Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 74

BY P. G. WODEHOUSE Difficulties Encountered in Aiding the Professional ’ Press Agent RCHIE MOFFAM iuserted a| ~But what was the idea of bringing | Archle cordially. “What seems to fresh cigarette in his long |Mm to America be the trouble? /’/ 7 W holder und. gazed rather wist.| “This admirable prohibition enact-| “My snake™ cried the queen of k 3 1 = & | : / fl y/ l/// Z ; e fully across the table at his|Ment has rendered America—to my |tragedy. “Where 14 my snake / : : friend, Roscos Sherlf, he press|Mind—the ideal ‘place for a young | Archie looked at the house detec- . I » ; : < "(?"' Seont man of his views” The general|tive. The house detective Jooked at 3 : , “The more I see of America.” sighed |100Ked at his watch. “It "ls most | Archie. Archie, “the more it amusee me A, | fortunate that I happened o run into| “This lady,” said the house detec- Rolutely! All you birds seem to have|YOUs My dear fellow. My traln for |tive, with & dry liftle cough, “thluks Washington leaves in another hour, |her snake Is In your room, Mr. Mot- and 1 have packing to de. 1 want to |fam.” leave poor Seacliff in your charge ‘Snake? ™ Oh, 1 dom't kmow, you know,” he|¥hile I am gone Snake's what the ludy said.” id. “Somehow mnone of our family My .soxke! My Rater!® Madame e 2 look after him. I am |Brudowska's volce shook with emc- Roscoe Sheriff sipped his coffes | T¢AIIY informed that even now |tion. “He Ix here—here In this thoughttully. e was an apontle of |!eFe are places in New York where |room:” energy, and it scemed (o him that e |® d6termined young man may obtain| Archie shook his head. SORTE aere s tonat oA Beltne—cr . and 1 should be in-| “No snakes here. AWolulely no Incidentally do himsslt a bit of good, | fAinitely obliged—and my poor sister ' remember noticing when 1 came in. “Whuld vou have any objection to|WOUld be Infinitely grateful—if you| *The snake Is here—here in this PRI tn & Enoks for et would keep an eye on him.” He hailed |room! This man had it in = bag. I ““Putting up & snaie a taxi-cab. “I am sending Seacllff |saw him! He is a thief!” Takttoraidsy o twet round to the Cosmopolis tonight. 1| “Iasy, ma'am'" protested the houss | dont setm absolutely o have @M WUre you will do everything you |detective. “Go easy. This gentleman grasped the affate In al s aspects, 1¢ | %8N G00d-bY, mY boy; good-by.” {is the bosw's son-fn-law.” ¥you know what I mean.” Archie sald. S | Slicare motheliSeie R hauiry “I mean to say, in the first place, why | A RCHIE continued his walk. It snake! Here—here:" el sy was past 4 o'elock when he re-| Archie looked at the house detec- ence if I entertained this snake of|turned to the Cosmopolis. Roscoe |tive. The house detective.looked at yours?" Sherlff wus pacing the lobby of the |Archie. “We must humor her” their “Is not mine. 1t belongs fo|hotel nervously. carrying a small |Elances suid. : ’ AT Mme. Brudowska. Youve heard of | bandbag O conbmc aRIE Arabile, (UL Z Nt "mm"mm". her, of course? “Hers you are at last! Good |like to search the room—wha : \ RN I A - “Oh, yes. ‘She’s some sort of per-| heéavens, man, I've been waiting two| “I Will search the room / 2 i forming snake female in vaudeville or | hours! Badsme Brodew sk something, isn't she, or something of| “SOrTy. old bean. 1 was musing a| The house detective glanced apolo- Netisbation o ioraba" bit and lost track of the time." geticalty at Azohle “You're mear it, but not quite right.| The press agent looked cautiously | “Don't blame me for this, Mr. Mof- She 1s the leading exponent of high- | ATound. There was nobody within |fam." he urged. “brow tragedy on any stage in the| earshot. [ Asther okt igalystvoisladisoume civilized world." “Here he is,” he said dropped in.” . He took up an easy attitude against been doing things from the cradle up- ward. 1 wish I could do things.” ‘Well, why don't you Absolutely! 