The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-08
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We went out aud left Mrs. Star.
SEINE sitting there. With that paper
crushed IN her hand. little. bfDk
en-. hurt creature that you couldn't
bear 10 look AZ. We didn't aay
word until We wuf. out IN The street
again. The whole thing had been
80 fantastic that I bsRnD "a feel
that I'd dreamed IL. "Bny, I'D II
really hnpDen7" asked Miss
Thatcher And u IL trus7'
she ainlbed along. aiill the pie
turs 0f Puritunlc uprlRhtuoas ann
reliability. Not word. stole
the stun out ~ young Edwards
trunk when mend"d his under
wear. and copied II and put II back,
lie doesn't know I've syer seen H.
II WAS only n small part, that page
! COPIED, but II convincing.
You see, am thief ~ we'll ~ |,
liar And this In only the beEin'
uipg"
wei, for thu love ~ heaven .
FDid. 'let me In Oh the nsnt chimp
ter. You owe me something after
using my name ~ you 6Id 10 that
woman"
"I1l probably - more tim loo
you In on H." she Blid. you r.ny
baye to do the real w0fh next
time"
but look here" beRan 10
squlfm.
She glanced 40 at me SBd stabbed
mo with tho steel ~ the purpose
In her eyes, you stand by me IN
this" she gaid. II haven't got D
soul I can rely on but you"
what could ! do after that? soih
ing but sny that ID stick. y, my
natural masculine curiosity helped,
I itched 10 see how shed follow 40
the detection Of Mrs. DarBeme.
which ! felt sure Has going Ia bnD'
pen.
And ! was right. Edith Marsefns
packed her trunks md left wash
ington just one week after we'd
called on her. ~ vas n nine days
wonder, her going, and the c0nsen'
sus Of opinion was that Kalne had
lifted her. I don't know whether
she saw him 1gain or not, But.
whether she broke with him In a
personal Interview or by letter, IL
was final and complete, lie mndG
no move 10 follow her, ~ anything
like that. I have an iden Tint just
10 please her own vanity, she was
pretty brusgue about u, handed him
he who gets slapped sort " val
lop, laughed ut him, told him be
bored her 10 tears and that she sim
ply couldn't stand his cfUditles and
proyiucidllsmg. That would be her
style. She couldn't make her exit
without damage 10 some one,
And my belief ls fairly wei sup,
ported by the way he looked those
days after she left. lie was IN
happy, dlsgusted With life. one
more doll was stuffed with 8awlust.
one more thing he'd believed In
was shattered. Yet I swear could
detect u little relief also. Maybe,
beneath the caresMbg Gattery she'd
poured on him 10 get him, he had
uDcoDsclouSly felt her faIsity and
her choapness. don't know. Ger.
taiDly bis main reaction was one II
wounded surprise, disappointment,
bitterness. But ! think there WAS n
little Of the other, too.
Now look how the next thing
hooked on. Hardly had the sen81'
ton Of Mgs. Marst mes leaving died
down when Miss Thatcher called
me again 10 her room after dinner.
Il know now what 10 do next"
she said. "J'Ve got the way clear
at last. Are you Oh good terms with
Senator Bttst0I?"
Bristol, the gray old rat, the only
man In the senate who had aeecFs
10 the white IIouFe 81 al times
and seasons, head Of the majority
party, schctnine, sly. al powerful,
Yes, | was on good terms with him,
40 far as anybody vas. And he
was on good terms with mo bc,
cause my paper was the biggest IN