Show TWO RECALLS BY O. O HENRY HENRY HENRYJ I I Copyright 1920 by Doubleday Page pase Co published by special arrangement with the Wheeler Syndicate inc HERE HERB remain three duties to be I T THERE performed before the curtain falls tails upon the patched comedy Two have been promised the third is no noCES CES obligatory It was set orth Ir In- In Inthe the program of this tropic vaudeville that that- It would be made known why Sh O ODay Day of the Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia Detective Agency lost his position Also that Smith should com come again to tell us what mystery he followed that night on the shores of 0 when he strewed so many cigar stumps around the cocoanut palm during his lonely night vigil on the beach These things were promised but a a. bigger thing yet re remains remains remains re- re I mains to 10 be the accomplished the clearing up of a s seeming wrong that has been 1 done facts af according truthfully f to set the 1 array forth b of that chronicled have I j been presented And one voice speakIng speak speak- In Ing shall do these three things k-I k Two men sat on a s stringer of a North river pier In the nCi city y ys of in New York orX A steamer from the tropics had begun to I I unload Now and bananas then a and n banana oranges nage nager or r on two the hew would pier ld I Ia Ie Io Iv I fall fail from a an overripe v bunch and one one I ir g of the two o men e would s shamble ie forward w r seize the fruit and return to share it with his companion I One of the men was In ITt the ultimate stage of deterioration n. n As far as rain and wind and sun could wreck the garments garments gar- gar garI I j i ments he wore It had been done In his hisS I 1 person the ravages of drink were as S plainly visible And yet upon his high high- bridged rubicund nose nose was jauntily perched a pair of shining and flawless i rimmed gold-rimmed glasses i The e other man was not so o far gone gon I i up upon the descending Highway a of the In Incompetents InS In- S T Truly the flower of his hese manhood had ad gone t to seed seed seed-seed d' d seed that I perhaps no soil might sprout But there I were still crosscuts along where he traveled tray trav through which he might yet regain trav-I trav the pathway of usefulness without disturbing dis disturbing dis- dis the slumbering Miracles This man was short and compactly built He had an oblique dead eye like that of a and the mustache of a cocktail cocktail cock cock- tail mixer We Ve know the eye eye and trie mustache we know that Smith of the luxurious yacht the lie gorgeous raiment S the mysterious 5 mission the magic disappearance disappearance disappearance dis- dis disI I I i appearance has come again though shorn of of the accessories of lila his former I state I At his third banana the man with the i inose nose glasses spat it from him with a shudder Deuce take all fruit he remarked in inia a patrician tone of disgust I l lived for tor two years where these things grow The mm memory r of their taste lingers with you jou The oranges are ire not so bad Just see If you can gather a couple of them O ODay Day when the next broken crate comes comel comesup up up Did you vou live down with the monkeys monkeys monkeys monkeys' mon mon- keys keys' asked the other made tepidly garrulous bv by the sunshine and the alleviating alle aUe- meal of juicy fruit I 1 was down there once myself But only for a few tew hours was when I T was with the Columbia Detective Agency The monkey monkey monkey mon mon- key people did me ale up Id I'd have my mv job yet if it It been for them Ill I'll tell you about It One day ay the chief sent a note around to the office that read Send O ODay Day here her herat at once for a a. bl hip big piece of business I T Iwas Iwas was the crack detective of the a agency ency I at that time They always handed me methe methe methe the bl big bif jobs The address the chief wrote from was down in the Wall street district I When I T got there I found him in a private office with a lot of directors who S were looking pretty fuzzy They stated I the case The president of the Republic lic lie Insurance company ha had skipped with about a tenth of a million dollars in cash Th The IJ g directors wanted lc him tl back pretty t had bad but they wanted t the m money worse They said sair they needed it it They had traced the old gents gent's movements to Ic where he lie boarded bo a It tramp fruit steamer bound for South I America t that same I morning with i his s AJ daughter fer fert and a big f grins lI ick all tile the family he Its had had I One of or lb directors had his steam hi eo colled an and with willi up tip ready really I for he lae inn trin ln an and hE IP turned her over tome to 10 tome I me earl carl Tn in to fo four r i hours I wason was WitS wason on board buard of her ber and hot on the trail of ol the fruit tub tib I hall had n a pretty good idea I where old oll that was hi his name lame J S. Churchill would would head for forAt I At that time we had bad a. a treaty with about AVer every foreign count country rv except Belgium and that banana republic There wasn't a alioto of old to blI bo bl had in New York York York-he he I ew hon been foxy fox ther there but but but I b nd nd d his hi d And besides beside the lady with lila l Im would be e a dead