The evening world. Newspaper, April 8, 1922, Page 13

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1922, Excitement | p>... Kick. A COMPLETE NOVELETTE moved himself from the acene, all un- two were simply made for each other, that ring—oh, there was plenty to “There's the door,” interrupted Mar- inside the door, in front of her pria- CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. knowing what he had done and yet you throw him over because think about, and none of tt new! she tie. | Try going a hundred per cent. oner, to keep the girl from seeing him. . Y, 1 Y yor t ou’ that.” ores P ” t y eriftic? sah 11 He did not know, for example, that, he's solleltous about you. If you'd had meditated on all these things on te two thet, Mise Martie,” oald MARTIE CRAIG, modern and self-sufficient, not always grateful on “Ne “etalted ‘Martio’s conversa. done it because he wasn't—that would pretty continuously ever since thelr ‘The man did not move, but he Annie ooking pUealed, ePhey 106k for the advice of others. tion to old Major Paxton on the train have been some reason. And the way quarrel. dropped his hand into his overcoat jike the first one, somehow. I left oF : » B04 ead ¢ he you behav at Emmy Wil- But to-night she was in a different pocket, and the geaturo was one which th hall, Don't y t “| , suitor the man in the seat ahead and the you behaved to him 4 them in the hall, too. n°t you wan LOWELL EDWARDS, regarded as Martie's accepted sv man in the s behind had listened kins'’s dinner was little short of mood concerning them. In the long she had seen too often on the stage to me to stay around?” until he got too free with advice. to every word, and had no difficulty brutal.” month she and Lowell had been part- mistake. “Why, he's got a gun,” she “Oh, no,” said Martie. "It's per CEN | f > Y afne: ow xpect?” deman¢ ; yas : yg hought, wut she didn't quiver. , ” oP : y ; ’ ade in hearing because Paxton's deafn What do you expect manded ed, this was the first time she had thous 1 fesliy alt vight” Andie dleappeared EMMY WILKENS, who thought to mend matters and m made it necessary for Percy to speak Martie, ‘That I should go on my admitted+that she was in the wrong. m not going yet," ho said. “land Martie again came out to greet them worse. loudly and distinctly, His voice even knees to Lowell and beg him to take Frieda had done a very good day's know all about that liquor, and { pro- ynexpocted guests. 2RC SES) 4 r ; , carried across the aisle to a quict man me back? Perhaps 1 was a lilt ty work pose to have some to sell, I'm going ‘They were, as Annie had reported, 5 RERGY BEESTON, unbecomingly fat and with an eye and ear with a blue serge sult and a heavy —and, oh, Frieda, how I miss him! It was almost 9.30 when the door- to be your agent whether you want very like the other man in general ef- for a certain kind of news. suitcase. “Oh course you do—and you'te Iike- bell rang sharply; and Martic imag- me to or not. Let's make a friendly fect, One was quite short, however, RODDY GALLIVAN, one of Beeston’s friends, with a keen scent Nor did he know when he repeated ly to miss him forever, if you keep on ined for one ecstatic moment that arrangement, and then there'll be 10 and jt was he who came forward as the story in the lounge, later, that one in this ridiculous way. An attractive Lowell had come pack to her to make trouble for any one. When you had Martie appeared, lor possibilities of a certain kind. of his listeners was Roddy Gallivan, man like Lowell 1s going to be up, She waited breathlessly, and when that liquor made and stored on your Ho opened his coat just long enough ‘ * es io: 4 whose normal condition is, as current snapped up by some one without de- the maid camo in and sald there was premises you were violating the law, to give her a glance at a large, official- FRIEDA HERSCHEL, very solicitous over Martie’s affairs and phraseology has it, “whiffied and al- lay—l saw him walking up the Ave- a gentleman to see her and he you know” joking metal badge. “We're here anxious to set them right. “<= from Headyquarters to search this JEAN DESBOROUGH, a siren of whom Frieda was fearful. place for lquor illegally bought,” he 7 “ = gh ry Py announced gulltily. We expect you to THE BOOTLEGGER and others who help to furnish action in give us such assistance as we require a It will go a lot easier for you in court the story, THE MAN