| Show TELEGRAM SERIAL SERIAL L I. I HAYWIRE 11 Y JL JL 1 HOUSE JL n EDWIN RUTT I CHAPTER There were four entities entitles in the living room of the Pennington- Pennington Parker m. m Reading from left to right 1 Miss Sally SaIly Pennington Pennington Pennington Pen- Pen 2 Mr Kinks Parker 3 Mr C C. K Titus 4 Wolfgang the dachshund belonging to Miss Clara Fenimore Sally SaIly Pennington broke breathless breathless breathless breath breath- less silence If It I dont don't hear just what happened happened happened hap hap- In exactly two seconds she said Im going to scream my head off Okeh said Kinks I guess Im I'm elected Well it was very simple This morning I found the Great Pierre utterly confusing Mrs Clip Clip- stack with sleight of stuff And just then I happened to re remember remember remember re- re member tb that t there were such things as loaded dice Also I remembered that Bull Griffin and that fellow were absolutely crawling with money So putting two and two together it seemed to me that thata a crap game might help the situ situ- tion With the Great Pierre comIng coming coming com com- ing In strong with his tion Get it Sally gasped and nodded Go Goon Goon Goon on on I broached it carefully to the Great Pierre and he caught on It was to be a joke of ot course He was as to slip me some of his win win- flings during the game Well he did And when Id I'd got I cleared out And well you know the rest But it it-It it it was cheating said Sally dismayed Well of course said Kinks Im going to tell Bull l what hap hap- Ill I'll give him and too an I. I O. O U. U How well we'll pay them I haven't figured out yet But why worry Weve We've got six months The only thing is I hope Bull can take a joke It would be inconvenient to-get to da just now And incidentally when I put the car up the game was still going on Bull and are down to their last yacht Where did you go this this' mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing Sally asked suddenly Kinks grinned To New Haven We had to get some dice And we did One pair loaded and the theother theother theother other on the level And did the Great Pierre do his stuff Boy I oh boy Well said Sally its all absolutely absolutely absolutely swell I can hardly believe were we're able to keep the place Then Thena a frown creased her forehead Of Of course well we'll have to do it all over again six months from now And AndI I dont don't like Uke the Ames connection They'll be furious after today They may find some way to cheat us out pf of it yet yet C. C J K Titus spoke for the first time tim timI I think not said C. C J K Titus Sally and Kinks looked at him Eh 1 said Kinks Mr Titus cleared his throat Im Tm afraid he said with a shadowy smile that I owe you You see young people an apology j my na name ne isn't Titus It happens to be C. C K Farnsworth I own an organization called Farnsworth Hotels Incorporated Kinks shook his head I dont don't ge get tit it it You will presently Maid said Mr Farnsworth nee Titus Our corporation corporation corporation cor cor- is always interested in houses that can be turned into small smaIl country hotels Well a representative representative representative rep rep- of mine came to Win- Win stock to look around and happened to meet Spencer Ames Mr Ames mentioned this pl place and even brought him to see it Ah said Sally suddenly remembering remembering remembering bering something However said Mr Farnsworth I wasn't entirely satisfied w with th my myman's myman's myman's mans man's report on Mr Ames Mr Ames told him one or two things that made me suspicious So I came to see for myself I make a practice of doing that anyway before before before be be- fore I buy a property You mean you want to buy our house 1 Sally asked her face fall faIl ing Im coming to that said Mr Farnsworth I did not wish to use my own name here on account of Ames So I selected Titus Titus' and came to find you people running this this this-this this madhouse And then last night Mr Parker told me of your difficulty I appeared Ill say you did ejaculated Kinks You just walked out on me I Farnsworth gave a quiet chuckle 1 I only let you think so I had no intention of seeing you yu lose this this' place I had my 1 own suspicions suspicious of this man Ames Hed He'd have ave bought I it in of course and sold it to me ine You can believe it or not but if you hadn't raised the money today rd pd Id have raised it for you I only his eyes twinkled at Kinks Kink want Kinks wanted want I ed to see how resourceful you were young man And Im I'm very well sat sat- sat sat-j You ought to make a first first- rate hotel manager first l Me e 1 said Kinks blinking at him