Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-06
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.,r.e companions in crime were Q
Der tm'IY ollic Marsh was preparing
Ihntihs, dsnarture to New York. She
hn Iirs u, NJ leisure in her cozy nat on
as pscssi"s evenue. stopping now ana
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fcs1sh fcaSsd1sh presents itself to all packers.
g ..n xn,.r whiles she arrested her IA
H!".Ih; .h;nk OF something else. kneei-
" . n . nv the side Of her trunk.
wd wvd eiye herself up to long rev.
~ which ended in sign anu 'n'
,mution ~ Of her packing. ..,,dords
ps the commonly accepted stanaaruS
y H;.,i,sstion iuy she was wicked woman,
a,,~ 1..o ara degrees Of wickedncss. She
'ns,, 'ns.,sbed her mind to recall all
% ssims she had felt in her long
ps a usnn with the Boundary gang,
1.oc,.oD ! ny an unusual pleasure in her
s.,ss ~ collection. She remempereo
I.n % shs had refused to be drawn INTO
n'p pr'otin ~. fraud; she recalled her
v CN; Interview with the colonel
is'ny in y,se declined to take part IN
n'n n,,ninV I of young Debenham. =,
= -. ., mnst,v she was glad that she had
...- Ur' rome any further to carry out the
.'s,,i's M Instructions in regard TO
.s.ord sJa King. Not that she would
=. .T succeeded, she told herself, with
". smile .n;le. but she was glad she had
I.,,r seriously tried. No.,
~. W.. mind switched to Crewe and
-,,ehsd n hack again. Crewe was the
4. face size did not wish to see, tne
Y. member Of the gang that she put
|.,a. ~ from the others and willfully
s;lsd Crewe had always been kind
\ hsr. always courteous, her champion
M M.n had times. She wondered what
"a i broucht him down to his present
.r.l ~ and why a man possessed OF edu-
.,ion and who at one time, as she
',.w had been an officer in crack
.siment. ' should have fallen so read
\ under Boundary's influence.
She made n little face and went on
,,,b I her hacking. She did not want
! think about Crewe for obvious rea-
ANS Yet, as he had said-but he
,dn't said, she told herself.
She took a delight in torturing her.
N with pictures of her own humilia-
Iou though she may have counted it 10
IA GOOD that she was capable of feeling
initiated at all. She finished her
ruk, squeezed in the last article, and
eked down the lid.
She looked at her wrist watch: It
A, half past nine. Stafford King had
Of asked to see her. and she had the
renins free.
She had only spoken the truth. when
u bad told Boundary that the police
lief had made no inquiries as to the
lng. Stafford King knew human ma
ire rather we'll. and he would not
AXE the mistake of questioning her.
: perhaps it was because he did not
ish to spoil the value Of his gifts
! fixing a prlce-the price of trcach-
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She wondered what the colonel was
,ing. and Pinto--and Crewe. She
imped her foot impatiently. She was
dulsing in the kind Of insanity of
hch hitherto she had shown no symp-