Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18


tipping paid his losses and took his gains cards with
equanirnitv of heart and counenance truly oriental
The old men liked him for his manliness and ndepen
dence and the dowagers eagerly courted his avors for
like all artists he exceedingly well informed Cos
sip He had the faculty OF leading them the very lip
OF the precpice and then swervng them back before
they had time to look over-te most aniable kind of
gossip, always promising to disclose something and
doing it. and having good deal of quiet fun out
OF 1t without harm1ng anyone
A T quarter to eight he strapped Herr Fritzs
zle and the puppy crept delectedly INTO his basket
snuing He bore down upon the insulting thing with
his strong, broad foreeet without avail 1t hard
world
Nothing doing, old top There won't be any rose
madden Your tummv tonight. See you later. And
think well of your chicken it may be dog biscuit to-
morrow. You never can tell what these poker games
going to do to a fellow. By-by.'
Every who does thing well has a craving to
do another mans work. badly. Forbes was always
hungerng for detective work He longed to pick up
the tangled skein unravel it. rescue the heroine march
the villain Jail, and all that Heaven IS witness OF
the plots for detective stories he has offered me. He
has, | believe the best library of detective fiction IN
town. Well, his ongngs went unsatisfied. The only
thing like detective work he did successfully
recover the paint tubes before the dache poisoned
himself.
He walked uptown wondering who the mysterious
burglar could be. He searched carefully among his
large acquaintance, principally among the men he dis
liked; but then there nothing tangible Lots
Of buffers gambled and didn't pay their bets and never
to jail for it. If only he had clue OF sort to
start with He knew that he had the ability, and was
shame he could find no outlet III give him credit for
possessing the chiefest attribute OF all great detec
tives-hope.
Hang about the police courts" once advised him;
STUDY the lesser criminal Make friend of the police
your beat and go the rounds with him some
night. A thousand petty crimes are happening every
day, right next door to you But | know. You re
waiting for to stage Gabor1au for you Rich
banker daughter in love with the cashersafe robbed
cashier goes to ja-shoestring IS found-behold the
criminal in the bankers private secretary.
He laughed and told me to go TO lophet. But he
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sordd -and do not blame him. for petty crimes and
police courts sordd,-but in this he lost the true
direction of his gifts Out OF poverty and sordness the
great inspirations out OF pleasure and pas
time things to which he devoted his labor and leisure.
He continued on whlstng an ar from one Of the
from plots of criminals to the purbndness of the gen
eal Of editors, and their less slovenly
ios the process printers; TO the pretty
girl he had met at Cannes last winter; to the campaign
tonight at poker. For once he was going to play EN-
cose he would keep out OF every pot that dealt HIM
tWo-spot: and when he got real hand he would
play it hard With deuces wild even an open PLAYER
like himself had chance in awhile He turned
corner still whisng The girl with the copper-beech
har-suppose she went by again! Could he pos
sbly do her from memory?
Forward with swinging stride twirling his and
sometimes striking the terule against the tagging
pleased with the spange of answering sparks toward
the big Drama For he only implement OF Fate,
chosen haphazard to accomplish destiny not his own
THE Dryden apartment house, built es-
pecially for persons who had plenty OF money and
too small family for the upkeep OF large house They
were given all the comforts of home-valets maids,
cooks walters and bellboys, more like private hotel
There ten apartments five on each side OF the
ornate marble entrance. Forbes eagerly up the
steps; the doorboy swung open the door.
"Mr. Jison's apartment, please.
Third floor left, Sir
"Ah!7
Forbes made for the stairs. The elevator tcalled
lift here up, and he was too impatient to wait.
Besides he wanted to surprise the boys melodramac-
ally. He scarcely paused the first landing He had
rather PLAY poker than eat And in his exuberance he