ORCHARD'S QUEST FRUITLESS; BOB'S $20 NIPPED IN THE BUD

Fato and Bob (Apple) Orchard '42 have tangled again.

For the last two months, long-suffering Orchard has been haunting the Suffolk County Courthouse in a vain search for someone who would help him retrieve his long lost $20. He was put to this expense when held last spring as a material witness to a jewelry store robbery on the Square.

Recently the Court Clerk came to his aid with a special petition. If Orchard got signatures of the District Attorney, the Court Clerk and the County Judge on the petition, he could get his money back. He get the first two last week without any trouble and but one more remained between him and his cherished $20.

Yesterday Orchard went to get the judge's signature, but the judge wasn't there. He had died the day before.