Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25

possible way to be of help to my hus-
| band"
II understand" he answered.
| "Of course" she continued, ''it is
! considerable of him not to wish to trou-
! BILE me with his business worries, but
/ cannot seem to make him see that
| If he has any such porpleXitieS | wish
to be troubled by them. With the in
! formation which you have given me,
which, of course, / shall treat as con
| tidential. | hope to be able to make
him see my point of view
! Wilson departed with mixed emo
tons. 1t was not the first time he had
/ seen Doris Colby. He had gone to her
| more than once on various missions
for Stanley in the old days. 1t had
| always thrilled him to look at her. 1t
| thrilled him still. She was more beau
j tiful than ever. he thought, and the
anxiety which sat so clearly upon her
! candid brow added just now to the
! fascination which she had always had
| for him. 1t was clear to Wilson also
/ that Waterman was in the process of
! being found out. He was not aware
| as yet that the man was in possession
of stolen goods, but he knew perfectly
| we'll that he was a humbuS and a
fraud. And now 1t appeared his I'M
masking was approaching. He could
| not reDreSs q sense of satisfaction.
At that very moment, at the close of
! business, Waterman sat alone in his
| Office. He was reviewing his growing
| perpleXities. 1t was not pleasant
! process. and his gloom was not at all
| dispelled by the voice of the office boy
who opened the door at that moment
! and said
Mr.. Bromfeld asking for you. sir"
Bromtield was one of the last people
! in the world he wished to see. 1t is
true that shortly after his marriage.
! by the simple process of borrowing
! from Peter to pay Paul, he had dis
! charged his obligation to the gambler,
| and, having done so. had sworn a sol
! emn VOW that he would never enter
| that hall of chance again. But that
! vow, like many others, had been
broken. His luck couldn't always be
| bad, he thought. and he was due to
! win-overdue. In this he was in error
| His unluCky streak continued. and the
consequence was that shortly he found
| himself heavily in Bromfelds debt
once more. Here came his creditor
! again. He sighed heavily as he told
/ the boy to bring him in. But before
! the door opened to admit his visitor
! he was again his usual smiling self
! Come in, come in, Bromfield"' he
!
are you? Glad to re you"
| "All the better" was the answer.
Feeling very fit. thanks. And your"
| Splendid, splendid"
| You make a business of keeping fit.
don't you?"
Not buSineSS-a pleasure"
Il happened to be passing by" said
| Bromfield and, the market having
closed, l thought l would drop in Tor
a chat"
| Very good of you. am sure"
by the way" went on the gambler,
I'm sorry l haven't seen you at my
| place of late"
No" admitted Waterman. Fact
| Is. l didn't wish to come there again
until l was able to square things up
with you
And when will that be, do you
! think
! "Oh, very soon, I hope"
Your hope is mine also" They
| smiled together, little grimly per-
! haps, and Bromfield went on You
couldn't make it any more definite
/ than that, l suppose?"
We'll, no-not at the moment"
Sorry. l could use money just now.
! You see, a number of gentlemen with
whom / do business seem to have had
run of bad luck of late"
DO l understand that you complain
of that" grinned Waterman.
Not altogether" admitted the other,
but, you see, their bad luck seems
not to have been confined strictly to