1 remember reading| Who?" SQUIFFY LOOKED AT THE WINDOW AND REMAINED STARING, FROZEN. in some journal or other that she had Peter | 5 5 S ——— = pet snake, given her by some Rus.| “Where?” said Archie, staring(Of the emotional drama explore. WWHILE this conversation was In|stant, his strange headgear began [really be a snake in his room. T “I thought it went under the bed” | for & while in th a)an prince or other—what? blankly about him. Presently she desiated, baied. For progress Lord Seacliff was en- | to move, and there reared i r window looked out on | “Well, take a look.” An admirable soly a preser “'That,” said Sheriff, “was the fm- “In this bag. Did you expect to|@n instant she paused. as though|,viy g refreshing sleep in his room | his hair the squat, diamond-shaped |His room was several s a Squiffy shuddered itself. He picked Peter up and pu pression 1 intended to convey when | fitd bim strolling arm in arm with | about to speak. then wwept from the | [ 1o fourth floor. Two hours pass- | head and puffed neck of a loathsome |the ground. There was a sterm set| “Not me! I say. old top, vou know, | Bim in the pocket of his dressing I sent the story to the papers. I'm|mMe round the lobby? Here you are|r00m. A momentlater, a doorbanged| .y rhe noise of the trafic in the | Serpent—- 5 |expression on Squiffy's face as he|I simply can't sleep in this room. 1 EOWn. T ieaptngiidlie Eoom, g ler press agent. As a matter of fact, | —take him!" actosk the passige. | street below faded away. Only the | “Ush! said Squify {climbed out of bed. It was the ex- [was wondering it you could glve me |mounted the stairs till he reached the T bought Peter—it's name's Peter—| He Was gone. And Archie, holding | “HOw do they get that way?'| i, of an éccaslonal belated cabl e closed the book and put it!pression of a man who ix turning (a doss somewhere In yours.” A myself down on the East Side. I al-|the DAg, made his way to the eleva- | queried the house detective. | broke the silence. In the hotel all] 0wn. His head was aching Worst over u new leaf, starting @ new life.| “Rather! I'm in five forty-one | W4¥ do ways believe in animals for press.|tor. The bag squirmed gently in hig| “‘The female of the species is more | oy gyi11. Mr. Brewster had gone to | (i v © fellow could read him- | 410 1o5keq about the room for some | Just above. Trot along up. Tll tidy | From withi agent stunts. So now I'm going to| 8TiD. deadly than the male,’ smid Archis. 5e8, Arehie; 4n room, smoked | S°If to slecp with this sort of thing. | ynpjeient which would carry out the | up a bit here and joln you in a min- | S*M: came the rhythmi urids ot S nos siate The only other occupant of the elo-| “IUs the hot weather” said the | ey (oo™ biave may have been | BUEBLers ought not to write it lain teria i e e 4 good man taking his rest after the “Steal it? Pluch it. as it were?" | Vator was a striking looking woman | house detective judicially. “Well. | g 1o retgn | His heart gave a bound. There It "\ ¢ the curtain rods. Using| SAuiffy put on a dressing gown and | labors of o EREEE { |the window and watched the empress | “Yes. Blg story for the papers, you | Of {OTeifn appearance, dressed In |€bS. Mr. Moftam. Sorry to have butted | =\ o yoto oy i woke, | nie e At hlesing sound! A | thix as a lever, he broke open the | disappeared. Archic looked under see. She's grown Very much attached | WAY that made Archie feel that she |in His hours of slumber were always|the window : TOM | {opmost of the six cases which stood | b¢d. From the trousers the head of L : ey MouREs to Peter. He's her mascot. If T can|MUSt be somebody or she wouldn't The door closed irregular. He sat up in bed and| Ife