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ii The Exploits of. Elaine
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A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama
, By ARTHUR B. REEVE "
■ 1 The Well-Known Nottllsl and the j
Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories
J | Presented ia Collaboration With the Patbe Players aad the Eclectic Fila Company
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Copyright, 19H, by the Star Company. All Foreign Right* Reserved-
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SYNOPSIS.
The formation of a partnership as pro
feasor and aide In crime science between
Craig Kennedy, university chemistry pro
fessor. and Walter Jameson, newspaper
man. is at once followed by their becom
ing interested in a series of murders by
a master criminal who leaves no other
Clue to his identity than the sign manual
of a "Clutching Hand.*' Elaine Dodge,
whose father is one of the latest victims
Of the mysterious murderer, witnesses
the beginning of Kennedy's scientific in
vestigation of the murder.
SECOND EPISODE
The "Twilight Sleep."
Kennedy ha«f thrown himself whole
heartedly into the solution Of the mys
terious Dodge case.
Far into the night, after the chal.
lenge of the forged finger print, he
continued at work, endeavoring to ex
tract a clue from the meager evi
dence —a bit of cloth and trace of poi
son already obtained from other cases.
We dropped around at the Dodge
house the next morning. Early though
It was, we found Elaine - trifle paler,
but more lovely than ever, and Perry
Bennett, themselves vainly endeavor
ing to solve the mystery of the Clutch
ing Hand.
They were at Dodge's desk, she in
the big desk chair, he standing beside
her looking over some papers
"There's nothing there," Bennett
was saying as we entered.
I could not help feeling that he was
gazing down at Elaine a bit more ten
derly than mere business warranted.
"Have you—found anything?" que
ried Elaine anxiously, turning eagerly
to Kennedy.
"Nothing—yet." he answered, shak
ing his head, but conveying a quiet
idea of confidence in his tone.
Just then Jennings, the butler, en
tered, bringing the morning papers.
Elaine seized the Star and hastily
it. On the first page was the
story I had telephoned down very late
in the hope of catching a last city
edition.
We all bent over and Craig read
aloud:
••CLUTCHING HAND"
STILL AT LARGE
New York's Master Criminal Remains
Undetected —Perpetrates New Dar
ing Murder and Robbery on Mil
lionaire Dodge.
He had scarcely finished reading
the brief but alarming news story that
follow-ed and laid the paper on the
desk when a stone came smashing
through the window from the street.
Startled, we all jumped to our
Craig hurried to the window.
Not a soul was in sight!
He stooped and picked up the stone.
To it was attached a piece of pa
per. Quickly he unfolded it and
read: s
"Craig Kennedy will give up his
search for the "Clutching Hand' —or
die!"
Later I recalled that there seemed
to be a slight noise downstairs, as if
at the cellar window, through which
the masked man had entered the
night before.
In point of fact, one who had been
outside at the time might actually
have seen a sinister face at that cel
lar window, but to us upstairs it was
Invisible. The face was that of the
servant, Michael
Without another word Kennedy
passed into the drawing room and
took his hat and coat. Both Elaine
and Bennett followed.
"I'm afraid I must ask you to ex
cuse me —for the present," Craig
apologized. „
Elaine looked at him anxiously.
"You —you will not let that letter
intimidate you?" she pleaded, laying
her soft white hand on his arm. "Oh,
Mr. Kennedy," she added, bravely
keeping back the tears, "avenge him!
All the money in the world would be
too little to pay—if only—"
At the mere mention of money Ken
nedy's face seemed to cloud, but only
for a moment.
"I'll try," he said simply.
Elaine did not withdraw her hand
as she continued to look up at him.
"Miss Dodge," he went on, his voice
steady, as though he were repressing
something, "I will never take another
case until the "Clutching Hand' is
captured."
The look of gratitude she gave him
would have oeen a princely reward
in itself
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It was some time after these events
that Kennedy, reconstructing what
had happened, ran across, in a strange
way which I need not tire the reader
by. telling, a Doctor Haynes, head of
the Hillside Sanitarium for Women,
whose story 1 shall relate substan
tially as we received it from his own
Bps:
, It must have been that same night a
distinguished visitor drove up in a cab
to our Hillside sanitarium, rang the
bell and was admitted to my office.
