Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-25

her!
And, though her aristoeratic lineage vas al
nokum and bunkum and she a crook and me
daughter Of two crooks something WITHIN her re-
beled at her accepting this haudout
She rose He followed. he released ne hand
and they walked into the hoe lobby together.
Daisy at his left, making it the emqes cnilds
play for her to her right .nto his coat oCket
and strip the little box, which means tGa sha
took out the ring and closed and left the centairer
somewhat after the manner Of handling pl-9ooks
and wallets, that Il the goof gets worried ne may
slap his hand his pocket, and. feeling the leas-
surng bulge be satisfied for the time that ne mas
not been cleaned"
with her luggage and Carter Lewlands with
expression that tried to be resignation hut only
managed to achieve chagrn, she reached her taxi,
Good bye Dorothy breathed Lewlaudg i
guess that's all that's left to say"
Good bar. Good luck said Daisy.
D4isvs thoughts clicking in worlmanly
manner. LeWlands, without doubt would soon dis
cover mis- loss, Yes, he would probably take r;sis
to his room and open the box with intent TO gaze
ruefully at the desolated ring whereupon he would
that he had been trimmed, and in all proba-
bilities would suspect who had done it, for he had
put the ring back in the himself az the table
and had walked out with Daisy at his pocket 5do
Immediately afterWard.
But-woud he? Would he conjecture that tbs
girl he adored could have done such thing? Daisy
puckered her forehead at this: she didn't want 10
hide behind his infatuation make capital OF it,
even to get better start.
She had given him a fictitious name and blind
address She would be swallowed up in New York
and would probably never again meet him. II she
should, OF course, she would lie, SnS WOuiC never
even give him one of the smiles that he ready
to die for; her denial would be curt, busineaslke
and cold turkey if she were ever faced with an
accusation Long before that could happen. she
would have pushed" the bauble and converted j,
of encouragement something Daisy tcyed WITH
fatfoots couldn't find it in nine year5-she mad
learned that early that jewery and any other iden'
tifable thing must be converted and must cover It's
tracks,
Her train was routed via Schenectady and Albany.
She planted herself comfortably in the chair car
and purred with a heart easy and spirit light
The train pulled up at Schenectady on the dot.
It left Schenectady half minute late, arrived IN
Albany threequarters Of minute late, and lost an
other fifteen seconds in the depot with the result
that when the porter Of the chair car lifted his
rubberopped steppingsool as the train Jelked WITH
the first start of it's onward exit, he saw man in
knickerbockers frantically waving at him as he ran
top speed over tracks and past everything at him.
Dixie Daisy was looking out of the window on the
other side of the She turned to reach for the
magazine she had laid down, when her eyes beheld
the last man she would have looked for there
then: Carter LeWlands, strding up the aisle.
He had already found her He came to her chair,
and she at once that it was to be showdown
Lewlands Id not raise his hat, did he make
any allowance for the courteous uses OF suCn oeca
slons. If he had read any dcta How 10
Greet Lady When Meeting Her in ParoT CAR
the suggestions had been lost on him. He did not,
however, start a riot He stopped at her chair.
his chin set, bent down to where only she could
hear what he was about to utter, and Sa1Q:
GIVE my ring
drawl and her most syrupy scale "Ah daont quaint
understand. Whah'd you come from, anneWay, Cab
tab, sudden?'
~ came by motor-directly to Albany. I knew
your train was going by way of Schenectady. l
found that I had been robbed two minutes after
you left the hotel. | figured | could make it to
Albany ahead of the train if l stepped on her
bit My car was standing in front of the door, and.
believe me- l made every other machine the
road look as though it going backward. And
here am--made it by an eyeash"
"Waill-st daown What's the big eyedee?'
mo, | don't care to sit. and don't want to pro-
long this conversation. l want to get out at tho
first stop and get back TO where | left my car. You
took my ring, Dorothy and want it back"
"Ah took yo' ring? Which ring, Cahtah?"
"Why, your mean-oh, don't Jockey. know
you took it and YOU know which you took Now,
come through, or I'll go through. You don't want
scene, do YOU?
"Scene? Ring? Cahah, yo' absuhd."
The train had crossed the river and ground down
to halt, station stop Daisy changed her
tactics. tilted her in the air gave Lewands
cOntemptuouS toss, picked up her patent leather
with one hand and her handbag with the
other, and started down the car. Lewands, without
seconds hesitation, followed her. She reached
the platform one step ahead o him. The door closed
behind him. They were alone out there. The door
onen, though the platform down and it
was three-foot jump TO the tracks, Daisy made Tor
the opening. LeWland5 seized her by the wrist ard
gave if twist that threw tine hand bag 10 the
floor He put his foot on it as she made an effort
TO free her hand. She cawed at his face.
where's the ring breathed Lewlands. She
only scratched at him harder. Tell me, or III
break your arm, You little crook It cost me the
sweetest memory Of my life 70 do this. But told
you ] come of New England stock We may not Re
romantic lovers but we're close Traders
"Le' go NAH ahm, YOU dihty Yankee protested
Daisy. as she squirmod.
you wouldn't take it free gift ell: But
you'd steal it,
Yes. Aid steal it befoh Aid be behollen to
such you fOh it
4 sea pickpocket with ethics. Well. I'm
banker without any, maybe. You wouldn't take a
gft from a mar You don't love, ard woudn'; have
one taken away from me by even 4 gil do
dd-loye, One Of my ancestors helped throw the
tea in Boston Harbor because the was an in
Justice because il expense, Where's