The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10

kindly thought to the yap that was pushing 1t az
And though her ariTocratic lineage was all
hol;um and bunkum, and she was crook and inc
daughter Of two crooks, something WithIn her re-
belled at her accepting this handout -
She rose lie followed. He released her hand,
and they walked into the hotel lobby together
Daisy was at his left making 1t the simplest chliu
play for her to ease her right into his coat pocket
and "atrp" the litJe box, which means that she
took out the ring and closed and LEFT the contaher
somewhat after the manner OF handling bill'DookT
and wallets so that the goof gets worried he may
slap his hand on his pocket, and, feeling the reas,
surng bulge, be- satisfied for the time that ne mas
not been cleaned
Daisy paid her bill, and accompanied by boy
with her luggage and Carter Lewlands with wan
EXPRESSION that tried to be resignation but ony
managed TO achieve Chagrin, she reached her taAl.
Good bye, Dorothy" breathed Lewlands. 1
guess that's all that's left to say"
Good bah. Good luck said Daisy.
Daisys thoughts were clicking in workmanly
manner. Lewlands, without doubt, would soon dis
cover his loss Yes, he would probably take rlght
10 his room and open the box with intent TO gaze
ruefully at the desoated ring, whereupon he would
see that he had been trimmed, and in all proba
bllities would suspect who had done 1t, for he had
nut the ring back in the case himself at the taDie
and had walked out with Daisy at his pocket sue
Immediately afterward.
But-would he? Would he conjecture that the
girl he adored could have done such thingr Daisy
puckered her forehead at this: she didn't want 70
hide behind his infatuaton nor make capital OF IL,
even to get a better start - .
She had given him d fictitious and blind
address She would be swallowed up in New YORK
and would probably again meet him. If she
should, OF course she would lie; she would never
even give him one OF the smiles that he was ready
to die for; her denial would be curt, businesshke
and cold turkey ii she were ever faced with an
accusation Long before that could happen, she
would have pushed" the bauble and converted 1t
of announcements: something. Daisy toyed with
fatfoots couldn't find it in nine years-she had
learned that early that ewelry and any other iden-
tiable thing must be converted ana must cover l's
tracks. 49,
Her train was routed via Schenectady and Albany.
She planted herself comfortably in the chair car
and " n heart and d spirit lght,
The train pulled up at Schenectady on the dot.
It left Schenectady half minute late, arrived IN
Albany threequarters OF minute late, and lost an
other fifteen seconds in the depot, with the result
that when the porter of the chair car lifted his
rubhertopped steppng-sool the train Jerked with
the first start OF s'onward exit, he saw man In
knickerbockers frantically waving at him as he ran
at top speed tracks and past everything at him.
Dixie Daisy was looking out of the window on the
other side of the car. She turned to reach for the
magazine she had laid down, when her eyes behed
the last man she would have looked for there
then: Carter Lewlands. striding up the aisle,
He had already found her. He came to her chair
and she at once that It was to be showdown
Lewands did not raise his hat, nor did he make
any allowance for the courteous uses of such occa
sions. If he had ever read any dicta on How to
Greet a Lady When Meeting Her in a Parlor Car"
the suggestions had been lost on him lie did not,
however start a riot" He stopped at her chair,
his chin set bent down to where only she could
hear what he about to utter, and said:
Give me my ring
"Yoah rng?" inquired Daisy, in her farthessouh
drawl and her most syrupy scale. "Ah daont quaint
understand. Whahd you come from, anneway, Cab
tah. so sudden?"
II came by motor-directly to Albany I knew
your train going by way Of Schenectady.
found that | had been robbed two minutes after
you left the hotel I figured could make it to
Albany ahead of the train IL / stepped on her
BIT My car was standing in front of the door, and
believe me- made every other machine on the
road look as though it going backward. And
here am-made it by an eyelash."
"Waill-sit daown. What's the big eyedee"
mo, don't to sit, and don't want to pro-
long this conversation. l want to get out at the
first stop and get back to where | left You
took nay r1ng Dorothy and want it back"
"Ah took yo ring? Which ring, Cahtah?"
'Why your mean-oh don't jockey. | know
you took it and you know which one you took. Now,
come through. or I'll 20 through. You don't want
q scene, do you?"
Scene? Ring? Cahtah yo' absuhd"
The train had crossed the river and gfound down
to halt, not station stop Daisy changed her
tactics, tilted her nose in the air, gave Lewlands
contemptuous toss, picked up her patent leather
case with one hand and her handbag with the
other, and started down the car Lewlauds, without
seconds hesitation, followed her. She reached
the platform one step ahead of him The door closed
behind him. They were alone out there The door
was open, though the platform was down and 1t
was ureefoot jump TO the tracks, Daisy made for
the opening Lewlands seized her by the wrist and
gave it a twist that threw the handbag to the
floor. He put his foot on it as she made an effort
to free her hand She ciawed at his face;
Where's tn, the ring breathed Lewlands She
break your arm, you little crook. 1t cost me the
sweetest memory Of my life to do this, But I told
Nyou come of New England stock We may not be
romantic lovers, but we're close traders"
lie go nah ahm, you dihty Yankee" protested
Daisy she squrmed
You wouldn't take it as free gift, eh? But
you'd steal it,"
Yes, Aid steal it befoh Ahd be beholden to
such you foh it,
81 Sea pickpocket with ethics Well I'm a
banker without any, maybe, You wouldn't take a
gift from man you don't love, and wouldn't have
one taken away from me by a girl | dol
did-love. one or my ancestors helped throw the
tea in Boston Harbor because the tax was an >in
Justice, not because 1t expense Where's
o the rng-talk up before snap that elbow and
III do it, so help me"
n Chin the bag" fumed Daisy.
r Lewands threw her to side and snatched
L the baG Just then the train lurched forward Lew
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