I am. by the way, the superintending
physician, and that night I was sitting
with Doctor Thompson, my assistant,
i& the office discussing a rather inter-
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esting case, when an attendant came :
in with a card and handed it to me. It
read simply, "Dr. Ludwig Reinstrom,
| Coblenz."
"Here's that Doctor Reinstrom, *
Thompson, about whom my friend in
Germany wrote the other day." 1 re
marked. nodding to the attendant to
admit Doctor Reinstrom. ■«»
I might explain that while I
abroad some time ago I made a par
ticular study of the "Daemmerschlaf"
—otherwise, the "twilight sleep"—at
Freiburg where it was developed, and
at other places In Germany where the
suliject had attracted great attention.
; I was much impressed and had. im
ported the treatment to Hillside.
While we waited I reached into my |
desk and drew out the letter to which
I referred, which ended, I recall:
"As -Doctor Reinstrom is in Amer
ica, he will probably call on you. I
am sure you will be glad to know him.
"With kindest regards, I am,
"Fraternally yours,
EMIL SCHWARZ, M. D„
"Director, Leipsic Institute of Medi
cine."
"Most happy to meet you. Doctor
. Reinstrom," I greeted the new arrival,
*s he entered our office.
Kor several minutes we sat and
:hatted of things medical here and
abroad.
"What is It, doctor," I asked finally,
"that interests you most in America?"
"Oh," he replied quickly with an ex
pressive gesture, "It is the broadmind
edness with which you adopt the best
from all over the world, regardless of
prejudice. For instance, I am very
much interested in the new 'twilight
sleep.' Of course, you have borrowed
it largely from us, but it interests me
to see whether you have modified it
with practice. In fact, I have come to
i Hillside sanitarium particularly to see
lit used. Perhapl we may learn some
thing from you."
It was most gracious, and both Doc
tor Thompson and myself were
charmed by our visitor. I reached over
and touched a cSII button and our
head nurse entered from a rear room.
"Are there any operations going on
now?" I asked.
She looked mechanically at her
watch. "Yes, there are two cases, now,
I think." she answered.
"Would you like to follow our tech
nique?" I asked, turning to Doctor
Reinstrom.
"I should be delighted." be acqui
esced.
A moment later we passed down the
corridor of the sanitarium, still chat
ting At the door of a ward I spoke
to tHe attendant, who indicated that a
patient was about to be anesthetized,
and Doctor Reinstrom and I entered
the room.
There, in perfect quiet, which is an
essential part of the treatment, were
several woman patients in bed
in the ward. Before us two nurses and
a doctor were in attendance on one.
I spoke to the doctor, Doctor
Holmes, by the way, who bowed polite
, ly to the distinguished Doctor Rein
strom, then turned quickly to his work.
"Miss Sears," he asked of one of the
nurses, "will you bring me that hypo
dermic needle?"
"You will see. Doctor Reinstrom," I
injected in a low tone, "that we follow
in the main your Freiburg treatment.
We use scopolamin and narkophin."
I held up the bottle, as I said it, a
rather peculiar shaped bottle, too.
"And the pain?" he asked.
"Practically the same as in your ex
perience abroad. We do not render
the patient unconscious, but prevent
her from remembering anything that
I goes on."
Doctor Holmes, the attending physi
' clan, was just starting the treatment
Filling his hypodermic, he selected a
spot on the patient's arm where it
had been scrubbed and sterilized, and
injected the narcotic.
"And you say they have no recol
-1 lection of anything that happens?''
asked Reinstrom.
"Absolutely none—if the treatment
is given properly," I replied, con
l fidentlv.
"Wonderful!" ejaculated Reinstrom
' as we left the room.
Now comes the strange part of my
1 story. After Reinstrom had gone. Doc
tor Holmes; the attending physician
of the woman whom he had seen anes
-1 thetlzed, missed his syringe and the
bottle of scopolamin.
1 Holmes. Miss Sears and Miss Stern
' all hunted, but it could not be found
j Others had to be procured.
