The Washington times., 1922-07-16
np,' Who Worked in Partnership with the
World Trapping Millionaires, Explains
French Stage Managed His Blackmail
Ingenuity Of Movie Director


down by mythical mamma. She never permitted the
eager millionaire to her unless her digen chaperone
was in attendance and only long while did she
even permit him to hold her hand
Mr. West went to great lengths to win over the for.
mdabe old lady with candy shawls and other expensive
bribes They presented with an od,fashoned gal
iantry that gave Buda and her chaperone many good
laugh in the privacy of their own room
After week or two Of this Mr.. West was delighted
beyond all measure to discover that Buda rather liked
MIN. He knew that she was serious minded girl who
appreciatedhs good points but her admiration was some
thing he had not counted Thereafter the hotel barber
got no rest Mr. West in the chair night and day
getting messages tonics and treatments of all kinds
He began holding his head up walking on the heel
and ball Of each foot Spring coming and Mr. West
began to feel twenty years younger And he began to
act 80 young that Buda found difficult to maintain her
gravity their afternoon walks about the hotel grounds
Lued Into Buying the Tickets
. for Their Railroad Trip to Nep York "
They sighed and held hands and talked about lif.
while Mr. West extended his vacation week after week,
and Jimmy" Christian carefully coached Buda In the
arts and Establishments most likely to attract the very
sktsh millionaire Not that Buda needed much coach.
s for in less than three weeks time Mr. West was head
over heels in love- The trap was then ready
The time came for him to return to Chicago The d.y
before ne left ne proposed with his hand over his heart
Bnda smohered her sncker and coyy promised to think
following week ~ - N
When she arrived in Chicago Mr. West was at the
train with bushe Of and tickets to the theatfe
whrwind courtship followed and Buda demurely con.
sened to marriage, and to conform to all the propriees
insisted that the date be at least year In the future TO
atone for Mr. Vests mpetuous courtshp For the same
reason she made him promise to keep their engagement
secret. .
What on earth would my mother say IL she knew
.nat mad promised to marry man after knowing him
Nonsense declared the infatuated Mr. West .ous.,.
ing her hand with srdor We've known each other for
ever sweetheart"
In the timetable of Mr. West. activities which had
around the eighth day Of May which sgned the date Of
one Of Mr. Vests quarterly business trips to New York
As the day drew near, and before Mr. West had men
toned the trip Buda she announced that she was going
to New York Mr. West expressed surprise At th
and remarked the coincidence that took him East at
the same time They arranged to 60 together and Mr.
West, as her hance bought her railroad ticket
This simple circumstance innocent enough in itself
was the first operation of the steel trap in which he wss
to De presently caught for the Mann act Is explicit on
that one point. The basis Of such charge ia not inn
morality but the purchase Of transportation on the mart
OF man for immoral purposes.
Mr. West, always cautious and exceeding riehteou,
man demurred at the possibilities 6f gossip that their trip
to New York might occasion. He so worried about
the whole thing after he had bought the tickets that ne
suggested to Buda that they their
parents or no parents
on the train and get any wrong idea about their relation
ship But Buda cung to her point. She told him that
her parents would simply break the and send
her to convent and asked him IL he wanted ANYTHING
like that to happen. Mr. West much in love to
entertain that idea for minute, and he said no more
AFTER very uneasy trip, during which Mr.. West
blushed whenever anybody looked at him. they arrived
in New York and went the Ansona very respectable
uptown hotel 1t was right then that Mr. Vests foot
slipped for he registered Buda as Mrs West Il was
Buda s idea, he remembered afterward On the train
her tactics had imperceptiby changed until when he
New York he believed that he had suggested the
whole thing And yet Buda had played her hand so we'll
that the religious and very moral Mr. West ddn see any
harm or much wrong, in what they were doing
Following them from the station in another taxicab
were three young who obtained rooms on the same
foor They were French and George Irwin and Doe
RUSSELL the last two being clever pair who were always
1sed % represent Federal aoopte