The diamond drill., 1921-05-28

girl. this woman 90 whom ! knew I
had given my heart. stood revealed
now IN all her hideousness--a muir
deress. thief, a scheming criminal.
coolly conceallng the trail Of her crime.
and using her very charms OF face
and manper 10 conceal from me her
true nature.
Perhaps she would see me again
perhaps The lie was yet WARN upon
her lips. She had gone away laugh
ing at the simpleton who had believed
her, the dupe who had so easily been
deceived by her smiles. The chances
were she had disappeared already.
vanished, left the city. assured that
no evidence now remained behind TO.
ever connect her with this terEible AZ
fair. She cared nothing for mel
had been mere tool, plant In her
hand-I remained merely In her mem
ory as something 10 laugh about, an
other victim. blind, cropping fool, with
whom she had played to her hearts
desire.
sat with my head In my hands
staring at the mutilated bag, racked
with anger and misery. I had been
easy. a mark OF derision and ridicule;
a mere screen for her 10 hide behind,
while her accomplice, II she had one.
escaped with the spoils. Then the re-
action came; the thought that per-
haps I had not read the story wholly
Alright; the faint hope that Il might
not prove exactly as had pictured In
my first Wild burst OF passion. II was
too infamous, too unthinkable. Why.
II she was guilty. should she have re-
NAMED In New York; Why should
she have sought me out or listened
so intently 10 the quarrel OF those two
men at Perond'sf What could she pos
sibly gain by thus overhearlng the tale
Of their failure, IL she already knew
who was the murderer Of Aiva, and
what had become OF the spoils7
could ask these questions. but not
one was answerable. They merely
Knocked me with their emptiness.
Then, shrill and insistent, the tele-
phone rang.
My heart was beating like trip
hammer as I took down the receiver.
Who could be calling me at this hour7
Who except she alone In this city knew
my name and hotelf i4
"Hullo." ''s.s !,
A mans voice spoke huskily. This
you, Dalyr'
yes hastily, instantly aware OF
who was on the other end OF the wire,
get feeling IL best to dlssemble until
[ learned the purpose.
"Who Is speaking?"
"The fellow you biffed with a bottle
tonight No. amt got no hard feel
lngs Besides, ! got something else TO
ihink about than a cracked dome. Say.
got some dope on how that job was
aid, an maybe could tell you some
thing else OF interest. I got TO talk
with you privately-that's what. It's
1 matter for the girl as well as yer
self. I'm playing square as long as
you do the right thing. but / know
who the dame is, an am liable TO
squeal II get raw deal; that's put
ting II straight, Harryn
you know who she Is, you sayY' ~
"Sure I DO Old Pierre. over at
Perond's, told me. He never forgets
a face, or name, that old dufrer.
He knew you the minute you blew In.
and he knew her. too; she'd been there
before Summing"
"Who Is she. thenf"
That's all right know; but I
amt fool enough TO blow II over the
wire. II youll come over here and
have a talk, TIL spill few things In
your ear tbatll make you wise."
"Where are your
"At Costlgan's."
whats become OF your partnerr'
"Who's that-Waldron7 He ain't no
partner OF mine. Say, you must have
handed that guy some jolt. The last
| saw of him, he was laid out on
bench In Perond's back room breath
ing like stuck pig. dead to the world.
Will you come over hereT"
"What have you got to tell meT
swell, there's the DANES name for
one thing I'll bet Won don'f even