Show CAGED I I I I IBM By I I J I I Courtney Ryley Cooper HH ic W U Service 1 hl t by b Courtney Courtny Poorer CHAPTER XI Continued XI-Continued Continued 24 sat sol for a long time limp limpas limpa a ns as usual At last he stretched and rose Well ked be he said Maybe Inbe youre you're right I wouldn't let leI no guy pull a n slow drop on me like that and I get away awny with It Id I'd set SPI him over pr I i guess gnoss lint Hut you jou ou gut got to have p lark lack to pull pith n a college gag 1 like that Ihal That Thai h h I n. n I nn inn i mi oo 1 J i innia III a I n Job mu for these 1 hero big electricians that thaI know how to 10 keep kepp a 8 guy from II n nn a n shock hork You Von got to 10 have hn plenty lack lak for that He lie veered II How Ilow ow about me lOt doing n a lob job of prowling Wheres beres the money In that Joe asked ea caustically lack jack where whre Id I'd prowl said mM proudly llly I 1 know my lay Iny Just 11 outside Washington D. D O. O Big I estate tufT driveways and nn nil all that I Didn't I work for him tour four years I know v something That ThaI this Jamison YOUe YOU e talked about lousy with Jack lak sail said ply meditatively lye Ive seen him put twenty ty gland In that thaI little wall safe behind the hI big picture In the Ihl living room Its It's got gol works like an alarm clock dork spring It with lIh n eon rno I r. r T A And nd wheres where's he he hp lies Hes down In Florida and the old ohl woman and the bral with him Didn't I say my I t worked for him four years fars What do tin you think Ive I've been writing him letters biters ever pr since telling him how v happy I was with him To make A n collection I didn't spa see him leave grand after grand In that Hint matchbox for tor nothing Then Teed asked coldly Do io you think I risked 1 mY myself n a Jolt JoltIn joltIn joltIn In stir ns as an accessory after the fact fort Just to 10 give gl you a n free tree ride Think It over pr There was no more morl said A day pas passed ld and three more following One afternoon e walked Into Inlo the dingy room How lIow much Jack you got goU he asked I dont don't know about forty dollars It III I lie He readied reached eagerly for time the money and was gone In an hour he was wn back hack walking slowly through the door He lie turned his sour Our OurI eyes I to Jo Joe JOP until the whites showed Then he rammed his hIli hands deep Into i hi his pockets and n fished there at last i to 10 extract a n lone ten dollar hill bill which he hI disgustedly on the bed hed Joe sensed the explanation You TOll met mt somebody better heller than Ihan you were If It you'd hail had ten guesses you couldn't have P done Ilone helter better Joe smiled d for the first time In weeks Rut But seriousness soon Mon return re re- re- re turn turned pd Well weve we've got ten dollars between he- he tween us us Have 1 we e rolled roiled his eyes evos Well were we're going to have ha noIre more Were We're going to 10 prowl that Joint What I mean were we're going to prowl It It T Joe loe pounded n a flat fist Into his open paun paim I 1 dont don't know You 11 dont don't know Youre You're wanting tack aint you von What Whal I mean youve you've got gol to hn have IP It It Yes Ys hut but Ive I've been thinking about something Suppose we 11 did ilI rob roh that thaI hou p Suppose I got nil the money I 1 and went vent WIll I through with ith hing that klIP kemps i In tn my mind I wouldn't e he P a trim nie In m mv my own iwo If It I hack back against men t that hat hive have I ri e. e I t to 10 n semi mp ote I to III o I Ihl hi- hi hie e tint r Ii Hut But at this eer 11 done to In me nie Why should I 1 go In there a anti and nd rob roh his k I Ii I h lu Itt cot It o hou-o- I ml e e try og c mt lui I it lice St stood U 1 a Rill and nI in laughed I Can all thai limit stuff Whit Whal th the e h I h-I I dun ii t 3 jou Ii 11 I 11 owe I C HIP mp fl nothing bt Ii I tig i Where d flu vou If hI now iov I If I I i nt come on fl t the Ihl hi e edreaM dreaM circus I suppose P Id I'd let you vou lav layt lay lay- VOU 11 t had ll ii r ov- ov n in n p plans Inn iti n l iii Full II muse VelI SUII suppose I lid did time the nun man said sah I came out there lust lUll to get et you jou u to 10 help twIll me inc pull a S j job Juh h Dues Ies that change It Would that thaI make It II tiny sweeter 8 for tor jou OU It II they was a n adeath adeath death watch stamping out OUI your jour limp limits sheet shel up UI at t the Ihl college I guess them would l vre wreck l k the Stinging LizzIe lust lul If ii you jou asked askel them Joe Harry Barry shook his hili head this man could dra draw w ghoulish h pictures Full Full- house went on nn I guess I never ne done nothing keeping you OU under littler r cover and supporting ni you vou nil all I this hIs lime tIme Oh no nu I aint done nothing hilt