Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 18

< listen THE EVENING STORY (Copyright, by M. E. Bertram.) Catching Up. kfast- hour passed Iy. It always did with Puddington Booth and his , Annabel Blossom. “Puddy, dear,” seft words pause. ~ Annabel?” Booth rattled the " aside the paper and MHer tone more than her werds La ed Booth to put aside the paper. Vhat's wrong?” he reached for a chup; my tomato catchup.” ‘What about the catchup, dear?" out the dishy Helping anionable wife was one of not come to help me," e was plaintive. “She lives in hoestri Hollow below; the Bluff. T thought possibly . | b > Mexican | " interrupted Booth. peddler.” “Presume not ou her to peel and cut the tomatoes for little walk would do you nnabel side- nced at his ure. the matter with a bit of vourself, my de: o ‘critical look. You. Suppose we b fteen minutes curved dirt road brought the Booths to a string of Mexican homes tucked under the ed; can’s home life k door. Loops | hed to high poles | rdrs of satin rib- t sunshine, anish cooking, aris- | s bubbl phere to the locality. i the fish peddler, ta greetin Ro | 1 in and accepted ¢ did you disappoint me?" Booth my man heem sell fish i me no work now.” A ccompanied hep words ed to cut tomatoes for rieved Mrs. Booth. the girl agai teeth in n showed smile. an on that day—now See new rrings? sita wiggled her he | unteered. ,of Amsterdam, Holland, to compel | custodian, to returrd 10 shares of stock “Oh, Puddy, it is so beautiful.”, Mrs. Booth clasped her hands. Ro- mance kindled her eyes tenderly, “Good lord!” Booth stared. “Their heads may be empty,” mur- mured Annabel, “but not thelr hearts. I'm going fo send Rosita a pair of pretty slippers large enough for her feet. And that lace scarf I wore at the country club Spanish fete would look so well over her black hair. I gave her a comb at Christmas. I'll send a messenger down there at once.” “Foolishness, Annabel. encourage it."” “‘Puddington Booth, how many mar- ried men do you know who get busy charming their own wives when for- tune smiles?” Booth evaded the question. The men of his acquaintance were not Pedros, “Oh, well, then,” he assented, “‘bundle up your tricks and I'll drive that way after lunch. Better send the tuneless Pedro that Spanish cos tume of mine. The red velvet trousers might eke a sonnet out of his ro- mantic heart.” On reaching home the neglected tomatoes came again to Annabel's mind. Booth chuckled with a fresh idea. “I'll cut them up for you,” he vol- Better not “Really?" “Yes, for you, dear heart, I'll wave the blade. Pedro hasn't anything jon J. Puddington Booth when’ it comes to spoiling a wife.” Two dozen bottles of tasty catchup ended another felicitous day for the Booths, A A STOCK RETURN DENIED. Holland Citizens’ Case in Alien Property Suit Dismissed. Chief Justice McCoy of District Su- preme ~ Court has dlsmissed the petition of Jacques Krijn and Zoon Howard Sutherland, alien property of the Erie Raflroad Co., seized as German-owned under the trading with the enemy act. The court held that the property acquired after the war began and be- fore the passage of the act should not be returned because the neutral claimants were merely holding the German owners. The Dutch claim- ants noted an appeal to the District Court of Appeals. Three alrplanes are being used In h grunted and Annabel Jaughed | She had known the girl for ime, father,” she touched the | girl's swarthy arm. “Your father was | a Mexiean fruit vender d your | mother Indian. How do you get Sp it of that?™ Oh, ve-ah,” beamed Rosita. “Born that way, but my Pedro heem sell ng boat for five hundred dolla’s.” The girl tripped across the room and ly fell on her nose. " the limp?"” Booth reached out to h her. “New slippers with high heels. Feet beeg for a panish lady so 1 peench ‘em small. My is seem- ing so gay. We gotta five hundred dolla the passenger and postal service be-\ tween Sweden and the Continent. FOR. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1926. FIVE BANDITS ARRESTED, CONFESS MANY HOLD-UPS Admit Accidentally Killing One of Gang During Bank Robbery in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 28-Five men, who, polite said, confessed a number of spectacular hold-ups, in one of which one of their own gang was killed, were arrested yesterday. The men were reported to have con- fessed that one of them accidentally shot Peter Baronowski, one of their gang, while firing at clerks in a private bank in tha Bronx, which they attempted to rob last week. Baro- nowskl, dying from a bullet wound in the back, was left on a street corner by five men who took him from an automobile. Among the robberles po- lice said the men confessed to was || that of the Roosevelt Hospltal, where $8,000 was taken. 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