The Washington times., 1918-04-22
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
MOncrief Stricken With Paralysis Is
a Broken Man---Lillian in Dire
Want Goes to Pawn Her Jewels

rage; a word would bring him to
her feet. But what could she say
to him? She could not ask him
for money; that would be too I'M
dignifed. No: II was not In that
way that Charlie Epstone must
help her-she would ind a use for
him later on. There was his father,
too. who was expecting another
visit from Pietro. waiting for a
document which Lillian could give
him, and for which he was ready
to pay: but somehow Lillian shrunk
from further blackmall: also, she
knew old Epstone. with his blus-
tering, hiEh-handed methods, and
had no fancy to meet him.
Ne Help In sight.
There were many others. She
turned them over in her mind one
by one. and rejected them a. soon
as they occurred to her. In case OF
dire necessity-yes: but at present
no. The one other man. however,
she wrote. This was Tweedlsdum.
He could do nothing for her, she
knew that, and had no intention OF
asking him a favor; but he was a
friend OF Frank WillOuEhby. and
information a. to the whereabouts
and Intentions OF her undesirable
husband. She did not trust Tweedle-
dum-she disliked the man intense
ly-but she was anxious, II possible.
to see Frank and come to some
fresh arrangement with him.
There remained but one thing to
be done. With a sigh she made her
way to her bedroom and unlocked
her jewel case with a little golden
key. She sighed again as she
glanced at the glitterinE contents.
and then she spread them out be-
fore her on the bed.
She was rich in jewels, and she
had a superstitiOus dread OF parting
with them. But what other course
lay before herr Money she must
have. and she had recognized with
horror that It would take thou
sands OF dollars to clear her from
debt. 50 her gems must be sac
rificed.
She PavEns Her Jewell.
Was 1t necessary to part with air
She made rough calculations in her
mind as to how much her property
would realize and how much she ac-
tually needed She began to pick
out certain articles and place them
aside. They were the ones with
which she was most ready to part
A spirit Of recklessness seized her
They must 60" she cried; let
them all GO" She tore the rings
from her fingers, the bracelets from
her wrists. also she drew the large
pearls from her ears. They viii
bring me enough to live upon sur
some while" she sobbed. but l
shall never be able to redeem them
never"
So saying she relOcked her jewsI
ease-nearly empty now-and re-
turned II to it's usual position The
articles which she proposed to deal
with she packed carefully I'm q small
handbag. Then she rang for her
maid and told her to cali a Sab.
When IL came she babe the chsut-
fsur drive TO Messrs. Trcw & De-
vine. the jewellers. She had had
some dealings with this hTm. and
knew she could depend upon them.
She was received with the utmost
Civllity. Mr.. Trsw conducted her
into = back room and here she
spread out her treasured gauds for
his Inspection
~HhO Got the NeeEIRee Guy
BouEhtEs
Il have brought all this jOWslry
for your Inspection. Mr.. Trsw," said
Lillian. rather nsrvously. Il am In
temporary need OF money. and
would rather you negotiate the mat
ter for me than snyons else 4
good deal OF this was bought from
you. unleSs I am very much mis-
taken
quite So said the j-w.Isr Mr..
Hooking has been a very Sond Gus
toner Of ours This tiara. for In
Etancs. - our make. and = vsrS
beautiful piece Of work. too" He
held II up and regarded n sdmirinE-
ly "Mr. Hooking was always fond
OF Diamonds he added. PRO baby
you have also brought the necklace
with the crescent pendant-thAt wAS
a masterpiece, my dear madam. {
masterpiece"
mo. don't wish to part with
that" said Lillian, hurriedly. She
knew nothing whatever OF the neck
lace question. Guy Hooking had GER
tainly not purchased ~ for her.
She smiled to herself q little sadly.
Mr. Trew did not notice her en-
barrassment He had known Lillian
as NTlN Nll6s anu u y a. - SAg
wife that he was dealing with her.
He carefully selected from among
her Jewels those which he recog-
nizsd as having been purchased
from his nrm.
HTyhat Happened to the Je~sIsS''
"If understand you right.
Madam ne said. you Wish to Dor
row some money upon this security.
OF cOuTS s'-he assumed an air OF
comforting great favOr-"we do
not make a practice OF doing such
a thing. but TO obligs . client
81 want you to deal with them ~
II yOu were buying them. But let
me have an option. say Tor three
. months. Of buying them back, say
with % per cent profit for yourself.
II cannot do this they must go"
Mr.. Trew hardly needed her
words. He was carefully examin-
ing the tiara After minute he
laid Il down and subjected the
pearls to the same rigid eXamina-
tion. Lillian stood by watching him
hnpatientIy. She was anxious 20
finish the deal and take her de-
parJu-e.
What Is the matter. Mr.. TreE
she said at last. Those jewels have
never left my possession. They are
lust as ! had them Why do you AZ
anime them - critirRllyr'
Are YOU sure. madam. shat they
are lust IS you had thsm:" he
asked.
Continued Tomorrow.
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