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"Ah, what?"
"Ah, no.
How long have you been down

| All, IlO
How long have you been down
there?"
II have this moment only arrived" :"
Did you see any one sitting on my
window SLIP"
mo, no. On the window sill. no
one"
"Heu!' cried the Senator
You cannot conduct a full-throated
long distance conversation in the
early morning and finish up by ejac-
ulating He'll" in a voice like the
bursting of an ammunition dump
without rousing such sleepers as may
be in your vicinity. From window
to the left the head of Mr.. Gedge ap-
peared.
Whats the matter?"
I've lost burglar"
Where did you see him last?"
asked Mr.. Gedge.
Before the Senator could reply to
this pertinent question a window on
the right revealed the wondering face
of Jane. She looked charming in a
blue neglige.
Whatever is the matter, father?"
Il left burglar on the window sill
and he's gone" said the Senator,
rather in the manner of a house
holder complaining of the loss of a
bottle of milk.
How do you mean-you left a
burglar on the window sill?"
Il mean precisely what l say. I
found the fellow in my room last night
and I wasn't going to lose my sleep
calling up the police. so I made him
sit on the window sill. intending to
collect him in the morning"
You must have been dreaming"
II was not dreaming"
Say, listen" said Mr. Gedge chat
tily. I had the strangest dream last
night. dreamed I was at the Bilt-
more, Los Angeles, and the waiter
came up to take my order, and do
yon know what he was? A skeleton.
Yes, sir, skeleton in a pink MILDLY
blouse"
The disposition to be impatient to-
ward the recital of other people s
dreams is almost universal. Senator
Opal was not one of these exceptional
men who made good listeners on such
occasions.
Stop gabbling, you Gedge!"
Father"
And you stop saying 'father!'
What's become of the fellow? That's
what I want to know"
Il never heard of such a thing"
said Jane primly Putting burglars
on window sills. Why didn't you SIM
ply =. ?"
I've told you why I didn't simply
Do you think I was going to lose my
nights rest just because a blasted
burglar came into my room?"
Mr.. Carlisle intruded on this fam
lily jar. II think the man must have
made his descent by the water pipe >
Water pipe?" The Senator gaped
aghast. You don't mean there's a
My God! There is. 1t was Sc
dark I didn't see it."
SERVES you right" observed Jane
who, woman-like intended to have
the last word if it took all Summer
''for being such a smarty"
"A what?" doomed the Senator
quivering at the offensive term.
"A smarty," repeated Jane firmly
Putting burglars on window sills
Much too clever to do anything like
anybody else, aren't you? I'm very
gladshe has gone. 1t will be lesson
to you"
She gave him a severe look and
withdrew, closing the window behind
her. She was kind-hearted girl
but, like every modern girl, she did
not believe in being foolishly indulgent
with parents. When they behaved
like cuckoos, you had to tell them sc
quite quietly-not angrily-just
pointing 1t out to them and leaving
| their intelligence to do the rest.
But even with her departure Sen
ator Opal did not find himself FREE
from criticism Even as he puffed
and exercised his eyebrows, it broke
out Unexpectedly in another quarter
She's quite right said Mr.. Gedge
protruding from his window like g
snail out of its she'll Yes, sir, the
girls absolutely right Should have
thought a man would have had more
sense"
(To be continued)