RANSVESTIA

diagonal crack in one of the large panes and when Harry put his flash- light on it he could see some water seeping in on the low side of the sloping structure and collecting around the edge of the frame. Some drops of water had already spilled over. It had begun to rain again. He could hear the sound of the water on the glass above and flashes of intermittent lightning lit up the dull opaque panes for seconds at a time. There was some expensive furniture underneath so Harry got some tarpaulins and threw them over the endangered merchandise. He looked at the crack again, pointing his flashlight into the gloom. What could have caused that glass to crack he wondered, knowing how thick it was and reinforced' with whicken wire besides. Something pretty heavy must have hit it he concluded.

On five Harry took a few minutes to examine a rack of dresses that he had not seen before in the ladies dress salon. They were imported Italian knits, three piece affairs in dark colors, and quite expensively priced. Going through the rack he found several in his size. They were very dressy and he liked their styling. Well, he would keep them in mind for later on.

When he got back down to one the custodians were just finishing up around the entrances where the late shoppers had tracked in a lot of water and dirt from the rain. Harry knew most of the personnel and enjoyed talking with them as they worked. They were the last faces he would see until Monday morning. At the Fifth Avenue entrance Harry found one of his favorite people, an elderly custodian named Parker Cauldwell, pushing a wet mop across the tile floor.

"Here come the fuzz," Parker bantered at him.

“Good evening Park,er” Harry said pleasantly. “Don't you ever let up on that mop?"

This remark elicited a laugh from Parker. "At least I don't have to walk myself all over this big store.”

Harry responded with a laugh but offered no comment.

"Say," Parker continued, "is that your old Ford out there back of shipping and receiving?” Harry told him it was.

"I thought I saw you get out across the street there you know big brown bag?"

of that this afternoon. I park right at Bell's lot. What do you keep in that

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