Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-03
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Story No. II
The Fangs of the Tattler.
PISs BY George Bronson Howard.
NovsIixatien by Hugh c. Weir.
Copyright Kalsm Company.


best friend I had in the world until
Ielsy
suggested Runkls maliciously.
Mary sprang to her feet with eresn
@lrst OF rage.
way in which I could sven up With
her: and make her suffer as she has
IT thought Mrs. Douglas was the
refeotively. "or is that just gosslpg'
Mary lookei at him musingly. and
suddenly her eyes snapped with satis-
If Steven Douglas ever found out
about his young and beautiful wifes
firtstions with RAYMOND Daniels. hts
SO4 n. Sst p. at uss ss tn. :tGRRSa lss
point, and saw Runkie;s eyes sisam'
Yes? he encouraged. And what
would happen II he did2"
throw her OF without doiisrl But
proof. He is too wise to take gossip
Runkls lighted a cigar, and smoked
for moment in silence.
Would he pay for such evidenceT-
What do you meanT' said Mary sus-
Runkis laughed. Get wisei Get
wise" he chuckled. why not cash in
back the wife for what she has done
to your It isn't often that . chance
of that Kind comes @ to FIJI"
u: ii only OAR dsredH di"a she RSs shesItsted. aslvHS
somsiyi But I don't want the money.
T., would be sstisasd If could pay back back
hlssyl"
The CLEAN in Runkles eyes deep
ened; Around bend in the road Vent
stopping opposite the bench. Runkis
! rose to his feet, and sauntered over to
the road, where he talked for moment
With wentworth, and then beckoned to
with just the right degree OF hesita-
tion. and found Wentworth's eyes ap-
! praising her shrewdly as Runkle ex-
| him, and Wentworth moved over to the
end of his seat. making room for her.
Won't you let me give you liftT"
he invited. Then We can talk at our
Mary vsiled her slat.On, and glanced
know whether ought to go"
and the girl allowed herself to be per-
| suaded.
She knew that Runkle had told the
other of their conversation, and that
to study her for himself It was svi-
Dent that he wgs waiting for her to
bring Sr,g up the subject Of Mrs. Douglas.
ana at length he was obliged to refer
to the topic himself
Et The .RoanOake with Mrs; stsvsSs
have been having some trouble. ZEN
me about I'll!
Mary glanced quickly from under
Ting Of interest IN S his ~S voice. snd sdusRs sss
felt his eyes travelling over her face
bosomed herself. in more detail. Of the
kle. When Wentworth finally in
strueted the chauffeur to stop. at a
point near the Roanoake, he fingered in
sent to dine with him the next even
ing;
she drew . long breath as the car
finally rolled away, wentworth wav-
that she had eonqueredl with spark-
ling eyes she hurried to their apart
ment In the Roanoake, and excitedly
to the impatiently waiting Mona. The
other girl hugged her impulsively at
the conclusion, and for a moment the
two stared silently into each others
TT is : risky game. deaz~ said
-But the goal Is worth III" returned
Three weeks passed--three weeks of
vSryiug incidents. MOna's Hirtation
tSsir Tish car CsrNS1: SI,., or young Daniels. as
snnnE new to fshas attTso 81 kTsw or. h1 was be-
attention. and more than once Mona
caught the calculating eyes OF Vent
worth surveying them at the various
az Hnaiss' i5s' where n.I they chsnced to meet.
with Reginald Wentworth was fast
SDprosShing S 8 degree Of intimacy. It
| q tai e. 49, 49,.
topic, Of Mrs. Douglas. and the sup
posed young wife'S indiscretions was
discussed between. them now with
thors was a VAGUE, indennabie element
OF distrust, even yet in Wentworth's
manner. which the girl was at q loss TO
understand until one evening when the
| Two mofored out to q restaurant on the
dinner.
.oI;.1 During the Tide Wentworth care,sssly
drawn from his pocket to refer to a
%ssG sGksd nR at her ssSs s1S taPRlsg The
know that it's contents are almost
| priceless to .nyself-and a certain very
much worried lady Of soctetyT
Mary shook her head with a quiEEi cal
smile
''I dare cay that the lady in question
Topid 1le redeem the half a dozen letters
ana be grsaefuI for the ohanosF
The subject dropped. and It was not
telephone call during the course of the
dinner, and excused himself that the
conversation recurred to the girl. There
by his plate was the wallet, where In
his haste he had forgotten I'll For
a moment she hesitated. and then her
hand reached out stealthily to appro-
pirate IL. The instinct that whispered
her 4 swift warning she could not have
explained, but she drew back hurriedly,
leaving the wallet undlsturbed Was
1t not possible that Wentworth had laid
clever trap to test her? IL was i'm
conceivable that a man, accustomed to
living by HE wits. would be careless
enough to leave six thousand dollar
weapon OF blackmal oonsplouousiy on
restaurant table! A moment later
Wentworth sauntered back, ana his
glance told Mary that her suspicious
had been justified.
With a low laugh. he picked up the
wallet, and turning II inside out. hung
IL back, 1t was empty!
doubling you!" he said in a low tone
But I couldn't afford to take a chance
gether, I must be absolutely certain
that we are going to do 1t on the
SQUARED"