Evening star., 1931-04-18
CHAPTER XIV.
A SUSPICIOUS WIFE.

~OME to my room" Nurse
Jones had said quietly, a.
4 Mr.. James closed Marjorie:
door.
"Yess, and III cut your heart out u
"Now," said she when they had en-
tered that sanctuary, whats the game?
I'd tear your throat out if I found you
embarrassing me with another woman
You know what I was when you hrs'
tempted me, as decent girl as any III
England or America, ana you Kllo"
what you made me"
law! Cut that out" snarled Mr.
James. "There's too much comes out
of your face" :.
"Yes. and I'll cut your heart out, II
vou give me cause. When you TOOK me
out cf nursing, and out OF oecen.
life Won took me for keeps, ana don
YOU forget it. / know enough ABOUT
Won James Gryde, to send you to the
chair. Now, then, what's your game
with this Lauderdell piece?"
well, I'll tell you. The Boss mas
weakened en- proposition that mean!
a helluva fine wad. This LauoereeL
skirt was brought here by an oid-tlme
side-kicker of his. The girl comes my !.
100 600 sterling when she's 81. Ana u
she doesn't live to win it, the Boss oIo
nal gets it, because her husbands the
girls uncle and heir"
Louie the Lady pinched her lower lip
and eyed her husband narrowly.
"And If her clock stops before II
strikes 81, the Boss gets rake-off?' 2
she observed.
"He gets 10 per cent, and the f3ol's
throwing in his hand because Waye
knows all about it. The Boss mas
thrown his old pal down-and us. too
Not that the old devil was going to
share that ten thousand"
"Double-cross usP" asked Louie the
Lady. -, ,,.
cross him, Well do the job and I'll GO
and collect from Maud-the Boss pal
double the rake-off." =,
you speaking the truth-for once?"
Course I'm speaking the truth. Go
and ask the Old Man. if you don't be-
lieye me. He'll wonder if the gardener
and the butler are gcing to inquire
next"
"P'raps will. Meantime, s'pose you
lust mention what you were doing in
that girls room. If she comes into
cash when she's 81, were you thinking
of inheriting the lot as her fake hus-
band?" 49,,
calculated Mr.. James.
Eyes, Jsmmy-how long have had
the benefit of your teaching? What
, were you doing in that room?"
Did you ever hear of a wise crook
casting an eye on the lie of the land?'
"Or on the girl?" sneered Louie the
Lady. :.
SISTER, did 1 say you make me tired7
Listen. Did you ever hear of gun
man learning the habits of the. man he
was gcing to bump off? Did you ever
hear of a yeggman going to have look
at the premises where they keep the
safe he's going to blow? I went into
that girls room to see for myself where
she keeps her drinks, and medicines
| and so on. D'you think l want to g.
shopping round in the night and have
her wake up when I knock something
over?"
-''You were talking to her."
Course I was, when I found heI
there. Hadn't I got to make 1t lock
natural?"
"WeIl. what's the game?"
"Oh. I'll weaken on it now, like the
Boss And you'll lose your half ot
$4,000 or more for your cleverness
| Real vallyble partner you are!"
! when have I failed you? Haven't
I done the vilest. F. Were ycu going
to ask me to help you, Jimmy?"
course I was. But now !. :"
What is it you want me to do
Jimmy?"
Get hold Of Manoel's cofhn- drops
that stuff he reckons he's the only
white man who has got the low-dowr
on. Dyou know where he keeps it?"
mo, but can, get anything l want
out of Manoel," boasted Nurse JONES.
80? And you're jealous II go into
girls room on business! What1l you
tell Manoel you want the poison for?"
THAT It's for cat I want to get
! rid Of"
"Geel And so 1t Isl" laughed Mr.
James.
When Mr.. James, as he regularly did