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Show HI STILL DOVB. j r.o 11 Old Clias ot to VWI lra- H Mill Together. H Neither ot those old chaps la under HI CO yet each la a living maniple ot tbe HI fact that men are only boya grown tall, Hj way the Detroit Tree I'reaa Ihey HI live a few blocks apart on llrush atreet IN and have been chums ever since Ihey were toddler. The other evening, Just JH after aunsct, the one living farther oJt EH cam (trolling by the houso of the oth- hH cr, keeping a keen lookout from th H corner of his eye for his comrade Hj When ha was sighted, trying to keep B cool In a hammock stretched under an H apple tree Ihe man on the sidewalk H bold up hla hand and began making Hj caballatlo signs with his Angers, while Hi hs walked on bla loea and pressed a Hj finger ot hie ether hand on hla lips to D enjoin silence. The old gentleman un- H dsr the tree waa puuled for a minute B Then be sprung from bla bammook HJ with youthful agility, gave a aweep ot H bis arm that motioned hla crony lo B the alley behind tbe lam, and ald, 1 "lllamed It I don't," as he vtsatthlly B entered the house by the kitchen door When he went slowly through Ihe back yard as though he had nothing special on bis mind, hla coat lulls bulged suspiciously sus-piciously and his eyea had a glint oT mischief The two saluted In whls-pera, whls-pera, slipped around halt a block to get a car, giggled and talked under their brealh until they reached a well known point up the river, and thero weul In awlmmlng, diving, whooping swimming doggie and turning turtles as nearly possible like they had done half a century before They dried tbelr scant hair carefully, stowed the aoap and towele out of sight and reached reach-ed home prepared to prevaricate It questioned Next day ttiey shook bands, carried themselves more erect and congratulated each other that they allll knew their boyish tricks |