Evening star., 1931-11-28
JANE DIXON

considers it fault-flnding. H won't
revamp line Of his copy.
Cathleen thought: HE revamped 1t
for me, wEa4i I argued long and. hard
have made difference? Changed hiss
whole future, perhaps? Could we haves
worked together and done something.
really hig?" I:
She discarded the idea. Kenneth.
was doing better by himself His story.
accepted, and Gil Graber spplaudings
him. She no longer thought Of thel
story as "our story 1t belonged to- !
Kenneth. j
Il see that that young Nielsen, who.
behaved so badly in the Gypsy camp,
has got himself on the front page. I.
Myra threw out this conversational bait.
He must be good. Whoever put. him
on the spot sent six men to gum for |
him" 'rC'-
"on the spot?" cathleen turneds
puzzled eyes on Myra. t :
Ion the spot is gang language fori
marking a man for DEATH" Myra ex-:
planned i;
IT hope they send all six Of those:
wicked men to prison. Margaret Car
roll exclaimed. "A fine boy like Neil e.
Bully for you, Mrs. CARROLL" one on
! the men applauded. You're sure tof
get your wish. There's too much law
4Al GAl4o ld1lO anu llOb Gk1OuSu
This case promises both. Looks like as
| long stretch up the river for the lot ofl
them"
II hope So" Margaret CAROLS twos
chins were atremble with indignationI
"As was telling my friend. Mrs. .Nolan,s
| only yesterday, you sacrifice and do
/ everything you can to bring children up.s
! and the minute they get out from UNI
der your hand some one tries to undoS
everything you've done for them"
And what did Mrs. Nolan say?"t
Cathleen asked 't Z
Mrs. Carroll flushed, hesitated She
said it was our fault for letting them
get out from under our hands" F.;
Cathleen laughed. That was a slap
on the wrist for you, wasn't it,
mummy"
Il guess it was" Mrs Carroll was
apologize.
Paul Allison walked home with Julia,
| Cathleen and her mother. At the cor:
ner of Fourth street and WashingtoIs
Square he dropped Mrs. Carroll's ARM
| to step between Julia and Cathleen.
We're being followed" he said in a
low voice. "a man picked us up out7
around, Mrs. Carroll. I want to be
sure" e<S
We'll, never! Might it be your fa-
ther. Cathleen?"
1T isn't father. He would never fol-
low us. He'd face us and roar What
makes you think the mans following
us, Paul?" Z
Paul Allison threw back his head and
laughed as if he had just listened to a
huge joke. The man skulking behind
them must not know he had been spotN
ted. 4
whistle us little tune, Julia" hi
| ordered. THAT aria from 'Giacondag
Good" Julia could initiate a flute bstk
ter than a flute could initiate bird
II noticed him as we came out of Corat
Cave. Felt his eyes on me- You know
how it is when some one watches you
intently. kept on feeling his eyes iI3
my back as we walked up the street.
I glanced back and saw he was trailA
ing u.s.
what in the name of goodness
would he be following us for?" MrS
Carroll painted.
Don't know. I'll catch him up ana
ask him if you'd like q
Please DON'T" Cathleen said. She
must not alarm her mother. And her
mother must not know she was fghtM
ing and being fought by Nielsen. MARI
garet Carroll would be sure. through
| fear for her, Cathleen's, safety, to take
! the whole matter to Dan Carroll. There
was enough weight against her already
without adding the weight Of her
father. !.
| (To Be Continued b