Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-26

! fake stuff. All in night So you
| can take these substitutes right back.
| And when this man asks you for an
explanation you beat him over the
head and start taking 1t away from
him--t0 run off with. What's the
( idea?"
{ The big man looked up at him, with
! his little eyes red like a cornered
bulls, and said nothing in answer.
"Now listen" said Mcconnell. the
detective. "You can do one Of two
things. It's up to you. You can show
us-take us around TO your wife now,
at home. Or YOU can come with me,
and have her give her explanation
to headquarters
And the big fellow gave Il groan'
too loud. almost, TO be natural.
II won't. l can't" he said. III
might kill her She don't know any
, thing about this. She thinks we're on
the top of the world yet-instead or
just scraping bankruptcy"
"There's Others" said the detective,
watching him, that have had to hear
/ It before!"
Not the way she is" said the man,
who had introduced himself as Coo
/ gun. and went on and told them how
It was with her.
'T can't have her know" he said, u
won't. Not till she's-over it,"
AT that" said Mcconnell, giving
Volpe look again. there's other
women have gone through with 1t
I without being millionaires!"
~ know" he came back. but it's
! the sudden bump, coming Just now
when she's been thinking up TO date
/ everything is going wonderful for us.
! And then all ut once fall from the
/ top Of the world. ! can't have it
not now. You know yourself how
women are-on luxury, and all that
| How much more 1t means to them
and all that.
"And then you've got TO remember
another thing" he said, going on
! when nobody answered arguing, with
/ the sweat pouring down his face.
"You know how It is with the first
one, They're scared to death, afraid
! they'll die"
"What does the doctor say?' asked
! Mcconnell, the detective.
'He don't see it-qujte so bad as
/ she does. But he admits himself
] we've got to be careful Help all we
can, You see-you see how I'm
! fixed" he said, arguing. 81 wouldn't
take a chance with that little girl
! for the w0rldw
/ And then he stopped for minute.
"But where do the diamonds come
! in?" Mcconnell. the detective, asked
! him. "The necklace:'
"That's our luck, she claims"
"Your lucl;T
Our lucky stones, You know how
women are-ahout things like that.
SuperStitiouS-all of them. l never
/ knew one that wasn't yet. And eS-
pccially now nOw--at tunes like this
And then her father was a sporting
man--too \ kind Of II high-class
sporting man
81 see" said Mcconnell, keeping his
face sill. AND SoE"
$50 YOU see. don't Won? You know
how women are-orer anniversaries
and all that. Diamonds were her
birthstone. So naturally l gave her
/ diamonds. When | was way up. |
gave her ths-this necklace. Just to
show hcr-and the rest o. the world
how she stood with me. You know
how women are--hOw they've got to
show the neighhors-the other women
If things are going right-if you're
prosperous. And what THEN hus-
bands think of them,
"And there Is another turn to it
that she worked ont in her head. be
sides-what It meant to her-gDod
luck and all that"
"And that WASP" said Mcconnell.
CHAT was that was born in April,
too"
"Aprilw
"You know. Diamonds are the
birthstone for April"
NO" said Mcconnell, the detective.
81 guess they forgot to tell me about
! that"
and then again." he was going
along. "You know. Next month !.
Thatll he April, too"
81 get YOU" said the detective. CIV
ing NOlpe another look.
$50 there's three times it's said to
be our lucky stone. You know the
way they figure-the women-on
things like that"
And the detective and yolpe
snapped looks again.
$50 that's how it is about the neck
lace. It's her mascot. She's got to
have 1t with her all the time now
From now on especially, That's why
I've had to come sneaking in here
when | saw the chance"
ooh, that's it, said Mcconnell, tn
detective, giving Volpe comical sic
look.
"For she's got to have it with he
And more and more every day now, OF
course. And then, naturally. she's get