The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-23

ma The record, as you've made 1t, stands
Ike this: You courted this girl; you prom
ised to marry her; you gave her ring. You
showered her with money. gifts, attention.
Then suddenly you jilt her. She may have
Tilted you at first, but the record shows you
Tilted her. One OF your strong reasons for
% doing IL that she dissipates, smokes ciga-
rettes, drinks cocktails now and then"
Now and always" returned Elmer
ouayle earnestly; I'm telling you the
truth"
Nobody ever drinks cocktails more than
now and then-before a jury" went on the
prosecutor. And beside the cigarettes and
drinks she goes to dances all the time. Good
She'll admit most Of these charges II she's
wise. They are probably susceptible of proof
GEtndstone Will set her straight on that
What does 1t amount to, Elmer Quayle?
Over in New York there are mothers, grand
mofhers-staid, respectable women with
large Misunderstanding cigarettes drinking
cocktails. dancing every night. River City is
. city-it's not SO far away from the Bor-
ough Of Manhattan. Hundreds Of River City
girls get married every year-a whole lot Of
EN- have smoked cigarettes, drunk cocktails,
gone to dances every night Ten chances to
one thereu be three men on your jury who
met their wives at a public dancing place.
That's what dancing's for. These wives Of
are you going to prove that Zelda Lindquist
IL any different from these girls7''
- know she is.". said EIrnAS IQuavIe ~
What else do you know about this Eirl7"
qucried Sam Oliver.
Nothing" said the athlete; neither does
anybody else. She came here from Australia
FIVE year. ago, she says-she and her brother
Joe. They lived first in New York-then
here. That's all ever knew"
thought about it hard. Its bad enough"
he said at length, 81 and you must understand
just how bad IL Is. This Is Elmer Quayle's
town-and Elmer IS a hero. The children OF
the city place At Elmer's feet twenty-five
thousand dollars to do with as he will
sacred tribute. For him to do with as ne will
This woman comes along this strange
woman. They've never even heard of her
before. She sets her velvet claws upon this
pile and takes II for her own. Twenty-h five
thousand dollars, raised for Elmer Quayle-
presented to him by kids with glowing eyes
with hero worship in their hearts. And then
he hands 1t over to a woman Of this type"
But she hasn't got the money yeti" cried
. Peggy Warner.
Now you're talking" said the prosecutor.
No more post-mortems. Wen build up now
instead Of tearing down. Let everybody
help"
I'm help" nodded Peggy Warner This
- case must be settled and settled right away"
How much money have you got?"
Gueried Sam Oliver.
twenty-five thousand dollars" responded
Elmer 0uayle forlornly, and not q dollar
more
Il have two thousand dollars Of my ownr'
oded Peggy Warner eagerly. &C.
- Sam Oliver thought It over carefully. He
adnt Like It. but, after AL, il was one way
ssk Bring in your two thousand" he said
Elmer Quayle, and IN go see Eleazer Grind
stone right away" O..
He sat up that night till midnight pre-
pairing an answer that would put out the eve
Of any ordinary antagonist. Next day he
took his answer in to EIeazer Grindstone,
handed him a copy, and laid two thousand
dollars on Eleazer Grinds tones desk
Two thousand dollars" nodded Sam Oil
yer to Grindstone, " IL your woman quits
right now. Destroy these papers SoueIch
the whole thing-strangIe It in its birth
That means thousand to you, Grindstone-
and a thousand more to her. A thousand for
O few hours work. That's fair"
.-Grindstone picked up the answer and read
1t carefully. 1t was a formidable document,
but Grinostone merely chuckled as he read it,
Not farthing less than twenty-f five" said
Grndstone. Next day the storm broke-the
night was on. Next day. too. Eieazer Grind
stone sent for Zelda Ltndquist.' And Zelda
'Eindqutst came 20
Now, young woman" he nodded to her,
1--WE sent for you to find out what you are
doing with yourself"
The Swedish beauty tossed her head. IT
am doing as please" she answered
Exactly" nodded Grindstone; 1T sup
posed so. Ten years from now you'll look
back and wonder at your reckIexsness
You've been doing as you please too much.
Your picture. lady. will be in all the evening
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