but lust look niter alter m mj my own Interests I aint dune done donea a n thing for fur you jou I aint taken risks and anil stalled for fIr you jou ou and kept you jou ou U o ered- ered Never XI mind the rest Hid Jo Joe JOP huskily Ill 0 go with you CHAPTER XII C They separated u 11 when they reached II Ju Joe to 10 1010 go 10 to his bis usual lipe of cheap hilt hotel I e to seek I i lodgings In an entirely different portion por per lion tion of the tile city lie tIe ball bail said ald that this would be best once Joe had acquiesced to his demands had dl displayed considerable agility of mind regarding the lime niceties of bur glary For two hundred miles he be had rehearsed re re- hearell his man man dwelling chiefly upon the time safety of f the Job they were about to 10 undertake the reward reword the need nelll for naturalness and a lack lock of excitement Joe Harry Barry was pacing the narrow shabby room which was to be hi his until night September I Early September Sep Sp lle ile He rem remembered em he red sharply that this had been a month to which he once hal had looked forward This week the Dayton brothers show V had hall begun Its enlI engagements nt at the various arlous fairs There would he be ns as long as ten day da at nt a stretch when the tents would remain remain re re- re- re main erect The fairs Sue SUP and he had talked of them often orten the fun tun to tobe tobe tobe be had around a n circus when there were no moves to Interfere the exhibits ex hibits to 10 be he wandered the change from froni day to night broadcasting and the better pro programs they would be beable beable able oble to 10 give ge owing to 10 the time greater time possible nt at nl night ht for sending them out upon the air all There Thre would be powerful power r ful fill stations too where a person could receive n a worthwhile while reward for the he extra work In getting up tip on nn an unusual entertainment And here he hI paced In the sticky bent of II a fi colorless room waiting for night nigh I and a n Job of burglary Oh well It 11 was nil all right Something else would hl have happened Ills haunted eyes eps swept the Ihl faded room always something some seine thing happening lie III turned and scowled led lell Hello he said as the theman theman man slid through h the door I Hello this Is n a dump I Oh well 11 It dont don't make no difference Well We'll be he betaking taking It easy on hI big jack juck this time Ume tomorrow Pay Lay In advance ance here Yes That's good Makes blowing easier All null ha have 1 to do Is grab your keister anti and beat heat It No he said I 1 got a hotter belier Idea Leave your Junk II i i here It It aint you yoU'd a want Bring Pring your kelster empty Good thing 1 to put lUI the lie cream cram In Then Ill I'll Just drive you to the station and you catch a train out of town and Ill I'll meet you How lIow do 10 I 1 know you'll meet me II il II II t exclaimed earnestly earn earn- estly have ha all the divvy wont won't you Dont Don't you yon think I h want my end nd lie He changed his tone Aint that a n swell thing to say to a apal pal Oh Im I'm m sorry orry Joe rubbed a hand across his forehead Im Just a 8 little I shaky I guess Its It's the heat this room room room ev thing I ng It II sure aint no movie set agreed a I 1 wish Id I'd known Id I'd of traded dumps with you I butted Into a swell Joint Carpets In the halls radio In every ery room swell bed Where here Is III It Down the street a n ways I never nevet do know the names here Cant Can't even en remember the name of that hotel now One of them fancy rancy ones Dont Don't make any difference I know how bow to get there thre that hat It the Regis asked Joe casually sat up quickly fumbling at nt the afternoon paper which had fallen from his pocket He lie Jerked II It from Its place on the edge of the time bed hed and smirked at al n It penciled notation on the blank margin jH 1142 fi That aint It he be said a telephone number of number-of of the garage arage where whre Im I'm 01 at lie He tore off ocr the nota tion anti and shoved ho It Into Inlo a pocket Better Hetter keep kp It In my mv head Instead of It like that Ill do the same said Joe One of us might forget forlet Yeah puh Maybe he so Ill I'll remember though lie He put lut his hands behind his head had then and closed his eyes apparently comfortable In spite of the heat heal Joe sat upon Ulon the one straight backed chair Three Thre hours passed Once One Full Fuji hou house e dropped to sleep snoring heavily ily lIy only to awaken aw-aken as ns If startled halt hall raise glimpse Joe still on the chair and settle hack back again At last dark dark- ness came caine a 1111 Th They left lert the room anc and went vent down down to the little restaurant Thin Then hack to the shabby lodging and more mure waiting ITO TO BB na CONTINUED I |