I thought little of it at the time, but
1 I since then It has occurred to me "that
; it might interest you, Professor Ken
-1 nedy, and I give it to you for what it
ma: be worth.
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It was early the next morning that J
awoke to find Kennedy already up and
1 gone from our apartment. I knew he
must be at the laboratory, and, gather
' ing the mail, which the postman had
> Just slipped through the letter slot, 1
i went over to the university to see hitn.
As I .looked over the letters to cull
! | out my own one in a woman's hand
! writing on attractive note paper ad
. dressed to him caught my eye.
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HARHTSBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24. 1915.
Aa I came up the path to the chem
istry building I saw through the win
dow that, In aplte of his getting there
! early, he was finding it difficult to keep
| hie mind on his work. It waa the first
; time I had ever known anything to
interfere with science in his life.
"Well," I exclaimed as I entered.
; "you are the early bird. Did you have
any breakfast?"
I tossed down the letters. He did
J not reply. $o I became absorbed in
the morning paper. Still. I did not
neglect to watch him covertly out of
the corner of my eye. Quickly he ran
over the letters, instead of taking
them, one by one, in his usual method
ical way. I quite complimented my
. superior acumen. He selected the
dainty note.
A moment Craig looked at it in an
ticipation. then tore it open eagerly.
I was still watching his face over the
i top of the paper and was surprised to
*«ee that it showed, first, amazement,
then pain, as though something had
hurt him.
He read it again—then looked
straight ahead, as if in a daze.
Suddenly he jumped up, bringing his
tightly clenched fist down with a loud
clap into the palm of his hand.
"By heaven!" he exclaimed, "I—l
will!"
He strode hastily to the teleuhone.
-*• 1 paper outtine them Inside
■P^r# : Hlftly 'Sap j
v
There Were Marks of a
Almost angrily he seized the receiver"
and asked for a number.
"Wh-what's the matter, Crain!" I
blurted out eajwly.
As he waited for the number, he
threw the letter over to me. I took
it and read:
"Professor Craig Kennedy,
"The University, The Heights, City.
"Dear Sir: ,
"I have come to the conclusion that
your work is a hindrance rather than
an assistance in clearing up my
father's death, and 1 hereby beg to
state that your services are no longer
required. This is a final decision, and
I beg that you will not try to see me
again regarding the matter.
"Very truly yours,
"ELAINE DODGE."
If it had been a bomb I cculd uot
have been more surprised
1 could not make it out.
Kennedy impatiahUy worked the re
ceiver up and down, repeating the
number. ''Hello—hello," he repeated.
"Yes—hello. Is Miss —oh—good morn
ing, Miss Dodge."
He was hurrying along as if to give
her no chance to cat him off. "I have
just received a letter, Miss Dodge, tell-
By a small administration of the drug,
which will injure you in no way, Miss
Dodge, I think 1 can bring back the
memory of all that occurred to you
last night. Will you allow me?"
"Merey, no!" protested her Aunt Jo
sephine, who had entered the room.
"I want the experiment to be tried,"
Elaine said quietly.
A moment later Kennedy had placed
lisr on a couch in the corner of the
room.
"Now, Mrs. Dodge," he said, "please
bring me a basin and a towel."
Aunt Josephine, reconciled, brought
them. Kennedy dropped an antisep
tic tablet into the water and care
fully sterilized Elaine's arm just above
the spot where the red mark showed.
Then he drew the hypodermic from
his pocket—carefully sterilized it,
also, and filling it with scopolamin
from the bottle.
'Just a moment. Miss Dodge," he
encouraged, as he jabbed the needle
into .her arm.
She did not wince.
"Please lie back on the couch," he
directed. Then turning to us he add
ed, "It takes some time for this to
work. Our criminal got over this fact
and prevented an outcry by using
ethyl chloride first. Let me recon
struct the scene."
As we watched Elaine going under
s'.owly Craig talked.