looked at the window and re- |in the corner. The soft wood cracked | Peter popped up with its usual ex-|Avchic : ¥ @ chappie sneak 1t away and keep It away for [ 100k 1ike that. She entered the ele-| few moments, then went to the Wi~ | itched the light on. He was a| ¥, frozen, Over the siil, |and split. Squifty drew out a straw- | Pression of amiable inquiry. Archie 4 day or two, she'll do the rest. She'll| VAtor at the second floor, where the | 0w and hauled in the slack. Pres-| pock-headed young man, with a red | ful, leisurely movement, |covered bottle or & mioment he|To0aed pleassutly and sat down o SSifather Jn i s snotidgtoon o ke such a fus that the papers will | t6Aroom is, and she had the contented | ently the Lag appenred over the edge [face and & hot brown eve. He| a green snake was crawling. As it |#tood looking at it as & man might | e bed- The problem of his little|a dee B o extracted 2 o iy ; e window - ; | : S ends’ immediate future wanted |P. < pocket and dropped be full of it sxpression of one who tewd to' ier of the window sill awned and stretched himsell. Iis| crawled, it raised its head and peered [saze at a friend on the point of | thinking over. “77‘ R b I see antistaction. She got off at the same | "By Jove! said Archie head was aching a little. The room | from side to side, like a short-slghted | death. Then, with sudden determina- | ' 1o 1iented o cigarette and remained | oor as Archie, and walked swiftly, | In the rush and swirl of recent|Seemed to him a trifle clo He got | man locking for his spectacles. It |tion, went into the hroom. . : in a lithe, pantherish way, round the | events he must have omitted to see | 0t 0f bed and threw open th esitated @ magment on the edge of | There was a crash of glass and a bend in the corridor. Archle followed |that the clasp that fastened the bag | 90W. Then. returning to he | the sill, then wriggled to the floor |gurgling sound more slowly. When he reached the | was properly closed, for the bag, as | P/¢ked up @ book and began to r and began to cross the room. Squiffy door of his room, the passage was | it jumped onto the window sill, gaped [ IS book was “The Adventures of | stared on empty. He fnsertad the ke in his | at him Mke a vawning face. And in- | Sherlock Holmes".and the particular | It would have pained Peter de ! door, turned it, pushed the door open, | side it therd®was nothing. story which he selected for perusal he waw u snake of great sensi-| “I say. Archie, old top,” said the where you come in and pocketed the key. He was about Arohie Teanied s, far out iof thel oy the one entitled “The Speckled ity. i€ he had known how much | « of Squiffy “But where am 1 to keep the jolly | 10 enter when the bag again @tuirmed | winaon o LY. Me ews Bot & geat vesder |t enlience had distashed the s T Somaiie e window as he could manage Without | but when he read he liked something | 1Ant of the room. He hinmel¢ had O ARgWwHRTE Pk SR Kol committing sulcide. Far below him, | with a bit of zip to it | no feeling but gratitude for the man “Now, any ordinary woman would work in with me. But not her nibs. She would call it cheap and degrad- ing and & lot of other things. It's got to be a genulne steal, and, if I'm caught at it, 1 lose my job. So that's Half an hour later the telephone bell in Archie’s room rang “Hullo, old bean! Is that you?" YT o could you pop down here for a second? I'm rather upset. “Absolutely. Which room?" “Four forty-one. browsing and sluicing—what do 1 feed him on The volce, speaking suddenly in his ear from Aehind, roused Archig from #is reflections. Indeed, it roused him %0 effectually that he jumped a clear The bag was one of those simple| tha trafe took its usual course, and | w ne : in @ hat-box and make it up a shake- |bags with a thingummy wmmm\-':.: