Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-03-25

~ up CAAA VA SQuA uANh With
my own hands-and the skin off your
face, too. Get me? l mean every
word Of It. You're goin' to come down
to where you belong this minute. and
you're goin' to look the part, too, or
my name amt Inez. You've come the
naughty over me for the last time.
It's my innins now. and when I'm fin
ished with you everythin' II be per-
fectly even between you and Inez, for.
ever and ever-a-men I"
With trembling, awkward fingers
Priscilla began to pluck at the but
tons of her blouse.
Inez retreated to the table, picked
up the glass and ratified the ice mu-
sically within it.
Hurry, dear heart ~
Priscilla removed coat and blouse
and stepped ont of her SIX TT, then lift
ed her hands tor the glass. Her tor
mentor warned her off.
"Wait-a-min-ute! You're forget
tin them rings
Silently the girl stripped her fin
gers, dropping their jewels into the
greedy palm. Nothing mattered. SO
that she earned that drink of water.
But yet once again was she PUT on
Don't crowd me so! l might get
| nervous and spill somethin'.
Climb into them clothes / brought you
tirst-and If | was you / wouldn't
waste no time. neither Can't tell
when Harry or someone II bump in
here and catch you with not.dn' on
but your pretties. And be thankful /
let you keep them :"
For an instant, indeed. the woman
seemed disposed to repent of thar
generosity, eyeing Prlscilla's under
garments of lace and filmy silk. In
fumbling haste Priscilla covered them
with the cheap and none too clean
cotton blouse, the shoddy and i'll
fashioned coat and skirt which Inez
had brought her.
AT long last she had her reward. At
| first in frantic gulps, then more slowly
| if with no less avidity, she drained
| the glass: while Inez at the bed
| snatched up and packed under her
| arm the spoils of this her first victory
over her rival
| We'll, how about it, Nora? Feelin'
| chirpierY she inquired with magma
nimity when Priscilla put down the
empty glass.
Il don't know" Priscillas feet wove
uncertainty toward the bed Too late
She was realizing that the glass had
held something more than mere water.
| She sat down suddenly and began
again 10 nurse her head. I'm ill.,"
she murmured-"veryi i'll. How did /
| get here?'
Il guess maybe that's somethln'
you don't know" laez laughed spite
fully. and don't mind teliin :
Harry followed you down FIT avenue
'safternoon and seen where you
stopped, up in McDougall alley. Then
he got Charlie and left him to watch
YOU while he 'phoned for the rest OF
| the bunch. When it got dark and
eyerythin' was quiet, they picked the
lock, found you dom Rip van Win
kle that looked good for twenty year,
give you a shot of the hop TO make
sure you wouldn't wake up at the
wrong time, and brought you down
here In a taxi. That's your history up
to date Cheer up: the worst is yet
to come. And when 1t comes grab
this from me-innocent lii Inez is
goin' to have ringside seat"
Il don't understand :"
The words were barely audible; but
the termagant heard. Her sneer dark
ened.
"Well, If you gotta know, the
bunch's outside maxim up their minds
what to do with you. / haven't got no
idear what they'll finely settle OH, but
it'll be plenty, whatever 1t is. If it
was anybody else I'd feel sorry for
them; but you :.
Her laugh was harsh and Jeerlng
For sole response the cringing figure
on the bed suddenly sank in upon
itself, then over upon one side, where
1t lay sprawling, inert, whites of eyes
showing under half closed lids.
Startled, the woman bent over Pris-
ella. But her breathing went on mo-
notonously. She had merely tainted.
III. The TRAP.
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