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Show 1 orcny 1 ackles a jMl37-stery ' jmm nniTinmr-HlTl-niiTmMiiiTOniniMrTi-Tnmr- r I rnriMiirnimiT m i i wn in mil n wmnii E Ol'iT hn ci'stume, mill Went ill II l;ni; I "tllllt' Ml, (Ml-,'' .nuius. "A long raincottl , Mr. 1 ' lint," I . K m in Mr. Kiil'.'il, ''ii iniiii couldn't wander it rmi in i Ni'iv rk dressed in ii I'mil's eusluino without with-out being ik'I U't',1. That i: , not t,,r fe cr:il duvs. ' ' ' " on li.-i ho couldn't," mum 1. "Sn In' ,li,lii 't. ' ' That 'n II good Inn' In I'llll, lh:it he couldn't, so In' ,li,lu 't . ' ' when Mm 're ''"I" ' this MliTliuk lit -,..11 ' stui'C Sounds professional. M ,-. ;,,,, t ,,,,,)., Illl, I tlll'll K'l.K.I 111 111,1 t'i,i,-t; ,I S if U, W.1S Waitlll ' til lliMP llitt ', ,i,,,, '"'u' as ii iiKillir i,f fa,-1 ,v ili'il ' Kiumv l'.at to mil K o of it. K:ii!u'r iMiil'srr. 11114 fur us, ton. You know wo'vo lllt Mnrti',1 ri'luvir.Mli for Ins Ui-w I'uvo, 'Oil, .i, 11,'lill.ln' ' I'-ii; i-'K'. tlitii;; lio 's ilono oi. An, I Mr, Miumaii I'.iim -,'i' n t mvulv $ii,ii,iil for tho M'ntiiv; mi, I i'otutni's of 0110 iiuni-1'ir iiuni-1'ir iilniio. Yot lioro 1 in walks oil' ii'.!i t'to 1 rios for t(i:it son tho onl' i'oi in o m-l I'lii'o, luniil on - niiil ilroi'H out of siclil. 1 Mi,'ov, 1, :nito,l 1,1 roi.s,, iho xei'M'r'. 'ou mi Iho lioto it put us in, tliouiili. Wo'io ni'liiiii; ' llonii,!.! ' 1 1 . vol: 1; h for ml r irlv proiliii'-tioll, proiliii'-tioll, :ir.,l ho sl:us off Willi t!io woi'ils to whut's lioilliil to bo tin' 1,1;.' s,'ll 111! of tho filsoil. Whv, Miss l.;uliio, who ilo,'s th.it sol", ii lll'out il:l.. iiini lis for Mr. MniiiiMi - "i; 1 nii,l. 'ist. unl. Vihitfv," brivihs in. '' That's ',',1 pross at'iit s'uff, nil rii.'!it. Hut Mr. I'.llir.s lioro ain't so liuii'h worri,',l oor that's " 1111; to happon to tho show- as ho is ovor what has happouoil to 1'iMiilnn K-oins. Now how ill, I ho ilis.ippoai i h saw- him lat ' ' ' huov shrubs his shouhliT. " All 11 u:stor', ! toll you,'' mivs ho. " ,i hjl 011 't a sini;lo oloi . ' ' "'An, I ,Mi 'ri' just Mttmj ba,-k won .iiT'.iii; what has hivoilto of ll'in.'' 110-l-iiuis Mr. KoK-rt, ' ' w 11 hout in a i i:i mi otfort to tra,'i him ! ' ' 'oll. w lint oau ivo ilo!'' asks IWhitov. "If tho fool now spapor:! woni! only wako up to tho faot that. :l pro-.ui'.iout porsono is lulsiu, an,l i'0 us tho proper srai'O. that iniht ho'p. 1'hov will iu timo, of ooursi'. Lot to como to it. liut 1 011 Know how it t". Auvthin from a pross luiroau t'.'ov ro a;: to snr.f oor suspu ious. As ' f I'.l p'lll oi.o us r.n as tins on '0:11! j M'.'.h' liut I'm working up tho iiitorost,! aiul hv iu-: M:n,iav I'll hot thov'll In Hrrvin front -p:i;o ho.i.ihnt-s. Whors Is IY::rhvn Pi'.'l!' ." ou 11 sOi '' ' ' t'.'.;.po-o ho shouM turn up iiimor- row, t '".,.i;;'i ." ' I a-k.-. "Oh, lo.it ho oonhl n 't . ' ' (.rivn W'nnov .jiii.-K. "That is, if ho '. roallv ! si or-,r ;i:.:l'n,, ha- hapuonoi to !.. 'h:i: niasos yo'.i thir.k h-' r.uoht sKw uj, -,r, h ' ' ' ".lust a h'.in.-h rf nuro, " sa s T. "I was t h '. 