The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-29

your show L. lot" MCCarty left his |
way with care sam Ncdder's his
name and he's in with lot of soci-
ETY. people"
laughed. We all know sam! Hes
crazy about Whitfield. but she can't
see him. He gave "a supper party
for her one night last week In his
apartment UP on the drive and he
certainly knows how to do things
right even II lac Is only a Kind OF a
con man, as they say. This was my
souvenir
sam told me about that party and
some of tho people who were to be
there" he observed. Several OF
your company"
only the girls. He left 1t to
-srtitfield and she asked eight of us.
The men were all SANS friends
Chcdscy, the hardware man. and
Danton--yuu know Dantons fresh
CIeam-and Mayer OF the Imperial
Cluaks and Suits, and Jeffrey Hunt
and ROY Goodscll and tales ogden
ana Il couple of bookles whose names
! don't remember TriNie paused
for breath Lots OF money and
good sports. but ogden was the only
real swell"
Dennis stiffrned and McCartys
grip frightened upon his fork.
Sam said something about fell
low named Waverly," he remarked
with studied carelcssness. Maybe
he was one of the bookics-----2"
Trixie made little grimace.
mo, he wasn't who doesn't
know Doug Wavsrly? Disgusting
beast, but what you d call society
swell, all right. It's funny Ncdder
spoke of him To you. trying to make
out he's intimate with people that
have got class 1 suppose. WaVerly
goes around with ogden a lot, but
he wouldn't trail with sporting
man like sam
Then he wasn't at that party last
| Thursday night?' MCCarty persisted.
Maybe he cumc after you left"
well he must have come with
the milk # he did, for we girls all
! left together at o In the morning."
| TriXic stitled Il yawn as she picked
up her gloves.
McCaty had given fresh instruc-
tions to the chauffeur and now ne
settled back in TriXios vacant seat,
| You'll not be going back just
yet" he announced. wen pay
little CAN first on MIR. Samuel We'd
dor to find out why he He'd to an
| officer Of the law
Mr.. Samuel Vcddcrs was at homo
and received them after some pro-
test, in barbarically striped pajamas
and an exceedingly bad temper
"You fellows have got an awful
lnervel" he grounded. II don't care
| If you are from police headquarters,
you've got nothing on me and this is
IL hell of Il timo to rout a man out
of his bed What do you want, any
way"
sThe names Of the men who were
your guests at that supper party here
last Thursday night McCartY re-
sponded shortly.
| A change came over the dark,
smooth -ahaven face of Veddcr, but
| he replied with an assumption OF
| ease:
II don't know what for; it was a
perfectly regular party. Let me see
there was Falos Ogden and Roy
Goodsell and Henry Mayer and
Douglas Waverly."
stop right there, Mr.. Vedder."
| NcCarty interrupted, aernly. Mt.
| Waverly was not in your rooms last
| Thursday night. You ought to have
coached Chedsey and Danton and the
rest of them If you were going to
stick to that lie for him.
| Vedder shrugged.
Come through now, then. What
did you lie for when | phoned you
last Friday morning?"
"Because he asked me to. Doug
las IL an intimate friend Of mine and
he called me up and told me he
been out all night and he thought
the wife had put couple OF dicks
on him but he managed TO lose
them. I'd met him rnc day before
and ivitcd him To the party and he
said he had another date, but ! sup
nose that's what made him think OF
using me for an alabL He said If
tanyone called UP 10 tell them that
he'd been here NJ a little stag party
and | was glad enough tn help him
out" Ncddcr paused and regarded
them shrcwdly. Its a horse of an
iother color. though, II headquarters
IL taking an interest in him. Say,
That's the night his friend was shot
| -"
"Oh, nothing like that AcCarty
laughed. This is little matter
Iabout Il private gambling esta hlISh To-
mcnt that we've got the goods on.
By the way, If you are such friend
iOf Waverly's you must have sat in
more than one game with him.
what's his particular hunch, his mas
cot, his lucky card? Hes got one
hasn't he?'
"Suro he has" sam Nedder
laughed "He says it has brought a
streak of luck down through the
family for generations; it's the nine
II diamonds