Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-26

He iCas the size OF JOhdnTl-01d also the
though still skepticaI, Mrs. CrafS BELIEF
the kitchen and she reached for her bathrobe
and slid her arms into the sleeves She was
not afraid BY her bed stood a stout hickory
cudgel that had been Johann's walking stick.
and she took this in her good right hand and
stole quietly to the door of the kitchen ready
and confident
Even in the dim light that entered the
kitchen from a misty moon Mrs. Gratz saw the
rear portion of a small man who was bent
down investigating the interior of the refrig-
orator. She saw, too, that under his arm he
had four bottles Of the good grape wine Mrs.
Gratz herself had made.
But this was not all she saw, for on her
kitchen table, with its neck hanging over the
edge and its two shapely legs sticking up and
tied together. was as admirable piucked
turkey as anyone would want to see.
We'll, what you do here?" Mrs Gratz de-
manded of the intruder.
The effect on the man who was tampering
with the contents of Mrs. GRATIS refrigerator
was instantaneous He had In his free hand q
section of apple pie from which he had taken
one bite, and he dropped this. He dropped the
four bottles of grape wine that had been under
his arm.
Standing suddenly erect his head encoun-
tered one of the wet sheets hanging from
the line above him. With instantaneous
and instructive desire to conceal his identity
Mr.. Arthur Jupp enveloped himself in the
sheet.
"chich," sneezed Mr.. Jupp as the damp
sheet enclosed him. "Ah-chich! Ah-chich!'
AR. JUPP had been spending an interesting
wi evening at Joe's pool parlor-and Incl
dentally spending some of Nine. Eldorado's
money-and fortune had favored him. Fol-
lowing established custom Joe had held
a turkey rattle" with chances 10 cents each
and three fine turkeys to 60 to the holders
of three lucky numbers, and Mr. Jupp had won
the biggest and latest and tenderest of the
.hree turkeys He had also had few drinks
It was when he started homeward with the
nude turkey held by its legs and its head drag
ging along behind at the end of its timber neck.
that Mr.. Jupp remembered hearing Mrs. GratZ
tell Nine Eldorado of the wine she had made
AS Mr.. Jupp had spent 81 for the rattle tickets
he suspected that Nine. Eldorado would be
more than wrathy with him, and he thought
to calm ner anger by bringing home few
bottles Of wine to enhance the turkey feast.
Entering houses at dead of night was no
new experience for Mr.. Jupp, one must regret
fully admit. An open window in Mrs GRATIS
kitchen showed how Mr. Jupp had entered, but
now Mrs Gratz stood between Mr.. Jupp and
the window he had pried open. He was. in
aQOltlOn, enSnrOuQeO IN a very damp Sileet.
so ho!" exclaimed Mrs. Gratz as she heard
the familiar sneeze. Ghosts come by my house
already, yes? Such hungry ghost it should
look into my refrigerator, huh? Sol"
Mr.. Jupp realized that his position was pre-
carious. Although he had not seen the cudgel
Mrs. Gratz held in her hand he had a good
recoaection Of hands that were strong enough
to crush coconuts and arms that were huge
am: muscular.
.~Teena!" he said Don't vou know me?
Don't you know your JOHANNA"
Zach, now!" said Mrs. Gratz taking frmer
grip on her cudgel. $50 comes it my Johann
to see once his Teena, yes? guess mebbe such
ghosts don't get fed pretty good. that they
should come by the refrigerator right away
first, huh?"
well, no, we don't" said Mr.. Jupp In .
voice somewhat mufied by the sheet. mot the
kind Of food you cook, that's fact. Now. you
take this apple PIE: h-<1 ft-'7
And my good grape wine, huh?" said Mrs.