The Washington times., 1932-11-10

H. When they had completed
their high school education,
Tom and Henry went into diff
ferent businesses. Henry secured
n position in Wall Street, while
Tom cast his lot with a jewelry
firm. The years passed. And
by the time they had reached
the age Of %, both boys were
doing fairly well in their re-
spective lines.
Vacation Together
I In the summer Of that year,
It was agreed that they would
spend their vacation together
: at a seaside resort on the
! Atlantic coast. They made the
usual preparations and the
! usual plans. Just a few days
before they were scheduled to
leave, however, Tom was told
by his firm that he would be
unable to go at that time. HIS
vacation would have to be put
off until later date.
& So Henry, who was unable TO
change his vacation date, was
compelled to go alone. It was
unfortunate, but there 1t was.
Tom went down to the train
and said goodby to his pal. It
awas a real goodby, too. For
Tom never saw Henry alive
after that.
Ti Henry dieG in a strange
manner. The papers carried
Complete reports of it at the
time. He had, it seems, taken
D girl at the seaside resort for
d drive. They had parked the
car on a side road that was
| known as Lovers Lane. A
hold-up man had appeared,
3lourished a gun, stripped a
ring from the girls finger and
demanded all Of Henry's
! money.
The boy refused to submit.
He attempted to fight. The
gun went off and Henry fell.
BY the time the girl had sum-
rnened aid, the robber was
gone and Henry was dead. ,
:. There had been. Of course,
the customary investigation.
The girl, seemingly a mental
wreck because Of the unfortunate
happening, was questioned and
quickly cleared by local authori.
ties. She had always resided
In that seaside resort, you see,
and it was very evident that
a local girl could do no wrong.
case Is Closed
The girl gave the police a
description Of the killer, a re-
ward was posted and the case
was closed. It was closed, that
is, for every one but Tom.
At the grave Of his pal, Tom
swore vengeance. Not the usual
dramatic stuff. There we're no
! vigorous. announcements to
other people. There were no
7 words to the papers. Just a
grim promise to himself. And
chat was sufficient,
=, When his vacation time ar.
rived Tom went to the same
resort in which Henry had been
killed. Quietly and with no
attempt to communicate with
the police, he began his own in
,,vestigation. He had studied
every angle of the case and
before he left he had man
aged to meet the girl who had
been with Henry on the fatal
night. He was extremely nice
| to her and made no mention Of
| the fact that he had ever known
Henry.
/ For two long years Tom COM
| municated with the girl at
l,Various times. He spent his fol-
lowing vacation at the same
spot and saw her frequently at
that time. And as the weeks
turned into months he grad
tially pieced together the true
FStory.
{ The girl was a racketeer and
{, had been engaged in one of the
most despicable games in the
world. For several years before
Henry had turned up she had
been working her racket in con-
junction with another racketeer.
And she had always earned
very easy money.
The plan was simple. She
I would sit upon the beach in
| the afternoon and flirt with a
man who looked promising. A
promising man was one who
Is was married and evidently car
ried plenty of money with him.
kShe would agree to go to the
theater with him at certain
time. And after theater she
EsWouId suggest that he drive her
1nto the country. .... .
Her coworker, Of course, was