| Show v ve e JIll STORY pf f LAST MANS CLUB 1 BARTON Arf J m GC by rc odor of nt HE boiled cartee In the In ot Mod square crisp l Washington In Voda notice to the Inspector that tho home friend at with him Ita In discussing tho of evIdence In murder oS blood corpuscles with much The old trials while blood more highly Jf properlY to ho mind ot tho ner red W eyeS thO ot II smile Indeed he felt I ck th room tho a card Barnes nd held tho his eres d puCkEr tho window In order rd It t read ho exclaimed Clarence nn school Wh Tell ch I seen In 26 to corne UP time nt the once door 10 a shOrt ot mid middle looking In The moment the old entered dle age sight of him he rushed man caught Il the rOOm acroSS following per perr hug I nd b both of his hands In r shakinG them Ith visor his own nn and old boy he cried gone since day man n on ou Whore In the set eyes I lut yourself keeping have ou been and ou over como to eo fault replied tho other re we You know when Club I formed our to Join It has been the rou tor a that hils held us of n r In thElt we met b en a rear friendly Very r d noddIng his head regretfully B t you Ing convivial I was never of a I go In for big dinners or thing ot that kInd II slippers a cup ot cortee and a and Im tile most man to meet B ot cortee No lM have a cup Who on II cold bay like this Il dish of hot cortee Is thO of bliss have R stogie Im sure I so lIeres II BY the WilY while Patt r Is our Yos said tho r some nl what to about Ohl laughed the chief Im too old too n anything at IdOll now s hat retorted Potter hur no new m n can come III rhe covenant prohibits As deaths the club ceases to ex exIst Tonight I 1111 to entertain tM lit nt house and there are just 13 sur survivor MElke ou feel cre y suggested a aId Potter But what I came 10 se he continued turning 10 Ih ehl r t ns the Last Nr F omard mJ and M my nI b lh In m mt J Jr t the old nw t r next I tre 3 r tM greatest slOt CAO be told b Potter sInkIng ba euy chaIr nM awn O ule bas been a a fIl 1 r I to tho me b bIb Ib some of the c 6 n The of th 0 k klIas lIas been ke until I was presented to tt e rs This e r hen I that I t clua 10 d ine ml associates a gen o sent abroad 13 n 11 an opals Now nl thou h s rare stones were 10 not arrhe UI hr aid toda I 10 custom the enl the duty and re the g n 1 contaIning t le c s at h ted with my en ex exU to the su 11 h t U gt r ml Il If Th on cam t m s t I The goods w r I and Ere a could be du comes th 0 queer part or tho thoI lon On n ot Somo red I e I as met permitted to t the with but wall bM to caU m lter In the day hour deI 1 was too busy t roso 1 sent clerk Geo e for tores and d my resl en e The tv ert received there lIy a Old It the plaCed Ile 0 I top at my desk In Wh en at r Ibis a the rt lOe Gone echoed Barnes repeated the las A most care fill ble been I havo not beon to locate th m anywhere But they had left tho of the replied at In 1 no OD Ute mailer but r enl to ou core of old frIendship Well nt loti cozy then lit his Ir lIlar trace tou them Ive plent pt I tere cried oth r ly a to MID h let for II Tho 1011 noney lell of tho 1 l lire nuL will be Inton c tho In arc tho r e rOU at thu Mot of In for thom thern oro replied two ot the In to enet PY oon Only this I mot Nab and If till WInchell tho I r J I 4 THE HUNG HI HEAD IN told I Intend d to on tho ot has nothing to do wIth the case not Barnes but In 10 I must know the names ot 1111 tho per persona sona who any the Quite Now I think I given you nil at tho In Will you hp me Ill m the toll me hils else b on In your noon Only Smith Vho vho Is to tho dinner Ho this to set tho and ot tho Is ho a man Is our dinner SmIth h one of am On he haa had the run ot tho he lIcen could have stolen Ions ago Dut Im that ho Is hOliest And Iho servant about herf Im ot her ra liability Hm murmured tho old lind clerk George I ho was a trusted person too I would nil I am Georgo est as the fervent reply Tho old man at hi In tor some moments rIsing UI down tho room Pros he tor tho coffeo urn rind gulped down n cup cheering After that be 11 tresh it nd his Will you hold of tho cru Potter anxious Yos was tho till as I can soe It to do with customs but It Interests and I want to servo YOU Cnn I help No I dont think lo ahall I do doGo Go homo with your din 1101 and tho rost to me nut how can I glo tho opals It I dont get thorn down at 8 Ill hao to tt 1 do will Im II I go Iho dinner replied tho with a ofas hIs got to Im not I may or I ilia Tho thing tor you to do Is to look not nil aK possible Dont lo any one SImp play tho ot an d host P I t tho room nt In In It Thill to bo bo gInning or end ho 1 The man who Willi pullinG