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THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY i - t- The 8,' SECTION 1930 FOUR South Paw Cross-Eye- d -- that "I got nothing against tba blackHroit tha afternoon of tba happy satr that another round like When he had to go through a want to Lew's dressing room to and bed bo ready lor the mer. 'event. Caspar. Id go in first and scout make sura ha hadn't slipped any Lamberts." sold barken at him, Get this" "Listen," 1 said, has really as "Uimmie. a dime." aald Casper, around and maks sure there wars anvils Into hla gloves. I didnt see may like this baby, but hes no Ilona or tigers lurking behind Caspar till he climbed Into the white as yon. Whiter. He rubs "I want to go out and buy ms "You jh0 no of ao pal cork burnt belHaume lyura lo you know gnmdrops. Casper Crump. It: then Id come out an J collect ring and whan ha slipped off his himself with He cams back half an hour lat- about him and the birds; His baggage consisted ot the Caspar and tow him In, be keeping yellow bathrobe, I saw that ba was ba harder to see. .No." aald said er, look.ng funny, even for him. Caspar, ll bat about "That's a dirty still fully dressed In a checked suit parrot and A bag of bird seed. In close behind me. Say." ha said, rubbing the pink him i. I couldn't break him of tha that would have called out the tire Caerar. Seattle, I arranged to have him thats what lies 1 a been During tha first round hi didn't fuxx he used for hair. tangle with a Ukely local heavy bird habit. First and last I travel- engines said. "He tpaiikt duLks la do any clouting to speak of, butn ifcls town before. It make m"..he it." ' named Lumberjack Gooch, a bull ed with everything that's got l- iI began to sputter, but before I ti'IMs the Vinci. eni on his Blackie gloves feel queer. Im not going to stay." of the woods, and tough aa a Yu- feathers. If he got his hands on got far Caspar chucked off that kept rubbing he alaays evm 'The flivver won t bite you if nicks ofon geese, kon winter. It would he a real as much as fifty bucks, he was suit, and underneath It was an- trying to get the burnt cork off. for toast brak.ast, and Between rounds he you treat 'em nice," I 'came hack. test for Casper. apt to streak to the nearest bird other suit, a brown and white "You must ot made piped: mistake. "Now bo a good boy and you can Id hate to have Id tell you what a tors etIU and boy np all the canaries, striped horror that I see in Mr. Cooney. He's I thought tho mob would lynch black. 1 m have a whol quart of Ice cream he did to a peli an in Peoria once us after the first round. They love birds, toucan, talking crows nightmares. Gripping Ilka an ape sleepy and I wantreally to go to bed for w and turn 'em full of peanuts, ha peeled off the "I'll fix him " sad Caspar, snd played tag all over the rink, and end "If you beat him." I said, "I'll Hesupper. stayed but he was mopev ho ouiged up and out of the corn, the Lumberjack was "It." Caspar loose; or worse, bring some of am second suit, and under It was an- give you a dandy present. AnyI had them bring the restless. lookand tweed one. other a that with him. ei Luckily the bell rang Just then, didn't do any hitting. He Just ran along fusy you wane" ed like It had an attack of hives. thing lie went at Naan like a Hremaa He thought a few seconds, and food toHethe room and saw him pack round and round the ring, with could make him part Nothing In. took befoie d a it goggle-eyewas ole ays Tba crowd nap by then he said goes at the door of a nu,mng the big tree man trying to catch with that parrot, and I m a K"J to take hlu lu time. this continued l"d Caspar building, and ha hammered Mack "Till you tell ma the story him. The referee cam, over after chump but I certainly did off the terrible toggery until he about ail the ring Mack vs Goldilocks and tha Three ;n! lp,t him snoring and went Caspar had run about nina miles get to hate that bird and 1 cant had a pile of eeren on over to down to the lobby suits and he rolled with the punch-e- a, puzzle the; -and growled: ay sba ever learned to love me floor, and any on of mwou!d A new this in kink liril Sli;ti-r but Caspar was so excited he Casper, promised, although at "Cut the marathon and fight, In a large way, have given a d0g blind stag-1- , hop came by miurlng "Mr. Rooftey. itft himself wide open and Nash tlmft j thoUKbt... lt.. wu boat I n ciafti math (na cavan f h an it ' rs or Ill throw you out." Why did 1 knew he want- couriered with a peach of a right, K men. Mr. Roomen so "Why should I?" ssid Caspar. monkey I and 1 sawr a bluti look apread o- Blackie ed me Cooney and Sea Francisco "Hla name ain't Lambert." him. waa a mauler Caspars mug. Nash stepped Itt there seemed It