The Washington times., 1931-10-24
INsTALLMENT 12

We go to find Willy. His
room Is q wilderness. The bed
has been dismantled and stands
upended against the wall. 1t
has to be made larger; Willy
has grown so much in the
army that he does not fit it
any more. Planks, hammers,
saws lie strewn all around.
And on chair there gliStenS
an immense dish of potato
salad. He is not there him.
self. His mother explains
that he has been out in the
scullery a whole hour, scrub
blng himself clean.
Frau Homeyer is on her
knees before WHY'S pack, rum
Inaging through it. Shaking
her head. she hauls out some
dirty rags that were once a
pair of socks. Dreadful
holes!" she murmurs, locking
up at Albert and me disap-
provingly.
Cheap stuff" I say with a
shrug.
Cheap! Indeed" she pro-
tests bitterly. Shows how lit
tie you know about it! It's
the best wool. let me tell you,
young man. Eight days I was
running up and down before
I got it. And now see!
Through already! And you
won't find their like any
where" She contemplates the
ruins with an aggrieved air.
"I'm sure there must have
been time at the war just to
pull on a pair Of clean socks
quickly, at least once a week!
-Four pairs Of them he had
last time he went out. And
now he has brought back only
two-and look at them!" She
passes her hand through the
holes.
Triumphant Entry
I am just about to take up
his defense when he himself
enters in triumph, announcing
at the top of his voice, There's
o piece of luck for you!
Another aspirant for the Order
of the Dixie! There's going
to be fricasseed chicken to-
night, lads!"
Waving in his hand like a
flag is a fat cock, The green
golden tail feathers gleam, its
comb crimson. and from its
beak there hang a few drops
of blood. Though I have had
a. good meal, water begins to
gather in my mouth.
Willy swings the creature to
and fro blissfully. Frau
Homeyer straightenS up and
utters a shrek. willy! But
where did you get it from?"
Willy announces with pride
that he saw it behind the shed.
caught it and killed it, all in
side of two minutes. He slaps
his mother on the back. 1--WE
did learn something out there,
you see. Willy wasn't acting
deputy-chief-cook for nothing, I
tell you."
She looks at him as if he
had murdered child. Then
she calls to her husband.
oscar" she means in a broken
voice. "Come look at this
He has killed Bindings pedl-
gree cock!"
Binding? What Binding?"
asks Willy.
the milkman, next door. Oh,
how could you do such a
thtng?" Frau Homeyer sinks
down on a chair.
"I wasn't going to leave a
good roast like that just rum
ming about" says Willy, in as
tonishment; mot when I had
him as good as in my hand al
ready"
Frau Homeyer is not to be
comforted. '"There'll be trouble
about it, know. That Binding
man has such a terrible tenn
per-"
Very Much Sighted
"But what do you take me
for?" asks Willy, beginning to
feel really sighted. do you
think let so much as mouse
see me? I'm no novice, you
know. This makes just the
tenth I've Swiped now. A jubi-
lee bird, you might say. We can
eat him in perfect comfort, and
your Binding won't know one
thing about it." He shakes it af-
fectionately. "You will taste
good! Do you think I should
boil him or roast him?"
do you imagine I would eat
one little bit of it," cries Frau
Homeyer, beside herself. You
take it hack at once"
I'm not quite balmy," ex-
plains Willy.
But you stole it?" she la
ments, desperately.
ter. "That's a nice thing to
say! Commandeered, this was.
Boned. Picked up, If you like.
But stolen? When a man
takes money, then perhaps
you can talk of stealing, but
certainly not when he just
bags a little bit Of something
20 eat. In that case, we would
have stolen a lot in our time,
eh, ErnSt?"
'Sure. Willy" say. "He
Just ran out to meet you. I
dare say. Same as the one