New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08

discovered The value I'D Twenty-Five
dollars in his pockc'book and ihf y Is estimated "'''
ha approximately the amount oi his winnings.
49, a singular coincidence. yesterday was tF,i'9
birthday He then became iuriy-,hrcc year, pd anu ~
backed that number heavily when Florida millionaire took
.hc bank Curiouly enough 33 turned up nine tnes IN
,hirtthrcc coupsin freak u came three ties IN
,,,.,..ion There was a good deal o excitement ~ me
house during this singular run 81 luck when '2o@ 1'e
between ten E. VI and tcniorif-,Fc r. NJ ana L,4t"
% Schwartz the host much annoyed because % me
h.sh betting between Wavcrton and the banker pom oi
whom must have arranged % play roulette that evening
and came well fixed with cash
After another Slight cough and q pause the lawyer
went On:
The mar, whose dead body was found Claude G..
W',,r.ons car has been identified as Charles b Scott
m American tutor I'm the family Of Don Miguel San'andcroi
Roala in the Argentine ~ sad fatality appear ,hat
gcd 10 leave Palm Beach for New York today and The
tutor would have accompanied them. II was his habit 20
take long walks late ~ night.
Tb. Coroner theory Of the accident is that Wavcron
tried 20 avoid hitting the pedestrian whom he had come
leaves The dead man had evidently been driven with
fearful force against telegraph pole as medical cA"mn4-
broken
The lawyers quiet voice dropped with the manner
If one who had come 10 the end Of paragraph, and
Mrs. Wavcron turned from the window.
81 s. that alp" she asked
practically al.
Bat nothing definite is said there concerning my
concerning Claudcs injuries;
"Oh it gives a few dct.us-thosc have already told
you o.
(Ir Novlcn was a precise man. He dslkel sub
tcrupc and was noted for his avoidance OF the lawyer
ike incxactitudes known as legal hctons. Something
in his air caught Doris Wavcron troubled glance. And
she was unducstiOnaby a bright and intelligent crca-
turc little more than girl in years, but woman IN
sad experience.
81 think ought to know all the facts Mr.. NIowlem,
before making a decision that may have tar-reachng
effect in the future, She SAID quietly.
fcfl fCr he
have il,qqled with words but he realized that his client
would surely learn the truth before many hours had
elapsed, and he could not assume the onus OF actually
misleading her.
He picked up the newspaper again, and read:
Wavcrton was taken to Asphodc House. Palm Beach.
where ne was attended by Drs. Bentley and MERCER He
was badly shaken and bruised. and had lost good deal OF
blood from scalp wounds in addition sustaining nasty
sprain Of his right wrist but he has recovered conscious
ness and will probably regain his buoyant good health II
is stated however that hc is still somewhat confused and
suffering from shock. he give clear account OF the
accident
4AsphoId House" said Mrs. Wavcrton. and the law
yer knew at once that the wife who about to yield
had become hard as flint
4That woman, Mrs Dclamar, lives there, does she
@Yes."
"Ciaude will be nurscd carefully, | am sure. The
suit must proceed, Mr. Mowlcm. There cannot be any
adjournment
AS YOU please, Mrs Wavcrton'
THE whole thrilling sequel Of tragedy and passion
rested on that Slight foundation. If Jealous news
paper correspondent at Palm Beach had omitted to
state the name Of the residence to which the wounded
man had been conveyed, Claude Wavcrton wife
would have accepted the lawyers advice, and the suit
OF Wavcrton vs. Wavcrton would have dropped out Of
the divorce list-or a time, at any rate.
rs it was, the law took its course. There could be
only one result "Curly" Waverton had conducted
himself like a scoundrci. Within year Of the wedding
he had already i'll treated his charming bride that She
was compelled To take refuge in her sisters house.
Time and again had she gone back, until her misery
could find no sure outlet save by the public way Of a