boTe h1 a" I and waa a note It Lew veteran Lapinakf, that raomingJJJp hate century Tea. is, put in. tipping the looking for trie. He looKed l.ke a with another straight right and ref a wink. "It used to be LamWho'd held hi. own to buy clothe vrllh and tha big, went Caspar, and his dome hit l had to m,ke fod h.d Doctorand that's what he bert. but he changed It to Gooch with Dempsey. WUU and Tunney. yam had rone down to the water knew'a (the floor with a sound liks a man He Langhorne. sleep that nifbt. ke nit After Lew had sampled one of Cas fr?n tOv0n nr .tb1fe to be stilish. Ain't that so, yarn by heart, so he prompted) "Youre Crumps manager, are throwing a brick against an emp ' himself lefts and taken a misfit shops eand blowm pars piston-ro- d i&nk. The referee counted It' . . tot xer gangou not?" he asked , oxW... A... , ''Sure.'' aald the ref. short, deep nap, he offered to buy In. Say, any time youj I said. 'Manager anJ oer him just to exerc.se hts arm. 'Cuilty, leaning "Oh. said Caspar, "that a dif- Caspar from me at my own price. In the drowsing loom I.hadnt inside dope, nurse n!rrav to icDoir And Lew knew his leather goods Just , naturally had to give ferent." tabout Jack and the Beanstalk, or He laughed. Then he got serious ar?thing to sa. Neither had Caa- f h Also, in Loe Angeles, we took Rldor He walked out when the bell Little t R.1 . Then he haan change much"par. H- wa frowning and shaking wrd'j r0Dws groggy. I stepped Do lng Hood, call m up and 1 11 spill he said. rang and waded Into the Lumber- on Blackie Jordan, a jou know about bls A. !n L. Or teko time that to the promoters office to dose of dark1 Whenjit. I learned 'em all. hjmjack. Gooch was knocked ag cold pound Into Blackie Jordan thei crawled of none , end the gate, and our that collect poison chal-Ho of on the me had white I lived as an iron bridge on Christmas I aid -anl black coffee and hope. There was "Plentv h,'B ' longer would play with, and Cas-- 1 ring. Caspar turned to m About' hi. history. I mc-- n. Ev e. birk said. My fift third pound had left tooe Blackie one nudge In tho Just one thing that kept me out of said the doc Caspar snd I meandered here par gave case by this tim'. a padded cell, and it was the fact the smoke "No I admitted. He 5 and there and ajl I had to do was folded up like a and Thre mas nothing for me to de deck chair. ? (that everybody Casper fought he Opened up about tba. handle the coin, help him pick up but go out and hunt for him and Th that lad could think "What would Abraham Lincoln, knocked endwise. 80. f.naily. I was "Well doc. "n: ?he said the experience, and keep him out of of to dothings Detroit is no village I tried every ab'e to catch a big 0te for him. a first place, his name io t Crump nobody would believe. At think of me" ' Jail. the Laplnakl ruckus, for exempt place, including all the Mrd stores "I could tell you I said, but bout with Mack Nash in Detroit ft's Grant Harry Grant and the morgue, but no Caspar. So My first problem was to get I left Caspar in the dreasing-rooif wont, Anhow. his right name and Nash was the best of the heav-wit- h ran across him some five eirs and I went back to the hotel, and when him to go through doors. At list, a fellow I thought had someialnt Jordan. Jta Lambert crown. the for out jies squabbling Orchard near where Lak. ago his I though. I worked out a system. sense tp ride herd on him. and I But even that didnt work. We checked In at a hotel in De- - ! have a summer place. He was I pushed open the door of rcom, there stood Caspar, in front fine oung fellow, with a nice of th dressed in up mirror, al farm of his own. and was doing !a blue suit Id bought for him well, and was liked and respected, whistling awav as he tied a violent I used to talk to him. and foun 1 tie. He turned and him a normal, healthy, sensible j stared at nie and the look on his atiff flghta I'd hate meaning yourself. a! Of course his ees were face was a strange one chap. I lugged him out to the groat open to deprive tha world of you friend, to bit out of gear, but I was working T beg your pardon. he said apacea where. If ha did hapoen but It looks like you were going to twice or on once or so with and his voice waa strange, too. Is a and them, year prone of, alapped gat a In summers the next five spend would hear treatment. I could have fixed them, thr anything I un do for you? nobody in New York If cool Jail." nice, did. I remember SomeJust but or the bar an WA chance. didnt get about It. they hlp With all of a sudden, he You know how It la with tha real, started that, thing happened He was court rs can catch th 11 oclock express. to a out like bawl loud, New Yorkei born d a girl, a farmers daughter, living I said. kid that a aat husky "Just arho do you think I am?" near Orion In Jaaper, Ind. With him nothing down on a bumblebee. he said. that bappena beyond the Bronx I asked. "Sally? Don't do blubbered. he that, tell you 'Look. Well. I said, "you f!ht under "Yes. that was her name, fiallv really count. Ha couldnt give you my Jackknife -name of CasPr Crump Down oa the old river bank, can In a aort of shiver, and like al who won at Gettyeborg because the Its got Ill ten blades In It. nlth a Go to tha door. Jerry," I said, I didn't do It. No. I leaned back, Hull, and a mghtv fine girl, too In Central off waan't ??.e in our we pulled old fellowr little acrap Another had been pa.n?i clubhouse, .. boys snaky thing tha two wire ends; aoftI. 