Ill never sell this place Sally said swiftly to be turned Into a I hotel with bar rooms and bowling alleys and and things things I wont won't have it j 1 altered I IMy My dear young lady said Mr Farnsworth earnestly I haven't the slightest intention of altering it I wouldn't touch it Its It's one of l the most charming spots Ive I've ever seen Im I'm merely suggesting that t I take it over leave it as it is turn it into a hotel advertise it t properly properly prop prop- erly and install you and Mr Parker prOP prOP-j as manageress and manager That's the sum and substance of my prop prop- Now Ive I've said my say say- J And And he he looked at them in amusement amusement amuse amuse- i ment we ment we seem to have arrived at atone a one of those moments where a third i party is entirely superfluous rIll leave you to think things over over He j nodded casually to them and went 1 out of the room For a moment Sally looked wonderingly wonderingly won- won at Kinks 1 Oh Kinks she said breathlessly breathless breathless- i ily ly do you think he really means it 1 Sure he does said Kinks Hes one swell guy Well do it then Sally decided sud suddenly enly Kinks Has t ti i Something to Say f Mr Kinks Parker took a turn up and down the room He had something something something some some- thing else to say and he wanted to tj u say it in m the right words T The Thel didn't come easily Trying to sum summon summon mon them he looked out of the window He beheld a queer procession sion approaching the house Heading it was Mr Bull Griffin swathed in a robe from one one- of th the II a cars cars Behind Bull marched Mr Tony wrapped in another Q e robe And bringing up the rear was the Great Pierre Maitre d de la la Magie Magle There was a beatific smile n non on the face of the Great Pierre and his arms were full of clothes the clothes of Griffin Griftin and SpaI dint dini The Great Pierre certainly liked a joke In fact his sense of ot ot I humor was almost grisly H Kinks swung away from the win win win- J I Ii i dow The right words just wouldn't J come The right words eluded him lum h The right words all at once once cir 11 he took a deep breath i r st Listen you haired blond-haired blue blue- blue eyed he barked at af Sally Weve got all but one thing set L c tied And that's what's o- o oto to you and me Well get this I u i ilov lov you I love you so much I r 1 make malte Dante and Mark Antony and s J the rest of those guys look like e a bunch of mutts in m the cheap seats seats lie bC lieI I loved you the moment I saw yeu OU r rand and Ill I'll go on loving you till the the t aTE II last whistle blows Im I'm an ugly oW tk si headed fat-headed half-baked half guy without t t ta a nickel in the world but I stil I zi E think Id I'd make the best Jd you could get in a year of sea sea- F- F bj r green Sundays And all I want to todo f. f do is hear you say you'll marry me ix b band and then Im I'm going to kiss you tram from 1 now till next July the M And Mif y bk if you say you wont won't Ill I'll come oser o over a t there and wring your neck See if a aI c. c I dont don't If T tc Sall Sally Y Realizes She Is Happy c Sally Pennington gave a g st Then very suddenly she knew this th she was happy She didn't Ices kno whether she stood on her head bead o e iR her heels She didn't know whether 1 to laugh or cry She did a little of ot I r y l' l tI JJ both s SK she e Ran Well you poor p-poor poor prune p I said how h are are you going to tome k al me when you stay f f Jr loo I u like line s aI away and pace up and down caged p- p panther p-panther rt Kinks Parker jumped eta 81 Hold every l Ik s atre t at Whoops he cried f. f lol thing Do you know what your Ure re I 24 o s y Co saying Youre You're practically wR you'll youIl marry me me f r Of Of course I am you go ao ink P 1 gulped Sally What did you th In l' l iris nUS SI I was doing b r reciting the cation 1 tables t-t-tables 8 Mr Kinks Parker t took ok a s look around the room There W wad as d 1 an him I aa only one thing between i fit That kissing Sally Pennington h Wolfgang g the dachshund Parker addressed Wolfgang r d o P Hin HUM HUMburg Get Von w out of my way Or OrIll s. s burg shouted Mr Parker j jIll Ill I'll mow you down t In a stride that would have haves haves' ve sent to o J bacK b ba Mr Glenn Cunningham tae as ha was J he be Kansas brokenhearted tt across the room t like I M MAnd And if it you think think thin that a iris I ark ec Greta Garbo and boys w like JIM j f esQui in m that e m M Gable are any good 4 a site 5 tate state of being ing known w as seen del thi j to na have e j sg clinch you ought Sally and Kinks e eThe The End Ie stir 1938 for The t Copyright |
