Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-01

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self. Perhaps there's something
some tiny, tiny little thing that
you'd never thought of before, which
would make all the difference in the
world. 1t might be the means OF
saving Lawrence-Mr. Wade-for, OF
course, he's innocent. I do hope you'll
help us in any way you can"
Now as to Mr.. Wade, Tommy
| North held his own theories-or had
up to this moment. OF course it was
Wade. In his lonely and historical
apprehensions at the Tombs, he had
been forced to nail the crime to
some other suspect in order to save
his own reason. His mind had fas-
| tened like a leech on Wade. For
Mrs. Hanska he had felt vaguely
sorry, especially after his one sight
of her. But this blue-and-gold elf
had pronounced edict. To Tommy
North henceforth, Lawrence Wade
was as innocent as the traditional
| babe unborn.
"Of course, he didn't do it." Tommy
| asserted yaliantly. "Pll help all 1
can, I'm sure" he added. Then eag
! erly, "Now?"
1.-THE drawing-room is empty If you
want to talk" said Rosalie from the
door. She turned away with smile
on her lips and a CLINT in her eye.
And Tommy sat down before his in
quisitor. 1t was little he added to the
evidence, prolong this pleasant third
| degree as he might. He could but
retell the story. Only one thing he
eyaded, lodged, eluded. 1t was his
condition on that night And sud
denly Betsy Barbara, in her best
schoolmistress manner, came out
with 1t.
Now one other thing" she said.
II beg your pardon for being so per-
sonal, but weren't you-a little-a lit
tie" She fioundered for word, and
suddenly the whole face of her be-
came rose petal. "Only slightly 1
mean. of course-but weren't your"
II wasn't a little or even slight
ly'" said Tommy, writing in an
agony of shame, II was entirely"
For a second time that day. a
woman looked on him with eyes of re-
Duke. Momentarily, Betsy Barbara
left the main track.
And why did you do it?" she in
quired. mot that it's my business,
perhaps. I only wondered"
II don't Know" said Tommy, II
just kept on drinking until this was
all my world. l guess" he added
suddenly, there was nothing else to
do" This came to him as a bright
and perfect answer. He was totally
unconscious that he had quoted Ro-
sale lie Grange.
Betsy Barbara smiled and wagged
her head, so that the shaft of golden
light across her hair shifted from left
to right and from right to left.
I'm New York;" she said. Moth
ing else in New York;
Unaccountably, Tommy North S
tongue unlocked itself. what with the
necessity of defending himself; and
he talked.
well, that's all a woman knows
about it. l can't spend my time rid
ing on the rubberneck wagon, can I?
When the whistle blows, a man feels
like doing something. 1 don't want
always to feed in joint like this.
Sometimes l want to get some fancy
eats. So 1 percolate through Lobster
Lane
"Oh," exclaimed Betsy Barbara,
what quaint namei"
II mean Broadway" explained
Tommy. well, l get a cocktail or
two or maybe three, according to
whom 1 meet. Then eat-and drink
and then we beat it out on to Ben
zine Byway-"
What weird name!' commented
Betsy Barbara.
broadway again." said Tommy
North, pausing only an instant "And
by that time it's all lighted up, and
my friends are all lighted up, and we
proceed down the Twinkling Trail"
Broadway, I suppose" interpolated
tsy-Barbara.
Yes" said Tommy, 1.-THE Riotous
Route is another of it's aliases. And
the first thing / know it's 2:30 a. m.
and I'm in my room admiring my
own imitation of a young gentleman
of Gotham going to bed, a knock
about act seldom equaled on any
stage. But you needn't deliver that
James B. Cough Grafton I see trem-
bling on your lips. I don't need It,.
I've got mine all right. I've lost my
job today on account of being en-
| tirely'"
To Betsy Barbara, herself engaged
in the economic struggle, the fact
seemed more important than to Tom
my.
you have?" she exclaimed. Oh.
I'm so sorryl I've given up my po-
sition in Arden in order to be with
Constance, and I don't know how
shall live after three months. But
something will turn up, I'm sure. Had
you held your place long?"
six months or So" replied Tommy.
That's all right. l can find another,
l guess-or could If this hadn't got
into the papers"
well. I'm awfully sorry" said
Betsy Barbara, rising, but such won
derful things happen to people in New
York. Everybody's a Dick Whiting
ton here. Only If / were you
wouldn't" She paused and looked at
him very seriously.
NO" replied Tommy, docilely, IT
won't" And his heart added, mot
while you're around" But his lips