Show I C Chatter h a It e r 80 Box x II Dear Suzy To look at Jack Bennett one would think that he was all engrossed engrossed engrossed en en- grossed in international intrigue I I and that he was responsible for forone forone forone one of the great of our time But such is the case and Mr Bennett is involved no end It all came about last week when representatives of various foreign countries that had oil were meeting in Los Angeles to formulate formulate formu formu- formulate late an international agreement T The h e representatives and their wives were aboard a train bound for Los Angeles comfortably es- es with little knowledge of what was in store for them At Salt Lake City a man boarded the train by carrying in two suitcases for some women He failed to get getoff getoff getoff off the train and the first stop was Lynndyl Here he got off after gathering up a large supply of lad lad- I lees unmentionables such as dainty dainty dainty dain dain- ty underwear girdles stockings and the like Hidden in with these unmentionables were the secret papers of the British delegation The man left the train carrying his loot and went first over to the river He was not wearing a complete complete com com- complete clothing regalia and was dressed in shorts and that was all I The snow was rather deep and after after after aft aft- er going to the river he decided to return About this time his feet were partly frozen so he started wrapping his feet with the clothing he was carrying His trail was strewn with these garments as they fell from his feet and by the time he arrived at the first home east of Lynndyl he was about done for He was let into the first house and his feet were warmed up and Jack Bennett called Jack arrived and went over the trail the man had left gathering up clothing papers and whatever the man had dropped He brought the man clothing and papers to Delta and the man was hospitalized Jack took the clothing and papers up to the county office where they were filed away under U and M U for unmentionables and M for mystery Now comes morning and we get back on the train to see how the delegates and their wives are fair fair- ing Wives are frantic because they can not find their underclothing and especially their girdles The British delegation is on pins and andI I needles because they are without their secret papers and so are also without their instructions of how I much to ask of the United States I Railroad telegraph wires start to hum in a hasty pursuit of the missing missing missing mis- mis J sing articles while the women sit around displaying their bulges and I the British delegation chews its collective fingernails down to the first joint All this time Jack is back in Delta calmly going about his business business business bus bus- iness and not realizing the International international international inter Inter- national implications that have arisen arisen arisen a- a risen due to his hoard in the county county county coun coun- ty office All he can visualize is some women's clothing and some papers with hen scratches on them that do not make sense After some rapid deductions on the part of the railroad detectives Jack is located the loot is located and the secret papers are sent to their owners The man with the frozen feet is s sent nt back to Salt Lake City and peace and quiet result on the diplomatic front I The new firm of Harris Hollings- Hollings head Carnell and Losee purveyors to the public of radios radio repair electric repair work house wiring photographs jewelry watches watch repair and phonograph con con- conI I while you wait are very trusting souls The other night after after after aft aft- er all of them worked late they left the place of business and went to their various homes leaving the locking of the front door to either Harris Carnell or to Losee Each of the men In turn was remiss in locking the front door and so early the next morning morning morning morn morn- ing customers started arriving and cluttering up the place waiting for our four men or any of the four Cour men to return and wait on them It was a long wait and shortly before before before be be- fore noon the men started dribbling dribbling dribbling drib drib- bling in to begin their days day's work Nothing had been disturbed nor stolen and all that was out of place were 5 bills scattered about the floor where the customers had waited upon themselves in a cafeteria cafeteria cafeteria caf caf- caf- caf eteria style and left the pay Mrs Carnell swept them in a corner Inthe in inthe inthe the late afternoon as the bills were annoying the men and she covered them the bills and not the men with a corner of the rug If these men can get by with this kind of service self-service there are going to be a lot of business men who will start looking at their clerks with a jaundiced eye with the aim of following the footsteps of these business pioneers and wi will willbe willbe l be firing a lot of clerks Honesty is the best policy but t I dont don't stretch it too far Toots |