11 k '. v. n'abo sono of h'.s i'rion iv nv.h' fiu.i hitn ?oinow hero. ' ' " 1 V like to s; 0 'oiii.'" .savs Wliitov, o-ni'ha".,-. "It it wou'i.l ho worth' .'o.l ,!ti;i! to us. ' ' "Yos.'' tivj 1. "I krro'.v how vcti f-il rioo'it :t. M'.K-',-i oblige !. Y httov. T s'.ieys test's ail c can do; eh, Mr. '-el r 1'ut v. e 'ro no 50ois-:r out of tho office th''-r I C'-'s hmi the to: i.'.. "Bunk!" fj's !. "I'd hit a trillion tril-lion of ?on:eoo.;v else'? nionov that th-a is just ono of Whiuy's ?:n.i.'th frame "1 hnr,:'v think I follow rnu," saa Mr. Tin':-,--:. "li-'r's tho ilea." tavs I. "Whon 'Tho Bji'-nr.?:': Pri :o ' was bavin; that two vrar run r.r: vn Iicpt.s was a irpo I .leal in the spothcht. Ho ha i wrireus rec'iar. full faj,1? in the Sun-t'a Sun-t'a ei:tiot:s. new piotures of hi:ncc!f rnn'.el cv-'rv fow woe'-:. Ho -iuln 't hate it. .ill he? !' :t t :!' last two t'.eoes rf h.s were frog's. A'l lie'? hal reeent ha'.'o l--1-n ro.is-, or no ment!"". a: a!i. An i i was up to W to ; hr:::; !.::n l a k in'o the pu'pi.c p e, wa?rj't it f Trust Whiter :'or dtr : h a r . " "Put thi rrrthn.-l TrouH be 50 thor. ouc'.i' cr i K i, hear; 'ess. ' ' protests pro-tests Mr. K"!.e-;. lover hiit eostiiine, mul went in 11 taxi; si- -r I eh, N 1111 ins ,' ' ' y"e'tJ". 1 ''.' I "V'nl" M', nir," an i a .Niiiiius. "A yst'jt' laineout, sir." jV'','' C'.: ',';'- "Hut," 1, leaks in Mr. Knhoit, "a '1 f-If-n " V I .'".' "'' uillll eonhln't wan.ior Uloulnl .New , t '' '-: v "' ' :' , ' . - , ork it rosso, I in a fool 's I'usluino with- f ' ftt.i" - " " fJF out lieini; in Hue, I. That u, i.t fr j I f j; r'-'-'l' ' ' ,-'"' " on 1,,-t ho I'Olll.lli '(, " M,j ; !l if ''.!" 1, '',' :' i. .liiiH-t." j;.),.;vTSr-" ':V-'- That 'a 11 k-oil lin,, I,, pull, ,al "he j' ' '!.'.'-'' 'l-'i V ' " :, Sis'' eonhln't, so lie ,l,,u't," when mui 'ro ' ' ,.i'--'',V :. ' i, '"X , M'orloi-k Wat,,,,, Muff. ' I - ' . . 'j N ... Suun. Is profess, onal. M ,-. ;,,l.rt i,,ls ,' !'V:J '.!- iX-' U 4'" J ' ';'X an,l then looks at 1110 OM'oetaiit as if h J ' .0"' : ',;'- .," If 'A (:' was wait,,,' to hear what Tilile,!,,,, ' t !' X-. ' I! 'A 1 ''-'," an iiialler of fart mv ) '', '!! !'( 'CrV 1-V-;.t' rX -r.'' ?':''::: '. -' : ' '' : Wif-- ;Ia'.;''V.--''.')V? i'. '- '.). : .''r: I'-- -'-'-'V'".''.''' 1 ; .v M';'' ;'... .--jr-jf-v; , "': '(V-.vr,;-. -'- '.-3, .-,,.-..;'"''--"-U.".' " - . '; ''-V-'- ' ' ""',' '.'.'"' '.'';v - -' '"' ' 1 .- '. 'K " ,''"' y- .;'-. ' . ' -. ''.; -L-'''-V- 1':'.- fir'55 ".. . -v . .. ' ..' v.. . ' .' -a; c s- , c;' '.-:? f '-; '-'. S. "-vcv 'v-:-'-: ". .r."-. ."'..'.i-:" -r'.'-' Xn No A? eouldht M U3 Iicre ' ' ' wc coud tfet ? M to take as aid io v' ' Htfifi a.L itut lime of ntfhL dijil.v juin-iioii or v,;iil. over nn'il niuriiini;. '.1 illn-r hnih-.l .Mi'. l;()J('i1 Hi: ((Injur- i ni Jji.s (.mii'jii ' ; r ;iM1 (i-'i'l'. (i-'i'l'. 1 t inn ! or 'j ; ii into w .1 1 - r AImi Imi liai a I-. i 1. p;i'-l.-J I'or l "I' MS JJ j j I 1-ollrrlM I'lOUl .NiUilUr, IL i Ijll OUlfiL of (; li-j.l Hoih.-h I'M" J j-i. - ir . '.- ;-.f :,v,;iv il I 1 u !-,,,; rin-i M r. h'.lM-rt 1 i.u'. I,v );,- f ',n; Unit In Ici-I on i ;l InnMir.-.l ;jn'l mm.-( mm.-( mil.':, Iu Mid I,; lliiitl'.'S '.': ouLl. I 'j riiaki! huiiH' m-;ir i'.uvw-l.iM. I.v iiini' o'i-lui-1'.. .M.