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in for a split Of the loot, for such
is the working basis of outlaw or
ganizations like the Harlem Spooks.
The scene was much the same
as that OF the day they were
building" excepting now no com.
radely good-nature liGhtened the
atmosphere furious tension
drew every limb. set all faces in
white, hard lines and covert
glaces were flicked this way and
that. O'Rourke's gold teeth gIeam-
ed. to be sure. but more in the
manner Of a ours faDgs over
bone than in any gesture Of good
will.
This was the pay.off; between
O'Rourke's feet lay the keister-
the black bag which had been
snatched from the Empire Build
ers' Trust Company--and the
Spooks were waiting. Wary,
ws4tchful, each livid with sus-
picion.
For honor among thieves is an
empty phrase. The interlocking
cross is the accurate symbol of
underworld integrity.
"All right" O'ROurke barked
when he saw Danny. lie lifted
the satchel to the table, slit the
leather with pocket knife and
lifted out bundles Of currency.
Each bundle was bOrnd in the
white paper tape uzy.: by bahks
for that purpose with the amount
printed on in red lettering There
were hundred OF these bundles
all told and since most of the
notes were in denominations of
fifties and hundreds the pile on
the table was enormous.
stir, something which sound
ed like sigh. went around the
watching circle. O'Rourke glanced
up. hand jerkins back.
Danny grunted. "Ah, get on.
Spike. What's eating you?"
Say. yotI--" Nevertheless the
man at the table divided the pile
into 10 equal parts. Eight Of
these were passed to those who
waited and seven began TO peel
notes from their rolls since Danny
received 10 per cent OF what
went to his links"
Spike kept one pile for himself
and the tenth he locked away in
wall safe. referring to II
vaguely AS "the fund"
And tell the bird that's for
the Spook snarled watch his
step next time. see?"
What you mean, Danny" The
gold teeth were little torches
again. all flashing affably.
You know what / mean. Bulls
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her. Carey took pity on him.
Leasing. ! doubt if You've
been properly presented to my
niece. Miss Mary Leaning. Mr..
Ralph Lessing.'
The girl smiled mischievously
at him. Happy to know you. Mr..
Leasing She turned to her
uncle. HPay up. One thousand
dollars. uncle of mine"
Lessing found his voice. May
/ ask-what it all means?
Mrs. Carey walked near to him.
"It means. Mr.. Leasing. that !
have very wicked niece, and a
husband whose idea of q practical
joke is positively vulgar"
II noticed = gurgled her hus-
band. that you came down to
breakfast, SOS to be in at the
finish
Mrs. Carey frowned at her hus.
band.
II Icame here in order to save
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pressure of her lips upon his, the
warm clasp Of her strong young
arms. Gone was reason. and his
heart ruled him again, tylan-
nized over him.
The lodge-keeper was about
when he entered the Carey drive.
A mechanic eyed him with sleepy
curiosity as he left his car in the
garage A couple of servants
frankly stared at him as he en-
tered the house. ceasing their
tasks of Strengthening the lower
floor to whisper to each other
as he passed.
He was tired worn out. but
not sleepy. Undressing, he
bathed, shaved, dressed again
slowly, the longer to postpone
the inevitable meeting with MS
host and hostess. For he could
not shirk his bounden duty. lie
must tell them that their house
guest, their attorney, was the
: the sort of man who aids thieves
to escape scot-free. This was
part of the price that he must
pay for the kisses which he had
received and given
One could, in the Carey house,
breakfast in bed, or could de-
scend to the pleasant breakfast