the pedestrians moved to and fro !:u”:" h';”""eh“f"""'b"” i “-I; 1'1';“'\‘::“(1 ::h: ‘«HM”‘: fl'rmnm' - % i : ch you | the read the story before, but a long|¢Pabled him to get in out of the ?n“f: insid i b ompany for prflsn.d Archie preswed it. And, as it | upon the sidewalks. There was no|time back, and its complications were | Ather nippy night air. Ever since | you . |opened. out popped %e head of Peter. [ crowding, no excitement. Archie | fresh to him. The tale, it may be re- | the bag had swung open and shot | "Il be with you eftsoon. or right Something in that. My wife's | His eves met Archie’s. Over his head | marveled at the cynlcal detgchment | membered, deals with the activities| MM out onto the sill of the window 3 away just now, and {t's a bit lonely in | there seemed to be an invisible mark | of the New Yorker, who permits him- | of an ingenious gentleman who kept | Pelow Archic’s, he had been waiting | * old man:" the evenings {of interrogation. His gaze was cu- | self to be surprised at nothing. a snake and used to loose it into peo. | PAatiently for something of the kind | “What appears to be the difficulty?” “Youwll never be lonely with Peter Tious, but kindly. He appeared to be * ok % x | people’s bedrooms #s a preliminary to | 10 happen. He was a snake who took | “I'll tell you all about it when you sround. He's a great scout. Always |54YIng to himself, “Have I found a GHIE had a dinner and theater | €*1lCting on their insurance. 1t | things as they came, and was pre-come down." merry and bright.” friend? engugement that night, and ft| 58V SQuifty pleasant thrils, for ne|Pared to rough it a bit it meces-| Archje found Lord Seacliff seated fin. “Oh, all right. Tll take him. By| SCTDents, or snukes, says the ency- | Sn®Eement et WEHC A9 i nad always had a particular horror or| Sar¥. but for the last hour or twolon pig bed. An arresting aroma of | the way, touching the matter of |CloPedia, are reptiles of the saurian | snak | he had been hoping that somebody |, . .4 grinks pervaded the atmos- . % hotel. He found his father-in-law y v o some 2 3 P s class, Ophidia, characterized by an | “Suddenly another sound beca Would 4o someéthing: practical i iths | clongated, cylindrical, limbiess, yealy | PFOwIing restlessly about the lobby. | cHUenly another sound became | . of getting him in out of the cold phere: S hteha fl.n. form, and diatingutshed from iltsards | THere seemed to be something on Mr. | [UUS €TE LY KeRte: mooth "€] When at home,ihe had an eider T sa¥—what?” said Archie, dithal- ~ON, anything. Bread and milk or | by the fact that the halves (rami) of | Erewsters mind. He came up to | fiofr (08 1 U6 & SRR O CT| down quilt to sleep on, and the stone | i . fruft or soft-hoiled egg or dog bis- | the lower faw are not solldly united | Archie With a brooding frown on his| yo¢qe : * | of the window sill was a little trying | “That's all right. I've been pour. cuit or ants' eggs. You know—any- |at the chin, but movably connected | QUare face. | Lora Seaclift looked f o1 denel ool Mahie BE L RE Y £ 0K ARSI e thing you have yourself. By the way, | by an elastic ligament. The verte- | ~'WhO'S this man Seacliff?’ he de- |, SFC FlfD S e o b crasied dnanitully [RGremEthel Ao0e the Vastbnctie Ter nibs lves at the Cosmopolis, too. | brae are very numerous, gastrocen- | Manded without preamble. “I hear l:;;xnx:‘in.; ""““l:-‘ |\T::g[(n~“;\"" Was | under Squiffy’s bed. There was a pair | “But wh, Very convenient. Well, 5o long. See | trous and procoelous. And, of course, | h¢'s & friend of youra.” coid Have “:,m'_'n atie h;d - =2 of trousers there, for his host had | “[ thought T saw a snake. you later.” when they put in Ifke that, you can| “OB. You've met him—what said |y o ro o S SVATL 8 8 R AT Y [undreseed when not in a frame of | Green?” x o % | see at once that a man might spend |Archie.”