-i'-l.r v.i- v.oti!'!, loo, if v, c vunu !i! I M :ii '.-ii I -l.-m-i 1 -r-rn-i ri'Iil ;il i jo t Jj ni.K, ;un ha. In '! I..-I-I I o Movou!, rui'J .strav.l off' I h-ro:i'l h-ro:i'l on.-!-. A-i ii h ,- l'i!i,,llv !::!!'), al a Ii 1 1 Ii- .jni n1. I hal t fio v i 1 ji t 10:1 , ; -I 01 1 -f Jiiv.T ahout I a. 1,1. Th'T'.- fi-iii l a li;;hl in I In- v.'hoh- plarr.. atol it took o- liall' an Imur lo prv 1 ht- : uA-lord uA-lord r,f ih- hot.! out of th f.alh.-i. No, f c-nijhlll 'l. t.-ll liw v, !, I.- - rur.l-i L"-t ;t I'oat lo take us out to llisii i:ai at that tiiMM ff nihf. It. v.:. -n't h'-iii'' 'I nni-. i''oi I-. h il 1 'In 't fo t h '!'' of 1 1-ii a n v -way, a ii 'I wh.-n tli-v i 1 1 lh' y h'L;jrl.i ;it'u-r It.;, !. I'.-r-.l . ''It'll In- t hr -in tho ni o 1 n i n', you k no v. ' ' ;. in-. "That V m.," say-i Mr. flol-.-rt. 'Ifav.' u motor !oat rr.i ii at ,nt: o'ciork. Not ni'l'-h 11 -tf ;"i;it: t j j -1 -Ix-'fort; l't:'.','). i'cnrhyn v.oci'ia'i 1'; up. ' ' 'J ha t son n'l'-'i tr-n ; li!f to rry. V.' hr-11 f ;jo hiintin' for om Wramat i-tr-; I 1 1 k to tak.: it c:iv ,i:kI h" l,rar.-l u;, f-.r tho day with a yoo-t hliot of hani a;i'i -t;'" Tins part of th' program 1:1 n i .'I out h in oat h. And i 1 J a n irr littl.f sail a.-ros old I'.nrru-uat Hay " 1 hi oy.strr fh't hu'-v and ih- l'i: !di ' boat" dott.-d around. Jlut Iho nr:'ivo v. ho pilotf-d us o;j was ('a:h I'ul ai-out .'in,.'hod 'm Ix'in on llili liar. 'I rV-'.-j'i -oi''o paiti'-.s s!iooii:i' :i round fin 1 ,o La 'i i'-s '--! f-rda , ' ' f-a y h ' ' a n ' a foiiih' in i.rr wa. Mili'.'n' on ca I 'u, hut I didii't ):ear nary uu lot oil on 1 h ' Har. ' ' ' ' 1 ih, mv f ric-fid rfnp n L f-hot, any- .'I '. ' ' vi v s M r. Kohi.-rt . " ' A; n l no' ):in ' fo for h i in to do on Tlih Lar," say, tho nativn. " h--i 'n Ir: wan's to ("o!!''t fkr-ct'-r hitr-s.' U l'ii V.V i'Ot rr.vc. rnou'jh 'o o tJ:f rdand I begun to hu'-picioii I 'd niiy-d . out on rny iiun'-h, for tlo-rn aii) t a tou) in -ifc;jf. V.'o couM fo the wholo of i( ton, for 1 l:o hi client ia rt in "r much ov'-r two f et nbovr 1 ido at-r mark. N'ar the hoat landing; tho cluh hous. up on piliuL'. wil h a veranda acrofj th,- frnvi. The ret ot Higli ii'-jr is only a few acrs of sedo and mar.-h. yp-au! fa'--3 Hie nativ. "Mu-I hp oinel odv tnar. Door's oppn. Yoa-uii! ThnrV old I--ni J I hin-, who alius di:s tho rook in". pv, Loui'' Lein waves r-ordial and waddle down to mr-ot u-. Ho '3 a. fa:, grizzled old turato who looks b"rc 1 and discontented discon-tented ' ' Got p.nybody with you, Lern ? ' ' a?); tho native. ' ' Not to s-prak of. ' ' f-avs I. em. ' ' Only a loony frt of cent that wears ekin-t ekin-t ifjht "barber-pole pants and cu.sea fluent. " -'That's renrhvr,!" says Mr. Robert. 'prvd a5- w fool, isn'i. he?,J " Vi.ii've pa:d i',''tav; Lorn. ''Arts like one, too. Hope you cents have I n-me to take him bark whnre he c-I c-I 1 o r: ij h . NVrds to be shut up, he doe?.'' I But v here is he, ' ' ccmauds Zlr. ! Robert. I "Out bark of the house, p win gin ' an ' JJ, V n vs J'enrh-. n. ' ' Tl.io - ' o-i the in-v.?: i- out, i-i it.' Did you rw' anv raf;er- .' ' ' . . , ' i'apf-r. : " sivs Mr. Ilob'.rt. "..o. ' ' you had, ' ' : a;. J 'en rh ; 1. . " L". cr ' our' f. : rr d r;p, I r-'ippo-'- .' Tdl in'-, tl.'ju'h, ho'-v m-: p'.'Oph; taking tak-ing i' " I 'Mi' von moan t h'- public in - "ral. " sr.'