anywhere She was one i of rf th hlo h rs In not not the kind that have hae their pictures In the Sun dav ay but s but the real sort lort that open ODen chrysanthemum shows and christen battleships bat bat- Well Wen sir we never got st II sight oJ of r that fruit tub tuh on the roa road The ocean L Is a a. nr tty bi big sod and I guNS guess gu s we i tool ook different paths across it But we kept uong toward this Anchura where i ith th th wa was bound for We struck k hp coast on one aft art moon a hlf fo four r r. r v There was wasa a a raty rol ln ptA t w pr off oft shore taking on i bananas The The- mo were er 0 5 1 1 f 4 m h her er up with l h hr big barges It might A be the I o one ne the theold Ce old r man had et taken le and It might i n not ot I went ashore to look around The rhe s scenery was pretty good I never saw a any ny finer on the New York lork stage I s struck truck an American on shore a big cool c chap hap standing around with the mon mon- k kejs keI eys He lie showed me the consuls consul's office T The he was A nice young fellow He s said aid the was the r running generally to New Orleans but t took ook her last cargo to New York Then I was sure my people were on board a although everybody told me that no passengers passengers pas pas- s engers had landed I t didn't think they would land until dark for they might have been shy about it on account of seeing that yacht acht of mine hanging around So all I had to do was to wait walt and nab em em when they came shore share I 1 c couldn't arrest old without extradition extradition ex ex- t tradition papers paper but but my play was to I get the cash They generally give up if you jou ou strike em cm em when they're tired and rattled and short on nerve After dark darI t t. t sat under a cocoanut tree walked on the around beach c and for t awhile Investigated I and rd thi then that al I town some and It was enough to give I you vou the lions If a man could stay In New York and be honest hed he'd better do doIt doit doit it than to hit that monkey town with a a. million Dinky little grass over I your shoe tops in the streets ladies ladles inlow inlow in inlow low neck and short sleeves walking around smoking cigars tree frogs rattling a hose cart going to a ten blow big mountains dropping gravel 1 in the back yards and the sea licking the paint off in front front no no sir a sir a man had better be In God Gods God's s country living on free lunch than there The main street ran along the beach and I walked walled down it It and then turned up a kind of or lane where the houses were made of poles and straw I wanted to I see what the monkeys did when they I weren't climbing cocoanut trees The very first shack I looked in I 1 saw my people They must have come ashore I while I was promenading A man fifty smooth face heavy eyebrows dressed In black broadcloth looking looking- like he was Just about to say Can any little boy I in the Sunday school answer that He HeI I was freezing on t td a grip that weighed I like a dozen gold bricks r and n a swell I f- f i h girl girl girl-a a r regular t peach ch with a Fifth avenue aye ave nue flue cut was cut was sitting on a wooden chair An old black woman was fixing some coffee and beans beans' on a table The light they had c camo mo f from a lantern hung n on ona d og a a. nail I went t and stood In t the door and they looked at me and I said Mr you are my prisoner pris pris- oner I 1 hope for the ladys lady's sake you will take the matter maUer sensibly You know why I J want you Who are you you says the old gent gentO O ODay ODa Day says I I. I of the Columbia Detective Detective De De- agency And now sir let me give you a piece of good advice You go goback goback back and take your our medicine like a man Hand em back the boodle and maybe they'll they let you off light Go back easy and Ill I'll put in a word for you Ill I'll give you five minutes to decide I pulled out my watch and waited Then the young n lady chipped In She e w was one of the genuine high steppers r t p s You could tell by the way her clothes fit It and the style she had that Fifth avenue was made for her Come Inside she says Dont stand In the door and disturb the whole street with that suit of clothes Now what is isit it you want Three minutes gone I said Ill TH tell you jou again while the other two tick of off off f You admit being the president of the republic you I 1 am says sa-js he Well ell then saYs I T. T it ought to be plain to you Wanted In New York J J. J Churchill president of the Republic Republic Re Re- public Insurance company Also the funds belonging to said company company com com- pany now in that grip In th tle tl e unlawful I of said J C Oh h says the young OUng lady as asif if it she was thinking you want to take us back to New ew York I To take Mr Theres There's no charge against you ou Miss Therell There'll be no noI objection of course courte to yourS your our returning with your father I Of a sudden the girl gave a tiny scream sert-am and grabbed the old boy bov ar und the neck Oh father father she bhe he says I kind of contralto can this b be true Have you OU taken money that Is not yours ours Speak father fathe It made me shiver to to hear near the tremolo stop she put on her voice vOce The old boy looked pretty bughouse when sh bhe first grappled Dappled