The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

$50 you're Angus MacPhil-
lips?" says the Inspector, and
he looks Angus up and down.
eyes, sir" says Angus. "Glad
to meet you, sir" He waits and
nothing happens, so he says,
Mice day, isn't it,"
ut was" barked the Inspec-
tor. Nov, Mr.. MacPhillips, can
you tell me, if I'm not imposing
on you, just what in hell you
thought you were doing this
morning?"
II was looking for my girl
and couple of policemen stop
ped me-
Inspector Callahan exploded.
"A couple of policemen! Look
at this mob in here. Every one
of them was mixed up in that
riot. They're all here except
the two that resigned and the
three that amt out of the hos
pital yet"
Angus looks around and
smiles at the cops, but his smile
eezes when he sees that
most of them have bandages on
their faces and several are wear
ing dark glasses. TOO bad" he
murmurs alphabetically.
stY har,AH't 81 I0cnrthn II
your crimes in one afternoon"
says the Inspector, "but I can
give you rough idea. You are
charged with speeding, driving
without an interstate license,
stealing q truck and butter val
ued at $3.50, going through more
stoplights than I thought we had
in New York and resisting an
officer - plural. Now maybe
you'd like to start from the be-
ginning to explain"
So Angus starts from the be-
ginning which is Adoreen. He
talks for half an hour while the
newspaper reporters are busy
writing. When he is finished,
the Inspector tells him that Mr..
Wittenbaum, his boss in Caleb,
reported the theft of his truck
and his butter, that the trooper
in the neighboring state has a
district grudge against him for
the butter bath, that every police
force east of the Mississippi has
been looking for Angus and a
truck that drips with melted but
ter and that If the Inspector lets
him 90 the United States will
probably send an army Of &C.
cupation into Manhattan.
Even Angus can see there Is
no sense in arguing with this
individual. So after he is back
in his cell he just lies down on
his bunk and thinks how nice 1t
would be If Adoreen had mar
ried him and If she weren't SO
impulsive. And then he goes to
sleep and has q nightmare about
Adoreen Mickletwidge sitting at
a table and drinking hard cider
while lot of oily millionaires
in monkey suits are pinching
her cheeks and offering her Gig
arets, which she smokes.
When Angus wakes up, he Is
in a cold sweat and the morning
sun is coming through his little
window. The guard, whose name
is Joe, is rafting his club along
the bars. For a guy what's got
every broken law in the books
on his conscience you sure sleep
like a bear. Come on, you're
wanted in : the Inspectors
office"
For q minute after he steps
into Inspector Callahan's office,
Angus Is sure he is still having
his nightmare and then the idea
slowly sinks in that the girl sit
ting next to the inspectors desk
the girl, in the soft, silky
brown dress with the white,
bubbly collar, and the sheer silk
stockings and highheeled shoes
- Is Adoreen Mickletwidge,
prettiest girl in Dippleswink
county.
. addict" Angus gulps. Gee,
I was worried about you. Are
you all right? I was gonna"
But Adoreen's eyes are burn
ing like chunks of hot steel in
gots. MY name is not Addie,"
she says. ITO you II Is Miss Mic
kletwidge-you low-down heel,
you smasher- of-careers, you
thick-headed, orainless whelp,
you"