Show Hands Up His Command I I I I I r I B By ARTHUR PETERSON x B D ni r rejoined jol ed the gang at W Nt ne reek attar nu fur tn the Ka Kansas Kan Kait Sal las CIt City exploit as agreed He lie added add ed td a line of fiction to the n House noose n register and studied the other signatures with some lame Interest I expect 1 a friend from rat Patchogue N N. N Y he appealed Theres Therel a Mr from cue gue Ue In 71 the desk man offered and relaxed the tiny tension be he Invariably felt at att this this' ja juncture ct re A Afro AMr Mr fro Massey from Patchogue In tn signified lignified that occupied with Stebbins In and Clay bay In and that the tired moguls mogul I of ot the Kansas Kan Kan- sas sus City gendarmerie still promised an Impending I I arrest I In IQ re the the affair at the he Formers Farmers National t settled himself In and n l penetrated to after tb three minutes of ot holdup on the wrong side of ot the thedoor door He lie sauntered In with a sardonic grin They Thel were were scared like kids kid nipped In an apple tree bu but defant 1 Qan I 1 smell bottle and ond women women women Bran Uran- Uran ford also alia smelted smelled the beginning of the end of the syndicate syndicate and and te and a broach breach of the faith generally To whom am I Indebted for mutiny Bottle Dottle I the czar stun stuff Clay growled flay Clay Branford Dranford Per Per- talks ks for tor us us do dock said sold Weve been deciding things thIng u t- t t I tAfter t t. After After this this CI Clay D. D the th mob drops u II Mussolini and runs American plan We share everything lh Job and thinking put out the plans plana to splitting the I I l 1 am em am charmed to hear e r that IJ yon yop have a are eh developed oP oPt t the e art aft of t In la brief a a nl ht time Branford ranford so ee a flight of f smiled and and with so 80 little tittle material He tie had beet been to t 1 ardS i IM say It that way Were sick lIck of 01 your airs aln Cia Clay snarled Youre going to step out of the lead lead ln Q Un line nd going youre youre you're lo tI- tI U nit t W I f I had es ety pretty little adventure In Branford shrugged but but if gang must march elsewhere why then I shell shall march ch too I 1 am a sentimental man Clay Give me a drink end nd outline out line the pudding I r- r rI I I 1 till have hav haves a vote ot v y better a a r la pran dj-pran- pra ford tord never never neTer ato ia him Were going pIne to tG odes ler the e Herded 1 JI o. o National re ao I Branford r said d.- d. a good GOd state to be careful In ln But why eby wb Claremore and W Herdsmen's National j J of CIa Clay at tomorrow at at thre loe tA the the afternoon the Jerda n ck 4 in Ip thirty grand oil payroll Its It's one of those going easy God bless hors boll banks Easy EalY I J I ti v Le Lets drink Branford suggested The gang gang drank ardently to i Luck c and Branford drank with them iI Ile the bout because use beacon beacon- he co 1 t essential to do so 10 He even put them thetO to bed ped In U lieu u o of another kind kind of of farewell Branford raDford left and the Wichita taU 6 fn n D rapid d ii 6 t t o i th that the e 1 e d of 01 th the e a re te to I Ie went untied untied u Branford rd t telephoned te from a drug store torI boot Tb 11 e poUce thief emerged troth from his bis b bed ped t t to cr growl w wl He Ue 6 became Became 4 an Interested listener In ln v r t stanlly I have told never never told a a He lie I In my mJ life Ute Branford 4 aan fiani an jon cw owe It to dear old Wichita f to 6 believe me now Ask the night clerk o of the Daibler drug drut store t for r a ke key It will wUl take you ou into at atthe the andIn and andIn In ID you rou will find dad three three of of the tour men who played lared snatch snatch-as snatch can can with tn in the Farmers' Farmers National bank at Kansas City a week ago today today to to- day I am the fourth malefactor Thank you but no To converse U is II isto to be traced Good night chief Branford rolled roiled out of ot Wichita three minutes later He lIe broke the straight line of ot train riding twice and redoubled into Claremore thirty minutes min utes ahead head of ot the payroll transfer at atthe the Herdsmen's Rational National AI Arid And t he be was at the bank bunk In time Ume to witness the change of at address of ot The broadest of grins had bad begun tar to crinkle his fa taco face co into n It crl crIs rl- rl cross cross r ss pattern pat pat- tern of enjoyment lIe He was thinking of Clay and ot las la's reaction reaction reaction re re- re- re action to a breach of technique The best Job in Ina a year ear Brant Branford rd smiled Inwardly In I Ie He Ite e passed unnoticed In In- the bank lobby and strode unchallenged to a i communicating door marked with the llie name of Rob Atlee President The secretary on guard halt half rose In her ber chair and collapsed with a tagging Jaw Branford winked aoe and went ja jauntily nUll Into Rob Atlee's Alices sanctum Hands Bands up be he shouted at t the te white haired d man Atlee Alice e quivered to his hll feet turned Bob Dob I be he yelled delightedly Dad I III II My dear bo boy Home nome to stay Rome nome to stay Ital If you rou want me me Dad Want 1 Rob Hob Atlee scoffed Want r That R Rat t of Yours Yourt Every person In the United States spends 2 a year supporting a rat At least cast that Is II what whitt it amounts to It is estimated that our rat population Is la e e it to our human population and ond the survey thinks each ench rat rot does doe about a 2 worth of damage a e year year Exchange Exchange a h |