'See how many be has withjaway from him. and I said: corkscrew, a nail file and a button he said. Ian, you ro were holding our regular singing leaped toward one another, and a him. We can't right hla whole fight Park. hook and everything " "I don't know wher to find attention to her. but Harrv cut As It turned out, I didn't need nutty My name is Harry !l him out and everybody said it been doing a little fast think- practice. It was Friday night. Old sharp rattle came ftom the can. mob. Tell him we will let him him I'd I out Or m a and farmer, to do any soft pedaling on Billy's ing and It waa a 'rout those shoul- Judge Granberry had given out "That's It, Hawkins: whispered and two of his pals come In- - If li;' Mopey. Grant, ;y 4vin Knitt. thi. W," chard Lake war. Now. please, was terrtbla run l? ? record out where tha wheat begins der muscles and Billy Bean's caved-i- an order that until the mystery our captain, excitedly. 'That's the won't agree to that, don't open th, aee. There face was a terrible hatred In me. . I have cat wild 2, a don't Omaha, bother He tamed tt-of the red and green mansion was same noiw we heard. Seek.along and rib. 1 h door" hla la- Poor feature. upon a stamped massage with barker the young a hold engagement to we were "n'n cleared I fighting I dont wanna go to Jail," he gave up, I aat mjaelf half-wa- y on the only quickly to, k th ends of the! Lambert, said the doe. m,rrv anrt ehe dy f.om? In Salt Lake City, and painted n wailed. club and connectel them to the ner of the long pine table, so that fellowl Even while I hated him.!,. Please don't send me. one night meeting in our black want don I t near and cowboy Orion, ani.ut pound house. little circular switch Ill be good and to Harrv were to b ";ot,D"dihi big, fat fiat, a though and blue in Texarkana. You got one chance, I said. "Hello, Hawkins sang out our Then I pushed the lever over to 3. ,h. other " " " 'then. That bump on the Whistling merrily. I signed him Youte spoiled the' boy who was captain. "Weve been waiting on the contact. Immediately a voicetrhej' were, around the old organ, strike me.but Jery Moo rtepped ' nZh- -. U had done it. I ve seen plenty cam o from the wide mouth of the Wry moved to the door. A few to fight Shark Bapado tomorrow yo.i again. up to meet one Shark Bajado. on Sall Thla vras cork "Out:" aald Jerry, simply, and prin of f, called the Mexican Menace, for on. night. You got to bat for him. on pjnthed ctickuo In tha metal of the tin can. words paired between him and top frog her' with ahead dont this you go "Why the door.t,! reason. Billy was going to win !,ln seven e. He thought this over. rirg. but this was the first timeHe d1 unlatch- - ha motioned toward those Then ,n I Ferry as the n0V I took Shark te! asked, Mont. The singln? Get ore 5 v'ena ter teen one In Boxeman. out, jou, Mopey and you. punched sane T guess thatll be all right," he t d the chain, and Mopey strode in, off my coat. tYou fellows wont too:- 'jauddenly called to t0 )he nleht waa swift, but I'd heard be hau decided. gone r!ght g T whispered followed of his "Shadow! two 1 by into t th in don voice miss the a my song. n'1 snd ' hl" ,rlto Thl. last fo the two pals who heels as square as pool ballsChriet What'e your name?" I asked. ,4 as a mm.o WithFor mouth. it he. see companions. to frogs have wait a why on always you on kiseed the brow with been had come with Mopey. I chin you could hang My name is Casper Crump out a doubt. 