“Had nice little chat together | 0 SR A O ndow. 11e | Tind to fold his clothes neatly and | iffy shivered slightly. ACHIE, 1ot atone, bgan, for e | houre. ith combinca entestinment | —5ex? Talkedof - ana o | TS L R M NINEY Lt place them ween chale peter ooket | vignidity sreen first time, to have serious doubts. | @04 Profit Just looking at a snake. | “We have not said a word to each | He returned to his book and went | elder-down quilt. but they would| Archie hesitated. If Squiffy were sl o et Archie would no doubt have done | other. on reading. 3 | serve. He curled up in them and |E0INg to reform because he thought “Moffam' My dear fellow!” ‘“"‘;i but long before he had time| “Really? Oh, well, dear old Squiffy | “It was a singular sight that met | went to sleep. He had had an ex- h¢ had seen an Imaginary snake. bet- ;t;- y to nx;lpe'c! th? halves (rami) of | js one of those strong, #ilent fellers, [ our eyes. Beside the table, on a| citing day and was glad to turn in. [ter not to let him know that the s n«,w friend's lower jaw and to ad- | you know. You mustn't mind if he's [ wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roy.| After about ten minutes, the ten- snake was a real one. mire its elastic fittings, and long be- | 5 bit dumb. He never says much.” lott, clad in a long dressing gown.|sion of Squinty's attitude relaxed.| “Dashed serious,” he said. ‘f"e the n!"ocen:mul and procoe- Mr. Brewster struggled with his| His chin was cocked upward. and his | Reason reasserted itself. He peeped| “Bally dashed serious,” agreed inch oft the ground and bit his tongue. ""; “‘"_“ml' ‘M ts ;erlebr-a had | feelings. eyes were fixed in a dreadful. rigid | cautiously under the bed. He could |Squiffy. “I'm going to cut it out.” R OINIAE phE i B Tahn R Il = RDECRIDR (o him, 2| w“who is he? You seem to know | stare at the corner of the ceiling. | see nothing. afant siBone s axis. plercing scream almost at his elbow |y Round his brow he had a peculiar ok % % | “You don't think” asked Squifty X self confronting a middle-aged man | gtartled him out of his scientific 3 Sallow Baka, with . o8 SQARy, B4=To stop entirely, Makine practical v % E § Oh, yes. Great pal of mine, Squiffy. | Yellow band, with brownish speckles, | QQUIFFY was convinced. He told |“that it could have been a real Shaae. —Hurdened. with a face like a horse. The man [reverie. A door opposite had opened, (o w. > 3 | which seemed to be bound tightly I L 6—One surface of & gem NT—A preposition Tossassive pronoun. Wik Gresked in something of an.ols|antl the woman of the dlavator waal " DOni (htiuEh Boon. Otford andl . Lo ol heat 1 Jrasl b Ko Kad mever ERally fendisT e LG L s S o 1 T R < y Inelisve Dater &6 i Nave anishment California‘s greatesi <ty " Soriiscyle, Hisclothes had an/ag- | Rtandii stasing &t Bim With an ety] B Urmanbtey coust togwiien ARSI S S L : I\\nlu 4 In Peter as a living thing.| “Never heard of the management |13—x"cloth ca S hror I\ormeater Yob cut B bad & Sooumist &iay|irettion of Borrer sil fury that went|[°FS® 8 ummy cetacidence ‘When ook a step forward. Tn an in- |1t stood to reason that there couldn't |supplying them.” 20—4 spiced dlah A rojection. VA whisiling souni ) 2 ¥ 2 erion trert in fae mustache. He also wore a gray derby | through him like a knife. It was the '\"“‘d" v:;::“:’l::r ";:”'m::: ;-{;ul’::“h.e —_— EDixtant “Blareof munishmens a 3 ‘n—but who | eXpression which, more than any- |- SE A ehien :'r" :‘;‘t“";‘“d:'t ;11;; CroW bt o | e, hud made Ame. Brudow. |Bed N0 assets! Rather extraordinary 106 fven (poet.) o o judg 2 e, e Mm - 5 = | ? T —what? . A vegetad! ska_ what she was professionally. | V14!’ ¥ e length Archie had placed htm now. Hae [gct WASE HIE I dew‘ oton amd w| Mr. Brewster seemed to be in no il o had not seen Gen. Mannister for sev- | qoti VAT B & 0 ed her to draw | mood for discussing colncidences. — 33— Otae 106—Howhing of waters eral years- not, Indeed, since the 4 “I might have known he was a 34— Belonging to a man. 111—Flowers. e down a matter of a thousand dollars % e s AL ays when he used to meet him at the | per ek, friend of yours,” he sald, bluefl'y. 36—Polnt of compass. 114—A means of livelih home of young Lord Seacliff, his Indeed, though it gave him little | “Well. if you want to see him you' n g’tg‘u‘unxmr fo'8-woman “'»—v llml‘ned earth. nephew. Archie had heen at Eton | pleasure, Achie, as a matter of fact, |have to do it outside my hotel S past e OF onter HI—An Isiand race [ imeasu and Oxford with Seacliff. v i “Why, 1 thought he was stopping y » 43—Confused type. 19— Without choice was at this moment getting about, = f 44—Exists —To_fasten. “Hullo, general! What ho! What | including war tax, two dollars and | here. \ 38 Imposing. tenant A hiue pigment x . \ Since yoar 1 3—Wrath. i ho! What on earth are you doing |seventy-five cents’ worth of the great | “He Is—tonight. Tomorrow he can G SR "Preponttion Posssalnd 8 cover: oarder. over here?” entotional star for nothing. For, hav- [look for some other hotel to break ) b i 804 faw in purits VERTICAL. 3 clonging to thee. “Let's get out of this crush, my |ing treated him gratls to the look of up.” p — | e source of life lih\lll:m“:nrln;‘::;vw‘ of the .vxl v\-( X boy.” Gen. Mannister steered Archle | horror and fury, she now moved to- | “Great Scott! Has dear old Squiffy P i = NHE 2—An obvious truth. S—shered e, i into & side street. “That's better.” | ward him with the sinuous walk, and | been breaking the place up & i Mot r e, T R # v 5 point of the compa- w5 He cleared his throat once or twice, SPoke in the tone which she seldom |y Brewster snorted. A ) r \ 2 s &s if embarrassed. “I've brought Sea- | Permitted herself to use before the | «] am jnformed that this precious P 0y > \ & —Detall. S—A tough animal 1 clift over.” he sald finally curtain of act two, unless there Was|gjeng of yours entered my grillroom i Y ! "I / I “Dear old Squiffy here? Oh, I say! a whale of a situation that called for 8 8 A |\ 0—Transgresses. ol at 8 o'clock. He must have been / Y l 7 b ! A E TAEIOA Great work Dol completely intoxicated, though the v . S A receiver of cusiom : : v - i P b b o it (La . 1 cgative vote, Gen. Mannister did not seem 0| 1o oo'tne way she said it. head waiter tells me he noticed noth ¥ 5 7 AN | =Foy. sibetenie: s ) Peginning share his enthusfasm. He looked like Ing at the time.” ! \\ | 5—A deer. A composer. man. Archie staggered vackward through . a horse with a secret sorrow. i Archie nodded approvingly. |\ 15—4Pl\'uron;e with vertigo. —Personal pronoun. 1 L article “ the open door of his room, kicked it [ | ; =M 2 80—Peronal_ pronoun. e : ouns You will find SSeacliff changed,” he | o with a fiying foot, and sat down on | ~De8r 0ld Squifty was always like it i S 1—Makiue, seryiceabie. ensilig division said. “Let me see—how long is it| tne ped. Peter. the snake, who had since you and he met? fellen: on the: flcor with = squashy |- Archie reflected. | sound, looked surprised and pained that. It's a gift. However woosled he might be, it was impossible to detect it with the naked eye." Losses in Sponges. “I was demobed just about a vear ago. I saw him in Paris about a year before that. The old egg got a bit of shrapnel in his foot or something, dian’t he? Anvhow, I remember he was sent home.” “His foot s perfectly well again now. But, unfortunately, the en- forced inaction led to disastrous re- sults. You recollect, no doubt, that . Seaclff always had a—a tendency— a—a weakness—it was a family fail- ing” ‘Mopping it up, do you mean? Shift- 