The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-14

Just what they look" answered
Carl; its case of money. What
else could such a raving young
beauty as this brown haired one
we are passing get out of the dis
gushing old Falstaff she is WITH"
Money again. Money was the ul-
innate, controlling, overshadowing,
resistless power. 1t gave to its pos
SCISSOR dominion over men and over
women. Paul could get money. He
would work his fingers bare and
his eyes blind. so that he could get
money quickly, so that girl as
beautiful as the brown haired girl
they had just passed might hold to
his arm as he walked down Broad
way at 2 o'clock in the morning.
cit Is the scene described in the
following extract which resulted in
Mrs. Evers' divorce and her mar
riage with Potter.
When, II years before, Dick Ev-
ers married tall, slender, big eyed
Muriel Devereux, he loved her. But
life was SO easy for them that they
drifted apart. None of them flirta-
tons had seemed to ruffle him I'M
til her present affair with Paul.
Now for the first time that jeal-
ousy which, to have been effectual,
should have showed itself long be-
fore, began to manifest itself.
Slowly and quite noiselessly he
pushed open the door. Across the
room he saw his wife and the other,
man, their backs to him, sitting
closely side by side, and cheek to
cheek, looking silently into the fire.
Her bare white arm was about the
other mans neck. For fully 30 sec
onds Dick stood staring. Poisonous
hatred for both of them scorched
his soul.
Turning his back to the fireplace
where the two sat, he cautiously
dribbled a little whisky into tum-
bier. then suddenly chadrged it full
with the sizzling siphon water. The
GAL TWO--'a little brother. =.
sudden gushing noise shocked the
two dreamers wide awake. The
woman quickly turned her head.
"Why, hello, Dick. | thought you
were in Philadelphia. Mr.. Potter
has just brought me back my dia-
mond star which | dropped at the
opera tonight"
When her tale was all told Muriel
said; And so | think we both owe
Mr.. Potter a great deal of thanks
for what he has done for us to-
night, don't you, Dick?"
Yes" said he. ''we--I-owe him
great. deal for what he has done
for me tonight. | stood here for
five minutes before you heard me.
Yes, | saw"
Evidently there is only one
thing to do" said Muriel, medita
lively. And that is for us to get
divorce, Dick, as soon and as
quietly as possible"
And now, Potter, let me know
your plans continued Dick, in his
machete voice. will you marry
Mrs. Evers after the divorce?"
"Assuredly, if she will accept
me-" Paul answered quickly.
"Ah, then l will proceed to ge,
square with you. You are not by
any manner of means her first
lover. Here are three letters that
were written to my wife within
five years by three different men.
Read these letters, one from a
boy, one from man, one from a
grandfather and put any other but
one construction on them if you
can"
Dick held out three letters to
Paul, who advanced to receive
them. With terror in he eyes Muriel
moaned
Paul, don't, don't. 1t will kill me
me If you do"
The athletes hand suddenly shot
to the others wrist. A sudden twist
and Paul forced his enemy doping
with pain to walk bent over toward
the fireplace.
Put those letters in," said the
captor. Put them in Or" A
torturing twist of the wrist com
pleted the sentence. The old love
letters fell upon the flames.
Evers, middle aged and fat,
gasped furiously.
Long after the twist you have
given my wrist stops hurting. the
twist | have given your soul with
the sight of those three letters writ
ten by three different men in the
space of five short years will tor
ture you. You will start there ON
your honeymoon, you, she and Sus;
picion."
Paul looked In the direction of
the woman. who still sat limp in the
chair In which she had been discov-
cred. She nodded to him and he re-
leased Evers.
"Now." she said quietly. at is
time for you two men to stop acting