1 knew Fhadow me. But what a Mopey he was that night. It wasnt from Balls. had It ax. I pulled mv few terrain an mat tree, ao I waan t worrying. ,jon-- t believe in punching other for waa a cold night a tjpical Februsee why youve always voice I Billy irff together. Just the same I maue "j" people for money. I only fight got"I todont "Haekins That you( Seek?" ary night on this old river bank, up his arms as he backed out of i.he'door 1 mlsUkp-,Mr,be late! snapped our caphard In a camp we had in I got a good reason. !?hen ' Did hoSs, LumberrJ clubhouse, and h ahrleked: .V" s "Sure it old timer! me, Dont cold our You was and weather the 1 said. "Excuse me. Boxeman. very we of tain. fellows Grant. need outside Hawkins, me "I bv him xou .was ara you My this fellow you want country standmr . Lnow he in What bad voi hall and my r'1 the . bad clothed himself accord Noth you Mopey waiting And you know It It Isnt safe jou .1,1 you. ck It waa aott handling Billy. wu jto big. " complected light U Mr flkht an" "Good night." he raid, and that', mg!y. I'pon his head he wore a trh. w. c,n,ch to Ih down here nowadays and calling off .numbers for Inr seemed to peeve or rile him. man named Lambert? him. we will Lambert hit Harry a wlckel Mo,the "Cut your talk short, Hawkins rather high plush hat, with ear Mw o( ,im. Oh. especially at night. Seems like all and be did what I told him to. He "No." I said. j,.t jhAard about stand half his you punishment on muffs head No were attached. the arms His tim and, to lose. Ive been on this thinking bini him sin'e. waa the most satisfactory talker "Too bad." aald he. "I like to lick the boys In this club are nervous him "When catch called you i been folded He ran wasnt as breast his to strode he an sway. dead, eatch upon knew dark. me. He after this morning hour, letter thing trying your just that ever listened to guys named m upon us, and from his shoulders out after him, aa Jerry eased him seen since. Harry wasn t deao. from Ca- ear. Listen! save Are He and you listening?" Yep," Langhorne. Nervous?' in. broke I only two words, With both ears. Shadow hung a long plush cape, with fur at and his two cronies out through but the blow left a fog on m par Is O K ard has Just been "Yon ba on hand nt the arena at Isnt nervous? Why. Dick, door. "But "Nope. him the catch first he recovered followed the him Behind bottom. brain. round Physically Let s to another "All have right, then, listen. You've his tomorrow night." I said, "ready time Im alone In this old Four days before he waa due most intimate companion If you can! I quickly; mentally be didnt. Thre,of pie. gon get me out of this. I'm get-- , One two mix It with the Max. I eent him for to fight a ru house I m jumpy mylf. Every Rot totired. We mil catch him. all right! wa no ressoning with him. wore an evil look upon his JIeiJtot fo WOrk to get back thoe Its too lonesome- - I ting a canter over the hills for the good named Bajado, or I'll get the sheriff little noise evil came one the had the with from hla idea brows e the that gone ovei features, Sally fjftv-thrhanging got ou ant La t0 fellow pounds I want "Ah! You should have of bla wind and my bank account. after you." been' bo green slanting eyes. But the other look in his slanting green eyes as off with Lambert, and before lack in the clubhouse. But I'v was the (Copyright, 1523, bv BMt Fnii- "All right," he aald. "Say, gim- here a few minutes sooner! cut I waa lolling In a chair on and a rather appealing fellow, wth he backed out of the door. could get her back he wandered cate. Inc ) So to a I do first. can't job yot go me of A two hend. full in Dick, raising his pancakes dollars, will you?" a tired amlle upon his face. The porch, all "Not If I can prevent you." I away. The End. ne. You know mi ntl1 "What for?" kind thoughts, when I saw Billy strange noise a rattla at one of fair three of them stood in a triangu- said, loudly; and then the door I was treating him Im a spe and square. You saw fiteph- - lar He "I saw a young hoot-odown the windows.1 1 of ln front coming back down theas road. fashion, am closed upon them. i n' cialist in mental cases and ha should to the bird store and I want to buy "Which window? ue. And Mopey. with his arms stM waan't trotting along, For a few momenta there was! sorry to say that I hadnt much In the cave "Yes, Shadow! have been. He was coming alow, him." we dont know! It was crossed upon his breast, rwung absolute silence in our clubhouse jhope 'That of improving hir condition Mob Its is Mopey's head' holding I gav e him the two berries. limping a little. sharp, fast rattle on the glass, it "Well. said our captain, he broke out of the room! in the cave that is called himself into a rather Jaunty manso "Goodnight," he said, and start- - seeried. Every one of us beard it quarters ner. his My champ waa busted up wore n that long plush a "this caejPnMy. Wonders. We saw wasnt such peaceful where ld put him, snd we we- ed for the window. He was half- - and we all jumped. We looked out the Wonder of to and fro at its than a baby carriage hit by a ' sw'ung to get any trace of him never do able all. What him there after you truck. Those marks on him way out before I got hold of his of every window, but we could not A -- When I saw Crumps picture tn INF from this Hawkins' WASHINGTON You sa