Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

meal, during which the loquacious
Spence kept up the conversation.
II don't want to poke my nose into
your affairs" said he, "but can see
you're not the same chap. Is it about
the wife,"
NO" said Jones. tits not that"
well. l don't want to dig into your
condolences, and / don't want to give
you advice. If i did, I'd say make it
up with her You know very well,
ROCKY, you have led her the deuce of
a dance. Your sister got me on about
It the other night at the Vernons'.
We had long talk about you, ROCKY.
and we, agreed you were the best of
chaps. but too much given to gayety
and promiscuous larks You should
have heard me holding forth. But,
joking apart. it's time you and ! set
tied down, old chap. You can't put old
heads on young shoulders, but our
you this. If you don't hitch up again
in harness, the other party will
do bolt. I'm dead Serious
It's not the thing to say to another
man. but you and haven't any
been pretty plain one't the other
we'll. this is what 1 want to say,
and just take it as it's meant. Manilofr
is after her. You know that chap,
the attache at the Russian embassy.
chap, like a billiard marker, always
other names Boris. Hasn't penny
to bless himself with. / know he
hasn't, for I've made kind inquiries
about him through Lewis, reason
why-he wanted to buy one of my
racers for export to Roosia. Seven
months. Lewis served. up his past to
me on a charger. The chaps rotten
with debt. divorced from his wife,
and a punter at Monte Carlo. That's
his real profession, and card playing.
He's sleepy slav. and If he was
"Nichevo! meaning It don't matter,
it's we'll insured-.if he had a house
to insure, which he hasn't. But wom-
en- like hlm-hes that sert But
Heaven help the woman that mar
herself off to Monte, and, when he'd
broken her heart and spoiled her
life and spent her coin, he'd leave her
and go off and be Russian attache
In Japan or somewhere. ] know him.
Don't let her do it, ROCKY"
But how am I to help it?" asked
the perplexed Jones, who saw the
meaning Of the other. 1t did not
matter in reality to him whether q
woman whom he had only seen once
were to- bolt" with a Russian and
.uu iuinalioh at monte carlo, out
this world is not entirely a world of
reality, and he felt "a surprisingly
strong resentment at the id a of the
girl in the victoria "bolting" with a
Russian.
It will be remembered that in Col
ms once the lawyers talk about
his wife" had almost decided him
10 throw down his cards and quit.
RMS shadowy wife. first mentioned
ny the bird woman had in fact. been
the one vaguely felt insuperabie OBJ
t sene, ;.d IN the way Of his grand de-
Rochester had failed, to fight Roche
esters battles to be the Earl Of
Kso,c9hester permanently maybe, or,
thalI,ng that. to retire and wants.,
PACK to the states with honorable
The sight of the real thing had
however. altered the whole position
Romance had suddenly touched Vic.
tor Jones; the gorgeous but sordid
vel!s through which he had been
i pmsmi"s mao split to some mystic
fairy la,Sl. -. 'o''"se VI
ass" ~" "ie all ola
Those words We're surely enough
n no nnauer any dream. to turn to
they had acted as a most potent snail
I've could still hear the voice. wrath.
1u,. but with tinge of mirtb in II
god individual, enhancing.
HOW are 70" to helm it?" said
Snence. "WhY go and make ", VIII,
ne, nrr again. kick Old Nichero. Women
IKE chaps that kick other chons.
1neV pretend they don't. but thew do
Elther do. that or tate Gun and
shoot her: she'd be better shot than
with that fellow" " '''@''
re Ut cigarette and thew
VdSSpO INTO the
spence. looking at his watch. dec,ared
mat he must he off tn keen an an
nointment, They said good hive in
the street. and Jones Returned ~ ~
carlton House Terrace. w
He had plenty to think about
The pile of letters waitinr tn ha
answered on the table. in the smoking
room reminded him that he had for,
eo1.en most pressing nece esstyEa
..D'st' lie could sign letters nil
T.eht' with very good imitation OF
hochesters signature. but a holo-
Sraph letter In the some hand was
oeyohd him. Then n bright idea came
70 MIN why not answer these letters
WIN six-penny tefegrams, which he
could hand in himself?
lie found sheaf Of telegram
forms IN the bureau. and sat down
nefore the letters. dealing with them
one by one. and as relevantly as he
couiu. IL was a rather interesting
Shd amusing game, and when he had
nnlshed he felt fairly satisfied.
AW1uiiy sorry can't come" was. the
reply TO the dinner invitations. The