"That night,'' he said, "warily, the
masked criminal of the 'Clutching
Hand,' bent over, his arm crooked,
might have been seen down below us
in the ally. Up here, Miss Dodge,
worn out by the strain of her father *
death, let us say, was nervously try
ing to read, to do anything that would
take her mind oft the tragedy. Per
haps she fell asleep.
nett. "Miss Dodge has just been tell
ing me—"
- *«»,- interrupted Craig. "Look,
Mlsa Dodge, this is it"
He handed her the letter. She al
most seised it. examining it oare fully,
her large eyes opening wider in won
der. ,
"This la certainly my writing and
ay dote paper," she murmured, "but
I never wrote the letter!"
Craig looked from the letter to her
keenly. No one said a word. For
a moment Kennedy hesitated, think
ing.
"Might I—er—see your room, Miss
Dodge?" he asked at length.
"Why, certainly," nodded Elaine, as
she lead the way upstairs. <
It was a dainty little room, breath
ing the spirit of its mistress. In fact.
It seemed a sort of profanity aa we
all followed In after her. For 'a mo
ment Kennedy stood still, then he
carefully looked about At> the side
of the bed, near the head, he stooped
and picked up something which he
held in the palm of his hand, i
bent over. Something gleamed in the
morning sunshine —some little thin
pieces of glass. As he tried deftly to
fit the tiny little bits together he
seemed absorbed in thought. Quick
ly he raised it to his nose, as If to
smell it. _
"Ethyl chloride!" he muttered
wrapping the pieces carefully In
"ti 'j 'nsid" V
Jimmy on the Window.
j pocket.
An instant later he crossed the
room to the window and examined It
"Look!" he exclaimed.
There, plainly, were marks of a
jimmy which had been inserted near
the lock to pry it open.
"Miss Dodge," he asked, "might I—
might 1 trouble you to let me see
! your arm?"
Wonderingly she did so. and Ken- 1
nedy bent almost reverently over
her plump arm examining it.
To Ee Continued
PENSIONERS CANNOT HOLD JOBS
Assembly Passas Measure Affecting l
Three Thousand Pers?ns
J Albany, Feb. 24.—The Assembly yes-1
terday p.vsed the F arnman bi 1 pro
hibiting persons receiving [ ensions tro:n j
the citv of New York to hold any city]
or State .ii'j by a vate ot' 99 to 16. j
More th n 3,000 persous are affect-i
i oil bv the bill.
Amendments to exempt civil war vet
eran« and those who have passed civil
service examinations were defeated.
The only exemptions are notaries pub-!
SUICIDE ON ELLIS- ISLAND
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Accused Bank Clerk, Ordered De
ported, Shaots Himself
Xew York, Feb. 24.—Carl Christian I
M often sen, thirty-five years ol'l, who, by!
request of the Danish Consul, had bcei |
taken lrom the steamer Frederik VIII.
last Saturday, committed -uici le on
Ellis Islattd yesterday afternoon by
shooting himself.
Mogensen, who leaves a widow and i
two children in I openhagen, hud just I
been entered .>;>orted. He tired the
-hot while alone in a roam adjoining
where the 15 ard of Special Inquiry sit.
11 f was accused of taking a bond for
$2,500 from the Danish National Bank,:
wher,. he was employed. He admitted j
taking another bond, which he returned
! to the bank.
Immigrants detained on Ellis Islant
are not searched.
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WOULD LET MEN EARN FARMS j
Forward to Land League Asks Federal;
Co-operation
Washington, Feb. 24.—A delegation ;
representing the National Forward to j
the Land League of New York con-j
i ferred with Secretary Wilson, Assistaut j
' Secretary Post auVi Secretary of Agri-j
j culture Houston yesterday in an effort |
.to seoure co-operation of the Depart-1
ments of Commerce and Agriculture in j
the movement.
The delegation was composed of Mrs. 1
■ llaviland Lund, D. J. Meserole, C. C. I
lliggius and George H. Poll)emus of
: New York. The Secretaries were in
formed that the league believed a man
who had no money should be given an
: opportunity to earn the first payment
I for a farm and that men with no knowl
edge of farming should be trained.
The delegation wah ahised to place!
i before both departments in n formal
manner the ste;.s it desired them to 1
I take to co-operate in the movement.