room where the customs of Eng
land were carefully initiated and
find rashers of bacon, dishes of
eggs and ssusages, racks of toast,
fruit. marmalades, all set out
in heaters which rested upon
Eideboards.
Lessing preferred to breakfast
downstairs. And there he found
his host and hostess, pleasantly
hungry. dressed and affaple even
at this hour.
a'I should think" he said. that
after your strenuous night, you
two would breakfast in bed.
It's. only O'Clock.
Old Carey shifted q bandaged
foot to an easier place upon
cushion. lie always spoke vague
Iv of an old sprain, torn hga-
ment in the ankle, whlcE
occasionally incapacitated him'
which indeed, mad been the cause
of his inability TO call at Lessing
New York office. and had brought
the attorney to% Newport. But
those who knew carey intimately
were aware that 1t was gout that
brought him low.
He now poured himself cup
of coffee.
Always get excited when
there's party going on. Can't
sleep so come down early. How
about you, my boy?"
I4essipg felt, rather than
observed, that Carey shot "A swift
side-long glance st his wife. He
reached for some fruit, then
drew back his hand. Doubtless
this worthy couple would prefer,
when the facts were known, that
he did not partake of their hos
pifality.
I've hardly slept all night" he
said.
Mrs. Carey smiled andably.
when one avoids a party, then
goes in for tt"
There were jewels lost here
last night. weren't there2" Less
ing interrupted her.
Yes" said Mrs. Carey.
A detective told me that he
WIS looking for notorious thief.
., woman, named Molly Kennedy,
said Lessing.
Yes?" said old man Carey.
The rising infection of his voice
seemed to hint at imminent stern
ness.
"She came to my room some
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Mr.. Lessing sny unnecessary en-
bsrrassment, that's al. Mr.. Les
sing. I'm sure that you'll for
give" /"
When / know what to for
give. said Lessing, why
1--WE invited Mary TO spend the
month with us. said Carey
.She arrived yesterday IN time for
the party. But youyou begged
off. and ii was impossible to get
another man for dinner at that
late moment. That left an extra
girl. and Mary well. Mary had
seen you, and-and she bet me
thousand dollars that she could
make you come to the party with
out asking you Ia caddish
thing to do. Lessing. and please
accept my apologies. but
III Id dreamed. said Lessing,
that Mrs Carey needed me to
balance her dinner table
well, you didn't dream it, and
nv wife was bit upset. How
ever. she didn't insist and-tiIis
little devil here said that shed
see you came to the party. 4
don't know how"
You folloWed me to the Ca
sino." said Lessing 10 The girl.
Exactly" I" she smiled.
but how did you know that
when / came home he began.
She interrupted him. II you
hadn't come down in another five
minutes. / was going to your
room-but you came down. ]
knew that--hoped that we'll
having seen me-
Having kissed YOU" said Les
sing savageIy, that Id come
down If / saw you again. Or
that. having kissed you. Id want
to see pretty girls. hear the
musin-'
Then. when that detective men
toned the jewels and the woman
theft slipped off and lbet Uncle
George another thousand and that
could make you take me. think
ing me the theft told him ycu
thought that-away from the
house. help me to escape"
II suppose" said Lessing Bit
terly, that Mr.. and Mrs. Carey
were watching us as we slipped
Off
You must forgive us, Lessing.
old boy gurgled Carey. But
you see You are a bitstiff, YOU
know--and that little devil. Mary
she would go right into your
room. and that was a bit thick.
you know, but stilI-she had
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Deserted After Dance and a
Kiss, Lessing Brands Girl
Cheap Flirr in His
Bitterness
Bitterness

