Evening star., 1941-01-04

rou his dark eyes devoured Honey
in a glance as he entered the room
In a moment. however, the warm
light in them gave way TO the more
irnnortart things in his nina. ou'
he PLAYED for time until the kltcAeI
door of the apartment opened anu
closed.
swiftly he turned to Honey ano
his ewes cleaned now with a orlghI
fire Of anger.
Heard News on Radio.
.-Tbe sylvester diamond was
stolen a few minutes ago. he sd1S'
il like he was exploding a nomo
in the room. ,
Honey sat up and opened her
ewes in startled surprise. She even
managed an audible catch IN her
breath that he could hear.
"Stolen?" she repeated in an aWeo
uhisner Are you sure, Joe?
Couldn't there be some mistake!
His head jerked in the negative
"I am positive it was stolen. II
came over the radio-offlclal news
broadcast. y
But how?' she demanded.
"r don't know exactly. But some
body had plenty OF nerve to take
the woman's purse IN the Depart
ment store with the f1oorWalker on
every aisle. Imagine! Even l, VINO
have more than my share OF nerve
and darling, wouldn't pull it that
vay." He narrowed his eyes TO
Sits. "I'd give anything to Kno"
who has that stone"
He stood up suddenly and paced
the length of the thick rug while
Honey watched him from under her
long eyelashes. There was de-
lighted gleam hidden in the depths
of her eyes.
He spoke again. We've got to
find where it is and get 1t quick.
There is no time to lose-not a
minute" He was in a dither.
Have you any ideas, Joe? VINO
knew that she carried the diamond
around with her?" Instantly she
wished she had not referred to the
woman's habit.
Joe pounded a fist nervously IN
the the palm of his hand.
"I could have sworn that no one
knew she kept it with her except
me-and you, of course" His eyes
opened wide as if from sheer shock
and he sat down abruptly, leaning
close to her. Honeys heart jumped
with fear. "Where we're you at 5
o'clock. Honey?" His voice was
tense and every nerve in his body
seemed rigid while he waited for
her to speak, although he tried to
appear calm.
No Implication Intended.
"Walking through that door" and
she pointed with red-tlpped finger
to the place of entrance. "Why?'
Then she forced anger into her
blue eyes and she was a good actress
at the moment as her eyes blazed
at the insult of his implication, she
straightened her shoulders. You
don't think Her voice rose.
mo. of course not he assured
her hastily and smiled as he patted
her hand affectionately. Il didn't
mean to imply a thing, my dear
Please forgive me"
Honey dropped back against the
cushions and relaxed, but she knew
well enough that he would ask
Sonny what time she had returned
from town. That, however, was
taken care of
She smiled to show that he was
forgiven and then, with deep con-
Germ in her voice, asked: What is
your next move, Joe?"
ITO find out all the police know
about the case"
But mightn't they start investi-
eating you if you became too Curl
ous?" she inquired, astonished at
the chance he would be taking If he
talked to the police. They would
want to know what interest you had
in the stone"
THAT is where you come in,
Honey"
She sat up with start, eyes
electrified with surprise. What do
you men?" And she was not put
ting on an act this time. She was
really frightened.
Joe Asks Help.
your reputation is clear, Honey.
You are above suspicion. So you
are going to pump the police for