The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-22

I The rasnsr rstlesnt people Of that pss
fession.
Hunting for a quarter Johnny. o.
toothpickg" questioned Larry Morris.
Here. look az thls.~ answered John
ny.
Into their midst he twlrled the some
thing he had drawn from his pocket
| Il was a mans garter OF lavender sin
elastic. the buckle hand wrought from
rose gold. set round with amethystl
and on the face the initial H. worked
out Ia emeralds and amethysts OF ex.
cesslve smallness but ef<eedlngly great
briiiancy.
Where aid you get thatl" came ths
chorus
''Wen." said Johnny. listen. I pick
ed this up In the Desterle house about
an hour ago. Say. everybody about
that house has got stage fright They
are all moving out An earthquake
couldn't move them quicker than they
are going The death watch has got
iis grip on the whole thirty Ave board
ers. More than hair OF them are speed
ing away 70 spend the night With
hand -beggage only. Great show. too
10 watch them hustle out I'm Eoina
to sleep up there tonight. I picked
this garter up IN the closet where Il
had rolled down behind little shelf
Now women. YOU know. don't wear
carriers like this"
Might" beloved Hank Smith.
saw telegraph story the other day
that they had taken to wearing half
hose In New York
But here's the question continued
Johnny. no man Ia the house knew
Mrs Wayne FOR anything about her
Why. the only decent word any one
Of those curious passed about her was
that no one had come 10 see her since
she arrived. and that she had appeared
embarrassed when her fellow boarders
Of the sex masculine attempted 10 pay
her any attention"
I'm just wager that she was some
poor. sweet little girl who had mar
ried some old fool for his money! IN
teEposed Philip Hartley. whose SYM
pathetic heart beat for an the mis-
treated women In the world. she's |
found him unbearable ana refused e
I've with him. and he's Just bounded
her 70 death. That H may have stood i
for Hubby" In the letter that had tho
threat 70 kin her. believe she's beer
taking slow poison. and came here
where she wasn't known to snuf Il on
quietly
How about the Aran-Aperilla p
iouted Larry Morris. Proceed. Jules
Verne H. Why don't you 10 farther.
ma have Il a trained ape sent carrier
pigeon. bloodhound fashion By the
'gre-husband. to choke her 70 death p
Because she wasn't choked.~ con-
ended Hartley. Heavens. what eli
woman she must have been"
~oh. TO KIN from Jealousy added
Tank smith why. halo: here's Bet
Lancey az this hour OF the morning.
lefty. don't you ever get through ,
rork2 And you're all out OF breath.
what's wrong Mamie. get her some .
ca What Il the matter. BettyT-
Betty. white AZ print paper. sunk On
chair. Her big blue eyes were OPEN 2
4 wide. Boys she said. Come Z
'ith me; come quick. don't say a wort i 4
at tell me. am I crazed or dreaming. !
as It really happened or am I hav- n
'nsG On. no. don't stop to nnish saf- 4
~ come Qukck or Il viii Be too lafa
am afraid 20 stop alone In that nw-
4 room You know missed my train =
1me and stopped az the hotel to-
ght. and. Oh. Il startled me so
What's up. anyhow asked John
=. Tell the rest OF them. Betty. a
% going up TO set chummy with the 4
ystery. sleeping all night IN the Des- b
RE house. Maybe III have . visi- a
ton. seeing a. how my own head Il y
me reddish 'Tian't Ike you 70 have n
age fright. Betty" :,
7 haven't got H. she snapped. !.
,ut Just a. I started 70 get into bed =
d went over TO raise the shade. -
oked across the court into one Of ths y
her rooms Of the hotel And In there ~
nat do you think I SAW &C
Womanlike Betty paused 70 give her pe
dlence a thrill to
-0h. nonsense out with it, COM al
lnded the boys IA,
-cerisse Wayne. her ghost or her Al
uble. and the handsomest man ever an
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