The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-08
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NOW 90 ON Win TiIE STONY
couldn't watch the papers. asccr-
taln when a crime had been commit
Ted. and then rob the perpetratofs
so one bur a detective gruius could
hope % find out who committed the
crimes IN the first plars, And having
decided that ms only safety iay iu
working alone, I could hardly euiti-
waite the acquaintance ~ criminals,
and learn their plans IN advance
What had seemed Cor several weeks.
"a most excellent theory, became sud,
denly almost Impossible az practice,
And YET the theory was sound. ]
ssaured myself 0f this, Because I did
not seo Immediately how 90 put Dc
into WORKING practise proved nothing
against the theory, sun tho
,hcsred myself with the reflection
that Opportunity Do never 80 disguIs
"a but that Keen eyes may learn her
identify ! was rather depressed az.
dressed FOR dinner. I lea my apart
mcnt IN order 90 keep an engagement
with some casual acquaintance met
az Max!m's bar.
They were Americans like MYSELF
who were IN Parts on business, and
who had, IN return Tor some little
c0urtcsies that I had shown them. cN-
pressed a dAslro that ! should be-
their guest on a tour Of Montmartre.
! met them az the appointed time,
I had seen before, an that Montmar-
TIRE offered, but these were pleasant
chaps. gentlemen both. and lt was a
pleasure 10 associate. however cas-
uaily. with ones own kind. And
tIey oauld get something 81 a thrill
from visiting the tawdry dives with
which Paris Is Infested.
We wound up. late al night. al the
Jardiu dcs Nymphos. I would rather
have said good night az the door o.
this place. but did not wish 20 seem
unapprcciative % my compatriots'
Hospitality. VowinE that / could not
>old another glass OF wine. I yielded
their opportunities and entered the
notorious dance hall.
All TenderiOlns are alike. the Jar
din des Nymphcs has is parallel IN
New York, IN san Francisco: I Pre-.
sumo that India ana China could Of
Ter thu vice hungry visitor something
similar Tho underworld must make
rs contacts. somewhere. with the
upper world on which e feeds
And nowadays these contacts are
faaker than they were a dozen years
ago. Tho so-caiicd upper world has
been invaded and conquered by bar
hlrtans; these outiandeFs bE4nE 10 ttAa
relies 20 which their money has nd-
uitted tho mthe crude tastes Of the
uncuitured. SO long as they arc
amused. they care not who furnishes
their pleasure.
Tonight / saw pillars 81 finance
embracing. in the dance. women
whose faces told their trade. / saw
- lant- browed youths, but yesterday
~ ON the gutter. oBe-stepplng with
women Of assured social position. a
philosopher. noting how assiduously
the upper world couFted the lower.
might wonder az the protense Of diff
ference between the two. But I was
no philosopher; I was merely n very
bored and tired gentleman who
wished that his friends would permit
him TO retire 70 his bed.
Ona Of my hosts ordered cham.
agns. One moment later a bold-eyed
RI smiled from an adjoining table
friends rose CALAMITY TO the oc-
sion; In a moment the smiling fair
10 had acquired two other friendly
aidsns, and they had crowded about
IT table at the edge OF the dancing
pace. More champagne was brought.
nd IN another few moments my two
hosts were dancing Win their newly
acquired charmers.
I pleaded fatigue. The lady who
had selected me as her gallant sighed
with relief.
NE. I Ave dance my shoes aImos'
off," she said. II am glad that mon
sieur feels not too gay"
looked at her; did not even wish
TO talk to her. But after all, my
friends had practically Invited her to
join us; common courtesy demanded
speech. SO we talked at random. Lit
tie By little / drew from her bits Of
information about the habitues Of the
place. She had brutally droll hum0r.
and was not sparlng in its use. a
writer from one OF the scandal papers
would have reveled In the gross gos-
sip, concerning the great and the