Evening star., 1923-08-08

Silver Pond. Long Island. About
eighteen miles out on the Port Frank
lin branch"
What time are. you sending the
body out there?"
TT leaves here about 5. / under
stand they are always put on the S:l5
train, arriving at Silver Pond about y.
rs the crematory near the sta
tion?"
Some three miles distant, believe;
in very lonely neighborhood."
Greg thanked him and they parted,
having reached an excellent under
standing after all.
Greg called up the Marsden Farms
Hotel from a telephone booth. Lover
like. he anticipated melancholy sat
isfaction in telling the girl who had
used him so badly, as he told himself,
how he had been working In her be
! half. He was prepared to be nobly
! cold and self-sacrihcing and virtu-
| Gus. Unfortunately for these fine
| feelings he was told by the office
| of the hotel that no one of the name
| of de Socotra was stopping there
Thinking perhaps they might have
registered under an assumed name,
| he described the ladies. but was as
| sured that no such persons had ar
| rived during the day.
| Once more jealousy, anger and rage
had full sway over him. She had
! purposely given him the slip, he told
| himself She had only used him the
| night before for her own purposes.
Very questionable purposes they
seemed now. Well. he'd be hanged
| If he did any more for her! If he
couldn't find her again he would do
| nate the $500 to a worthy charity
| Even while he ragged against her a
| still small voice whispered to him
! that the glance of her f1amelike eyes
| had been clear and true, but he would
not have 1t so.
| The more he told himself he would
| think no longer of her. the more the
F., mystery of her teased him. If she
| We're de Socotra's daughter how could
J proudly asserted? And If she were
| de Socotra's daughter how could she
turn against her own father even>
| though she had discovered he was a
villain. That she was not deficient in
! natural affection her grief on learn
| Ing of her uncle's death had shown;
| but Greg could not conceive of
| daughter putting mere uncle above
] her father. And If she loved America
| and Americans how could she possi-
bly, think of allying herself to any
! thing so essentially un-American as
the exquisite. enervated Castilian
youth. with his little head and his
| vacant, arrogant glance?
| In the turmoil Of his feelings Greg
walked all the way downtown to the
| taxi yard. As he passed through the
| little store Bessie told him there was
man waiting to see him.
But nobody knows me at this ad-
| dress" said Greg astonished. who
did he ask for?"
THE driver of T7o11."
Greg went through to the yard
The man waiting there wore the uni
form of a taxi driver Of the better
class. but there was no sign of cab.
You want to see me?" said Greg.
The other had a naturally trucu-
| lent manner. Il don't know whether
I do or not. 1 want the driver Of
T7011"
That's me-"
He scornfully looked Greg up and
Sure. am. I'm off duty now"
"'Tain't good enough, Jack"
Come into the house and the wom-
an will identify me-"
Bessie. full of curiosity, was already
at the kitchen door. She assured the
| but the obstinate fellow having made
| up his mind was not to be swayed
Il don't know you" he said to
It's a bad neighborhood
The highly incensed Bessie gave
him a good piece of her mind this
naturally only confirmed him in his
"If the cabs yours. where is it
now?" he demanded of Greg.
MY partner has 1t out"
Likely story! I'll wait until l see it
before l believe it."
"Suit yourself" said Greg, marching
into the house in a rage.
Fortunately for his muc uch-tried tenn
per, it was not long before Hickey
| returned. Hearing the machine gun"
come in. Greg went out into the yard
and found the two chauffeurs in talk.
Il can't make out what he's driving
at" said Hickey. scratching his bead.
Let him tell me-" said Greg
First tell him that this is my cab"
Hickey did so. The other driver
was not in the least abashed. Indeed
he plumed himself more than ever on
his astuteness.
II drive for the New York Western
cab SERVICE" he said. "They keep a
sharp tab on US fellows and the gas
we use, and 1 couldn't get down here
until I was off duty. This morning
at the terminal three ladies engaged
me-that is, they was four in the party.
but one was servant
Greg's heart began to beat.
"Old Spanish-looking dame and two
pippins, black-head and red-head
Say, red-head was little queen, she
was, with a little green hat and
whole grizzly bear around her neck,
1 guess it was
Never mind her description" said