off his to tho ho yoU I Kald Go to 1110 I 1 stores out nil OU enn thor and It II 0 to tho 1 ot tho e I urals pump hIm dr to ou Into also ost him tor tho next tO nill thet OU und lo Ino hero tit 8 They and Olt iOV eral I lit lIw hour 1111 10 Well Clancy lIala t to hili hay yoU 10 rho dapper dill rho were delivered all right thov hao the 10 that but a thinS happened What wall Why you Iho exam InerT laid tho old nun I about noli vcr sick tM and In tho of ho ho a tover aM an hI hud to lIe Jhn It Ih ut tho bOTH of his II mil y 1 ther doctor WIS I that hll will reCQ lr t hI h d u It al t tho chi ct grImlY all J l mv Hm Jt hll turned to For Forward ward did OU find out got tho all right re replied plied tho and livered them Into tho of Mary the nt Potters house but by a he was aner knocked down by n team street 11 or he Is now In St hospital with 11 broken leg rho surgeons set It sa that It will knit heal up nil right Dut tho poor will be ot hl bac next four AgaIn that smile Ho low voice I SUppose I might as In my contribution I have OU both tell mo The Vero by and re tor est carrIed them to house them to tho sho Insists that sho them on the rry So so good but about on ugo sho was hurryIng the dining she slipped fen on tho pOlished 1 hall been Il heirloom tor over n hun I dred years Tho dInner Is IIO but Mary who wall to 11 u the Is In her room cn In her ces out the Potter vouches tor him Sho he came to the at two colored as satin thc IC c hall where ehe or henr hint nil the iho Is ho did during tho he was In tho house I Clancy noticed n In thO chlora eo aHat sea he sold hut ur old smiled that smile r his lIo shook hili NoVer count our kens th hAtched tell ou nothing lit present tho dinner or the Last club had at tho home of Clarence Palter rho dining roon with old Dutch decarli tor n A mirror the center of rimmed mORS the n stream ot Flower ami added to I behind n I ot th members ot tho club with ono tion tolt I If the Tere excePtion th host totter Who sut lit the h nl ot the agony It be tho mot a In tho history or the It were not for Ihn He had r to without the blit ho re th pt tho Inspector and ho Willi grimly lent rho hn Potter bot Iho his Iura tor the rInG tt the would the ar of tho ond thoro no sign of tho old man the bOHt his mouth hI a bunglinG nt to to tor I tM door tho llama time monr notiCed tho began 10 WInchell ho they to hili Iho or IhO sur ho wall to gho tIO carno Oil and there 1111 no sign or tho or CUR to that he gOlle to Ito oven could hn 0 U ot relict It hI werl hopa lenly lost Tho punch the ittes 1111 ilK as oVer A ht lIat tI cro n death lI lit tenI WInchell tho lito ot 1111 They nl told kept tn bIll hi 1 to SilO old bont to with 1 curl 01 tel t walt toc lon at tho thil ilir O 1 Who haa 10 1 I tulL hI th look tor mimI or burst Inton of laughter declared to bo the ta met The hosl merely In his chair with 1 look of sad on his That made the 1111 loud looked nl his It Willi 0 Ho definite had The door at tho opened and tho colored I tiled In the dessert That Indeed wall tho last to tho or Tho dInner OVer and the members deprived ot thc much d hot with mortification Wh with opals lit 1 h had he Ione to th of customs No answer to tho un unspoken I spoken and ho gazed dOln tho table and watched tho as the blushed off the cloth Into the little crumb I tho tho guests rho Smith pille and as n er should be lit one ond ot room directed his mell with his commanding They about the room with noiseless steps and I In another moment Ice cream glace had been placed member ot the clu Tho ball was In two parts Aethel 80 as to hold the In PotU took n 1 and 1131 pressing It In tho pushed the thin apart rhe shell or It fell fellIn In sIde and on the Ih ot Its glory Iny a ful The other guests noting tho at tho host qUIck his In the ling or eo tho Q the ot 13 I opals were ot at j plO 11 I follo d by hand on the part of memo bers rhe been of cream but they had It SUt In Its place seemed He ut sa I smooth taco u cat over Ho 1001 ef bOond and thero In tho way stood the Inspector Of cus 1 on Olther by and Forward hut that hili tho of the tho 1111 his rIght And loft bowen n at fhe two how howers ers with aco and Tho old mall being du tho wIno but look 11 ther ot a smoking hol CUI ot Atler the half Potter 10 cOme to the for 1 caterer thero at thom Ith 1 as IS chalk The old man th conversation no use In the or to mako a ot I this he flold looking III tho ca caterer while he are to tho litO f Is short This man Augustine Smith In moment of wen kness stole your opals Augustine Smith our tole tho opals tho astonished host The culprit huns hili In and did not flay n ord told