him but she went wenton on on whispering In his ear and patting his off shoulder till he stood still but I sweating a little She got him to one side and they talked together a minute and then he he put on some gold eyeglasses and walked up and handed me the grip Mr Detective he says sars talking a n. little broken I L conclude to return with you rou I have finished to discover that life on this d desolate and displeased coast would be worse than to die itself I will go back and hurl myself upon the mercy of or the Republic company Have you brought a sheep Sheep says I I 1 haven't a single single- Ship cut In the young youn lady Dont get funn Father is Is of German th bl-th 1 doesn't speak peak perfect English How did you ou coma coma S I. I T girl was al 31 all broke up up S She had n e a 6 t th t i t f S 11 h handkerchief to her face and kept savIng saving sav say i ing ng every little bit Oh on lather S She he up to me and laid her lily- lily white hand on the clothes that halt nad pained h her er at first I smelt a million violets She was a lulu I 1 told her I came in a private y yacht acht Mr O ODay Day she says Oh take us a away way from this horrid country at once Can you you Will you you Say you jou will Ill try I T said concealing the fact t that hat I was dj dying dying- Ing to get them on salt water water wat wat- vater vat vat- er before they could change their mind One thing they both kicked against was going through the town to the boat l landing anding Said they dreaded publicity and now that they were going to return they i lad ad ad a hope that the thing might yet jet be kept out of the papers They swore the they wouldn't wouldn i go unless I 1 got them out to the yacht acht without one knowing it It soI so soI I agreed to humor them The sailors who rowed me at ashore hore were playing billiards in a barroom neal neat the water waiting for orders and I proposed to have hac them take the boat do down rn the beach half a mile or so and take us us up there How to get them word was the question for I couldn't couldn t leave the grip with the prisoner and I 1 couldn't take It with me not knowing kno but what the monkeys monkeys mon mon- keys might stick me up The young youns lady says tOe the old colored woman would take them a note I 1 sat down and nd wrote It It and gave it to the dame with plain directions what to do and she grins like a baboon and shakes her head Then Mr handed her a a. string of foreign dialect and she ehe nods her head and says sa See senor maybe fifty times and lights out with the note Old Augusta only understands German German Ger Ger- German man said Miss smiling at atme me We Ve stopped in her ner house to asK where we could find lodging ana asia she insisted upon our having coffee She tells us she was raised In a German in San Domingo Very likely I 1 said But you can search me for German words except nix and I 1 would have called that See senor French though ona ona on ona a gamble Well V ell we three make a sneak around the edge of town so 50 as not to be seen We Ve got tangled in vines and ferns and the I banana bushes and tropical scenery a good deal The monkey suburbs was as wild as places In Central park We came out on the beach a good hal half mile belowA below A brown chap was lying asleep under undera a cocoanut tree with a ten foot musket musket musket mus mus- ket beside him Mr takes up the gun and pitches it into th the the sea The coast is guarded he says sas Rebellion Rebellion Re bellion hellion and plots ripen like fruit He pointed to the sleeping man who never stirred Thus he says s they perform trusts Children I t saw our boat coming and I struck a match and anti lit a piece of newspaper to show them where we were In thirty min min- we Were vere on nn hoard board the va vasht ht The first thing Mr Wf and his daughter and I took the grip into I I the owners owner's cabin opened It up and took an inventory There was one hundred a ai al five lve thousand dollars United States treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury notes in it besides a lot of diamond I Jewelry and a couple of hundred Hav Havana na cigars I gave give the old man the cigars and anda a receipt for the rest of the loot as agent for the company compan a ad c. c lucked the stun m in my private quarters I never had a pleasanter trip than that one After we got to sea the young joung lady turned out to be the jOlliest ever Te very first time we sat down to dinner and the steward filled her glass with champagne that champagne that directors director's yacht was a regular floating she Astoria she winks at me and says the use to borrow trouble Mr FI Fly Cop Heres Here's scratches hoping g rc i you ouo on may your Jv live grave to v eat t There the hen le was atai that a piano on board and she sat down to it and sung better than titan you give up two cases to hear plenty plent times She new about nine operas clear through She was sure enough bon hon ton and swell Sh She wasn't one of the among mong others present kind she she on the special mention list The old man too perked up amazIngly amazingly on the way He passed the cigars and says to me once quite chipper out of a a. cloud of smoke Mr ODay ODa somehow somehow some some- how I think the Republic company will t not l give me the much trouble O Guard well 1 the |