The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29

other the sweat beginning to stand out on his
forehead.
Come on" snapped the bookmaker. II can't
hold up the line all day while you frisk yourself"
II lost my dough-" stammered Kellam.
"sip that old one TO Sweeny," snorted the house
man. AN don't start to STALL We dom take no
mind bets here"
Guess lit looks like been touched" moaned
Heliam, and with sudden meeting OF one and one
to make two in his brain, he spun about. Tha
Canada Kid had disappeared.
Whitley" Kclam had no sense OF humor, or he
might have laughed.
As it was, he hurried down to the beach. Jewel
was sitting on the shore, wistfuliy strnging mean
ingless sand through her soft, white fingers
He called her before he reached her, and she
sprang up with a little glad start. He drove the
smile from her face by the expression on his.
whats wrong" she asked
The Kid step into him in the pooroom."
Jewel wetted her lips.
"Hm-thats a rotten break. what'd he say?'l
"That amt all. He didn't say nothin. But he
did somethin-an' when see him, I'm gonna bust
him loose I'm his Adams apple, the dirty rat"
"Nhatd he do? Come clean"
"He fans me for that fiftyl"
what? The thieyin' crook! That fifty give
you to-day! Ill break his heart for that. see il
don't"
The Kid was IN before Jewel turned up for
dinner. She gave him her most saccharine smila of
greeting, and little peck of kiss which, in the
customary routine, was only feeer to have him
seize her and kiss her with violence. But he didn't
DO you know what day is to-day2" he asked.
''Sure--Ne n sd y.
ats our weddin' anniversary"
"Aw-gee-sq It's, Can you beat III forgot,
daddy honest | did. fouh forgive me, an
Wen put in a nice, happy eyenn, an'-come
through, where's my PRESENT."
You got it,
81 got it? Where?" And she flashed abou: tho
room.
out O. my kick--this mornin'."
"I-how dyon meanY
'You copped half cench'ry while I was
asleep. Jewel, never give you credit for bein'
able to crawl low as that touchin' mel"
Oh did not How can you say thing like
that?"
"You did more'n that You dipped me for the
fifty an you went an give It TO Keam."
That's lie!"
as il? Well, here's the fifty. / whitfield that
cheap thief for it myself"
Maybe you did. But where'd you get the crazy
bull that handed Il to him?"
'Becus IL was O. five htties got al bank
yest'dy for weddin' present TO you. The mum
bers match"
''Woll--what are you gonna do about it?"
I'm gonna leave you-cold Go on to Kellam.
the whitelivered pup what steals a mans wife an
makes her rob her husban 10 keep him See what
he'll do for you. You'll cross him Eastern you did
me, becus there amt a straight hair in your whole
red head. An IL you ever come back In any home
o. NINE I'll pitch you out on your face Goodbye"
Go far You like, you poor cluck | been
Just crooked wit you as you think an whole
lot more you never will know. Take that wit you,
an l hope you choke on It."
And the Kid burst out. quiyering and blazing.
And across the street he saw "Whitey" Kellam,
with a strained look, waiting in the shadows. The
Kid slid behind telegraph pole To what would
happen. He saw Jewel, half hour later, walk
boldly forth with couple OF porters carrying her
luggage into taxi. And beside her was the book
maker.
depot, please" he heard her say.