The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-08
extraordinary excitement.

Anything j can 10
Il wanted 10 Hen him"
Never had she known such shame.
"come In and sit down while ]
telephone his house" Mannheim
knew that Craig had taken his
aunt by auto 10 her country place
and would spend the night there;
but he wanted To give the girl a
chance 10 recover her pole.
Nancy sat down. her fingers
tensely locked. Mannheim gave
her worried glance as he took up
the telephone. somthing Ind hap.
pened between this girl and Craig.
during the dinner or after. lie
heightened his talk with the Craig
butler: anything to give her time.
Finally he set down the telephone.
for the night, Want 10 leave
noto7 III have a boy carry II
around TO his home"
mo. thought II he were here !
might catch him, Thank you" She
rose.
Of coffee7 You look done In"
Il want nothing" and she depart.
ID. closing the door.
What the deuce had happened?
Something serious, TO have given
her that tragic expression. Mann.
helm; was uneasy, lie made step
as though to go after her. but re
considered. lie wondered IL any
thing oh. pshaw! Craig
was n thorough gentleman. The
girl was having one Of those TEN
porary breakdOwns with which he
was tolerably familiar. She would
be all right tomorrow.
To see Craig now, while she was
hot with shame; to confess she
hadn't meant II; TO ask him to for.
give her, while all her best instincts
were in force, before her courage
receded! Tomorrow the shame
would be there, but IL would be n
cold and horrible thing. There was
only one way to recover her self
respect, and that was to face him.
To write him would be cowardly,
and he did not deserve such treat
ment. But tomorrow, In the cold
daylight! What vile thing she
was!
She never Tecollected how she
finished taking off the makeup or
how she reached the street. She
started over her usual route 10 the
elevated, bllndly almost; and after
"A while became aware that some
one was keeping step with her, and
she looked TO see who It was
jerry"
II thought maybe you'd like com.
pany to the elevated" said Jere-
miah. He had found his alleys
for he had deliberately sought them
empty OF anything suggesting bat
tie, murder. and sudden death, and
had returned to the theater, having
nowhere else TO go. Home was out
OF the question, at least for u time:
for his pillow would offer him moth
Ing but unbroken thought. On the
streets there would be varying In
terests to distract him. But where
was Craig?
Are you going anywhere" she
asked.
No"
Then come home with me. But
don't talk. Jerry; I'm dead tired"
. jeremiah! She was glad to see
him. He would be a tower OF
strength this night. His presence
would hold her together until she
gained her room. A boy. with age
old wisdom on his lips. who had the
gift OF silence; that is. he always
knew when she wanted to talk and
when she didn't, Taught by the
silent fields and woods. What
would he say II he knew how base
thing she was' For
money!
The world grew a little brighter
to him for that Jerry" He drew
her arm through his and patted
her hand, quite brotherly: and with
a thrill--perhaps of melancholy or
lgin--felt her arm tighten.
The seller OF adventures, having
followed them from the theater. did
not pursue them as they climbed
the elevated sation steps. He was
content. This would be the girl
when the time came He laughed
and turned away, jeremiah would
find another knife. this time imbed-
ded In the inner jamb OF the door
Rank theatricalty; but the point
was TO keep the boy in constant
state of expectation. until the real
trap could be sprung. Disposing
os the Bolivian Emerald company
was not an easy task, money was
tight, Meantime, jeremiah must be
amused, Stewart burst into laugh
ter again, his checks wrlnkled sar
donioally.
Nancy began to eouHt--the adyor,
tisins signs In the ear. the people,
the electric signs In the air. the