Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02

at all. only" ....
mgly.
"Only I'm COINS to put on my gloves.
minute later she entered the ball
room with her mother. Presently she
was surrounded by men imploring her
70 allow them to autograph her ua"ct
card. Lamar glanced up. saw her ana
started across the floor in her direction,
As he emerged from his secluded
corner. Drew and the count, VINO hau
been looking for him, seized his arm
and pulled him back against the wall.
"What have you found OUT ASKED
Drew, hoarsely. ,r,,
Lamar shrugged his SHOULDERS Inc
gesture was significant.
"Notbing." he answered simply.
"But you've got to- insisted young
Drew. you don't seem to realize wat :
involved -,
oh 7 realize it all right answered
lamar coldlv. but you don't seem 10
roaIiZe that YOU are dealing with the
most daring. the most ingenious anu
most fendishly lucky crook that the po-
lice department has run against lneoe
things don't solve themselves my po''
and other people can't solve them QUIT,
IN. BY the way, you stopped me WIZ VIZ.
7 wa {. on my way to perform yer!
important errand. - eooo
yes? What? \ clue Dre"9
was eagerly alive now. -.
NO" drawled Lamar, not ola'
was about to greet MISS lrdN-
is and ask her to give me dance
Drew grunted in disgust. The count
onened his mouth. to protest. But La,
mar waved them both aside ana hurr'eu
off. 49,. .oi,s+
Mary. sitting on q little settee aSslrS'
the wall of the ball room saw MN ON en-
June's hand and bend over it. she nan
800 from the seat, then remembered
where she was and sat down again, ,
prinping the arm of the chair anu
Watching every move of the little group
suddenly a woman appeared at one
OF the pillars-a woman VINO attracted
attention by her daring attire. she wore
a gown whose foundation was OF hesh
color chiffon. The overdress was Simply
a network of Jet The costume was oar
inclv decollette. and was held in place
o,,er tho shoulders by delicate chain
of let beads. Among the pretty. sirllsh
dance frocks il looked bizarre-all put
Indecent.
Inst for a moment she leaned against
the pillar. waving a huge black ostrlch
fan to and fro. over the soft tips OF
the graceful feathers her eyes met those
of a venturesome young man. she Sig
nailed He obeyed. Mary watched, un-
iii the two were lost in the maze OF
dancers. Then her eyes wandered back
to June, who was still deeply enSrossed
in what Lamar was saying.
Mary wished that some of the men
would come up and claim June for a
dance. Anything to be rid of Lamar
The worried old woman searched the
crowd in the hope of finding Warren
Pearson. If she succeeded in locating
him she would go up and tell him what
June had said about wanting to dance
with him earlier in the evening.
But Warren was nowhere to be seen.
Instead. the slender woman in the star
Ting costume kept dancing into Mary's
line of vision. She was leaning hack
against her partners arm, looking into
his eyes. a taunting smile on her thin,
vivid lips
While Mary was deciding that this
was quite the most disgusting type of
woman she had ever seen, the strange
girl and her partner collided clumsily
with another couple. The woman with
whom they collided-a plump blonde and
beautifully gowned--got the worst of
the collision
Mary saw her bend down and rub her
ankles Then, while proper apologies
were made by the woman in black and
her partner, the little blonde limped
away on her partners arm and sought
refuge on a settee near Mary. The acute
pain in her foot must have made her
feel faint. For the man Immediately
went i'm search of glass of water and
returned with it as quickly as possible.
After taking a few swallows, Mary
saw the blonde girl put her hand over
heart and draw a deep breath of relief.
But the expression of renewed strength
gave way to startled surprise. She was
passing her hands rapidly over the
front of her deliberately embroidered
gown.
Whats the matter. Mrs. Hinkle?'
Mary heard the young man say.
i've lost my brooch--my diamond
brooch" gasped the woman. II had it
on a minute ago. I'm sure. Oh, [ don't
know what my husband will say. He
gave it to me for our tenth anniversary.
And, apart from the value, | wouldn't
lose il for anything i'm the world
surely it must be around some
where if you had it on Just a moment
ago." protested the young man. May
be you dropped it when we had our
tumble Wait here and I'll go look
around that spot"
NO, I'll come with you. It's made
me nervous. J can't sit still"
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