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Show ,fy ' J. f " '! 1 11 "1 " " - I; f Tzl v; If ZLaoi&J?.:-.- . '" y J DVA-- Emmons street to keep the home under surveillance. We were doing exactly that a few weeks ago near the Robinsons' home, where we had been invited for dinner at 8 p.m. By 8. 30 my wife had finished the crossword puzzle in the evening paper by the light of the lamp and was beNot that they weren't dears about the ginning to get edgy. "She distinctly told me the Andrews and whole thing. They were. Lottie explained the Turners were coming too," Helen rapped, that the bookcase behind the from graciously "but their cars aren't there. Go up and party was the next night; and Fred, battling mastiff peek in. See if they're dressed." furiously to keep his soaking-wI protested vainly and, calling my Cheron basefrom bursting through the ment door, said he thought the whole thing kee instincts into play, padded across th hugely amusing. He did not laugh, however. intervening lawns and dove behind the Robinsons' spirea bush. Cautiously, I raised We backed out awkwardly and drowned our embarrassment in a double feature. my head above the window sill and peered in, looking for dressed Robinsons. Although the error was entirely the fault of I found my wife, Helen, I should also mention that myself staring straight into Jim Robinson's face. He apparently was looking the girl may be entitled to clemency. for his guests. We each drew back, but I Her alibi is that she could not immediately drew back farther far enough, in fact, to find a pencil to jot down the time and date when Lottie called; that when she did find trip over the lawn sprinkler and go sprawlone, it had no point; that when she located ing in the wetness. "Did they see you?" Helen whispered the sharpener in my dresser drawer, our twin boys burst into the house caked with anxiously when I limped back to the car. "No one, not even my mirror, has ever mud; and that when that double emergency seen me better," I groaned. "Come on, let's had been attended to, she no longer remembered much about Lottie's call. make the best of it." I I as the affair altered say, explained the spirea maneuver to Jim Anyway, Taylor our method of operation and changed us as best I could and he cackled from happy, carefree guests into furtive, His wife explained that neither the Andrews nor the Turners could make it uncertain, cautious ones. You can't go blithely to a party if all the that night and shortly said that "we might time you have a sneaking suspicion it was as well eat the roast that is, if there's held last week. At least, we can't. anything left of it." As you can see, our record keeps improvThese days, when we get near the scene of a party, we drive past the house and ing. We are now getting reasonably comcircle the block six or eight times, trying to petent on dates and only the time throws determine whether any other guests have us. With complete humility may I suggest arrived. This practice occasionally arouses that anyone foolish enough to invite us to a party do so not by telephone but by note. the curiosity of the local police department, and we have gotten to know some of the In triplicate, if you will. men fairly well. squad-cOn the afternoon of the affair, be good Once we are reasonably sure that at least enough to send us a reminder telegram. one other couple has preceded us, we reCollect, of course. If we still don't show up on time, don't give up. 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