. Mr. Koty.-rt. "1 tumk they art- b'ariii Lp no'oh.-. JiiiL l-onr not ij." (and ii. ttv- 'M;y 'i'or"-''J breake in f'fnrhvn. That '. .-.o: Thf.-v miht bo rather di - iurbed. J - J in:: ;r thou'iL about tiji ni. ' ' I 'id ii '!. eh ? " -a v Mr. Robert. " No, I -ou would n'i. Vou v. ro tiuiikiiir aboni i'(.!ir!:v.'i in a-, u-ua). And I rnu' t pav, J'(. rinv, on ri: the inn it. Ie a i ood n ot :o u ' n h-a vc olJ here. ' ' ' ' No, i:o. liob! bou 't do that. ' ' ( i!ead - J'en yh vn. ' Di -gu-t ; r.;' pla':(j. A. 'id 1 di.-bke that t-ook per on, verv i inu'-h. ii.--ido.-', i mu.-.t ot baek. ! I;oa!y.' j ' 'avt t-t rrdie-. e rour -oor ohj j mot'ier and Betty, eh?'' aki Z-l r. Rob-r Rob-r i . ' lYitK, of enure." avs Pcnrbn. wR'-i---, I v.ant to try this swing with !n,v fir:v-r. Hob, I'm sure I '-an put ;n t!:at u ri-'t Miap at last. And if I ea 1 I "II be idaying in the ''-. uro!'' )''": a v, on u-r. Hen r by. Jl e has this ho' f and mouth dt.-eave, : herwi'-;': k r?o '.v n a - go f, v.'r than a iiybod." f cot mi-t l.-efr-ro. Took Mr. Robert aa-)or!ier aa-)or!ier t-ii minute'-- to g. t him ealind i down eijfiugh he could tell how he ''ome to be marooned on this jland in that r;g. ''.;iy, ii vias that ner pres a-jen of iiuman of eourr-e,'' sav Pcnrbvn. "That V.'er-hs porr-n. He did it." " Y'm don t i nea n 1 o sa', Penn v. " ?ay.-j Mr. Robert, "tliat you wore kidnaped kid-naped and brought here r prisoner?'' "Not at all,'" f-avs Penny. ' 1 V.'e d rove do-., n here at n ' L'ht and earr.e in a boat ju.-t at daylight. Silly per-: per-: formane. K-pe'da'iv rearing thieti-' thieti-' tumc. Eut he ini.-ted that it v,-ould make the d'-nppearynee nT"irp plausible, more dramatic. Wouldn't tel ie where n p v.ere g'ipj. either, f-a id it was ehibhou-e, o I thouglit of eourvg there v.ouhl be e"'i'. But look at tbi ;o!e! And I've had four days of it. Mosoui-to..-;,.' Something frigiitiul. That's whv r 'vu kept ui thn cap and bells. At first 1 put in the t ime working over one of the son in the new rueee. Wrote some ripping vcr-es, too. Thev'll go sirniig. Pest thine I've done. Bufc after I had fir. lined that iob I wanted, to play golf; practi-'e, anyway. And r Tri?. ncarlv era.Ty until t found tins old boat hook and began knoeking o'5ter 5Jrl!s into ;!) water. Thai's how it oa me to me the drive. If I can only hedd it! " I snectvi how Air. VTeeks is? preb-jbly preb-jbly plannin ' for him to stay o;t until over Sunuav auvwav, so he, can work 1 V all l'.cv up ' " y,r. Uci't vvnu-s ni I'rosu V-n :uui iiiiniuu-vr thi IVt-ms rorui is iiiiMinr. vx M!1V ON hxuU'T i ' ' I. V." p i o na-b'b lIi;lt ' :i.:'--M pormntu'itt I i-oubl i '.V b'!" otT- an b.vly ' .. ,.0 I ki' that 00 lib! be casv ' t ..rh n! A b s reinh.dcd , . !''lvho t.