Mopey ree a thing. Nobody knows what a expeci were fistprlnts. Well. he in Hawkins, said, I aaW. softiv. as Ithe papers tonight, I knew at onu TroubK e saw him losing all b s Yes he was talk- pompous tone. I don t ting r.iva of av bov what I shouted made the sound. But it frightened "Whats the idea "For the love of Dempsey, suppose There Grant. be must it all. "But. head. jou; -heesuse Harry j iaiP wnhJn after fright my Were you "Theres a door in this room. ing to his gang it n a mob. Shadow will tn' to fish! me. w.H you t a neu us, Im telling you happened?' I asked. h4t cou!d you do about it? None aren t two faers like hi 11 lb. laend if8 teeh with- so many bojs I rpvr did see be-"I never use doors, he said ! nodded. I know. Every ganged ? was re "Yeah, his nose, would re. ..o y, One mcv,of me bad luck once." sound seems to scare brought qang that ever came out of 'Water any different, would fellow "Yep. eald Billy. I said, "what are vu "Well. here by Dr. Henry Frieden-aske- d "Well, I know all about it But town?" you? Shadow ead With that he twisted out of my fits, these days. Evera eince into "Know who did It?' Deit about to YoiriC do us to a to be friend this watch out for Stephen, won't you? grasp and scrambled down three tective Jeckerson gave ue this job. That remains to be een." I anaaid .berg. "Nope." "Frankly I don t know towonted bo dla- stones along a pipe. swered. softly, tryinr to keep mv To help him discover the secret of He is coming to our beclubhouse phcliln , ,he Big gsng?" doctor. Probably nothin th all would That At night. boy acsl the right temper! club I the although murt admit my !?..! following the red end green mansion, he fight ! He the ha cure him "Tep." don to to was Mabut be ask anything Mopey will there, too' ,Kain grow, voice shook g little with snger lndl,.PM ot baM night I was doing a nervous Jig in said. In the beginning. W'ell boys. "Did yon Mart It?" the man. but Mow, of a body ou i All after then for he? Hawkins, would foolish, the the dressing room at nine, for Im thinking there U no mystery rry ,nJ M right bIp Of course fiackatary Hawkins, hsras4ftirbilliard "Nope." knocked hla mind back ", .mooth you punched him for knock-lr- g but I want you oU for a year. a I warn you, re- Were done the right thing. Ton Which was about all tha remarks Casper hadnt turned up. It was in the mansion. I think we ebali time me ' down 'rh!1 Henry Mates, five. Is the pallent. ten minutes past before he tapped find out that. member that and dont call me un- boys go on homo and let mo write he l7 L ha had to make on tha subject. Jr! He has been sensitive over the lo ar; "Let Ijlm come Shad" I called fair and unsquare. I warn you the minutes of thl day, will yon? r I tell you eon. I waa mad. Billy on the door. "No In Jerry Moore, with broke eht. mentality use more No Jeers from to I have pracinto mouth. If the hl, bjr an1 to singing here early he said, but a shake of hie head aa he fanned !oudly Ill that you try to play any tricks frog had a cracked rib, and hed be on I had got a hard Job finding a window. himself knock him out again! I'll puncr. cn me, I have a gang behind me tice. Perry Stokes will atay here Playmates hts mother withdrew the shelf a couple of months at a music eheet of with that tobnowS htm from ,h kindergarten class, Rant together ... I janked him into the room and Lew Hunter had handed him. that afatrednose of his until it look that is a mob. Youve heard ot it with me. We will go home least. wa like som rloves and trunks on ripe tomato they call It Mopeys Mob What- gether. 1 got hold of the sheriff and to Hinttmas one of hw elshes be unfair to her-a- nd "Hawkins, w didn't seem to worHold ItfWould HuntI n'! don't ao ever was. horses' And then. It want ,mt of lce halr. the your mob to him hutled wants, it lev usually gets upstairs him to post up some bills offering Job ry much when we one don t and this time we are after infor- er made them go through H appears old Banta Clsu 9500 reward for the arrest and th1LKr "Where Is she?" fh from Jcckcrson. We 'helped him ou' mation more song, and off they wont to today Henry la boxing aori. myaterlea around her. be- Sflark. "Still conviction of the lade who Jumped keeping house for herj- heard his wish for and him nd away let as on." dont Stephen I hla parents fair'T ,n .wa he he their came said, "Speak homes, leaving Perry pausnear Orion. She hasn t mar- constantly feeling fere at least you did. Seek. And him Billy. 