The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-06

prove mo- uert ur waited min
ute thought considering fha vast
amount aI gsah thst fh9 other man
tld shown the raFiTT Boz the yFruIus.
ihat he might be ah'e t1 produce
fgrts th0uaud Hgt e Do eaa.d D.
evidently Ga nat ehaart 10 d1 60 =
guess that uIi hold S. EHsrrr1
nanECu ~ didnf hate scandal
40 can the pa1|-s
me- tgraeI On hia heel gave mo q
grlasing nod Uf thanks and walked
0ut ~ the restaurant 7 stood a ma.
meet smiling az lh1 cro0k
you CERTAINLY DO need me-
laughed Then. tho bst.uE racag
uirrd me-. hs would have detained ma
] walked over % my table WHAT hd
l. Nho pas about 20 tif. have in CONE
mon with such a prwgnf The thanks
20 himself or ~ ha pretty feminine
companion. would nos 30 me ans
gooi
IIaid ms waiter and waikrs 90 the
eheek room. = wIl confess that !
was slightly embarrassed az my in-
atuiy o. tip she C1atbaY. Hut I
need not have been. for DanEon.
iust dann.BF bis uyerCoat. saw me
aud seemed to regret his lack u eour
teay ne handed the coat-boy an
extra coin.
-Ict me 90 that much. he aid.
even tho you dId me shabby
turn"
stared az him. what DO you
mean 1 HskeA
We were at the cloak room en-.
/ trance now uaraFon irrksd fai
thumb toward the dining room.
Don't you think I had that crooks
number u Was the EiH ! wanted.
I guessed their game. and played The
coms-on simply 70 81 her wh,ro
I wanted her"
and where was thar 7 asked.
Z lie Frluurd. "Ehs'u stuck On him
but I figured that " I caught them
with the goods. she'd forget hop
stuck hhs was on him n Z dldnf
7 prosecute Get mrf
Il do said I coldly
= suppose she dropped Il. and you
saw il fan II you hadn't stepped in
I'D have had them dead 10 rights on
well. a man can't get everything h'
thinks be wanta.'
A sense Of the mons,ross inlusiie-
o. lie came 70 me. That iniustic'
could be fsmsdied by money. For h.
stance. that jewel IN Dangon'i
pocket could be turned into thou
sands % dollars Even /. gentle
man, had heard. In recent months Of
poverty, % fences. thoHe men who
buy tho loot Of thieves. even knew
WHARF, one or two OF them resided
The skirts OF poverty brush the feet
Of erlminailty.
I was about 20 die. because I had
neither productive nor constructive
brains. But perhaps I had the third
kind. a destructive brain. II my fur
eoilnrsd friend could make a success
Of crime. despite the pauciiy of imAE
nation which his clumsy scheme foi
robblng paraguu had disclosed. what
q tremendous success ! could achieve
HONOR Adherence 20 IL led me q
tho gutter. was about 90 lead me q
/ the river.
paraEon stepped aAlde 20 let ms
preceds him thru the restaurant door
I exercised tho only talent that bad
alei ght.of.hand. substituted N. sec.
ond box. which tho Eiri had given M.
for tho ono that lay IN DsraEon''
pocket.
nodded farewell 20 hlrn--io NOR,
than him; 20 all the past that lay be,
hind me. And I kisHsd ms hand ic
the future. was nothing within "a.
law; / would be tho greatest Twins
figure outside the law. would
make tho 6upercrlmlnni HomsthinS
more than Tho fEmcnt Of n police
mans Imagination. l would bring q
my new profession the brain Of a
gentleman. certainly fitted 20 cope
with the intellect OF detective.
would bring 70 my new art the cul
turc Of an aristacrat. I would raisf
Il from the Eordid level 70 which such
people as my fur-eollarcd friend re-
/ pressed u smiled cheeFfuliy as !
set out TO dispose % tho diamond rins
regained By my legsrdsmnln.
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