tho ot his He ad adventures ventures hEld tho George Vest Iho and Ial the gIrl 1 morallY he continued that the caterer tho when I found half a dozen little bits ot paper sueh as and la p use to wrap on Ihl back l the down Into the thence Into the dining room 1 was 1 had gone up tho back to tho II to look fOl something In Ins the table and tho hox on desk curiosity hIm to the cose and hen hu these stones ho succumbed to became n Potter thought he did not to 10 the second stor nt all That Is I she OS In tho hilI In front of He mo this Is the time he eer and andI I hIm When the question ot returning the opals he the Idea at placing them h tho shells Intended fOI leo 1 took the to assure him hat there would ho no prosecution tion Now OU havo the It this docs not him to OUr merc I am hiI will to your loc ot tho orIginal It dOGs replied Potter You can the he lidded turning to the cult rel and that will end all business bet us usA A tho host to tho dining room ho the examining tho opal a with Dut their enthusiasm elne one telling or ortho tho of tha customs clerk tho servant girl Of Ill lAughed the or In th mirth There was for Bomo mo It b Our hosl hll aahl Is to II of tor hili oI I nul or presenting us with these Smith the Is to th credit for that POt POtter ter ell a trine well Ive Smith tho Orl for Iden hut 0 oUr host tor 1 merol to say I lot II hit You bo cnn nil fOI Surel chorused the Veil hi ner what 1 n to Pt IhM In Sho hM Ono ot them Is n Cor If for II moment I hall an opol she would be Now while I do not nn In I havo no desire to m un 1 I Bee the host Il I ou our the contuse could finish his thero n tor Potier 1119 wire who was part of the wi shod to to hIm lit tor hl l frIends hurried awny lIu ro turned In Il few mInutes looking cry much perplex Boys Im In a pIckle My ot the opals sho will not II wink tonight It I keel OM of them In the house 1 ny no more One lifter ot the members with on the lu ludicrous volunteered lo reo hIs One or the members the keep them tor the benent ot tho but the mera of the thing throw Winchell Into n All tho diners were In III of tho that tho lS guilty If the theft of tho It all William Dolt who Smith and ot hll ot to tho club The nn Inspiration Almost simultaneously Scarlett two of the most mem members bers or the on their feet that the opal be to the DS the for thAt gentle mElI Ot bul with IL mischievOus twinkle of the oYO I merely this ILS 1 method of relieving Mr Potter and sev an amont And to say the Idol hinges entirely Upon tho lip proal of our host the don r ot the opals You hll my shouted N 0 1 do th members Mid Ae with 11 that mado the on the vibrate tor the Mid to II colored ho I his Sll bos ox postulated Bolt as the colored lert this hardlY seems the right n follows luck dont you know i He got no I A battery of tacos us tol b n chorus ot Ue 1 Jolly to drOn out ot t sort j slit down s Augustine Smith the room I soon and 18 formally with th 13 He was It m ho should be tho ho I had tried to but he accepted them gladly enough 10 minutes had left th hOuse CIne on his Wl home At two III tho morning pound pounded ed on tho tabla thO din dinner ner closed Tho drank a In uld i Lang Sync ThO were i raised high when tho telephone hell i Thero was as oV r to n corner of tho room and up the receiver Yes this Is potter III IU IUA A tor It moment the hosts The nl What do doI ou ant with mo To toll me Tn I tell mo what There waR II mumbling over the wire Potter the 50 tightly that tha velna In his hond stoOd out like tn bits ot string You suro he Is out ot danor The reply must been assuring tor he All Ill bo liP the In tho morning As he hung up tha tho mem members bers crowded the host tor Information mation Somehow thoy tho telephone was to the point Smith WIlS waylaid at tho lower end of Ule ck er on Ills way Ills teh T tho 13 opals ero him Smith Is In the Jut will Tho police nn J clow to tho 1 h f nud then 1 I Ithell Upon r I thell as It the Potter willi t his Ill i he by Smith Thore Were two ot cm 10 In tho the o lle nAked Bott Tho mell tho lotter hll the stalled In Il In tho struggle tho d out or tl lon fell the ork the opals now tho bottom ot tho thor r l n of to his lodgings that morning No oJ I In nut v For think ot tho down appendicitis tIle derk the broken ll the ser the heirloom and the laugh against tile ot the night Ill 50 per ere oper on for In this town Im thal many their limbs broken AI tor se too CUfiS eus havo heen held up and at tho Or spot where tho robbed this morning It mn be the menns or the to that pin co It It does Its to society Dont worry smiled the oM as he but go home rend m on Tho Theon of Coln |
