The Washington times., 1918-07-08
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Lillian Wonders If the Satyr Head of
Won Geldenstein Is Not Some
HallucinatiOn of Her Mind


pockets. coming straight. as he aid.
from his odiee. and these suma II
small. would pass muster IN the
humble household.
A little later Won Geldenstein
went down to shut up the shop, and
Katrina, conversational after her
supper. Vouchsafed further infor-
nation From her somewhat diftuso
speech Lillian grAsped the follow
ing facts.
Katrina Tells About Husband.
Katrina had been married to her
husband some ten years, but shs
had known him for many years be-
fore. His real name. she said. was
Geldenstein. and his parents had
settled in New York when he was
quite q lad. Asked II she had ever
heard Of the millionaire. Won
Geldenstein. Katrina shook her
head. She was q simple woman n
her way, and she hardly UNDER
stood what was meant BY the
term. Her husband. she continued.
had left his parents and set up for
himself in the very shop they were
now occupying. Later on he took
TO absenting himself. and would
leave the shop shut up for weeks;
no one knew where he went
THAT was when he first started
in business in the city" Lillian told
herself. "It Is from then that his
double life must have commenced
Conscious Of II at first. he prae-
tfced eoncealment 50 long that -
last he deceived himself. Each life
developed in its own groove TIL
the two became utterly severed
and unconnected with each other.
oh. 1 think I understand how u
has come about"
At Last he had paced q man
aReress in the shop. and Tor tnis
purpose he selected Katrina De
practically made over the business
TO her. but Il was not TIN many
years later that they were married
She was BY that time quite ac-
customed to his absences and never
questioned him about them ne
says he 90 away and work De
never tell me more than that. I
quite content 50 long he bring BACK
gold" II was In such q manner
that she accepted his strange
havior. II was all one to her u
his pursuits were honest or the re-
verse: she gave Lillian to under
stand that II was probably the lat.
ter. Believing, as she did, that her
new Iodger herself was criminal
how came she by her jewelry, ana :
why did she wish to hide herself
away?-Katrina saw little neeea-
sity for caution In her eonVersa-
ton
An UnanswersbIe Question.
Did the man himself know any
thing Of his movements during the
weeks that he was away from this
home Of his? That question was at
present unansverable, but Lillian
was inclined to think that he did
not; his gesture at the supper table
had indicated ignorance.
On his marriage. Won Gsldensteln
took her name. for she had ALREADY
made some local reputation for ne
shop and her name-Meyer-had long
been painted over the doorway He
was consequently known In the neigh
borhood-IIIlian learned that she was
in one OF the back streets OF Cherry
Hill-as Meyer. During his week with
her he went out very little. though he
might occasionally transact some bcsi-
ness on his own account. buy or sell.
and not ipfrequently-here she once
more wiRked her eye expresSively-he
would bring back articles which had
cost him nothing to procure But she
never asked questions so long he
gut to me und de kinder / care not
Thus she concluded
When he returned from shutting up
the shop he had also changed his
clothes. He wore now a suit of
threadbare black. out at elbows and
knees, and shiny With age.
''I find not my corduroy he said
testify in English. '-und-und some
other things vich l haf put up in .
bundle I fnd dem not either"
You vas wearing corduroy" answered
his wife, ven you 90 away last month
Und you take de bundle NIT you You
Say"-she glanced at him furtively-
"dere are tinSs in de bundle you must
throw away. You remember not?"
For a moment the man Eaxed AZ
her as II not comprehending. He
raised his shaking hands To his
brow with the same gesture that
he had employed when speaking OF
his absences from home: then he
burst out with a now OF unintelli-
gible words Katrina looked at
him with trepidation and replied In
the same language. The little girl
from her seat in the corner, began
to cry.
Lillian rose quietly and Withdrew
to her own room.
Could Guess At Trouble.
For a considerable time longer
the noise OF heated words contin-
ued: she could hear every sound
through the partition. But she
could understand nothing. for man
and woman spoke IN ineomprehensI-
bic German dialect. II was not
hard. however. to guess at the ex-
PLANTATION OF the trouble. The man
knew that he had left the house
with damning evidence OF a crime
upon him: he had flled a cloth with
the various objects which he wish
ed to get rid of-the pin-hoW
could he sell 1.-THE pearl buttons
they had probably attracted him
after he had committed the murder,
dealing largely as he did in such
articles-but they had proved use
less and dangerous to keep. So he
had packed them ell up with other
things--Lilian shuddered aS she
thought OF tire blood stained knife.
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