if you do, lady. ARTIF GRAIG was a very gently macerated in the dressing; WHEELED, 1@ Martie felt like giggling, it was modern girl. She broke off Where was the only place in town to - ' so absurd. “There is no liquor of any absolutely and forever with eat Lobster Albert, and which head AND aay j kind here," she said; “but if you wish the only man she could ever Waiter could make cafe brule fit for AS HE 24: ae j to make a search [ will certainly as- love or possibly think of marrying— old John W. Epicure himself. Percy 3 f j sist you.” these words are her own—because he TOW could have qualified for a mono- DID SO SHE yi i attempted to dictate to her. logue artist; and Martie smiled when ah ' HE two men exchanged signifi- Lowell Edwards had no business to She saw how chagrined Emmy looked. SNATCHED A ey cant looks. “We'll go right down to that concrete vault your father had bullt in the cellar, Miss Craig, if you please, which contains, as we know, a considerable stock, whioh he got since the law was passed. We're going to search and say that it was unsafe for her to live Martie searched her mind to think in the big Craig house, out on that of gastronomic items that would keep MASHIE lonely Shore Road, with only the maids Percy animated and attentive, but it AND for protection, while her father and Was not her favorite line of converse mother spent the winter in Pasadena, ®24¢ she was rather put to it. Jusy SWUNG IT Her father and mother had said so, 8 her drilliancy was languishing the RAEI. too, many times, but that was differ- butler poured some excellent Cham- ON HIS ; confiscatewe have a truck waiting ane. bertin, and Percy did a gloat over it EAD / outside.” At first she was quite patient, and Immediately Martie began to talk H ) ' If he had not said thid last, Martie to Percy about liquor. only reminded him gently that there She did not know much about liquor was the combination garageman-and- gardener—her parents had taken the chauffeur with them—but Lowell had argued that Tim was old and deaf and a terribly sound sleeper and lived out over the garage anyway, so that he was no good at all. And then he talked about the crime wave and his anxiety and how far the house sits back from the road, and not the main oad at that. And he wound up with And you haven't even got a re volver!” Then Martie had laughed. * would not have leaped to the concla- sion that she did. “They're not de tectives at all,” she thought. “They're thieves." "Of course, you know my father is in Californt she began doubtfully “[ cannot be held responsible for any- thing he did, ean 17" The shorter man again spoke. "Cer “tainly nof—but you'll be doing the wise thing to give us all the inform tion you can, So if you'll kindly lead the way"—— Martle led the way, turning on hts as they went, Halfway down vow Lowell, ly! If T wasn’t ever so the basement stairs she paused and much stronger and more athletic than looked round. “But some of my falt 1 average woman. I might be ers stock was ‘bought long before the law was passed—what about that? she said innocently ‘He will only be required to p that to have it returned to him,” said the short man politely, “All of the goods confiscated will be held in storage cuntil your father gets and appears in court.” “Oh-h,” said Martie, you Here we door covers the ste do you see rm aid; but, honestly, couldn't I handle any burglar or sneak thief, or any other sort of bad character who wasn't a regular Jack Dempsey?” “Given fair warning and fair play, haps you could,'* Lowell admitted it you must remember that thieves ind burglars are desperate crimina's they carry guns and they shoot to k I do think, even though you're not afraid, you might be willing to Pp me this anxiety by going to live t wor of the vault to open it in town or getting an able-bodied man you could never br down in the n Tim's place. 1 only want to take world. Will you} me your flash nf you." light so, that | can see the lock ele His tonerwas exceed proprie ly?” She smiled al the shorter man vial, and Martie’ 1 chit and when Martie led she was—o well, even al beanty and enjoy it “Certainty wen quor thief can peree a e suid, and they be teup. ir i Rood of you. darling,” she n, with a littie lemony edge to Volvg, “but a don't need taking care of }: stood a step aside so this gui eran) ! Mw Get AG waving. 