Show The Whiskers of Hercules D By WOLCOTT L L L. BEARD ad till un W it rn N r Union THEIR T wedding Journey Included a aA aa aa A a visit to their common birthplace the town had changed A glimpse lImle of the Malson caused Alice to quote poetry Man lIan may come and man ma may go 0 he she murmured but I 1 go 0 on nn for tor- ever eyer Dick her husband knew that It was wasa a R brook that Tennyson had In mind when he be wrote those words word II but they ther were expressive l e enough even when applied lip op- plied piled 1 to that candy shop There was wasa a pause lauf filled tilled with early memories Memories of Madame huge hure dominating and capable of M. M Hercule Her Her- cul cule Mr cule Mr Hercules her her very un un- herculean spouse renowned for for- his hili kill skill and the glory of his golden whiskers kr and of their son Bon who was a replica of his tire sire Dou remember Dick asked Alice after a 11 little how bow the little boy used to fly Into a tantrum tantrum tantrum tan tan- trum when wilen wilene w e we a c called l him because e It wet was a girls girl's name name None NoDe of ot the tile other kids kid had bad much to do dG with him remarked Dick except except ex pt Molly Bowman She was sorry som for tor him she used to say And he adored her In consequence smiled Alice remInIscently Larry Burke Durke also adored her her and and she him I wonder how It all came out II 11 Just look at nt those kids kills chuckled Dick as they seated slated themselves es at nt one of the little tables Its Whiskers Duy Day Alice have Alice have you yon OU forgotten She had bad not forgotten that weekly event of her childhood On this day the Malson Maison produced a glorified glori glori- fled fied molasses taffy tatty of peculiar consistency con con- and a deliciousness to be found nowhere else In the world The kitchen door opened and a white-clad white figure In a cooks cook's cap and apron could dimly be Been seen bearing one of ot those tray as al a young man end a woman also young came Into the garden On the girls girl's hand gleamed two rings one of ot plain gold and both of ot them new It was the face tace of Molly Bowman and Larry Larrr Burke Durke 1 I With glad fellow feeling for tor her sis sis- ter ter Alice started to run forward to tet renew the old friendship when a 8 wild yell made her start then shrink back hack In fright ht I I i s I I e t h b I I The rhe yell yeU was waa repeated from the shop door scattering the children there burst burt that white-clad white figure With apron and long golden whiskers whisker sY s streaming behind with cap Y askew and a knife flourished In Its hR rl right bt hand band It sped down the path Before the astonished Larry could do mor more than take a quick k step backward backward back ward this wild figure had sprung an and d was clinging to him The knife glittered gilt glit as It fell tell Followed by Alice Dick dashed around madame They found Lorry Larry with reddened shirt front with hi hIs bis s head hend supported on the knees of hi his sn ss bride whose face was paler even than tha n his own They found madame standing stand lag ing stricken horror gazing with widened widened widened wid wid- ened eyes eyt's at tit the white clad form torm that tha lay prone on the gravel walk ReachIng Reaching Reach Reach- Ing down Dick Jerked this figure to it Its It feet then feet then gasped with surprise Ob Oh papa papal lIe He is crazed and where has be he fled tied toT who to who saw him go got No one ODe answered Then the police came and still lamenting loudly Re Her Her- r culette was led away III Thus began the great mystery mys my ter tery and which incidentally do- do detained de tamed Dick and Alice In town as al material material ma witnesses Alice and Dick stated positively that tha they saw caw M. M Hercule rus rush rash down the path and strike Larry Burke Durke with a knife Larry who Larry who was no not fatally wounded wounded and and Molly made the same unequivocal statements Ma dame who dame bad had come from the kitchen also had no doubts though she nat flat could not DOt see her husbands husband's fu face M Monsieur Hercule on the theother theother theother other hand swore that h he hind had been purchasing supplies and at the time o othe of the time assault wo woe wo In the act of returnIng return Ing home on n street cur car In short the affair ended In nn en al nl solute adlock and mid there you arc are IV I I It was madame who answered the riddle Slut Hut she gave gu that answer to tolIce Alice lIce alone and then only because both were old friends and mind especially especial because Dick was a doctor Figure to yourself I said madame As he brings the confection beloved belove of children my son sees his hated am and triumphant rival rh Ills His artists artist's soul Is aflame I 1 To fix a portion of the confection con con- to each cheek and another to tobit his bit lip so 80 that they resemble the golden gold gold- old en whiskers of ot his bis father that father that Is Ia th the work of an Instant lie He rushes forth forth forth- I strikes and strikes and Is hurled burled to the ground He lie Is II surrounded surrounded must must escape I He lIe rats eats his hi disguise those disguise those whisker whiskers o of confectionery explained e madame lie Ill He ate them them swallowed swallowed them in one superhuman gulp I But Rut alas they had hat been lieen dragged In the stone covered path Pebbles great and small adhered ad ad- hered to them Confide In a local loca doctor he will not And me I me-I I am distracted dis- dis A doctor he be nut must Lava have His III stomach Is a human gravel pit Therefore Therefore There There- fore fore tor At this point ma madame dames dame's a overcame O her and she be sobbed aloud Alice howe er had heard enough With uh n a pat t of the elder womans cheek she went In search o lit of Dick in order r that excavations II might BA duly hf |