right to. win her bet. F:veryons
has q right TO fair chance to
win q bet, you know
Lessing stared at his host. He
remembered the youth OF this
great sportsman, his host. de-
fendcr of the Americas cup,
hacker OF polo teams. He remeu1.
bered hearing that be had gam.
bled away the immense patrimOny
left him, and then won a bigger
one In business. Al bet, to Carey,
was sacred
There were no jewels lost?' he
asked.
some lost: there always are at
big parties said Mrs. Carey
But thay've all been foInd. /"
And the woman thief2y he
asked.
Private detectives are always
filled with tales Of mysterious
thieves. 1T makes their fees
larger & said Carey.
"Then--then-I was simply 4
ridiculous fool, said Lessing.
oh my dear hoy" said Carey,
please please 1t was just--that
devilish niece OF mine offered
bet. and
And the termg of the bet were
that she was only to ask me. She
wasn't to-er kiss me, was she?"
asked Lessing.
Certainly not. said Carey. His
eyes lighted with glee. You don't
mean TO say that"
II mean to say that she loses,
ard YOU win, ssid Lessing.
There! He was even with her.
The brazen, impudent debutante,
whose vulgarity surpassed that OF
any less fortunate girl Of her age.
With dignity he strobe from the
breakfast room. In is minutes
his bags were packed. He didn't
ring for servant to assist him.
He'd carry them himself. He'd be
under no obligation to the Careys,
not even such Slight one as
having his bags carried to his car.
To hell with Carey's business!
He'd do without it. Make him the
victim of a practical joke, would
he? Make him a fool, would he?
Make him break his heart, eli?
As for the girl, perhaps her uncle
and aunt wouldn't think so mighty
OF her when they knew that shed
give her lips to an utter stranger
merely to win bet.
His bedroom door opened, and
Carey entered.
Look here. Lessing," he said.
1T was a poor jest, but-eryou
aren't leaving"
II certainly am, said Lessing.
but we wanted Mary to spend
the month" said Carey.
"Well?' said T.essing.
And she says she's going with
you" said Carey. Below his grey
moustache his lips quivered.
And" he added. she won that
shed give no kisses unless sne
happened to fall in love with YOU.
That was jokingly said. but 1t was
part Of the bet and she claims
she won.
I4essing gasped You mean to
say that she-shes in love with
me?''
''Wen. now, you'd better ask hsr
Yourself" smiled Carey.
Where where is she?" cried
Lessing.
He wrung Carey's hand. In the
hall outside. encoantering his host
ess. he kissed her violently. Then
he ran dowpstairs looking for the
girl. his girl, the only girl in the
world.
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ever. Once again T.essing WAS
conscious Of the absence oestock
ings on those slim. extremely
smooth limbs. But ii ceased to
shock. this revelation, for last
night he had observed that maay
Of the younger girls at the
Carey party We're stockingless.
And. after all. was there any
thing shocking in skin? II one
could see the contour of the
linb--and modern dresses per-
mitted this-why not also see The
texture of the skin?
Size stood by sidebroad row.
and was piling perfectly in
credible quantity of sausage upon
plate.
Starved" she said, absolutely
famished. Finally the garage
opened, but they didn't have
driver-wouldn' let me drive my
self--well. here I am. Pay up"
she said to Carey.
Isessing. mouth open, stared at
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''Ah, what's The matter with
you. Tim?" Danny ran his hand
over the back of his neck in
an irritated way. "You looking
for a fall-guy or something?"
Il am not. as well you know.
But sorra the day Id see you
take the rap. You got a smart
head and good heart would
you use them right. / s'pose
you'd not be wishing to go
straight. now2 Twould be
fine thing. I'm thinking"
oh" But Danny failed OF
his usual smart comeback. The
restlessness was upon him again;
he felt queer sense of de-
tachment. a lack of interest in
things generally. Unaccountably
he remembered what the little
brown one had said the morn.
ing she kept him dangling in
front of her gun. Il sort OF
think you're too good for tins.
| think there's fine stuff in you
somewhere
Rats! What was the matter
with everybody. anyway? What
was the matter with himself?
As usual at this time of day,
the back room of the Emerald
was deserted. But the Spook
had no sooner closed the door
and stood a minute attempting
TO adjust his eyes 10 the gloom
which was wellnight impenetra.
BILE after the brilliant sunshine
outside than heels tapped the
