Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10


cd him"
Looking at so much mud he fell
in it, added Leslie. When think
of your fathers friendship TO me and
his generosity to Mofrot--and the way
Morct has abused his trust-I--I
boil!'
Uncle didn't approve of some OF
our friends" continued Beverly
simply to Kennedy.
our fr!ends?" Interrupted Craig
whose fr!ends?"
Ours. You see. he had been coun-
sci for the families OF two OF us
also. Carol Maxwell and jim Craven
Carol was my school friend and
chum. Jim :" She looked
away nbsently. And well
there was Bonny Mckee
You must have heard Of her. the
dancer. in vaudeville?"
Kennedy also noticed tho sudden
-scquitur but said nothing. In
stead no merely nodded unrmntively.
encouragingly
And Cynthia vane well.
she pretended TO be n good fellow
just "A Happier. oh. yes. Pauno Erick-
son. who livcs in n garnet in Green
wich N!!lagc--docsn't have to-but
It's just his pose. Then there's a
fellow who used to be an actor and
in tho picturcs-at least he gays 80
To tell you the truth. Jack Sparks Is
really-what you would Gala boot
logger"
l knew Kennedy was thinking Il lot
as she named over the choice list
only the night before we were en-
gagged IN an argument over nappcrs
md hoo,leggers an main springs of
trouble. And how did you NJ In
with them nil. Miss Boyden?" was all
he asked.
OH was-they called me-littls
friend OF all the world
Speaking OF Kipling." cut in Les.
lie. somewhere he says something
Ike this--as near AS can reconec,
H. You may have noticed tina, many
religious people are deeply suspic-
!ous They sccm-!or purely rciig.
i"us purposes. OF coursc--to know
more about iniquity than the un.
reScnerht". Perhaps they were
specially bad before they becanl"
converted AT any rate. in the i'm.
putation Of things evil and In putting
the worst construction on things in
Hoccnt. certain type OF good PEG
Pie may b. trusted TO surpass all
others. i guess MOrt.t mus,
have had ii past-that spEans UP and
! choked him"
beverly showed tina, she reacted al
| the criticism. Yet when she though;
II over she could not escape one un.
| comfortable fact. Her money was
| gone. Leslie turned aside To Ken
nedy. leaving Beverly 10 me.
Il nave here In this vial" he said
tn an under;onc, "a sample o! the
stomach contents. | though, you
might b. Interested to anaylze II
check UP on my own la
boratoTy's report haven't done
80. myself The repor, confines IL
self 10 bad hOo;ch' You may not
realize 1t. but according to the rec
! ords OF my office. there were 81 per
cent more deaths from acute alcohol
Ism this year thaa last--and SO per
cent more than In 1920"
saw that Kennedy ard Leslie
wanted 10 be alone 10 talk over
, some features Of the case I came
I closer and sat down beside Beverly.
! u" ihc side away from them. so tina,
she would have TO turn her head
II is hard enough TO talk TO any
one in misfortune. but In this ease
I 1t was even more difficult. The mix.
/ ture OF sorrow and anger was bar.
! n!ns.
Aside from whatever il was that
really happened" vcntured. your
/ miss the companionshlp OF Mr. Mof.
fet. In the social notes Of The Star
/ I've noticed how close you seemed
10 he with him. He accompanied
! YOU often TO dances and charity ar.
fairs. didn't he?"
Yes. ! Will miss him.
.
| out with him more than Mrs. Moi
! Yet. She wasa't very well and he
was the sort Of elderly man who
liked To associate with those much
| younger than himself At least ]
found him that way. We danced a
lot. went To shows. had dinner often
in fact ! used TO go with him to
the club couple Of nights week.
He didn't mind me. And / was al
most like daughter TO Mrs. Morct
l guess must have added
Il Ntt!e raspectability .
TO his search for ro-
| nance"
What club do you mean?" /
| asked
Beverly seemed to he in the mood
to talk to me although didn't
Halter myself that l have Kenncdy's
| appeal The Elite Club-on Fifty
sixth street. We used TO together.
dine there once IN IA while. dance.
have little cocktail. It's
one Of those places. you know, aw-
fully hard to get into unless you're
known"
l made n mental note of the place
Tor Kennedy. And did all the others
you have mentioned go there. too?"
| ''Oh yes that's how we all
met--except Carol and Jim. Uncle
used 10 say he could see no real harm
In the place, that there was no rea-
son for the committee to go into It.
| We used TO joke about 1t good deal.
his vice committee and all that
After Uncle got to going there. We
used to call ourselves the Vicious
circle. One night in a joke with
Bonny Mckee. Carol said our motto
ought To be. Good hunting!"
i don't know why l jumped at tho
| conclusion, but somehow / did. that
Jim Craven had been in love or pro-
fessed TO be with Beverly and that
Bonny had vampcd him out of il.
Al any rate. although | did not alb
solutely knew 1t at the time.
found later that my suspicion was
the truth. If had known it.
would have had no time to plume
myself on being deductlye de-
tective.