Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-05

It,"
"Ths first thing to do when you're
starting in business is to find an Of.
ace." said Betsy.Barbara practically.
There are lots Of good cheap little
places in lower Fifth avenue" said
Tommy North.
+ 'Let's look 1t them right now!" ex.
claimed Betsy-Barbara- And the new.
ly.formed Thomas w. North Advertis.
ing agency wheeled and started south.
ward.
That afternoon. Betsy.Barbara and
Rosalie Le Grange were sewing toEeth.
er in the sun parlor. Al they pulled
hastings. Betsy.Barbara slipped in q
! remark which she tried artfully to con-
ceal in general chatter.
"Mr. North tells me-" said Betsy.
Barbara. "that he is going to start in
business for himself"
THAT so7" exclaimed Rosalie; "well
;! he's q nice. smart young man an II
will be the very best thing for him y
She pulled hastings for ten seconds
before she resumed:
1T will keep him straight. He won't
have to be helped up to his room for
some time. hope"
Betsy.Barbara st&red and flushed.
ooh! Did you see it,"
'Now, my dear. think it was brave
an nice of you. It's what any girl
should have done, an it's what most
good girls wouldn't have the decency
to do. No woman's a real lady when
she's too much of q lady. Yes-l
heard him stumble, an come out an
looked"
IL just opened his door and
pushed him in," said Betsy-Barbara.
blushing furiously.
"An' quite enough saw that, too"
Rosalie pulled hastings for quarter
suppose you called him down all he
needed when you took that walk this
morning"
"Oh, that wasn't the reason!" cried
Betsy. Barbara. driven back on her
maiden defenses. 1T wasn't that !
really didn't want to see him. But he
had something new to tell me about
the .case-or thought he had. Some
thing he'd orgotten-eomething which
came back to him last night when he
was-well. you saw" And detail by
detail she repeated Tommy North's
story about the diamond cluster. Rosa,
lie. a. she listened with downcast look,
used all her will to keep her head
steady and her fingers busy.
Aryhatsa intaroo<ln~D ~ha vovuo vl,oS
in . matter-of-fact tone. when Betsy.
Barbara had finished. "But don't
knows It's important. They think
they see funny things whom they're
drunk an they're ready to swear to
'em when they sober up. Intend to
tell Mrs. Hanska or the lawyers about
it,"
Il thought I misht-I'm doing every
least thing to help"
well, the evidence Of q. drunk
wouldn't go at all in q court Of law"
pursued Rosalie, her eyes still on her
work. "Mr. North is pretty humiliated
already. an he's a nice young man, an
he'll probably cut out drink now he's
In business for himself. Still, II you
think it's your duty"
"Oh, I hope you think it ISN'T" said
Betsy-Barbara- Il don't want to put
Mr.. North in that position. again"
Cant see where it's the least bit of
use, an 'twould only do Mr.. North
HARM" replied Rosalie. III you was
mo, would you french this seam? Yes.
guess 1t looks more tasty that way
Rosalie turned the conversation to q
discussion Of autumn fashions. She
Then she looked ostentatiously at the
clock.
"Graciousl A quarter to four an /
must be downtown quarrelin' with
that laundry 1T quarter past!"
She rose, gathered coat, hat and
gloves, and hurried to the corner drug
store, from which she made by tele.
phone an immediate appointment with
Inspector MCGEE. They met in Abing-
don square. . rendezvous halfway be-
tween her house and headquarters.
She proceeded to business At once.
'I've been jest settin' on this Han
ska case. inspector" she said. "Knew
II waited long enough. somethin'
would hatch. 1t has. but I can't say
yet whether it's rooster or q duck.
In the first place. whenls the grand
jury Soin' to get to the Wade indict-
ment?"
pretty soon. guess. I've been
holding them OF until l get more evi-
dence."
"Well, keep holdin' 'em or"
Honest, what have you Eot!"
Wouldn't you like to know?" Here
Rosalie broke out all her dimples, so
that Inspector McGee smiled on her.
"Call it hunch from tho spirits"
"You can't come that on me-" said
the inspector. half playfully, II know
your kind of spirits"
We'll. call 1t = woman's notion then.
IL you like that any hstter. The grand