WAR BISK PROFITS VANISH
Bureau Announces Loss on Evelyn
Was $401,000
Washington, Feb. 24.—The War j
j Risk Insurance Bureau let it be known
i yesterday that total insurance is-j
| sued by the Government on the freight
steamer Evelyn, which was sunk in the|
| North Sea last week amounts to $4Ol,- j
1000. The ship's cargo was insured for
$301,000 and'her hull for SIOO,OOO.
It was pointed out that the profit*;
of the bureau to date exceed the lossi
] on the Evelyn by nearly $200,000. This |
] does not take into account the loss o>f
! the Carib Monday, which was also cov-1
| ered by insurance.
. JOINS HIS WIFE IN DEATH
' Farmer, 82, Told of Bereavement,
Dies as He Wished
Burlington, N. J., Feb. 24.—T01d
yesterday morning that his wife was
dead Edward Kimble, an eighty-two
year- old farmer of Coopertown, ex
pressed a desire to join her in death,
aud a few minutes later breathed his
last.
Both were victims of pneumonia and
had been in good health until a few
days ago. Mrs. Kimble, who was 80
years old, died Monday. There will
be a double funeral for the couple to
morrow afternoon.
ABMY LIEUTENANT MISSING
W. H. Weggenan Fails to Beturn to
Fort Wright After a Leave
New Lor.dion, Conn., Feib. 24.—Lieu
tenant W. H. Weggenan of the Twelfth
Company, United States Coast Artillery
at Port Wright, is reported missing
here last night. He received a leave of
absence from February 14 to February
18 and has not returned to his post nor
has word been received from him.
The Lieutenant's wife, wlio is the
daughter of Civil Engineer Laforge of
Fort Wright, is said to be in great dis
tress over her husband's disappearance.
Weggenan is from Wilmington, Del.
Courting With Mind on Court
He—"So Judge Blank proposed to
Alice last night f"
She —"Yes, and he made an awful
break. When she asked him for time
to consider his proposal he gave sixty
days.''—Boston Transcript.
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At the Majestic Three Days, Starting Monday, March 1
The Star-Independent has a theatrical
treat iu store for its readers.
This paper has arranged to have the
public see Thurston, the famous ma
gician, at the Majestic, for just one
fourth of the regular price of a ticket
on next Monday night.
Thurston will appear at the Majestic
tlirce days, starting Monday, March 1,
with matinees Tuesday and Wednes
day. The Star-Independent, realizing
that many of its readers will l>e anx-
tiOVERNOR TO IGNORE POLITICS
Says He Will Select Compensation Com
mission on Basis of Ability
Republican legislative leaders are au- j
thority for the statement that Governor !
Brumbaugh proposes to carry out the j
provisions of the piv;>osed new work- I
men's compensation act 011 a non
political basis, and will make all of j
his appointments with that in view, j
It is said that this intention of the Gov- J
enior was divulged to the legislative
committee- at the last conference held !
in the Executive Mansion, the Governor I
taking the leaders by surprise during a !
lull in the three-hour discussion on leg
islation when he declared that he will j
name men on the basis of ability and I
cut out political considerations entire
ly, as lie desires that this act shall
prove a success.
The Philadelphia ''Record" says iu
referring to the Governor's intentions:
" As at present planned by the Gov
ernor, there will be three commissioners
to administer the act, the. Chairman of
the board to receive $.500 and the
other two members $7,000 each. There
are also to .be ten nice places as ad
justers at $2,500 earh, while there
will likewise 'be an office staff of clerks
and stenographers. The Governor's plan
will serve both as a precedent and as a
disappointment to the leaders, for .in
the past 'reform' legislation was gen
erously used to provide jobs for the
faithful."
OUR WILD PONIES
"3<oo'k to me like Jing-go-tigs,"
said the veteran horseman at a horse
sale at Durland's when a batch of Vir
ginia p9nies, stubby, scrubibv and
scraggy, came into the ring to go under
the hammer of the auctioneer.
" Jing-go-tig's a new one to me.
