~arch,
1919
THE L.XNDSWO\lAN
"Jl'.., ruthcr a 1hwk," -a11l Htlld\ oftly, arranlting n fluff>
~hawl d ltly
rourtr <'~rrtnp;o• .
\ft•·r all," hP. nt1<1• tl ru flllls ,
·• it'r. my fault for t.akin1f tt ."
" \nnther orrJaq, t...- hl\nl?ed. T'm not lW D1f to le~n• ) 011
l> >n't you v.vrr.>, 1\Mlillst Wt-'11 gtt fill or Jt, •oml'hov.
llcre'IS
Hratt(tl ,"
Here, a:t.lin , th(l •t 1f111nma-tu, thnlllrh polite, 'I'A firm und
thfl j(uarol f.ttO\"eol ~lu 1\v . 1-:,c:-ry!Jodv seem,.(l tl!plCIOli of n
h \r&1!11Crl·looku•:.t yo•m~ officer, "-ldunst t:o di iJO i" of
lab).
"The youn\C la 1\· i~ r AJK•n llole, lr," 1\Pl•&rl'r.tly P.fttlt'ol ttof'
m•~tt"r as fJr h tln~y \\or,. ll)'
ll o" nl•l·IIOHlcl 'ou llunk at "R" '"
' \~k Ill'' lliiOf)lt'T I l 'nt JoTI\\101{ .Ill thn tlllll' thiil it \\On't
h•n~l
Sorn•• •lo tnr hour~ on fl•trl •·
J: xl't• r hn\1' In "ill lot, an•l thP. .. nlwlf< rn :~1111'11 forth ThP
I fiCIIIlll "(('T, lnr~o.."f•fl
Jlt0\1 till hrnk••nf?l'll.
lty ('rtJWth Of 0, itA' J ('Mil!'!IOn -tM,
" \'nu ~~av If 1-••'t 'nnr hahv, hut vou don't kn"" who-4· it 1!1 "
hr. ri'IIO,Itkt•fl In lllllli•fl' ~tl'a().y
\\tlh tint J· v·kinl{:('l"''• OfJW I Look nhw with that ht<'vclf ·,
Xo, ~tr' I <'·'ln't tak•• tl. n .. k tltl' !t~tlunru.htt r"
·
Sc·Lrll't to thl' TIKot"i of hit~ Jt,\Jr nnd umardly 1 ur~u.p; hlil ui'J.;,
thr ~ult Lit~· tu arrl\t·d. 1)3( k
" :\o, llO I" he· "'I h•inNl hort\)' n• tltf' train n,.:1un mo"' tll')lf.
l hdllv lallp;ht• hurrlrd to atod fro
\noUn r
ruJ•I
9
.. top. "Oh ! llnd wh.tt nhout. a bott\•' ·• looking o.~t llw ~~tan
with 1li!!m \yt·lll')l'l•,
" \ lo(JttlP ' "
" ~ r.;~-to 1lrlnk front "
" \\'lt!'re do you ~~;et 'em ' ·•
" \ chernbt, I Lt•h<·,,., or pNhat•• a ~~:rocer . Ju!llti~t<'n t<~ tt ,"
a.<1 th~ \\,\IJ 1\llLin !1\\ellr.d into~ roar.
"Ha.tl·tflnlJ"'1'1'tl little bt>gp;ar,'' u,uttrnd tl•• &uhaltl'm 11 h4':
on<'1' rnom -.allird rorth.
Tho> <'hl'llli~t was t> that Hand
1t owr. Ho'~ do vo11
ho\11 the thiniZ ~
ITNI\en'> • thc:-re''~ no·
thin(( of lt. lt'-5 all
clotlw-.
" ~ ou l'<'f'," he
whl'lpen'd In low,
exultant tone~," it'•
movement
tht>y
ltke," and ther" wa<~
a p;INLm of Sllp4'fiOl'·
1ty m hlst>yr, a-; tht>y
"-'"ted on thr ~tirl.
"Jerry I " Diddy'~'>
voice rose In a•hrlrk
" lt'
nnnounC('d 1\ fe"
minutes later-tht• suprrlor gleam now In hi'T ~~e, ''lf only
could put tt down for a hit.''
With deft suo-burn<>d fln~er'l{lht>d. "1th out
Mr<>teht>d arm~ ,Jrrry," in~~ trngi<' wlu .. per, " 1 f~l quite 1Jld •·
"Then \\e'll hMt' lun<.'h " r~ntMked the nutn prneti<.'nlh
pr('l('t'l'lh ug to unpaek
nut th!' b:\Ly dlAAilpTO\l'd
.\ loutl wall ('1\US<'d Utddy to
drop ,, lu~elous morH' or chl<'ken nnrl ll~ to the otJwr <~ld1·, but
no tHnount of hushln~. or <'OOin't or walklnJ( "ould qui<>t tho
bab' no", and tlw gtrllooked dr~prn1t~ a .. till' wntll'lllllged to
n lu~ty roar, nnd it<~ -;mnll face ~o:ot llll<'k('rt-d nnd rt>d
" Did vou ewr h('nr nnyth.lng llkt' 11 '~'' querh•d Hltllly. "lth
dlo;mnyed t•yt'"~• tl'l '>h(l tu('kl'd the hnhy up ngaln"t her nrek
"1t mu\\t \)(' ill JerrJ ' " <'Ominl( to an abrut•t :-top, " it'<;
hunjlt'y I n('YCT thought
thnt ..
" Unngn ," l'ehood the suhaltern tt't> bly, gnzlog helpk~sly
round. "i e'\pcct it <'Ottldn't munch n blscult"
or
" Bii'Cttlt
" 'fllk
I"
I
· we must gl't It sonw nt l~ri11tol ''
.. \ t nrl~tol. nt\ Ul'nr ~rlrl , if '>OUII'body dorlln't tnke <'hl\ll(l'
ot th.~t <'hlld I '~hallll'n\(' it in the" ,\lli n~t·room"
~lrl lookt>~\ nt him. nnd ht•r 1 ~e-. ,oftt'ned. " Poor old
" Of
nw
eour:~e
lt lllll"l ha\(' JUJlk "
'
" l.tther," n•marko·d tht> ..,uhaltem k\CQnicnlly, a-,, llnliJl,ln~r
the nt-arest, ht> rnnum•d lt into his po~kd nnd ra<·t•d l>~Wk.
Rltldy was dl"CO\\'t'Cd lu ti