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

talked"
She jumped up and walked bnck
and forth. three steps zach way was
all the space there was.
II won't stand IT, che said. and
that indomltabls little chin IT hers
stuck out farther than ever. II
won't stand n, I've never inter.
fered In anybody'H life before, but
I'm not going To Aii by and I.t him
plumb ruin himself"
Hut you cant do anything. n
Edith Mafseme wants him abe sntt
going TO let go for the devil him.
self
MiHs Thatcher stopped In her
walk and gave me long, hard
look. Then we've ROT 10 get help
from sataB." sbs said. erlspiy.
II don't Hee why she wnnts him.
honestly ] said. II should have
thought she would ny higher Than
n mere senator Maybe she only
wants The amusement ~ breaking
iip HE affair with Miss Itesd"
Mo no" Mlss Thatcher Hho0k
her head "Hbe wants him, right
enough, don't know why, liz
hasn't got enough money. should
think 10 tempt her, There's some.
thing behind II all II could only
get ~ her~-aome vny-aomebOw-"
"tt'a rotten mess" told her.
And We loft II ~ that,
I went away Wishing could help
her, She seemed 80 distressed and
50 III earnest. NO wonder rhs
tHkes II 80 hard" I thouRht, 10
see nll ebe'B helped him build up
iiunE down Ike fhis No wonder
ahn'a got II in fof Edith Maraemel
If she gets Yntne he won't be
worth tihitef's dam anywhere.
MiHs Thatcher made hint must
be hitter 20 zee her work come 10
nothing And I recalled The
cgbi~ll Old font maker with his
slrleturaa on the worldly hopes
men set their hearts up0D'-aud I
reflected with what thought was
FtadJin on the fufiilty ~ vlearious
ambitions ~ typifed by Miss
TLafehnr'g interest In Kaige.
smiled little. too=-Iu superior
fashlon--GVer her braVndo in DC.
ciafine she would get help from
Satan; hadn't expected such
fnrub0yant speech from Miss
Thatcher.
BOT look how things doyetan 10.
pctisr. A week or 80 after my talk
with her there drilled into my Of
fee late one night o young chap
Who inquired with diffideDt Eng
Itah accent, II there might be lob
stirring anywhere round that he
could ret. You know what a con.
slant stream Of derellcts ~ all sorts
frinlsle In and out IT newspaper
Office. / told this one that AZ soon
ia ! rot my regular Erist on the
wire Id talk 10 him. for | never let
my one 20 without finding out
something about them. From the
oddest sources You get Leads, come.
times,
when I finally got round 10 him
there be was absorbed, staring ut
u cttt In that mornings Post II
VAS Mrs. MargeIne, IN picturesque
w}dow's weeds, and even the soft
rapcr and the poor ink couldn't
dim her pathetic logeIinees.
touched the page with my pipe
handle,
know the Iady?" ! asked.
"O-yes-ra rather" he answered,
and his voice was-~qieer,
"5ho's very popular In Washing
ton" I said, carelessly.
she was very popular In Lon.
dom" he biurted out. Gerry Mar.
some was my cousin. ! got the
but he died before he could use it."
"Wbew!' / said. That's quite a
statement. A man in this country
emit sny things like that about
II woman without being asked 10
prove IT,"
He faced me then. He wasn't
bad looking chap. but he looked
poor, II beg your pardon" he said.
81 spoke before | thought. ! don't
go about hurting out stuff like
that, I assure you. But as ] Sat
thor" looking Mt her picture. her
buby eyes, her innocent mouth. !
got 10 thinking about old Gerry and
what good sort he was TIL she
got hold Of him. Different from
me" lie half smiled I'm the black
ehsep nf the family. Even 30,
don't 80 about talking scandal about
women, even when it's true"
had a bunch then. though
didn't know how II might he used.
Where are Won stopping" ! asked
hhn.
Jlo was In cheap roomlng house,
aud the upahot Of II all was that
played my hand and got him IN at
MtH CarrinRton's, paid weeks
hoard for him, and introduced him
"a Miss Thatcher. Maybe he's your
lltHinE link" | told her