Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

grateful glance at MIN and then squared
his broad shoulders. I'VE can prove
that Douglas waverly had a quarrel with
Eugene Creveling In that gentleman's
own house at late little supper about
a fortnight ago, and we have witness
who listened to It. The two Of them
are dead now, but you both know them
Of old do / need to say what that
quarrel was about in general war,
though no names were mentioned7 Wav.
erly threatened Creveling then and
they've not spoken to each other since.
IL you'll look back, you'll both recall
what happened In this very house a
week ago tonight; how Crevcling threw
down his cards and left the game when
Waverly came. Can either OF you re-
| member one occasion When they have
talked friendly together in the last fort
nightf'
There was silence while Cutter and
ORourke looked at each other and then
McCarty resumed:
| ~ can 20 back further than that II
it's necessary; ! can show you the
root of that quarred months ago, and
the Jealousy and all that branched out
Of It., but tits best buried with the
happened between them that brought
things to crisis. Well never know
what IL was, perhaps, but we can guess.
Creveiing invited Waveriy to come to
his house that night and have 1t out and
Wayerly accepted"
'But look here !" O'Rourkc inter
rupted. "Creveling went down to Broad.
mead. to Waverly's country place over
the week end ten days ago he wouidn' I
have done that unless they were on
speaking terms, at least"
But waverly himself wasn't there" "
McCarty replied. ASK Mrs. Waverly
II you like; ] did. over the telephone
this afternoon. and she said business
had kept her husband in town. Wav-
erly must have thought for some
reason. that Creveling had given him
the slip, early on Thursday evening.
fer he tore into the Cosmopolitan Club
like u mad bull looking for him, but
Creveling phoned to him not to be late,
that he was expecting him at half past
II. Warerly must have had 1t ali
planned out what he meant to do, but
lie sent for his car then and drove ali
around town, waiting for the time to
come. Have either Of you noticed In
the last few days the fresh SCARED
curbstone In front Of the Creveling
house? Wavcrly bent his mud guard
and twisted his ankle scraping against
II when he finally drew up at the place.
, There's no use going into what
happened between them then, for well
never know that, either, but they made
u farce Of eating supper together and
then the quarrel was renewed In tht
library. For some reason Waverly
fauntcd that card in front of Crevelinp
THE nine of diamonds that ! handed
him back an hour ago-nnd then the
end came.
"W'averly must have left the house
as II the fends were after him then
and driven around like msd until nearly
morning. We've witness who car
testify to his distraught condition wher
he brought his car back 10 the garage
and that there was blood on him. Wher
l questioned him later at the Belterr,
HOtel-where he tried mt first to sa,
he'd been all night, though I'd seer
him 60 in myself not half an hour be
, fore--hc gave me another abb and the
name of n man who could prove It, ant
1t was only late last night found ou
from n third party that the man ha(
lied ani he admitted it. / needn't gt
any further. gentlemen that's our cas-,
and we can prove every step Of tn,
way"
For n momcnt after he had finishet
there was silence and then O'Rourk,
passed a shaking hand across his brow
Great God!' he groaned. at
seems incredible! can't believe it q
wavcrly. and yet! What do you
say. Nick?'
II don't know what to say"" tn,
ether responded. II never thought Il
would come to that between them, bu
we all know Wavcrly's violent. uncon
trollablc temper; how he beat tha