Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

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nose inside the Moulfr hey ars spoassd-
TIE word CUES round
There are senslernen OF The balloon
present with U.s.!
No one seems To pay attentio TO them
All goes on as usual Now and then
timid brother. talking over ''condit ion
with his mates or engaged in haggling
prices with fence. with suggest going
elsewhere to be private.
idiot" the others whisper 20 him.
do YOU want to get us Swallowed
special? Here we're part OF the big
push, Sit Tight.
NF course the idea is correct. Groups
~ form and break up. You can't
damn a man for talking with acquaint-
ances. You can't indict a burglar just
because he's pleasant in society. II all
passes in the crowd.
1t is the Strong Mems Quadrille. On
the floor 100 flashing. proud girls dance In
company with their heroes. Champagne
corks pop. Tipsy toughs do cskewalk
steps alone. Triumphant young thugs
swell wi;hs social satisfaction. yell ont
the words OF the Strong Mems Quardrille.
beg to De presented. thump marble-top-
ped tables and call for more wine.
In the midst. the detectives prowl, APP
parently SO helpless. Here is the stalking
ground. And here the game. But how
can they get at it? What good does the
Moulin do them?
They are putting two and two together.
Men whose style is known are seen N
funds. or not. Unknown men show up
well heeled. Now, the detectives are
close to this world, both in mentality and
passions. Most have come up from the
same class as the criminals So they feel
hidden currents.
Night by night. they come and go and
wait. Wait? What for? Mostly they
wait for the secret to come to them OF
itself.
1t comes In a whisper.
The detective quits the gorgeous halls.
AS he strolls down the dark street.
man or a woman brushes past him. Ana
a word is whispered.
The sleuth changes his course In ac-
cordance with the whispered indication
He looks back TO see he is not followed;
turns a corner and looks back again
There is no one but himself and the
myste rious person.
And they whisper in the shadow.
THE next afternoon, as he IS sleeping
TRANQUILITY. the burglar or garroter
with a black crime on his conscience WIN
be walked by the law knocking at his
door.
"Hay-la, No use to blum, you're pinch
ed for good. A camaro has sold you.
So the arresting police rudely explain
the facts to the struggling bad man.
That night Judas will show UP at the
Moulin de la GAZETTE in funds-and filled
with an interior tranquility.
He-or she-is avenged.
He-or she-has removed a troublesome
person from the scene. She now can
take up with the new man of her choice,
unafraid OF an avenging knife thrust.
Or, If she be faithful. her man Is
guaranteed by the balloon indulgence
for some time to come.
Or else he-not she, this time-simply
needed money.
The great orchestra Is tearing off the
Strong Mems Quadrille. The news of rhe
arrest Is floating in the air.
II the victim belonged to band. there
are suspicious. inquiries and muttered
threats. but Judas may be muttering
with the best.
1t is an ugly thing to think about. Why.
II may have been the mans own best girl
who late the piece" Men swear in
their hearts now to trust nobody.
And then they shake of black thoughts
Ho. for the Strong Mems Quadrille. The
Moulin is the only place for pleasure.
Happily. they don't see that the Moulin $
social life stirs up the motives of the
Judas. STERLING HELLO.