4 enn 4 : vould open | e faults 9 4 ake ¢ f myself in any emer switched on the lights ax t den sone? And Fn certainiy not ‘ HB | ' the ‘colin, and the plice wa close Ah ahpuge and, live uncomto $ hee open to their gaze, though not rt ably adiane’ ,, id havelte gat i | bhat Nantly tit, but the alleged vault ow Atint “Wiegint—just because» a ii in rather a dim corner. Ho Ne passe think f ought ta do it A ge over the flashlight without a rote Oneowordaked to many others, and : RULE. ELS th Martie stooped and fambled—t eventually fo the return of the ring armas Marten Martie had voon thinking had, and of the wooden’ door clicked and and a profound disregard of each oth Maney ranma BAY she Cried ain ok ruse door swung toward them, Then ee’s presence when they chanced to Uo LER el ac Who's that on the veranda?” whe denly the whole place was in St see each other at the Country Chub, o1 Peited Wid Sharply, 1 wt him out of darkness : ut the houses of their friends Pon upiee Holight of Ue The man “Oh, how provoking!” cane Mu PaaGd aac “aiiee ed, and ins hie d she snatched tie's. ve ! Wy the ’ isla, on (these teienda’ lore then Pee. Thee ba hie and swan on his head. “Our | that every once in alone, all, that is, except stu- [9M Personal experience, beca n the hall.’ ie ay a Bent APUG: MUSE Tat VAP SO AERIS en pid, blundering, good-heart- 4! not hersei¢ touch it, and her M UN give you bi flash and ron ed Emmy Wilkens. She con- 294 mother were as abstemious a : OR # moment she stood re- np and tien oon the eme ceived the bright notion of seating But Percy her all about the mR ) Desborough only HM exeitement dled away, and wi hun Oh, T have swjten” them side ‘by side at her last big din- Proper temperature for claret, and tifa hated to2 ‘lave Martie went. out to the hal Killed him thought cede Goa Re what vintages to avoid, and what to iS [. datedirabout gntainte tlessly, ‘The man who was But he stirred and groaned HE two men had given Martie had come late, and was !00k for, and why, and how to make Jean © sensible, Martir w 8 1 absolutel nily She knew 4 would he tled jump when t ushed out to her place In a weiter of * pousse cafe—oh, Percy knew a@ lot! and ou were in’ the rless middle-class. typ His ey if SER wed f maids, so she went out, but Martie’s word chattering guests, and not until she aw i ‘ most blottoc’ and who, therefore, is Wrong. You were, you know." were rather sharp and re but ran’ down to t ik ne orate reassured them, They edired in her chair did she discover SP to keep thitgs: going. Alartie to confuse everything he hears Martie . ff t do that he'd wise he was just Ike a the ROA HIO SM DG ORO ORS CIOSARAS | A ee ew ier; ADL) Ae thes (cot that Lowell Edwards was beside her described to Perey a wonderful (11, something quite different alway nod Ht would be: #1 hors men onetheeatet SLED Te ATA STOUR me TN ah ide of t jen door t Mares Wan Ae Lays Gnodarn:. he concrete wine cellar some one stk al Saks Me You wanted to see ase 4 she tied t Uegger’s hands and the other side of the wooden door they nodded casually to Lowell, and said she knew bad just had bullt OW. news of liquor is a curious “Don't make f phrases when Marti¢ Fonte enei sist PE Ory epanesd (felt: her elipimat them with 1 ‘Good evening,’ and then turned her @2d she mentioned some of the stock dius Annem miMcacvantvanttia a aie ig RaGare with You're M Craig, aren't: you? embroidery eof the hall tables. mured “Excuse n and the atlention (o) the Manon Heriright therein. Percy had been dipping into quality. that Aly centapars (the z u do love asked the man, coming a © too sie improvise sag for him, When sensation was sudden, vic the Chambertin pretty well by this time, ang somehow he got the idea of the door itself swing the unknown space 26 hins aga’ es Hen ADE swerlng his. voice © opened sand tred to rise yy silenced and very She beheld that he was more than plump and of cherubic cast of coun- able to the odor o! And there Js another ¢ rious thin “Oh, 1 do, 1 Ye wa tenance. He bulged and billowed in that it was Martie’s father who had ws of liquor, Those w n to net this “Well-er—Miss Craig—1 just came t Faint spluttering bing s dress suit, and he was already done it t, if they have any active intere Its 1 toveat a piece out to see if we couldn't—<« ql nus of nobehind the ‘Phe door was impelled Ma \appily busy with the hors d'oeuvres, Perey asserted that no home-made act on ME ationte. Whey ioke nd of | ni \ \ rhe darkness had been broug 