Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09

thing about the woman's eyes was vaguely
reminiscent she was . handsome woman,
beautifully dressed. Her pearls were beautiful,
her plainly cotffured hair attractive. The
sense Of familiarity was there, but Tor once
Tresholm was 1t loss.
II have seen you somewhere recently" he
admitted. ~The amazing thing Is that can
not recall where"
II win not spoil your dinner by leaving you
guessing. Those were tTagical moments In
morning. Il nanst have been, = mist over the
mOOm and that terrible accident"
'YOu were the nurse!"- he exclaimed.
She nodded. And my husband was the doc
Tar You can see him on the other side Of the
table IS was great grief to Us both chat We
man he must have been dead several min
utes before We arrived"
1T was . horrible tragedy" Tresholm said
gravely.
1T was indeed" she assented, and turned to
answer q remark from her left-hand neighbor.
TreshOlm leaned toward his hostess, Lady
WestextOn.
I'VE were speaking Of that poor young mans
motor accident ON his way back to Nice" he
explained "ODe has seen SO little Of IL in the
papers"
II was Remaining the same thing to my hus-
band this morning." Lady Westerton agreed.
Have they found any trace Of all that money
he was supposed TO have with him?"
TreshOlm turned once more to Mrs. Earn
shaw. Lady Westerton was saying something
about the young mans having had . large sum
Of money"
"An exaegeration, should imagine" she
commented thOtghtfully. HE was unGressed
ut the clinic, naturally. The night sister took
my place, but am sure should have heard
of It, If he had had any unusual sum-"
She leaned across the table and Sopke to her
husband. Lady westertOn has been telling US
that that poor young man. NJ Gourdatns was
supposed to have q considerable sum Of money
in his possession"
Seven mile and some odd change" her
husband replied. IT know. because locked
1t up
There are always runlors of that SORT"
Isobel Earnshaw reminded them. I'm this
case however 1t must have been q mistake,
for there was certainly no time for any one
TO have robbed him and to have gotten away
before we arrived on the scene"
A guest from the other side of the table in
terVened. There is no doubt that the young
man won large SUM that night" he said.
but he probably left it somewhere in Monte
Carlo.
HE had plenty Of time" the doctor re-
marked. "They say that he left the Sporting
Club ut o'clock. It couldn't have taken him
more than 10 minutes to get to Cap DALI and
it was nearly before We came upon him."
The party broke up usual with 3 general
exodus to the Sporting Club. TreshOlm found
himself afnicted with q curious ut of uneaSi-
ness. He watched the play for time, and
then, acting upon . sudden impulse, descended
the stairs and stTolled out into the soft night.
He walked the length Of the terrace, and re-
turning, found himself in front Of the Casino.
He joined the thin stream Of entrants and
made his leisurely progress through the
Kitchen"
Suddenly he came to a standstIll. Mrs.
Earnshaw was seated at ore of the tables, play
ing-and playing for high stakes He watched
her closely. She had a book in her hand which
she studied before each bet, but she was losing
consistently. He changed his place, and strClled