The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-29

broke IN tr h0hcu AZ " ne bFrn
mixing IL up good and plenty with
Mr.. Rufus Hateb-and enjoying H.
We've got 'rm going. Jimmie he
chuekied. and he sald u without AJAX.
Ing me how had found Mrx shella-
or bow she was looking. or any.
thing.
told him had met Mr.. Hatch
on tho stair going down
Tie didn't say anything 70 you.
did her be asked
Not a wurd.-
Il had 10 pun mat Band Cr-ek
business on him. and I'm rather
sorry he went on. -ffe and his
people are going TO fight the new
company TO a finish. and he morciy
came up here TO tell mo so--and 10
add that might as well resign first
az last. because. In IN. end. he'd
get my goat when laughed at
him he got abusive He's an ugly
bcggar. Jimmie"
That's what everybody says of
him
A. - bHt ffe anu rtAt tIWNG nav"
plenty OF monsy--stolen money. a
good deal Of Ii--and they stand In
with every political boss and gang
ster in the state. There IL only one
way 10 handle such man. and tina,
IL without gloves. told him We
had the goods on him In the matter
OF SIR. Chadwick's Kidnapping nd.
venture At first he Elid couldn't
prove II. Then he broke out curzinx
and let your name slip. hadn't
mentioned you at all. and 30 hc gave
himself away. He knows who you
are. and he remembered that you had
overheard his talk with Henckei in
the Billiard lobby"
heard what he was SAYING. but
I didn't really sense Il because my
head was ram Jam fun Of a thing
that was ~ pitiful that u had kept
me swallowing hard all the way
back from Major Hendricks. II
was this way. when ! had jigRlod
the bell out at tho house Il was
Aalsle Ann who let mo In and took
the box OF flowers and the boss
note. She told me that Aunt Mandy
the cook. hadn't made any pie that
day. 80 we sat In the dimiy lighted
hall and talked for a few minutes.
one thing she told me was that
Mrs SheiIa had company and the
name Of u was Mr.. Van Britt That
wasn't strictly news because I had
known that Mr.. Van Britt was
dividing time pretty evenly with the
boss in the Major Kendrick house
visits. That wasn't anything 10 be
scared up about knew that all
Mr.. Norcross asked. or would need.
would be fair field and no favor.
But my chunky little girl didn't stop
at that.
a think we can let Mr.. Van Britt
take care Of himself" she said. lie
has known Cousin sheila for a long
time, and I guesa they are only just
good friends. But there IL something
you ought 10 know. Jimmie--for Mr.
Norcross' sake. lie has been send
ing lots OF flowers and things. and
Cousin sheila has been taking them
because-well I guess it's just be.
cause she doesn't know how not 20
take them"
eco on" said. but my mouth had
suddenly grown dry.
Such thipgs-flowcrs you know
don't mean anything in New
York, whore we've been living Men
send them TO their women friends
just as they pass their cigar cases
around among their men friends
But I'm afraid it's different with
Mr.. Norcross"
"ft IN different" I said.
Then she told me the thing that
made me swell up and want TO
burst.
ct mustn't be different. Jimmie
Cousin Sheila's married. you know. -
Fl know she has been married" I
corrected; and then she gave me the
sureenouRh Knockout
She is married now, and her hus.
bard n sim living"
For a little while couldn't do any.
thing but cape like chicken with
the pip. II was simply fierce, /
know. as we'll az I know anything.
that the bose was gone on Mrs.
Shella; that he had fallen in love.
first with the back OF her neck and
then with her pretty face and then