1 raning her neck she became stuff was fit to drink, and Martle, WhO {jine—on the theory, doubtiess, that if W et ‘ nid Martie, “i'm going to vetful fr working at a cor swore that the name on his place-card determined to keep conver ey don't me one else will rer ne, Martie Mart He ‘ n the | a where the d switch beside the wooden was Percy Beeston, and she led sation going at all costs, launched into jiere first all. of those: who an thoughtful 5 we nt hand an't nd telephone for whic wast ner prosa that he was a distant cousin of a vivid but wholly fictitious account jicrened in to Percy's story at onc s I. It had’ not and she odge She @ ‘ <0 sayir ve put her entrance to the ¢ ve set. S$ Emmy's, and that she had met him of the wine their cook had made last pan to converge their directions, wi see herself kot Is uni nd proceeded had got the k nnd polt pla years ago. summer, and how wonderful it was the Craig house as focu n the ' end’s word f 1 " © quarry lat le they awled wit ke With enthusiastic reminiscent pleas- She told it very well. The wine was wart meanwhile, ¥ fe hia was a truthfu’ understand —t vin wet relit room she had se t wa t ure (and her back to Lowell), there- made of white grapes, she sald, and patie, pleased with herself whe te to Martie's eyes t a cook sted, und t him to. the fore, did she greet Percy, her long-lost when finally bottled was the palest 4 eadfully unhappy Jear Iking kerjac able tm d lar 1 Suga childhood'’s friend. She talked away and most lovely amber. It had a won Most e time Lowell had , eg ar Aine cal} to him etd to him gayly, but by the time the soup derful aroma, like flowers; and as for. larling me one else w ed om She bea t want you to roll # 1 n the was brought she began to realize the taste—la, ja! A perfect sauterne ¢ nateh him up; some little to wor Vt atte \ E ra ple r ser tr rapes som chan She m that Emmy had wished on her not Yes.— Actually! veri eature Who wouldn't object all, she © house and 1's as represented, a 1 in't drag that table nt only the heaviest weight physicaliy, After dinner Martie pleaded ahead sntocratic tendencie And he go int well hear ¢ tT e owe could ma nen and t but also the heaviest weight mentally, ache and went home and dad not see ja H RO caget ait. indirect ist somethin Vand me and \ eked the wa In the whole party. Perey again. She feit triumphant, binmy's so hopetull It ow to 4 ' ' ntind " L ard. Ga It was a palpable plot to force her She hadn't needed to say a word to first she liad heen 8 ng ‘ nit, M Ora we e she Ito t 1 1 to talk to Lowell Edwards. And she Lowell—every one had scen how in ner nt Ww Fal While she sit f t was neares aria wasn't going to do it. Never! She terested Percy was in her, What Mar- fie wa nner 1 If on wit and a pen ‘she: nea looked at Percy searchingly tie had said made a deep impression {\« it the bathroom scales, She hadn't t ne so read uid 1 entra ean into twe 4 now w “Surely there must be something on Percy Beeston. He spent the next had lost four F her w tf i ot u r there j ab the creature responds to,” she told three days tell everybody he met ‘ wher est he ‘ this isé tou ‘ One them instantly st herself. about what brilliant ¢ Martie f¢ a Herschel, came out for that ind we " i kot 1 His peepigtant and consistent stok- Craig was, and how splendid her 1 at the Country place, t erin tin down to the 1 ing gave Martle her tip, She began to father’s wine cellar was, and last ‘ the opportunity ' 1 ever e car” 8 want talk to him about food. shus! had a cook, specially im- to rub nod j 1 8 sro any wary ra Now for the first time did Perey ported for the purpose, who was a You're a perfect t e said Re, for t nes at it didr look at her, registering interest. Now wiz at making home brew, He fully with t which chara . ey f not ng for the first time did he begin to make intended going out to see Martie and izes t iend, “to let a man. ‘ ter, nm ‘ 8 ! ! t be alarmed, Miss coherent response sampling some of the cook's achieve- like I Ret away f tell met t eard the second y said or the ne So they exchanged views on how ments, but had a sudden attack of you bees re that ha t ! he 8 WwW here from Headquar long game should hang; whether gar- acute indigestion, and the or- you're safe nda f oo gh wit answer it, on hur ¢ should be rubbed on the bowl or dered him to Hot Spri » re- be a0 obstinate and one y : © had ary and stood ju Continued on Next Page