-.blot. Where did i - J t t':;iu-v I no- or ooubl V u , o".u'thin, hv V ' m w 1:0" t he .nv t !u' 't'i l'i' in ? u"c' nuioh on ,h:uI hibboArds. And if j I'd :iui th:t the pros . vViv' oontrihurin ;nv luo-e """-s'u-al :!:'.ni; To tho "brond ;.;'v ' sn ' v' oum for do V t V'. t or row. bhetn bist !;-. oortamlv .i puns iA'":1 1':'-'1 f "o:u 'n ' I f V it - tht --- ct T'--' "The Puu-oanoorl 'V"-v-' ,'!::'t i;.o li::n a:iv li j .', huvh loMUO !UM f'T j 1 '. , ravr. d.d it f h.-'.ni IVh'.s r.r?t b'-,' h hid bom ft-of an aoo:doiit. That be- " -V r.:svbo I'l'-'O lor h.nu j Ji-t f.iv-r Mr. KoboM , R::n nd P.Mirh n Poem- -" o hums togetli-.T. and. -vViT: boon ror.1 thiok u la re ...v v.ive svr: of ket't in rouoh. r. ;V H s::ue Ponrh.N u oi to v-'--:-'.f as kind of a t-.mbi!ui! 'e J T. K.w.-i and Gooro I'-dian ( t'v?r.we?-s.v to u'ei a'.o wth. y: pa wror.g. bn! froni t''.o few j "'v: foen hi"i bh- in ' in h-'re ft ".v:u;::t'd thst :'.s mv doi'. i- - v. Or.? of I S'se par :e n ', , o'-t out a : i v.i'k iuw Vo. 1 should y.'-.Ue tha f., ... perr;-v's nuiVt up would ,V -ver :Tj ?'r tvit. - t '' ' lt' n-orf n .ar P -t h'.m tC; f-vti Mr. Roberj's lis. 1V t :;r 'i:t',-:r;!,i ' v.r obi f ri evdh : t. I::--: is. ii? rt:r.e:nS:r " ha '.on -t - f.''? -':"v -;-vp nr'- '('ts ir r:''1', ! V;-. t? S siav r:ht tt're re i:vni!v hail whentor 1 n- .-"-"S :r. wrarin t V. ni p.dv t ? ho h.is s-. h a woakn-'" I ciwi; his eveVo". tuoo J v.'o t h-v n.-S'i!'"1 e er'i.ot d-u-I rh::k utTt'r kv. How a fat '"if h "i evV.M work i:r so in-.iL-h l. -sv2 I r.?v-r oou! i i:n-:er- . rh-?v p.". Vo : vati-h next . v m a sv.bwriv id :i r form, v Vi -,? -'Or:" 1 ;-ro i!-' i!-' ii :. -r-rrors and if - ': ' t :;:se rhrr-r-'c'r !: bov? w::h u ' c r en I 'n wrvM' g en m ii.s Anyway, Fonrh; n i? th-t - k i5 third eisv tr h- has -5:-::, Tor.;hy," says K.r:, L e;'"v.T"5 I. "5fcrr5 to me I sa'-v i .tz :':;':: hi:n in the hearri'-.vl J" f. o. h Kind of ioshin fc, :t ii- r ein'; .-;ke it nou. l::'? ::? 0:--:: r.irt of i.'" : M. Krc-r. "Htre is 3 man wh" :rs ;-i".r::y, to hef airr.ost : t: nv hve fcrpen-'d. from r;? over "ry a trj:k to robbery " l-rir: yeT te-.-a'-se he harp-r.s 1 ;:zif ::! w.th ?he h-arna: :". :? re:rrel o as if it w, re t: : a cVj3. Whv. he mav be 1: :--.:::':-i in so-ne hocriral. or ! -:a cf h: North river.-' cut looking for hi:n.3" T t 5-1 fr a I can discover." -L-J.::-rt: hive Vhn-d up To M" -r. c:;:oe5 they're ru'tuiij on - ::er?. you know but I g-n no i"- ct all. He hadn't totn "T'f-: sev-rai days. That, vras a'i -'p7- there had been ta'.k :. :ze cse to a eieetive agencv - fcj" aren't sure it had bern v-- is his poor m-ihr up r. : eh -.?. siniost en tj. verze '.. rT:- prostration. kere is his t f- -vo; h::Ie Be:ty Parson, who . -t: i-;r eyes out. Nice girl. Bet-... Bet-... i. s a shame that something 1 : .v'"-- Anyway, I shall do M I. (iI hadn't thought " trs;av:r'' a mother and a girl. Robert, maybe I can put -- :o sz.rr.ebody at c human 's who 1 T- -T- the dnpe. I got a friend j - r--.h::ey Weeks. Used to do '- L. -fs: t:rr.e I met him, though, - soie: that A:f. & human I ... Kie r.?r?m' him to take full ' -rf :-t)iibUcity end of ail his k V'- '0 if anybody h&3 had : --:uis about Mr. Do:rri3 it's ; to V;hitev.M som.'1 Vdg fpaee ii th.n newspapers. 