Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-28

whole lot had been so badly packed his that many of
them had been broken
He embroidered this theme for about fifteen minutes.
slipping frequent references the personalities of Audat
and his lad their parents and the general pedous nature
of the French whole 1t the kind of performance he
rather good at.
In end Audiat could have gladly stuck knife into his
heart hadn't been for the fact that Frenchman will
ngy destroys the of nice little profit even the
halfwted youth got the idea that the angLas angry
because he hadn't had watches that worked well looking
good However, Audiat finally explained that the batch of
watches had bought by him from Switzerland and he had
packed them uexamned into the and when Seby quoted
down. he promised that there should be trouble with the
next batch, which arriving the following day.
But the next day the watches hadn't arrived Nor the
morning of the day after that when Seby drove his round
Now Selby had hoped the watches would arrive that
ing they could be packed time for him to make Calais
the last ferry that night He wanted to be London the
following day for the opening of show IN which he had
interest To show how he felt about things Seby examined
the geneaogy of the Audat again and swore that if
the watches didn't in time he'd take his business else
where in future.
He spent the day clearing up little unfinished business
with fan and dove dancer he felt he could promote
fessonay and privately in London teephonng Audat now
and then to see if the watches had come in.
o'clock that evening when he teephoned he learned
that the watches had arrived He left the dancer to feed
her doves and whipped around to Audiat
He told him exactly how he wanted the watches packed
and Audiat promised that his lad should examine them all
and see buds and that the could be picked
up at four the morning which would give Seby time to
drive Calais and make the early morning ferry He'd be in
London after lunch and make his show that evening
Just after four in the morning he singing to HIM
self driving fast and paccng his smile the women at the
everossng gates When matter OF practice Selby
didn't mind what kind of woman it was
At Calais cold morning and he had no trouble
with the French Customs. He his aboard and then
went down the bar and had coffee laced with brandy
Most of the way he dozed.
the officer who examining them not to be surprised he
shook any feathers because he had booked
up and dove dancer Then he went to clear his
The Customs officer the he knew WELL
man about his age He gave him the big smile cracked
the feathers and and answered the usual
TONS Everything went WELL the smile the joke, the
and the promise of free seat at the show II the
officer liked to write and remind him time.
He'd got the a-cear signal and had his hand the
door about to get and drive off when all the place there
was mad wall of sirens few seconds and then everything
stopped
Chris Selby didn't have be told what In those
DAYS the First World War wasn't far behind and when the
sirens went at eleven o'clock Amstce Day everybody
stopped there silence for minutes There really
was silence the guls stopped bawng their heads
off, Chris Selby and the officer stood by the like fig
ures and YOU could have heard pin drop.