The Washington times., 1914-08-24
PART ONE.
PART ONE.
. NCEPT a rubber ball, nothing is
II quite so resilient as the spirits

PAR1 ONE.
NCEPT a rubber ball, nothing is
quite so resilient as the spirits
~ of the young. So, quite natural
ly, it came to pass that Our Mu-
tual Girl, having proved to her own sat-
isfaction that no person having the en-
tree &c her aurt's home was guilty Of
the theft Of her cameo necklace, should
rally without loss of time from the de-
preston occasioned by the loss Of the
birthday gift, and between intervals of
wondering where it had gone and of
hoping for its return. should, on the
second day following the robbery, be
in ft frame of mind for a shopping
tour.
Mrs. Kpickerbocker elected this time
TO take her niece to the establishment
of Spaldng, the maker of athletic sup
plies. Here Margaret could not make
UP her mind which most delighted her
the models for late summer for out
of doors or the advance showing of the
early fall styles. For awhile she was
unable to decide between them. Then,
womanllke, she made choice. She
took 10th.
AS for me. I shall not undertake 70
go into a detailed description of the
garments which this young woman Sc
lected. ! should merely expose the
fsthornIess depths Of my own Ignorance
without in the least Illuminating the
readers mind.
We may safely assume that she maze
q captivating picture when. half an
hour otter leaving the establishment o.
Spalding's, she was ushered into the
wide. high-vaulted studio of James
Montgomery Flags.
Naturally 1t was 4 pleasant meeting.
Mr.. Flagg. of course, had heard OF
Margaret and she, of course, had heard
of James Montgomery Flagg. And
having for so long admired his work
she had welcomed the opportunity of
calling upon him in company with Mrs.
among the notables of New York
seemed unlimited. He Invited Margaret
TO sit down and with the speed and IA
ciiity for which he is noted made a
sketch of her in less time than 1t takes
me to tell you about it
Under his flying fingers the likeness
seemed to grow out OF the cardboard
background in lightning fast strikes,
and almost before the sitter realized
that he had begun Mr.. Flagg was
handing her, with his compliments, the
completed drawing.
While Margaret thus was adding an
other treasured original to the collec-
ton of pictures drawn of her and for
her by prominent illustrators. Dunbar,
the man who, facing the suspicious at
ftCOe OF some OF Our MUTUAL JlTI
best friends, had persisted in his atten-
tons TO Ter, was undergoing one OF
the bitterst experiences of his life.
Some of the events of the afternoon
before had puzzled him. had distressed
him, too.
Twice had Kid Joseph accused hin
Of lettering about the Knickerbockel
home at the hour when. presumably
Margaret's necklace was stolen. The
Kid had persisted in his charge witt
such vehemence that only Margaret
action in establishing the innocence o.
all present by means of her finger prin
party had served to divert actual sus
picion from Dunbar.
At the time Dunbar's face had eX
pressed nothing but sincerity, but il
his brain a theory had formed anC
grown until he now believed he hat
in his possession the correct solution o
the robbery itself With this in mind
Dunbar borrowed from Margaret m
white satin case from which the neck
lace had been filched and carried II u
his apartments under his arm, takini