Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-05
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pudding.
| CONTINUED from Thursdayo
"oh. it isn't that" he said. 1T cam
explain that, of course. I'm not try.
| ing to explain that, Miss Lane. It's
| just Misunderstanding new in the
| line of evidence-about the Hanske
easel think it may help.
| Betsy-Barbara turned again-and
this time quickly. Her look was
startled-but-heav be praised
| friendly.
Something new?" she said. breath
| lessly. ooh, you angel fresh from
heaven! Shall send for Constance
This was the point where Tommy
| North became a strategist.
at has to do he said humbly,
with the way was last night. You
saw mel shouldn't like to tell her."
Lets take a walk" proposed
Betsy Barbara. with her wonderful
| practically.
"If you wish,' said Tommy North
| humbly, and yet thrilled with a sense
of renewed, companionship. Indeed,
by the time they reached the street,
he had recovered his spirits SO much
as to propose because the street was
so noisy, that they take a cross-town
car and walk up Fifth avenue. The
car was crowded; they must stand
so they did not approach the subject
of the moment until they were tread
| ing the street of the spenders.
well, what is it?" I'm dying to
| know" said Betsy Barbara, the in
slant they reached the avenue.
ut may mean something or it may
| not" said Tommy. "Of course, or
the night of the murder I was-and
last night 1 was"
Completely irrevocably, entirely,
should say" replied Betsy Barbara
with emphasis.
| Did I do anything strange" in
quired Tommy, when I first saw
your"
you nearly tumbled at my feet, fol
one thing" replied Betsy-Barbara.
| "What-what were you wearing or
your feet?"
| Betsy Barbara thought a second or
this peculiar question.
| my velvet slippers with the rhine.
stone buckles" she said.
| Tommy nodded solemnly.
| THAT was i'll was reaching fol
them last night-juse as l was reach.
ing for something the night I fell a.
Captain Hanska's door. And Il
brought eevrything back
| "Oh, what do you mean?" begged
Betsy Barbara. Go on Please 81
on"
1T had got to the head Of the stair!
on the night of the murder sale
Tommy. 1.-THE gas was lighted in tn,
hall. I was picked. You know how
your mind gets on one little thinl
when you're pickled-"
| IT don't" put in Betsy Barbara, il
spite of her interest in the story
but please go on
| "And | saw something bright in tn,
hallway, close to Captain Hanska
door. I braced against a post ant
looked at it. 1t was cluster of dia
more 1t seems like that shoe buckl
of yours. was as sure of 1t as
man can be sure of anything whel
he's drunk. reached out to ge
| it. Then I tumbled and hit--the stuff
| The tumble and the sticky feeling
| put diamonds out of my mind. The
| it's curtains for mine until I'm II
my own room--well you know.
"And the funny thing" conclude,
Tommy, SIS that never remembers
one thing about 1t, not even whel
the police were combing my YER
soul, until-what happened last nigh
You can't be certain, of course.
was picked. But I'm sure, just tn
same, that l saw bunch of dia
monds or something beside that dool
thing / might find about the Hansk
case. And I'm telling, that's ALL"
Betsy-Barbara considered.
"It may not mean anything sh
said, land it may mean great deal.
She considered again. Even If tn
diamonds were there, maybe 1t ha
nothing to do with our case. If any
body had been robbed that night,
there had been any signs of a burg
lar, this evidence would be very i'm
portant But the police say that tn
house wasn't entered. Then agar
what became of the diamonds?
seems no one else noticed them"
| well" remarked Tommy Mort
cynically, there were a great man
policemen in the house."
Betsy Barbara walked on, sti
thinking. Maybe. I'm afrait
though, that 1t might be only an al
GRAFTON" she said finally.
Perhaps" echoed Tommy Norti
And now, having. finished his intro
duction. he approached the subjee
nearest his heart.
"Of course. that's ALL" he sale
Except that l owe you an apolog
for-for my condition last night"
ut is yourself said Betsy-Bal
bara, that you owe the apology. NJ
North. why did you do it-again 2"
Now it was Tommy North's i'm
pulses to tell exactly why he did It
to come out with the truth. accom-
'panied by his opinion Of philanderin