1 eant say Billy was much skiping out end led and do you under ed. "Perhaps we can give you in- me alone there. In tha clubhouse father out to friena get Stephen his left. us fellows, we Just natcbly with 'are depointing prully helpt stand Hawkins 3 formation d" aealnsi a south-t- pended upon you. Beck. Nobody of hair, about the sire of I took out my book and opened I a lot of thinking Into a s'ubbie ";,ly '!inr They'd sold a lot of tickets for that happen- - was nervous about It. But ever The voice waa trailing off Into a dime that is now growing ln th But before I had two packed "No perhaps about It! snapped my Inkwell. ,h" minutes shlndlf. and didn't aant lo call or ,ft Mex Ink eras center now. Into to I T the scalp, could the lerked be' Just time . since Shadow Loomle disappeared. whisper barely Mopey. and hlr lips twisted. "You dip my pen It off. ao the promoters began to "Perhaps." I said. "It would treat m onto fof get the last words. But I under- boys know all that's going on I strange glow about my better to let him go along aa he la hlaHenry is taking burn up the wires hunting for a back into his own corner as If hiSi , heed and Dr. Friedenber g ex- around thla old river bank from desk. A faint ahesn of lavender Koln- fek,y ' 3rT sub. I left battered Billy out at the hald stood. j""! utt hair will he another of our said Well, as view, within the her to Watertown. Don't tell me! lit up evrythlng captain, my Is he very unhappy?" aaked the! Prt fanPeJ camp, resting a bad as could b once with huTieft up mv hand and passed swiftly last whisper of Shadows voice died Didn't I see how lt was a couple and I suddenly looked np to see doc (forthcoming. into my writing room. Like a expected, and went Into a hotel in, gLaron hixcratal,'chmaC1'1 to be done next? Mm. Mateo mid her boy woo "Not him, I aald. Im the one to the face of Stephen, smiling at years ago. when I belonged swarm they followed me. I stood, away, "what's Bose man to do a little quiet moan-I said, and while thev twtth Casper. y, didn t wait turned to Sadler's Seventeen, and "Sing that does the worrying playing with a email puppy belong- and hat in my arms Lew you guy me , , H !ng In my room about the sour f Hunter. "Get on out there we do "I h ydown ran am .punted L aald, softly, owned this river bank? Well, you There's nothing sorry." 8Ia , break I'd had and the lota "f chT ,ing to a neighbor when it udden ,t my desk. At the , in can with the metal that bench by the organ. Lew, and don't own It any more. You'll "but I did not mean to frighten1 mid the doc, but let well enough1 ly lunged toward his face and hundred we'd betn!ani twenty-fiv- e ii start rn cot frog on its top I was staring, your singing practice as fast never own lt again, hear me?" alone' you. Hawkina. I had to come. snapped at hio nose. The dog guaranteed for the go. I decided as you can. Perry Stoke will well mouth woo two inches from HenIf you can call It His voice was rising higher at knew what yon would do. But I lUrMd to to np to my room and soak, ' Good-b.- " ,ftly he sa.d "I t tand I will stand the don and by 1 door, I It and aeo then fare but he waa terribly frightmyfor shook to to said, had come, ry's word! enough I asked, point between him and the "Who did this away my sorrow In a hot rub. d ba,e to g0 to ,A, bos at the every I hear you," I aald, nodding, self. And I am proud of what you bands with him, and went up to ened. She said he ran home and to the polished tin can with When I opened my bathroom i,t m1 bsv. donar' wm Moore will next stand Jerry told her about hla escape and the call Caspar. "and Im not worried, Mopey. have done for me." door 1 had a shock. There was a know wberr , can bu' a ra 0j tho frog on top. For I had placed trgan. to me. probably need your Anything you Bay On the way to the leather works following day hie thick hair ftart- I stared at him. And T stamwell. I'll stack it in the lower desk drawer when fists. Jerry. Old Aloe, big, deep tub in the room nagpws Is too Mopey big my few boys up against your mob, mered when I started to speak. and ed to fall out. Before the day woo ha squirmed and wiggled but it was not empty. Sombodj for lae." I aaked. What what looked like hed been a banshee, lover his head waa completely balL "What? and Ill win out! I'll win because ln th was in It. hotel tomorrow moru'ng and 'i'll foiTnd U 5tand,nlf ther ' before In But not some sald I me for been here have " Jerry, not fair and square what did w do who cared to had a long, hard look at mv fix it so vou can buv ostriches hi tmger, doubled you're tV. AndShidow Lo7mU had, a 1w, TO," "I knew you'd aay that!" ho "It Is of ao tue. aald Stephen. time." he kept eaytng. It makes carload young vi5itor. My first thought Am i.id who can Count on m. 8eck jZ shrieked. "Alwavs that always In hla soft voice. "Yon can not roe feel spooky' was that my trouble had gone up- - smak he wav .u can has u future toll m xery explicitly when he "P, ' Ferr i vaJd. as our llttJo that! Unfair! have bolted out of the