Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28
O,e.
Socialnrates
Story No. II
The Fangs of the Tattler.
Plot by George Bronson Howard.
NeTeIlxstion by Hugh C. Weir.
Copyright Kalem Company.

rs this Miss Hartley-a0ona Hart.
The girl who had picked up the teie-
phone trUnsmitter gave q wonderIns
a:nrmativs to the question over the
yoics which had spoEsp~a voice whicS
held suggestion OF hysteTa,
Ny name Is Burton" continued the
voice, AIRS Amos Burton. You don't
your friend. Miss Davenport, and II
wish you could help me! am in
trouble, desperats trouole!" The hys-
to shriii crescendo. "Don't say S yoS
what I shall deF' ' W '>O"
Mona glanced at her watch.
IF you will give me your address,
Mrs. Burton, Miss Davenport and l will
see you at once" she said briskly.
II wes shortly AFTER eleven o'clock
drew UP before a handsome residence
set We'll back in yard, on which
wealth had lavished much attention.
Iheir cards received an immediate in.
vyitetion from the butler to follow him
20 Mrs. BuFton's boudoir-a tastefully
furnished and essentially feminine room
on the second floor Mrs. Burton rose
newspaper descriptions OF her had NOT
oeen exaggerated. Her age could not
nave been more than twenty-five, and
sne looked even younger in her lacy
CLEANED heavy masses of dull bronze
hair Her eyes showed a sleeplese
night. and her fingers worked nervous.
u as she shook hands with her visi.
tors' and motioned them to chairs near
her. ''e''
She needed no urging to plunge into
aer story; Evidently It was the upper
most subject of her thoughts.
7 sent for you" she began, "because
l need the services Of someone upor
.ol',s Mhl1se aiscreHon and honesty I can alb
"If you read the newspapers" she
began again, "you must know some
thlng OF my married life, and my hus-
oand The papers printed columns
ding. Mr.. Burton is much older than
myself, although we were both de.
voted TO each other. But he is fright.
tully jealous, unressonatbly so at times,
tor I swear that I have never given
MIN cause to doubt my loyalty And
now-f looks as though circumstances
mad consp!red against me. and that ]
shah be branded in hts eyes as a de.
signing creature. unworthy Of his love,
own
Go on, please" encouraged Mona.
Mrs Burton flushed. ITO go back a
short time in my life, must tell you
that before my marriage l was on
rather good terms with George Allison
fog9 g9obg been aF5iit 6srsI4 In feet had eondi
nave developed more seriously. AS il
vas, It was definitely at an END even
oetore I received Mr. Burton's ofrer OF
himself and kis career with drugs. % and
about the time became Engaged. he
disappeared utterly, A few months
after sIt ny ny msrriage. I Teeelyed a letter
saying he was very III. Then anotheS
Iefter came. telling me he was in q
critical condition. and asking IL I could
Ssap 5sap NJ am % some money. Such an ep.
any love for him. even II there had
oeen any. LETT, for It was easy enough
to read between the lines Of the raw.
ages or his own dissipation. But
sent him some money, rather too1iShly
perhaps-and then forgot the Incident
until yesterday"
She paused again, and continues mora
slowly and deliberately.
yesterday afternoon receiyed G
eaFo from q man styling himself Abner
Runk!e. attorney, with a request for
luctantly received him and he borri.
hed me with the announcement that
my letters from George Allison were
about to be published-unless I could
raise enough money to buy them back.
or course. thought he was shooting
desk I found that he had. indeeS
sSp93keSxhe Sp3 truth, for all OF my letters
Mons,F sss e. fac ace ssga contracted acted srimly;
IS tne pane OF the enterprising news
:. The Tattler! Surely, you must know
~ II mas acquired a Tremendous repu-
taton by publishing the most sensa-
tional scandals of any paper in this
sectionEeffairs which no one but a
could have known about Everyone has
suspected for months that The Tattler
%as o.ing supplied with its material
pest homes Of the city-and there have
been ugly rumors of other scandal
stories, even more sensational than
suppressed strangely at the last mo-
ment- When received the PROPOSE
tion OF the lawyer, Runkle. I could
snG thst RSw %s fSs ns tb had bee been done
which The Tattler had caught in its
tolls, He, told. me that he had hap
y the newspaper, quite by accident, and
while there had seen the proofs OF
tie article about me. which were to
nave been published in this weeks
publication would be 10 me, he had
prevailed upon the editor to hold up
the article. as he expressed It, until
would mean considera BILE loss to the
papers circulation to stop the publica-
lion OF srch sensational story. and
loss, ne thought IL possible to get back
u Inlgnt De arranged for five thousand
dollars, and he is to call tomorrow
for the money"
Ard n YOU nad planned to give it to
II can't! I haven't got it! And there
Is no WY I can raise II without carry
Ing the whole wretched story to my
husband. You see, have alEsady over
Drawn my allowance. and II is quite
.mHossible even to pawn my Jewels
suspecting all sorts of things. No
there is 10 way out, unless you can
help mew
You say the letters were stolen from
your private desk?" asked Mona
should give us q base from which to
work. Who. besides yourself had access
were thereT
NO one" said Mrs Burton promptly.
But that Is impossible" remon-
strated the girl. ''The thief must have
known. And we must find the thief
II we are to help you! Have you a
maid3"
"of course-but Mimi is quite above
suspicion. assure you. I would vouch
for her devotion"
"Can we talk 10 herr" asked Mona.