What are they—something in the horse
line f''
"Very much—the only wild ponies
bred in the United States so far as I
know, and I've bought horses 111 about
all the markets of the country. A Jing
go<ig beats anything in the world for
a wild, scrawny and disreputable [>ony
'But tame 'em anil they're fine. When
ever you see a pony trap in Baltimore,
Washington, Annapolis or any of the
towns in Virginia or Maryland, it's a
100 to 1 shot they are Jing-go-tigs.
Driven to the swellest of turnouts they
are, and you may ofteii see them in the
parits in Philadelphia and the suburbs
of that city with children driving or
riding them, just as they do in the cit
ies farther to the south."
"Jing-go-tigs" happen to be Chinco
teagues and come from the long, nar
row, sandy and stumpage covered is
land of that name to the northeast of
I rtie upper point of Virginia w*here the
j lino meets that of the State of Mary
j land. Adjoining it is the island of As
| sateague. It is from the waters off the
1 shore of the first mentioned island that
the famous Chincoteague oysters come.
—New York Times.
Charles Chaplin at Photoplay
j Charles Chaplin, the guy that has the
I world laughing, cemes to the Photoplay
j to-day in a single reel Kevstoue com
| edv, "20 Minutes in* Love." The title
alone is enough to give you an idea of
the twentv minutes it takes to run off
one reel of film and with Chaplin in
it with you know the rest. A
two-reel "Lubin drama, "The Trapper's
j Revenge," wit'b Edgar Jones and Karl
| Metcalfe in the lead, is our feature for
■ the day. Hearst-Selig Weekly cf •Cur
rent Kvents and Slippery Slim and
Sophie appear in an Kssanay. Adv."
Fine Language
As a rule the educated native of
West Africa, like his Indian brother,
loves high flown language. A clerk
some time ago sent a report complain
ing that the carbines of the police at
| his station .often misfired. This is
how he put it: "It is ridiculous to re
port that the firearms orf t'he police
when pointed at the firmament refusi
to give explosive sound."—Loudon Sat
urday Review.
ious to witness Thurston's performance,
has arranged with the Majestic tlu*a
[tie management to publish a coupon 111
I our Saturday, February 27, issue which
when presented at the box office with
25 cents will entitle the holder to the
!best seat~in the theatre for Monday
night's (March 1> performance.
Iti order to get this reduction of
75 cents 011 a SI.OO ticket you must
'have a Star-Independent coupon, there
Iwill be no limit to the number of scats
| von can purchase providing you have as
I many coupons as you wanf seats.
| The Daily Fashion Hint. |
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Pink satin striped taffeta evening
dress. It has a lierre lace underskirt.
The bodice is shaped like a wide, loose
girdle and has a waist frill.
HOOKING A SHARK
Fisning for sharks off the pier at
Palm Beach is a Brabdingnagian sport.
You tish with clotheslines and a hook
the size of a split anchor. Half of
si me great tish is slipped on your hook
for bait. You throw it off th# pier
and fasten the end of the line to the
railing and then take out your de
tective story and read.
Sometimes you get a bitej sometimes
you don't. At evening the colored
gentleman in charge of the shark fish
ing on the pier goes around and fakes
in the lines. That 111 itself is on rare
occasions an exciting sport.
Once a New York vacationist was
Standing on the pier enjoying the sun
set after a day's fruitless angling,
when he heard a shout from the col
ored gentleman, who hat) discovered a
shark on one of the lines that had been
left out. The colored gentleman was
having trouble in handling the beast, so
the New Yorker went to his assistance.
Together they pulled and hauled at
the line in vain. Another man 011 the
pier joined in, and then the thref
braced their feet against the rail and
tugged foi ill they were worth. But
in spite of all they could do the line
slipped gradually through their lingers.
Finally all the slack was used
and the rope, coming taut against the
rail, snapped like a thread The JJew
Yorker has always wished he could
have had just one look at that Bhark.—-
New Y'ork Post.
A Troublemaker
"Why did you tell my wife that
'before I met her I promised to love you
forever t"
"Well, didn't you?''
"Sure I did, but that's 110 kind of
conversation to go to a man's wife
with.''—Pittsburgh Dispatch.