taxi. Ua-left it for me in his note Unaqsare! Nobody hldo a good deed. Hawkins you If He'd stairs and weakened my brain: for no mattr what e's ails h.m moved favorold to beside told hit his I him .aniior hadnt plsce one he ms from tna had left with this tin can but yon! Bat you listen have saved again the lad in the tub waa a dad ringI was helping invlf to soin with frog he had warned me to t?e door, "keep that chain on the la right and me. now! I'll bo fair and Mopey! And there shall come a lte, the onehimabout Goldilocks. r for Bob Fitzsimmons in hip sweet dreams morning when put it away and not let anyone door and dont let anybody In un- to quiet till I unload-- ; I when shall All yon ln that kept tlm with f repay Hawkins. I you. It square dav. younger a sharp twing. of pain to. tell factorv til ed at the you him !T e fight V CAPETOWN. (INS) Tear g I a In mv nos and hc.ird an unesrthlv you've got to dp end I'll give lik manner. Thla have coma My callers had wo 1k I'm the guilty one, sir' spoke 'Ae. air, said Perry, quietly. w.ll shortly term one of the nor do lt. too tell yon now. But I mnst go The reward If a you you big pineapple In size bu not a hand- - vo oe arreerhing in my ear but1 like looked KtnkiFJi a clown, U Pcrr B. h And the tinging Lew nnsh.l hi began. wome all you've got to do la to catch light calls me! See! Already the Casperhad Good and he had the largest ' weapons of ihe South Africa herd Ules of Caspar' that Stephen boy for me you voice la calling through tha unseen Nash fiddled So Mark left. around, prod police force. Goodbye. know wher h is! Don't apeak! and the unheard. Although this fact has not yot through which he Hawkins. I thank yon for ding for a hole pay-oDon't II to me! t might have right. Hit- been made public. It Is expected tw what you have don for me. Good- could poke ble known youd lie to me ting Caspar solid was as easy sa cause considerable discussion hero I brokd In, sharply, bye. goodbye "How, safe with a sardine sand and undoubtedly reflects the gov Tha voice faded as a faint pur- opening "should I II to yon. when I don't wlch. Caspar's mind wasnt on bis emments attitude to the recent na-tThe desk. flooded my know wbat yon ask?" plish light y look in disturbance and the poesiblll-it- y work. He had a You know?" ho cried, flinging next moment we were alone Ter- his of th:r recurrence. eyes and nobody can look as d "Good morning, .r he it. teach, r.i oui,j b.lf'I poVd "up htln-- only a few tnehea. while he peered both arms from out beneath his ry and I but I heard tho latch far away aa Caspar could He kept Large shocks of tear gsa, it is I gave him a nudge and he pluah cape, and standing before on the door air. and ao !, out and called: rubbering around the arena, but learned from authoritative sourcea, 1 blinked Perwent out. was "Who "You that He most a was his and looked me like the around th. huge butterfly. eye opened Nash couldnt be sure where he have already been secretly assem,.ut ,t out. air. r, Jour deja and "Who la It?" all right! Yon know every- ry?" I caled sharply. rl.air eat poliehed it. and before complete! 1 was looking, so they waltzed bled in Capetown, and large supguj an;, bod room and there In could "Its me, yon fool: earn a know, that air!" on around this "I didnt ae ever saw. anybody, goes (nimp. grinning and 'cr proud get it back into the drawer, sir, snarling voice, thing a tame round. voice! plies of the gas are due to arrivs an It through ugly to Wa- came Perry' cheerful voice. Your names Cooney. he said, and pleased In the second Caspar was still in shortly from abroad. Jerry and IMck and Roy came in." was th voice of Mopey! After oil river bank from her I taught her that iasl night. mo to ebut book I Nevertheleee. that ag ff he was telling me something my If tertown! you say Held on! I said suddenly, was bothered trance hla Nash a Special units of the police will be you had heard It once there was to find Ste- and pounded the stopper In- comic stance and couldnt tagby him trained Im glad to know it. I. said There seemed to be a buz ln no in the u ofdhe gas, and it. "Open tba door, yon don't knovv wher Six o , clock "but j that a reason for cluttering ont Ink I the blew lie!" bottle. I to the lh ? tin can. A queer, dull noiae yon mistaking any yon proper, but joet the same be play- will be attached to the normal flyOpen It, or Ill knock It down!" phen. I didn f need to ask liim how on hla back beneath arms and up m tub? . drew He desk, my walking riba. on necamt. out of the wide mouthed lamp ed ing squad. All police headquarters Caspars Perry turned to me. I wart ire hundred dollars cot in. Id locked the door but, froc And then, all at once I aaw lover to Perry, linked my arm in In the third. Nash