Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1935, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, E Mickey Mouse Book With each purchase of D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1935. DAILY SHORT STORY. CHIEF MOURNER Fourth Conviction Meaht Life Imprisonment, and the Law Was Close on Stumbo’s Heels. Try this delicious Dessert tonight Walter Baker’s Chocolate Flavor BY MARGARET BOWMAN. ITUMBO crouch- ed in the jew- elry store door- way. He darted weasel-like glances up and down the street. He was aggrieved that it wasn't empty. At 2 oclock in the morning a fellow expects the streets to have no more hazards than a cop or a drunk or two. As Stumbo wait- ed he regretted that it was 8o often necessary to & steal. Not that he was squeamish about the ethics of it, but it was inconvenient. And when it was done on the spur of the moment, as this evening, he usually had an attack of the jitters. It was after impromptu jobs like this that he's been sent up each of the three times he had been convicted. A fourth conviction meant life imprisonment under the habitual criminal act. And life is a long stretch when one is 23. Finally the street was deserted and Stumbo slipped out and walked away. He felt the wild urge to run, runm, but he had learned that a man who walks arouses less suspicion. So he moved briskly down the street, feeling more secure with each step. “Halt!” a voice thundered. A cop! Stumbo ran. He flew down the . “The policeman ran heavily behind him, his whistle screaming shrilly. In spite of his danger, Stumbo grinned. The flatfoot was no sprinter. If it were a matter of speed, he could thumb his nose at the cop and be safely away. But cops would overrun the neighborhood and police cars would cruise through it, and any one on the streets would be stopped and questioned—and searched. He must find cover. Stumbo dashed around the first corner into a crowded street of mean little houses. The neighborhood was unknown to him. He cursed the impulse that had brought him there. There was crepe at the door of the second house. “That door wouldn't be locked,” Stumbo thought. He was sure that he would be safe there, yet he hesi- tated. He had an unnatural horror of the dead. Still, a fourth convic- tion— Stumbo slipped into the house. He cowered in the hall. He hoped des- perately that he wouldn’t have to go any further. Apparently the family was in bed. In the tomblike silence Stumbo’s heart sounded like thunder in his ears. Candles made a wavering light in a corner of the living room, and the smell of burning wax mingled with the heavp perfume of many flowers. Stumbo felt sick. He stole to the doorway. The policeman was stand- ing near the house playing his flash- light among the shadowy places. Stumbo shivered. If only it wouldn't be a fourth conviction! He'd rather do time than spend the night with a stiff. But he couldn’t risk life imprisonment. The flashlight streaked across the doorway and Stumbo shrank back as LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATION THURSDAY Addition Will Be Presented by County Superintendent or Member of Board. LAUREL, Md, January 7.—Dedi- cation of the new addition to the Laurel High School will take place Thursday at 8 p.m. The building will be presented by County Supt. Nicholas Orem, or a member of the Prince Georges County School Board. Acceptance on behalf of the people of Laurel will be by Mayor Julian B. Anderson; on behalf of the P. T. A. by Mrs. Bertha Ricks, and on behalf of the school by Prin- cipal L. B. Howland. Those who have been invited to speak are State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro; Delegate Kent R. Mullikin of Laurel, Perry Boswell of the Board of County Com- missioners, Orman W. Phair, former president of the Board of County | Commissioners, and Capt. Vinton D. | Cockey, member of the Board of Com Fourth conviction meant life. from a blow. The policeman came up to the steps. Stumba .forced his, feet to carry him into the room with the dead. He went to the darkest cor- ner, rumpled his blond hair, rubbed his eyelids until they were red- dened and fixed an expression of grief upon his face. He could not com- pel himself to look at the casket. He fastened his eyes upon & lavish floral piece with “Mother” in gilt letters on gauzy ribbon. Heavy steps came | nearer and nearer. Stumbo fell on his knees, buried his head in his arms. The policeman | came to the doorway. Stumbo jumped up with every appearance of being startled, even outraged. The police- man hesitated. “What is it?” Stumbo whispered, and drew a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his tears away. “Anybody been here? D'ya hear anything?” the policeman demanded. “Shh,” Stumbo warned him, “you'll wake the others. No, I—I guess I wouldn't have noticed,” and his voice broke. “I'm sorry to bust in like this,” the policeman muttered, and he fumbled with his csp. “The fellow couldn’t have got far. I was right behind him. Funny” The policeman shook his head. Then he did what Stumbo lacked the fortitude to do. He looked long and earnestly on the face of the dead. Stumbo hid behind his handkerchief and spoke brokenly. “I guess a fellow never appreciates his mother until she’s gone,” he said. “She was so good—couldn't do | enough—always on the spot if I | needed anything.” “Your mother?” The policeman jerked his head in the direction of the casket. Stumbo nodded. “Too bad,” the policeman murmured. “I wish I could tell her,” Stumbo went on, enjoying his impersonation and getting malicious pleasure out of the sympathy of the other. “If I could only tell her—how I loved her,” and sobs choked him. “She knows,” the policeman said softly, and Stumbo could have roared with glee. The dumb flatfoot. Oh, the dumb, sentimental, teary-eyed nitwit! Then a voice like a file on steel said: “Awright, awright, let's get going.” Stumbo looked up, aghast. The policeman glanced at him contemptu- ously. “Yes, I mean you. Snap out of it” he said brutally. “But my mother—" Stumbo fal- tered and took a step toward the casket. A raucous laugh desecrated the house of death. “Oh, she won't care,” the policeman assured him. Stumbo wondered how the dead had betrayed him. He forced himself to look at the figure in the casket. *“My God!”. he gasped. “My mother—colored!” (Copyright, 1935.) Miners’ Wives Give Car Rug. One of the wedding gifts highl prized by the Duchess of Kent is i quilted car rug, which was made and presented by miners’ wives of Wales. It matches the car cushion given hyx the Royal Welsh Choir. The rug is in Marina blue, reversed with oyster color in washable silk, in the ancient Tudor celing pattern with a border of cockle shells. Ro_o! “Coating 922N.Y.Ave.N Phone NOrth 3609 J. EDW. CHAPMAN missioners. WAIT_LETS COUNT HELENS CANDLES DOES SHE THINK SHE'S FOOLING US WITH THOSE, t JUDGE BY HANDS. 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