floor and soft. warm arms were
flung about his neck
Danny, You all right" Nell's
words came out like sobs. you all
right, Danny"
He put his hands up and tore
her arms away. growing, why
wouldn't ] be all right"
"But-after vest erday-the pa
per says them bulls hit some.
Now he gripped her shoulder
with such force that she reeled
back as from a blow. You cut
that, You hear? Shooting Off your
face--you get me? shut up, now.
or ---"
He left the threat unfinished.
left her weeping there among the
chairs and tables, and went on up.
stairs.
Once again O'Rourke sat at the
head of the long table and mem
| bers of the gang were scattered
a5out-Gip. Lefty Owens, the one
| who looked as il he might have
stepped ont Of Broadway chorus
/ they called Sbeik. and four others
These last had taken NO part i'm
| the bank hoid-up. but would come
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Lessing. tell the truth Did the
young woman kiss your
That isn't fair" said voice in
the doorway. You know it isn't
fair. You've already asked him,
and he's answered you.
AS. one responding to the most
powerful urge in his experience.
Lessing wheeled. There, framed
in the doorway--no, she was adj
vancing through ii now, dressed
in the same frock that she rad
worn last night. was Mary Lean
ing. or Molly Kennedy, or who
ever she was.
"Had the devils own time find
ing a ear in Fall River she
said carelessly. Not garage
open until seven--coJldn't walk
very far in these things" She
kicked a foot. indicating that very
insufficient slipper which Fad won
Lessing's marvelling attention last
night. Her action drew attention
to more than the slipper, how
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"Oh. / say. my boy. now"
exclaimed Carey. His small. care
fully pointed grey beard wagged
portentously.
Kissed herr Lessing bowed
his head before the horror in
Mrs. Carey's voice.
She didn't, by any chance,
kiss you. did she?' asked Carey.
Now, wait minute, Lessing.
Think it over carefully. This is
very important. Did SIZE, or did
she not kiss you?"
Noblesse oblige. She was a
common little thief. but
Certainly not. said Lessing.
Damn said Carey.
'ffeorger' exclaimed his wife.
Sorry, my dear" Carey apollo
gized. but | didn't believe that
---er-Lessing would have done
such thing without ~er--I mean,
unless the young lady-ah--
ciprocated. l don't believe it,
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the recollection OF her head bent
over bare table or a garment
all patches while her tired voice
repeated, "If we had wee bit
in the bank, now"
Furthermore he was stirred by
a dim notion that sometime. lie
might need money. A lot of it,
in hurry.
He stored the pass-book in his
pocket and loitered through Fifty
ninth Street and down the avenue.
Walking in his 1.-the, buoyant
way, head high. he appeared no
different from any of the leisurely
young men out for an afternoon
stroll. Yet when he paused to
admire the display in a jewelry
store window he caught the spe-
culative eye of a plain-clothes
man and moved along, though
not too hastily. Fine chance of
those birds letting guy alone II
he wanted to go straight, he told
himself.
Then he wondered why the
thought had occurred to him.
Who, he demanded with a grin,
wanted to go straight?
Memories. very sweet yet mist
. ed over with sadness. crowded
him as he wandered down town.
He used to come here when he
was a kid, land held tight in the
little worn one of herself, They
would look at all the lovely.
priceless things in the windows
and her joy in such beauty would
set him shaking with excitement.
See there, ladeen. All, would
you ever, that pretty it is
When I'm big I'll buy 1t for
you. nom.
''Bless his heart!' And some.
times she would stoop and kiss
him while people stared.
Long ago! Before his father
met the man called Slug and quit
his Job on the Wharves. They had
been poor before but they were
worse off afterward, for when his
mother found out the nature or
Mullins new work she would
touch none of the money he gave
her. Then she went out toiling
bv the day to buy food for her
boy and herself A frail bit of
creature; small wonder she faded
and died when the blow came.
He remembered the night they
sent his father up the river. And
swore ~lnder his bl cath.
Aftcrward he had lived anV-
where and any way he could. un-
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NO STOCKING GS By Ar
Author
Bright Young Barrister Finds
Himself Clumsy at Age
Old Game Of Max
ING love
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

