ture took her course. Nance dropped
the remainder OF the bombs and came
dashing down the stairs. Goodbye,
LRnny. CARING" she cried happily.
n NJ IN - rmyi4FtTmA
on the hail hight, ana Nance was
through the front door and gene.
Across the street two coupes stood Ut
the curb, the motors Of both turning
over slowly.
Alternately the girls finger was
pointed at each car. "My-mother--
told-me-to take - this - one" she
murmured and when, Through the aid
of this childhood formula, she had
made her decision, she leaped into the
coupe of MeSSrs. Flynn and Angelloti
and went rapidly away. Lanny, watch
ing her from the darkened doorway,
saw that she had taken the wrong car,
bur was afraid to cry out and warn
her. So she did tine next best thing. She
locked her front door behind her,
climbed into the other car and drove
down town to late motion picture
show. She carried the search warrant
with her and while enjoying the show
tore 1t into little bits.
OF the weeping, the groaning, the
burning sensations in the eyelids the
bewilderment, the cropping, vomiting,
cursing and despair OF Messrs. Flynn
and AngealOi, nothing need be said
Suffice that Angelloti felt his way out
OF the gaSsed area and about two min
utes after Lannys departure, stationed
himself On her front steps, while the
valiant Flynn, dying q thousand
deaths, stuck manfully ct his post,
leaning up against the kitchen door,
enduring for duty's sake. Convinced
waited for the night wind to dissipate
the gas. Angelloti ceased to weep
about half an hour after escaping from
the gaSsed area, but continued 10 gag
for an hour. About 1890 he was able
to see, so he rang Lanny's bell re-
peatedly, but received no answer.
Then he noticed that their car was
missing, so he summoned the martyred
FLYNN around front and told him the
worst.
Don't speak to me-" Flynn COM
manded passionetely. I'm deadl Hunt
up an all night drug store an phone
for a taxi" -
This" Angelloti Kissed, ''is Dan Nc
Namara'S work. Where would they get
the bombs If he didn't swipe EN- out
Of the police arsenal?"
| Flynn commenced to sob as he con-
Sidered the barren fruits Of his enor-
NOUS sacrifice. ~ Ba4
"Amadeo, swear 10 me, by our COM
mon faith, that, come what will, blow
high, blow low, come sickness or sor-
row, happiness or health, you'll never
lay of this job until we've landed that
-that--that hlIzZy"
Right 1 swear" Angelloti's voice
trenbled with the sincerity Of his purA
pose. esivta fe yses1-s3
The respective wives of the worthy
pair telephoned down TO the chief Of
the detectives next morning and In
formed him that their husbands were
confined to bed with influenza. 1t
might not be amiSs, also, to state that
Lanny came home in q taxi about
1890, and finding the front door free
of Angelloti and the neighborhood
ozone quite restored to normally, re-
tired to her. bed and passed almost at
once into dreamless and untrouhled
sleep.
(To Be Continued.)