The Washington times., 1921-04-08
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The Hundred Dollar Question
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Ddith IAwfugston. . demo blissd war
,cn With a1.s. and nSr Boz ss%' Il
as secretary to Eustibo Aivarss. . Msxi-
sae: s ,s: :s::i IN IL. sns. i
He pays her much attention. siv.s her
cred him and Japa nesS studying . map,
and takes her to lunch.
She discSysrs m her swssthssrt, wiilsrd
she is Jealous Of the spanish sirl and
her sweetheart In Jealous Of her employer.
Edith become, suspicious as to what I:
that no oil stock IL being sold. but she
cannot guess what her mysterious em-
ployers real business in.
compliments and swearing her to the ut.
Office. expresses . desire to be introducsd
willard swears to Edith that he 10 not
In love with the spanish girl and that
there there is no cause for jealousy. He tells
and asks her to spy on Alvsrex. She re-
luctantly consents. While rummaging
through her employers desk she nnds :
whom she saw her sweetheart dining.
Later she ts further surprised by q re-
quest fromA her sweetheart that she In
troduce him to her employer. BY means
OF piece Of carbon paper which she ss-
creted In the typewriter roller. Edith
ees COPY OF q cryptic telegram her
When she telephones her swssthsart
about her employers mysterious conduct,
wiiisrd knows more about 1t than she
Aiy.re. takes Edith to Maryland
roadhouse and vainiy tries to inveiGle
her her, Into nn. t., taking a drink with him. VIII
International crook. short time later
Texas Tiger. Wild and wooiiy gen
with 2 gun in search Of Aivares. He
tells Edith that Alvarez swindlsd him
out OF S3e.oeo on . fake oii stock deal
lard and the. visitor Joins their sxcur-
SION to Mt: Vernon, the home and tomb
Of George washinston-
But before I had f,nished. he had
held out his hand and was saying.
How are you, Alvarez"
II beg your pardon" said.
II didn't know you and Mr..
Alvarez had met"
Yes, indeed" Alvarex answered.
Were old friends. Eh. Senior
Saundsrs?" he smiled up at Will
lard.
We talk a few minutes before
Alvarez went into the building and
we walked on over toward the De-
partment of Interior.
why didn't you tell me you
knew AiVaTezE i asked, perhaps q
bit irritatedly. didn't feel that
Willard had been just square in not
telling me. And why did you ask
me to Introduce you-if you AL
ready knew him.
TEXAS TIGER SENT TO NEW YORK
IT didn't already know him. viii
lard answered. II met him after 7
told you wanted to know him
through another source Sinoe then
we-we've seen each other several
times"
judged that that "other source.
meant Juanita- But I didn't put the
thought into words was too anx-
ious to hear what willard had to
tell me about Texas Tiger to
argue with him-even about Juani.a
And somehow was BEGINNING to
lose all feeling of Jealousy about
her. TT didn't seem quite reason
able that three men should be crazy
about her-Alvarez. Texas Tiger
and Willard. And 1t suited me Jus,
as well to believe that of the three
Willard was the one who really did
not care. Besides. I had his word
for it,
And what about 'Texas-Tiger- I
asked as soon as we were seated At
the table I'm dying to know"
TN a way. It's q pretty sad story"
Willard answered. For q few min
utes he seemed to be ponderin9.
Then he continued: It's curious,
isn't It. Edy, how . woman can
make a fool out Of . man.
Meaning whom asked. in y
tone which indicated that I consid-
cred myself involved.
Not meaning you. Edy," he said.
jokingly. Although 1 don't mind
admitting that they've been tim -
when you've made all kinds of q
fool out of ma But referred pas-