"Yea, I know. I was drunk."
"It wasn't a dream," Puffy said stubbornly. "That girl you saw really was a fox. At least she turned into one. Oh! Damn!"
He tossed the morning paper on the bed.
"Read what the Star had to say about your dream," he said. "They got the story straighter than I did. We took a lady for a ride, Cinderella, and she turned into a silver fox."
Drake sat up stiffly. The foolish look of surprise was gone. He reached for the Morning Star. In huge headlines he read:
DARING HOLDUP AT NEW
NIGHT CLUB
World's Largest Diamond Stolen From
Under Eyes of Police
Sober as a lord now, Drake sent his eyes wavering along the column of newsprint:
Chicago, May 6.—A group of daring jewel thieves last night stole the Lardner diamond, largest gem of its kind in the world, from beneath the eyes of an armed guard.
The stone was a perfect cut, pronounced priceless only last week when it was first seen by Tiffany experts.