CoaOinced that stockingless. tlapper chom he has
just met has crashed the gates" Of party at the
Newport home of has sueahy host to steal the guests
jecets but driren By force he cannot understand,
RALPH LESSING brilliant young barrister. saUes the
girl from Molly Kennedy notorious eooan thief,
bu dentifyiag her detectiUe by the she gees
him MARY LEANING. While he talks acith the de-
tecve the qirl uanishes LESSING goes to sleep IN
char H. his room and Gacakens find her lng has
bed she demands that he help her escape and he agrees
to help her elade the police.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI

YTvHE sun up when he crossed the stone bridge again
Wild roses scented the air Cattle grazed IN park-ke
pastures Birds sang and busy insects fluered Even
the stately seemed to be alive as their leaves sred
n the wind Everything vegetable and animal seemed TO
have some purpose in life And the humans whom he en-
countered bustlng along motors already working N
the fields, had definite objects to attain
But he, Ralph Lessng what had he TO gain? career
had hitherto seemed in ITSELF but wisdom had come
upon him In the night, and he knew that career
nothing thing to place in womans lap
And the only whom he would to offer his
success shameless, brazen easily kissed, scantly
dressed thief And yet he would until he died the
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Healed
Like Magic"

Detroit, Mich" My boy was COW
cred with eczema and / seemed
powerless to relieve him. I had
spent about $4,000 for various
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of them did him any good. Finally
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and Ointment and they proved to
me that this was the treatment
my child needed. / bought the
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gist, and after using them as de
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Piano for Cathedral

grand replace the which has been removed
Leicester (Engandl Cathedral until the ready
The old such state that of the pipes cruped
removal.
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Why Plum Pudding?

puddngs grown Of Elzabethan dish
plum porridge; this mixture Of fruit and boiled
without being in basin tied in CLOTH the plum
pudding Of day.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
The Foreign Relations Committee

There is still time A few days is all that is
needed for the senate to register the overwhelming
mandate of the people by ratifying the Kellogg peace
pact before Christmas.
The treaty is clear and brief 1t is easily under
Stood 1t has no secret riders. 1t simply joins the
United States with ffty-nne other nations in re-
nouncing war as an instrument of national policy.
The President the secretary Of state and the chair
man of the senate foreign relations committee have
declared officially for the benefit Of the doubters that
the treaty means what it says and nothing more.
Every one agrees that the country is almost unan-
imous in favor of immediate action. The Scripps-
Howard popular poll is proving that beyond argu-
ment
There is no legitimate reason for the foreign rea-
tons committee to continue withholding this treaty
from the senate where it can be debated promptly
and ratified quickly.
For two weeks the committee has dawdled along
while the whole world waited The American people
weary Of this.
They not understand why the committee ma
jority favorng the treaty. delays in sending it to the
senate floor.
With only four days remaining before the senate
Christmas recess obviously the committee must report
out the treaty Immediately or destroy all chance of
ratification this month.
Here are the eighteen committee members Borah
johnson, Moses Mclean, Edge, Capper, Glett, Reed
of Pennsylvania Tess, Swanson Pttman, Robinson of
Arkansas, Walsh of Montana Reed of Missouri Harri-
son. Bayard, George, Shipstead
What are they going to do about it?
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A Modern Carrie Nation

Out in Kansas City the other day woman took
and started out on a one woman foray against
her husbands fayorite speakeasy. This caused wide
comment because in that section Of the country the
exploits of Carrie Nation well remembered. Carrie
earned undying fame by her indiscrininate destruc
ton of the bars in prohibition Kansas. CThe bars
in prohibition Kansas" There's phraseD
Many Missouri barkeeper must have shuddered
when he heard of the performance Of Carries modern
imitator. Carrie may have been bit cracked,
many believed but it can not be denied her cam
paign was highly effective.
And there is ample field for endeavor of this sort
in Kansas City, for W. Harold Lane chief of federal
prohibition agents. estimates there are false
front saloons now running than there bars be-
fore prohibition. Lane said there probably a
thousand places selling BOOZE
The municipal police officer in charge of liquor
raiders termed the attempts at prohibition enforce
nent joke.
"A joke" he added mot because police are laying
down on the job but because there loopholes in
the law and loopholes in the prosecutions"
The federal prohibition administrator in that Sec
ton has at his disposal 112 agents. who must try to
keep both Missouri and Arkansas dry. Missouri con-
tains the large cities of st. Louis and Kansas City,
which never did like prohibition, and the Ozark
mountains whose inhabitants reported to have
the usual procivities of mountaineers
The federal agents kept pretty busy last year, how
ever They arrested 2,7O3 persons in the two states
and captured 1886 stills in Missouri alone They also
seized some $325OOO worth of property from Mis-
sourians.
Despite which, the business of purveyng liquor
still fourishes Perhaps the solution lies in the for
nation of an ak brigade Of Amazons
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Women More CYeduZ0uS, Say Doctors

One of the items in the list was
telling fortunes or having fortunes
told.
1t was found that girls participate
in fortune telling activities more
generally than do boys, particularly
between the ages Of IL to Is. With
increase in maturity there is a de-
crease in participating in fortune
telling activities among boys but not
among girls.
Many psychologists have en-
deavored to explain why women are
more credulous than men. 1t is
suggested that part of this is due
to the restrictions on women's con-
duct, which are more severe than
upon that of men and that the &C
ceptance of superstitions offers a
means Of escape from reality.
1t has been asserted that women's
lack of physical prowess and their
resultant dependence cause them to
seek aid in supernatural ways. Re
CARELESS of the reason, the fact re-
mains that women actually are more
easy to convince and more ready to
believe.