The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-20


il'H ,. odd part OF II was that
Ana ~" ,rr nor her male partner
''.l fs4t WAS studying lhe'r
"}'g,g gag IN fact been studying them
70. o....., .fa sudden. their surrcpu-
.,..r,Is InrmaCies no longer
''' mas attention. For the man
Cached smninRiy into nus
"' ANA INTO ru" womanA hahd
....,.. and calmly slipped
N' .N.n..t wasn't the sort mat -
,..m hand 10 hand ABOUT
I',...t.. lotteries. as a rule. II was
..rlry .rolored stone set De
r u,Y. rmeralds To make il
W. ,...4rtapIe. It was cut In 1he
sN,p' .,.I nave looked cheap or
think. n It's tin,ing had been
E,t.,. but the trudcrost OF butter
A'' ,..e without That sublimal-
''' ~ sunlight TO soften lts
,,. ID would surely hRvo looked
...r ,s the DIAMOND alligator
...r rH. riy herself wore on her
WI '.f..r,.rsi and opulent bosom,
can't AXE Do or ~ karhs ot
,. .rI flashing sunset and
,r,. Do .r grass green ana nope Tor
ANYTHING much less conspicuous man
Ir.H.,., aky sign Even from
.r.,f could see II sparkle and
w. .r ,hr mink tinted hand hollow
l,..i ., a.Arfciously and yet Fu alb
.,.t.,. about it For every one ui
~. .,r,us,ni sparkles. ! told my
.., .1rc one had doubtlesay paid
iear-ur somebody In time 10
g,rs would pay their tear.
Then looked more closely at the
,,,,r,p herself She sat triflc back
fram thr dlmask draped tabie' WIN
.o,.s crossed Her left elbow
rested on her upper knee ana her
,,.u powdered chin rested In turn
q, her lrN hand. Her right arm
hare and rounded and mysterlousiy
yoluptu1us in ITS unmuscled softness'
,y stretched out on the table with
ibe canary colOrcd diamond resting
between the slightly prehensile
fingers.
She studied that diamodd AZ close
ly and as ubstractedly as ! was
siud,inr her. Nerlyn Nachcll was
Broadway actress, the Kind who
Adorn musical comedy and Invade
The legitimate only In distinctly
minor parts which they both OVER
dress and under-Act
1 had been taught to accept her as
anglng iu with that army, by no
means a small one, which accepted
the stage AS a sort OF auction block,
whore paraled beauty may be duly
assessed and duly bestowed upon the
highest bidder And as she sat thero'
studying the jewel in her hand. the
Jewel which had Just been given TO
her BY the man who quite AZ easily
could have given her a million dol
lars the idea OF the auction block
kept coming back 10 me again and
again For I felt that a compact had
been entered into, a trophy had been
sought and won l couldn't help
thinking VI that diamond AS u badge
Of capuulstion.
This caused me TO glance back at
The man again, the man who In all
such things Is OF distinctly minor
importance "Cappie' Cairns was
known not only for his millions. but
more i1r the manner In which he
disposed ot adequately generous
slices Of that same fortune. Yet he
tod softly along the serried cotes OF
adventure. always giving an air OF
leR'.mary iu those excursions. Ho
backed Au occasional musical com
edy which gave him. his enemies
proclaimed an excuse Tor being In
iefcstel boz its daughters OF song, He
mixed with Tho motion picture pro
du.'rs 'nr 'utt trim new avenue, c1-
hA.rtl 'h" JmC enemies, led into
NE ulNtud7 Of arrorant and self
,An@itd beauty where big game
'I only '0 'un express rifle ot u(b
IONS Ana lN the while the upper
a'tf Of tlpr.o Cairns associates as
serted him f1 ho the finest OF fell
lows q family man who believed In
b' OF fuu f1 keep the rust or, but
open hl1i"i 'p tho needy and easy
l'.0t'NI'h the unfortunate
A. 'or 'H" lower layers ~ Cappic
cairns 'rIpuda. their comments
wore moro restricted. since they had
H0H Themselves and the police 10
'hk 'U. l' probably paid them 20
remember me legend OF the goose
and 'hr golden egg
Table from y.rlyu vnchcn. SO leisure
% yrp.ra .r ruIdy duck and Bur
g'1|E hooked ANYTHING byi an orge
Eh0 ate Beauty aImogt a. raw as
BE- could Gag his canyasnack RE
looked rather urban I'm fact and ex.
ee1Hora"r nrU croomed and "A
H'e r'arraI Ills face wore a set
ar " pcnsvoncss touched with hu-
NOR 1s though while begging with
one hand H. remembered he car
i.'' "a svurH l7 the Other About The
,'.w nu' lines N hts shoulders was
IN almost military rigidirv OF nose
making mr think or a West Point