Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-23
Continued from Saturday.

eff I was called" he said. 'I ha6
the outf1t-professional dancer. ant
so on. But I wasn't called
He walked straight to the women's
dressingroom. Can you beat 1t?
Sis turned and come back from the
window. "How did your brother ge1
the-loot?" she asked curtly.
He turned a bit surly at that. Evi.
IDENTIFY Martins part still rankled. HE
was always hanging around" he said
bitterly. HE was in my room wher
trusted me. He was full of the story
of the fellow on the taxicab. and
suppose my face told him something
He opened the suitcase and ="
Took it away with him?"
YES"
"And the bracelet?"
"It fell out. He never saw it.
kept it."
He gave it to Lottie. He was mad
about her. And she had worn it, al.
though he had told her not to.
Cherchez la femme!
We sent for Martin soon after that
My throat was hammering like rivet
ing machine by that time. with m,
head running it a close second.
I stood 1t out until Martin came te
the library door. He got the whole
situation in glance. and walking
over, put his hand on his brother.
shoulder.
Then he turned and looked. not al
me. but at Sis. "Well?" he said.
I went upstairs and had chill.
This is the first time I've told the
story. 1t can hardly hurt anyone now
Anderson is at the front in Flanders
driving biplane, and Martin is there
too, running an ambulance.
He broke his engagement with
Hazel. saw him Just afterward an6
he looked like ghost. Poor Sis. But
even that may come out right, after
all. Sis gets letter now and ther
from France. and goes around fol
days afterward with her face fairly
glorif1ed.
Prosecute? or course not. Sis and
were the only ones who knew the
story. and believe me, we didn't fee
quite easy ourselves. 1t was Graytor
that was responsible, and Grayton ex.
listed because - well, because we hat
to have things, or because the Mater
thought we did.
AS soon as the war orders had put
the business on its feet again we go
for the best garden, and you ought
to see what they're doing. My stenog'
rapher's a Grayton girl. and every
morning there's a bunch of flowers
from her garden on my desk.
We've got q park along the river
with bathing beach. We call 1t Mar.
tins Park. 1t was Sis's idea. Martin
was fond of youngsters. He used te
go down to the river front and teach
the kids to swim. Filthy water, but
all they had at the time.
Sis came of age last spring, and the
governor offered her a string of pearls
saw her go white, and she refused
them.
I'D rather have the money, Dad
she said. Then she built the park.
We've talked things over together
lot. Sis and I. There were some
parts of the affair that we had to fig.
ure out for ourselves. Martin, when
he came that afternoon, had not said
very much, except that he had
thought that Anderson had left towr
the night before.
The other chap had turned on him
nastily. Sis said.
"And left you with the stuff" he
snarled.
But Martin had not taken his hand
OH his shoulder. I'd have beaten him
up II I'd been in Martins shoes.
Well, we worked 1t out, Sis and I
like this. Martin had taken the suit.
case home and emptied 1t. Then he
put the Jewels in his golf bag.
suppose he hardly knew how to pet
the things back to their owners. anc
In the meantime they had to be hid