Show OF A WE BY I Adele WHAT HAT WI LAP I HAPPENED It ED WHEN hIEN Y UNDERWOOD DEIt G. GAVE VE VE THE CHAUFFEUR J EUIt UIl A SURPRISE The chauffeur was no coward Harry Underwood was much taller much broader of shoulder than he be but he stood StOOl his ground Par Pardon sir he said respectfully but I am am a secret service office and t this his lady Is Ig In m my charge e Like h Ii- Ii hyou you are Mr Underwood returned insolently tho the matter mater matter mat mat- mat mat- ter t er with this nut little IRtle girl Irl Ho lIo s spoke poke the words without relaxing for fora a second the steady gaze with which l he ie was holding the other othel man I r realized that th the sudden eme emergency ency had sobered him hm jUl just t enough to Lo make him hima a dangerous adversary for tor the chau- chau You needn't clip your w words so short Mr Ir Underwood said cooly T c known Lil LII was doln doing the detective stuff for Or many a moon You haven't given Iven anything wa way so with your OUr talc taIc His us nonchalance was positively fascinating facet fasci to me With Ith the exception of ot his e eyes es which never left his adversary's adver adver- sary's face fac his his' whole attitude ex expressed ex- ex pressed d bored indifference to the tho sItuation sit sIt- The chauffeur was visibly nervous I His IIII- manner suggested sw that of ot an ant ani mal ready to spring lie gave me no noI I chance to follow Mr Underwood's Ir Underwood 9 suggestion sug sug- t I o n Just cut this hits stuff sture o out out t he lie snarled his suave manner vanishing vanishing- I hI 1 haven haven't t an any time to waste HerI Iler He lie threw thre open his coat an and displayed the badge which had been tho the deciding factor in m my acquiescence to his plans This little thing means means' business so can call the thc chatter and lay off I I I To Tom my surprise sur I saw Mr tIr Under Under- wood features s relax Into litto a broad broach smile Then with a deft twist of oC his hits hand he threw open his own coat Upon the lie un under er lapel was a ba badge ge outwardly like the and m my own Theres the thc little things thing's twin bo boy so 80 o you ou needn't have ha any scruples about lea ln leaving your tail fair captive In my hands I XO Now to toddle lc pronto I With With the last words the laughter left heft his face tace and anda a n whiplash quality crept into his voice olce The chauffeur gaz Saz gazed d steadily at the thc badge hedge for tor a long IonS mo mo- mo- mo Inept ment and his face tace expressed astonishment astonish i ment merit chagrin and something something- else something at which I I shivered not for m myself but for Cor the man towering so effectively in front of ot me I uno underStood understood under under- r- r stood nothing else of the bizarre situatIon sit sit- S which save sae on one thing thIng the the danger dang to Harry Harrr Underwood had exposed himself b by his careless display of or the badge which I now noss' realized must be a a. clever imitation of the real 11 Pardon The Tho suave SUR humility once more clothed the chauffeurs chauffeur's words ord but there was an ai inflection lection in his yol voice e whIch I think Jolted oven cn Mr Ir UnderWood's Under Under- Woods Wood's almost proof bomb-proof complacency I 1 didn't know you ou were one of us he ne he said with sow slow meaning And And And- AndI I shall not forget It ft it What Harry Prescribed He turned wa away abruptly and spoke e sharply to his burly companion who ha had nad come Into the tho entrance evidently waiting wallinS' only a a. signal sIg-nal from the chau to join in any fracas that might ht b be Impending Nothing doing Joe he said t. t and the thc two sauntered out of or the corridor corri corn dor entrance their hand oft manner evidently stimulated b by tho the appearance of or a a. police officer on his hourI hourly beat and and one no or two belated ted i pedestrians Mr Underwood watched them out o of sight in preoccupied silence There I was a frown on hl his face taco which be betrayed betrayed be- be hl lila his realization of or tho seriousness seriousness serious serious- ness of ot the situation tI iKe dle knew far better bettez than 1 who could only Cu guess sZ what vengeance could be taken by the thc heads or of r the thc organization which M I J suspected 1 controlled Him His Jj Is 15 the volatile daredevil tempera tempera- merit ment however especially under tinder the In Influence In- In fluence luence of at liquor that refuses to be affected b by adversity Ho He shrugged shrugS his ii shoulders as the men disappeared through the door as If It throwing ort off all thought of ot them then turned to te I mo me with the old imps df t mischief which I llant well remembered d dancing in his bril brIl- black back eyes fats fair Nice little p party narty wasn't it It lady haul ho he asked and ad then he Put put his hiu u hand band handi upon my arm with I h the lO touch h. h of or I exaggerated elated masterful tenderness which I had always resented In him Youre just about done up ho hu announced an an- I flounced In the thc manner of at one making making- a discovery er and hand Im I'm going to prescribe proscribe pro pro- j scribe for you ou Well We'll just get g-et a taxi and get pet over o to the thc nearest restaurant as quickly as the tho wheels will revolve Some good hot food with a kick in It t that's hats what will perk you ou up I To Bo Be Continued |