'Oh. bother Tr. Weeks: says Frn-rhyn. Frn-rhyn. ''I've had enough of this. Tha Dew pici'e is grung to go big, anyway. Come along, Bob. T.et 's start. I'll phono to mother and Betty, and maybe T can get in eighteen holes this afternoon. after-noon. Brought some clothes for me, didn't vou? I must change from this rig first. 'T wouldn't, ,f says Mr. Robert. It 's ouitc appropriate. Pennv. But Penrhyn wouldn't be joshed and makes a dive for his suitcase. "Wo lands him bak on Broadway at 4:o0 that same afternoon. My first move after gettin' to the Corrugated general offices is to ring up "Whitey Weeks. ''This is Torchy, savs J. "And ain't it awful about Benrhv Deems?" 'Ehf -' gasps Whitey. "What about him?" "Ue's been found," says I. "Uh-huh! "Uh-huh! Discovered on an island by some fool friends that brought him back to town. 1 just saw him on Broadway." "The simp!" groans Whitey. " Vou 're a great little deseribcr. Whiter, " says 1. "Simp is r;ght. But next time you want to win front page space by losing a dramatist I'd advise you to lock him in a vauJt. Islands are too easy located. a wa v a b-ading libr- bt dressed up in a fi-.nl s cosn: , wouldn't it? Or an inland .' Say. I 'll b-M I "e got it! " ' ' Kh ? ' "' si M r. Koberi . " He ' on an i-land,'' .ya I. "High Bar island. It s a phn-e wlr-re Whitc-y tors duck ho::iif t-vrv fail. He belongs be-longs hi ;i idu'o that owns ir. Anyway, h .did. l"ed fe.-d me an earful ;ibout wh;it a n-at gnniu'r he was, and what thriiiiii' imir.s he had at the old hark. I)iivn snmrwhor.' in Barnegat bka"y, hark of the lighthouse. Yep! He's tii. if i.-'s aavwli.-re. " "niinds ra'her ur.likidy,'' says Ir. Pnliort. Still you svm to have an un'-annv instinct f"r being right in such matvrs. Perhaps we ought to go down and see. 1 nnie. ' ' " What, nuw;" says I, "Right away ? ' ' '"There is his mother, almost in hys-t'Tic-;,'' say- Mr. Robert, "and his sweetheart. Think of the suspense, the menial tirain they iiuit.t be uiu?r. If we enn find Penrhyn we must do so as quickly as possible. Let's go back to the office and look up train connections. connec-tions. ' ' Well, if we 'd started half an hour enrlier we'd bcon all right. As it was we could hanLr up all night at some Ol'I 1'i'HillUUh ;'.im: idiioii nu timpii:, says Bern. "I'll show you." It v. as :?.T.r t iht , 1 00. Vnr t hre is the famous r-uthor of "The Buccaneer's Bucca-neer's Bride." rigged ouf complete in a more vr les soiled jester's costume, inrludin' the turkey red headnieee with the bells nn it. Tde 's staung on a heap of shells and waving this rusty boathook around. Courc, I expects i when 1ip snes Mr. Robert and realizes how he s been rescued he '11 come out of his spell and begin to a':t rational once more. But it don't work out that wav. When Mr. Robert calls out to him and he sees Mho it is, he keeps right on swiugin' the boathook. "Glory be, Bob! " he sings out. ' ' T 've got it at last. ' ' 1 Got what, Penny ? ' ' demands Mr. Robert. j " My drive," says he. "Watch, Bob. , How 's that, eh ? Notice that carrv through? Wouldn't that spank the pill twenty yards straight down the fairway? fair-way? Wouldn't it, now?" "Oh, T sav. Penny!" says Mr. Robert. Rob-ert. "Don't be more of an ass than you can help. Quit that golf tommvrot and tell me what you're doing here in this forsaken spot when all New York is thinking t hat maybe you rve been murdered or something." " ' -.