1ng it? Looking on the jolly old stuft when it was red and what-not— ‘wha! “Precisely. And the falling has, T regret to say, grown on him since he returned from the war. My poor sis- ter was extremely worrled. In fact, to cut a long story short, I induced him to accompany me to America. I am attached to the British embasey in Washington now, you know." | for a moment. The next moment he was in his bag again, and Archie, bounding si- lently into the bathroom, was tear- | ing the cord off his dressing gown. There came a banging at the door. A voice spoke sternly: “Say! Open this door!” It was a masculine voice. Archie rapidly attached the dress- ing gown cord to the handle of the bag, leaped to the window, opened it, tied the cord to a projecting plece of iron on the sill, lowered Peter and the bag into the depths and closed the window again. * %k ok ¥ JE opened the door. Outside stood the bereaved woman, and beside her a bullet-headed gentleman with a derby hat on the back of his head, in whom Archie recognized the house detective. The house detective also recognized Archie, and the stern cast of his features relaxed. - got a hint of the man’s condition when he suddenly got up from his table and went the round of the room, pulling off all the tablecloths and breaking everything that was on them. He then threw a number of rolls at the diners and left. He seems to have gone straight to bed.” “Dashed sensible of him—what? Sound, practical chap, Squifty! But where on earth did he get the—er— materiala? “From his room. I made inquiries. He has six large cases in his room.” “Squifty always a chap of in- finite resource. Well, I'm dashed sorry this should have happened, don’t you know."” “If it hadn't been for you, the man would never have come here.” Mr. Brewster brooded coldly. “I don't know why it fs, but ever since you came to this hotel I've had nothing Tl hesd geailer: ald Mr. Suew: | /4 : i W \ (%4 THE prodigality that characterizes | ster, with cold fury. “tells me that he I i . the waste of the sponge resources is viewed with much concern by the | bureau of fisheries. It is said that thousands of commercially worthless | small sponges are gathered and thrown away, and that if such sponges were permitted to stay only six months longer they would add at least $100,000 to the total value of the annual output of hte Florida fisher- fes. In one case a dealer stated that some fishermen had brought him a lot of sponges for which he paid only $5, and that if they had been left only six months longer they might have been worth fully $400. Sponges have enemies as well as other denizens of the sea, and they try as best they can to protect -them- selves. One of these parasites is a long sea- worm, which gets into the | outward flowing canals of the sponges. It makes for itself a kind | of paper tube in which to live, and | resembles paper when dried. into the sponge by boring up through It gets ARIR] ] [RIEIP(EIALT ILIEIG) a PIEINT[HE] CEEE [CABIEICILT[SE] WUEEE GERREEE Answer to Puzzle in Last Sunday’s Sta A Radio Slot Machine. urious he patent ngton is a penny wireless receiving set is equipped with which gives advance to the immediate availablity of wire- special api . " v he base attached to a rock. Some “1 wished Seacliff to come with me | apologetically. “I didn't know it was| “Dashed sorry!” said Archie, sym- . AN £ less entertainment and posts a warn, + % Washington, but I insists on re- | you I was Daging: pathetically. THE WOMAN OF THE ELEVATOR WAS STAR[NG AT HIM WITH AN EXPRESSION OF HORROR | them measure as much as two feet | ing - twenty seconds before anetice ng.” melning in New York.” “Always glad to have & chat,” said ' “Grrh!" said Mr. Brewster, 5 FURY, S canals. coin is dus. “Oh, really?” “Why, Mr. Moftam!” he saia | but trouble.” i