got more con- In the Union will be equipped with "Shall I open, sir? he asked. hla cap, and poked hi ugly face left niv window open wos hand hg gab! hie me. that the end of the wire from the quletl out toward My fident and began to bang Caspar reserve supplies of this gas. to. with both hands. Caspar swurr a r?' I For breaking In the! I put It to Casper whether h tin an barely touched the 'end' offTheld up my hand band ax a Tear gas was first Itching to double Maeif up Into nj "We'd better stick close by the wanted to take a whirl at the the wit e on the s itch on mv desk nal for Perry to wait. I turned to fist, and my arm was Jerking toV.ihr going home. Perry," I said, bit. but his blows were a'k,d police during the recent native disror that reara, A worse. Which we did. sudden buzz moved tho tin Jerry Moora fight game for better or send that fist Into hla face. But and wild. He took plenty, and I turbances at Durban top. "fco u know the gang that could hae knocked me. manhandled Billy Bean?" I said. Pri Parsley with tfjre Th man In the corner was my old, kil reward? friend. Timothy MaL hi Coonc lfiji k a year lor bat, obi bow now bcrt and I'll Ali right, them." he Mid. 1 had not aten hi", It wu me. jjo did be was, fitting t h.s fivorite ta j.ou j rang up Billv on the phone, ern. just of! B.uaowaj. consutnof noodle a Idas Uaten. Bill." 1 said. "There a jng mcodilj. cock-eyed. 60 up. speckled missing link He was o 1' feer lnk and plac- down here who claims he handed to . pump almost id, no long tbjOU that pasting. Shall I bring bursting pot. no longer sur- - him over and Let jou call! him a rounded ly a s.ubus of Joviality. ;Lar to his iace? "Nope said BillHe, who ;p(f lad proudi display-- j j uid he do it. then?' I asked ed the ennoa. to of a pop-ve- r looked new G o shrunken wraith ofj 'Wp said Billy, and hung up. known.' I had Tim By the Urae 1 had finished pbon-- ! ihe subs artial me. What's Jrg the stranger had drtssd and !; Mid Fifty-threwas stretched on mv bed fast jeft of me, anwa; the sung of a lifetime asleep, making a nolte like a dozen pounds I relish teakeiLes. 1 woke him up. off dont tie. nae dropptu iike I used I get! So. 1 said, "youre the parly my a watchman, that beat up Billy Bean. Why did mghi jea seep than - trouble?'' i asked iyou do it?' tha s lb-uid I "On account of my girt, 8all Mr. Cooney. IJs.en t said. he Md, puoctu-lh- e Man and "I didnt know he knew any with audible his temarks sipsj athig I said ot me noodle soup for close to'Sally out this way dldn t. said this freckled f0riy ean 1 have been a member! "He She aint around here" Of the Stock Exchange. I've known egg"Then how could he do anything 'em all the great, the near-gre- at tbetto make ou mad?" the the comers. new-waserIve handled every! "He didnt exactly do anvthmg ' kind. At least 1 thought so. 1 was said thU comic valentine, 'iut he (looked like the sort of fella who wrong, son, all wrong. If he did know her" ft hen 1 blew this town a yeai- might I underhand perfect!? I said no-go. it was with the general dia-Now with give me the five hundred" a j non of coming back "1 got to be going down mond mine in my vest pocket. The he said. bird store. he fwina answered to the name of t So where jou come that's me Buck took Belting Billy Dean. 1 said. t a small club over in Jersey one from? H look didnt mad, just hurt. night and on the card was thi hurt, lcf,bJy Belting Billy, figbtipg something I don t coma from no urh Kanaaroo of tha Klon-- I -aald. But I promised dlk.. Billv, a good-lookin- g, 1 aom. Hhrn that a Kan-jigot beaded youngster, made th m monry l d buy 'em and art lb. ring and frer. gajao hop all over me that five hunSow finally hit him ao bard ba la atilt dred. You give crossed your heart you bouncing somewhere. I know claaa whan I aea It evenI know.' I so I did. "Yes." when it green and raw and Bat theres admitted, a little matter youve took Belting Billy under ror wing. That reward Is for I figured that he needed about fit-te-ao overlooked. tha arrest and conviction of the under bia belt, Ym n, he said. 1'Migl.t as well It's aa easy as pitching hay and milking cows. 1 aint got a home or folks" So I started out on a, tour with door, 1 Te bird-beate- , ter t. tn HW?-wi- se , ... wv' t j end . - - - m - a. - pop-eye- j pork-cho- p ellltto - . 1 j green-and-re- d e bottled-in-bon- three-year-o- ld ' n - h a td0?r' J ' j '"gotlr ??,??'l? out-id- tough-lookin- .lij! 1 I3,1 ut & j , ..... -- Lam-tort- 011'. "' 27: j ." jr Bov Lost Hair 1 , In Sudden Fright t five-to- j coat-tail- i - fr j i fn .I' J T-ZiZ- ,5 hmeknd ? t j i h ! T i IV 'cir" n . l' 1 j Ihed ! 1 11 t bvif: X 11 X j ' Sec-kats- ff hs -- d-- over-flowe- . croiw-evc- d a.' 1 I Jt I chop-stic- half-heart- ug |