--' x Sh v J?- itfii tut tif m 0$m 'hcFe j,ou Jen's come ffefH feV- 'V!W betvfls. Heeca to U sftut if, he besC" -T'K'- TV) v .b!; v!'4' I :f?MVv , ; Y'V :-rilrA;r' "Wouldn't stop Whiter, though," -v'T-;'..;! ' Sa"Then y.e must do our bet to find '-V? "Sure!" Favs I. "Sleuth stuff. How 2.V & t V; j "l l' about Etartin' at his rooms and inter- sp"- ' fy' "' U! -J ' U viewin' his man?" Krr MiVlt "Good."' tays Mr. Robert. "We will jiiJ h go there at once." rS-fl S' We did. But what we Cnt out of 11. l'i- U that pie-facrd Ximrns of Penrhyn 's ' f' wasn 't worth takinsj notes of. He 's got a map about as full of expression a.s . vu T1LZ him up, then," z L71 trying to extract the -t;tey." says I, ' I want .."j. can watch his eves. He 's , wa". but he's as shifty V'Ti''? cin. if fou want the ' " b;::er go mvseif. Mavbe corse, too. "Mr. Robert." f".3.t0 that an,i inside of half ii-'.Ve Ptished through a mob xj-Vv' has-been chorus fe- .".''lueezed into the little .5"t- jte presides important i j2 aooble-breast-ed roll-top. lU "!ai"-5 how Mr. Robert is dp1'1 Penrhvn's, and is -','.'; ,'Veart-broken mother and v'i f"ce as well, Whitev .A L! tcad solemn. 't'.ernea,'' savg he, "but kV- 4 a from him ,.tpearcd. Haven't even a . . ".; a absolute mvstrrv. He -ejamshjthat 's all. And "Wouldn't stop Whitev, though," says I. "Then we muft do our best to find Penrhvn," says he. " Sure! " savs I. "Sleuth stuff. How about Etartin' at his rooms and inter-viewin inter-viewin ' his man?" "Good."' tays Mr. Robert. "We will go there at once." We did. But what we got out of that pie-facrd Ximrns of Penrhyn 's wasn 't worth takinsj notes of. He 's got a map about as full of expression as the south side of a squash, Xitnms. A peanut-headed Cockney that Penrhyn found somewhere in London. "Sure I cawn't say, sir," says he, "where the mawster went to, sir. Jt was lawst Mondav night 'e vanished, sir." "YS'haddye mean, vanished?" says I. "' ;E just walked out. sir, and never came back." says Ximms. "See, sir, I've 'ad 'is morniug suit all laid out ever cince, sir." "Then he was in evening clothes?" puts in Mr. Robert. " Xot exactly, sir," savs Ximms. '' 'E was attired as a court jester, sir: in motlev, vou know, sir, and cap and bells." " Wha-a-at ? ' ' sav Mr. Robert. "In n. fool's costume? You say he went out in that rig? Whv the duece should he -" "I didn't ask the mawster, sir," says Ximms, "but mv private opinion of the matter, sir, is that he was on 'is wav to a masked banquet of some sort. I 'appened to see a hinvitation, sir, that " ' "Dig it up. X'imms, " says I. "Might be a clew." Sure enough, Ximms had it stowed ayvav: and the fathead hadn't taid a word about it before. It's an invite to the annual costume dinner of the Bright Lights club. " Huh! " savs T. "I 've heard of that bunch mostlv producers, stage stars and dramatists. Branch of the Lambs club. Whitev would have knowu about that event, too. And