Evening star., 1923-12-30
Continued from Yesterdays starl

Well, 1t seemed to me that his
Wall street friends would have know
ed and IL they did, so would Lane, and
! got the idee that the old gentleman
l told you bout would a-heard tell 0.
the gossip II there was any, so
went to town yestiddy mcrnin' and
asked him. -sayin' Doc Hood had sent
me" Geoff grinned at his friends
round, amazed countenance TOD
YOU I'd done more lynn than l could
live down In month o Sundays! Sure
'nough, for the last two years or so
Benkard's name had been connected
with lady's who wasn't In society,
and the way the. old gentleman said
it was a-pienty! There hadn't been
no talk o. 1t, though, for some months
back, which looked like a fallin out,
and when i could git him to tell me
the 1ady's name, he said 1t like 1t was
some kind o. epidemic.-Zoey Dawn.
Il hadn't never heard o. her, but all
the way back in the train | kept
workin' 1t out in my own mind. Ben
kard was strong, and ten to one he
ever affair was between 'em and had
broke it. off himself afore he let 1t
master him. and that meant bad
blood and mebbe real hate on the
git even If she ever had the chance.
Lane bein' so thick with him this past
year would know 1t, and when he
found he'd been used by Bernhard and
played for a sucker himself, and
wanted to ruin him, who'd be the first
one he'd think O. to help him but the
woman who'd been throwed DOWN.
Geon. how did you ever learn all
that demanded the doctor.
- mind my business as much as I
KIN. put when you've been a-workin'
round folks's' homes, insides and out.
TOT nigh onter fifteen year, YOU gift
70 KNOWN things you'd never sus-
picion when your neighbors has
responded modestly Human matters
the same whether you're a city
millionaire, or a truck farmer. I
reckon reckon A pretty woman might
Renkard fs1fh fhe bue eye s,o.a O. , feiler like
mighty smart and clever to make him
keep on a-Iookin'; and if she was.
she'd soon find out his weak point
ana play on it. In his case twas
to believe she thought he was the
greatest man in the world That'd
fatter him SOS he'd spread himself
same's a turkey cock. specially in
the beginnin' when he was real crazy
over her; and to show her how Won
derful he was. there's no tellin' but
he'd braG bout how he had worked
some o. his biggest grabs and beat
the other fellers. in the Lord knows
what shady sort o. way. wouldn't
Lane think o. that too? Rushin'
away after the row that was the fn-
ish between 'em. and vowin' to git
Bernhard afore he was crushed, him
self like so many other poor devils
had been, wouldn't he recollect bout
this Zoey woman on the way home,
and flyer that If he could git her
on his side she might tell him things
which even them other Wall Street
sharps didn't dream and a-been done
to emp
you doped it out right again. Pc
ters," remarked Lyons soberly. THE
secret service has been keeping its
eye on Dawn, as / told you they
would, and Bernhard saw her at the
races about three years ago and got
an introduction. He called on her at
her apartments pretty regular for the
next six months or so, and then all Of
a sudden she gave up her lease and
bought a small house in a quiet
neighborhood not half a mile from
the Cavendish garage. 1t was in
front OF her door that a car with
Lanes license plate on 1t stood from
before l o'clock until after 3 in the
morning"