The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-17

Griff1n's announcement. Kinks final ly broke it.
 Well, gee" he began, T don't know whether
 Sally stopped him. Sally was a girl who missed none of the tricks. And since she'd been chivied into the hotel business, she was going to be in it. And how. She glanced upward towarc the Harknesses. The Harknesses were retreating Evidently, Mrs. Hardness some what stunned, had decided to obey Mir. Griffin's peremptory order to ,'beat it."
 "Very we'll" Sally, said, in a here. Our rates are $6 day per person"
 Six huh?"
 Sally saw that an explanation was in order
 You may not be aware of it." she said, but you and your friend have stumbled into hotel. We give the finest service. But we charge for it"
 Kinks Parker looked at her with worship in his eyes. What mag nificent composure she hadl What calm! What finesse in dealing with the uneXpected In short, what womanl
 MT. Bull Griffin was still wres- Cling with the idea that he had blundered into hotel
 HTYau D bo hrptIuhf fnrfb af cf "wot is dis layout, anyhoW?"
 This" said Sally, lis the Penn tngton- Restatorium. A place" --she threw Kinks severe glance Sfor rest and relaxation"
 'Huh?"
 Sally repeated it. MT. Griffin star cd at her. Mir. Tony Spaldini re- moved his hat and scratched his close-cropped, lopsided head in per plexity.
 You mean" MT Griffin said now, dat dis is jernt where tugs comes to lay aroun an take Ja weight off dere dogs?"
 Sally looked perplexedly at Kinks.
 "rs that what I mean?" she asked.
 Hes getting the general idea" Kinks said.
 Well" MT. Griffin decided, its oke wit me. I could go fer some rest. In big way"
 Our rates" said Sally, who hadn't taken her eye off the ball, "are S6 day per person"
 But if she thought that this was going to throw Bull Griffin for a loss, she had mistaken her man MT. Griffin eXpertly shifted his gun from his right hand to his left, dug into his pocket and produced roll of money that would have choked hippopotamus. He peeled of $100 bill
 "Dere you are" he said Oats fer da two of us fer week. Keep da change an buy yourself aero- plane"
 Sally took the money dazedly.
 "You-you mean you're actually going to pay us?" she gasped. Without a-a fuss?"
 
 MT. Griffin was insulted
 Sure" he said. "Wotcha t'ink l am, deadbeat?"
 But you've got guns and <"
 "Aw, we aint tough. ladv," in- terrupted MT. Griffin anably. "Only wit mugs like da Little Cheese"
 But l don't see why you should want to stay in place like this" Well now look lady" said Bull, In the voice of one who addresses the primary grades Its like dis: Me an da Little Chese usta be pals. Dat wuz before I'm wised Up to wot a dirty, lyin', double crossin', little weasel he is. But two weeks ago I'm wised."
 What wised you?" said Sally. who was beginning to learn the batter
 "Aw." said Bull, me an da Little Cheese is in ad same rack -er-line of business. Poultry. You know, chickens an eggs. Only his territory's Queens an I got da Bronx. An everything was okie- doke till two weeks ago he comes up to da Bronx an tries to cut in on me. Well dat makes me boin. T'ings like dat don't go wid me" His face darkened and he trotted out a gem geaned from his vicarious reading. T don't brook no interference.
 T get it, said Kinks. You and the Little Cheese are having a war"
 Oats right" said Bull. I'm gittin' him an he's gittin' me. Only he ain't, see? But tonight me an Tony has business in Moo Haven. We'll, couple of da Cheese's boys is hangin' around da Bronx an dey sees us go. So dey follies us