Alt' Shuman. If Deems had been them they'd have t known. So he didn't get there. J ex- ( pect Le wore a raincoat or something deducer was runnin' down. Yet when you've got a boss who always expects you to celebrate in high gear, as he 's so fond of puttin' it, you've either got to produce something offhand or stall around. "Now, let's see," says I, registerin ' deep thought, "if Penrhyn was to go anywhere on his own hook, where would it be? You know his habits pretty well. Mr. Robert. What 's your guess?" "Why, I should say lie would make for the nearest golf course." says lie. "He's a golf shark, is he?" says I. "X'ot in the sense you mean," savs Mr. Robert. "Hardly. Penrhyn is a consistent but earnest duffer. The great ambition of his life is to break 100 on some decent course. He has talked enough about it to me. Yes. that is probably where, he is, if he's e till alive, off plaving golf somewhere." "'Begging your pardon, sir," puts in Ximms, "but t hat could 'ardly be so, sir. seeing as 'ow 'is sticks are still 'ere. That's the strange part of 'is disappearance, dis-appearance, sir. 'E never travels without with-out 'is bag of sticks. And they're in that closet, sir." "Couldn't he rent an outfit or borrow bor-row onf" I suggests. "Ho could," said Mr. Robert, "but he wouldn 't. X'o more than you would rent a toothbrush. That is ono of the svmptons of the glof duffer. He has his pet clubs and imagines he can plav with no others. 1 think wc must agree with Ximms. If we do, the on.-i- looks serious again, for Penrhyn would certainly cer-tainly not go ayvav voluntarily unless Jt was to some place yvhero ho could indulge in his mania." "That's it!" says I. "Then he's been steered somewhere against his will. That's tho line! Which brings us back to Whitey Weeks. Who else but Whitey would want him shunted off out of sight for a week or so?" "But you don't think he would go so far as to kidnap Penrhvn, do you?" asks Mr. Robert. "Who, Whitey?" savs I. "He'd kidnap kid-nap his grandmother if lo saw a front page story in it. Maybe he 'd had this disappearance stunt all worked up when Mr. Deems balked. So he gets him when he's rigged up in sono crazy costume, with ail his regular clothes at the way spot. See? In that rig Penrhvn Pen-rhvn would have to stay put, wouldn 't he Couldn't shoiv himself among folks without being mobbed. So he'd have to lav low until someoi:,.' brought him a suit of clothes. "That would be an ingenious way of doing it," admits Mr. Robert. "Believe me, Whitey has that kind of a mind,'' savs I, "or else he wouldn't be handling the Alf. Shuman Shu-man publicity work." "But where could he have taken him?" asks Mr. Robert. "We're just get tin' to that." savs I. "Whore would he? Xow if this was a movie play we was dopin ' out it would bo simple. Ho 'd be taken off on a yacht. But Whitev couldn't r.n the use of a yacht. He don't travel in that class, and Shuman wouldn't stand for the charier price in an expense bill. A lonesome farm would be a good spot. But Penryhn could borrow a rube out-l out-l tit ami escape from a farm. A lighthouse light-house would lo a swell place to stow |
