| Show THE THEl THE TANGLE l AN GLE I I LETTER FROM Oll LESLIE PRESCOTT PRESCOTT PRES- PRES PRES-I PRES I COTT COTI TO LESLIE PRESCOTT CUtE RE OP OF TIll TIlE SECRET DRAWER Continued I Do Do you mean to tell me one me Leslie I spoke e up Jack ana Jack ana the tones of hi his voice cut like a rapier that that you I accepted a number of thousand dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars from Karl Whitney to buy back Jewel I Yes Yes I did Why hy didn't t you jou send him back the tho jewels then and let It go at that I couldn't couldn t very well do this after I having haying sold three of them to pay your our gambling debts debts' tty God Leslie T r thought I knew you you If It anyone had told me that you jou had done a thing like this I would never have believed itI ItI It ItI I I expect you jou ou took the which I sent to jour your dad on this last trip and redeemed the stones you xou sold Xo No I have that now j. j Then you never got the stones b back kr Yes les I told Karl when I 1 was In New York this last time what I had done I explained that we we had gotten gotten gotten got got- ten in a very tight place He Insisted on buying Ing the pearls back for me He Ho said the pearls meant much to atO o him and he would not reel right If Ir I am one else had anything to do in r repurchasing purchasing them I To think that my wife should put me in a II position like this with a former lover of hers hersl How Bow much has Whitney paid out on orv those jewels About bout fifteen housand dollars I suppose All right I will have hae 15 in Ina a a. day or two with which I will go over to him with the pearls an and change the map mao on his face Jack Jack I hav have promised Karl Whitney never never to o send him liin back the pearls It makes rio no difference no-difference what you have promised You are going to send senti them back be I I don t understand how you can an od P tl rl be so unkind eJ Jack I And And nd I don dont don't t understand Leslie how you could have neen een so disloyal to your husband I I t haven't haven t been disloyal to you dear Dont Don't t you understand that no I wife could be more moro loyal to Her hus i band that I have been to you you But Dut I I have also been loyal to to the Ideal I of my childhoods childhood's sweetheart Can I you not see Ste that to o Karl Whitney those foolish beads means a very beautiful dream Of course I see it I see that he I has hits always Intended that they should also mean to you a beautiful dream until he could bring them to tomy tomy tomy my notice at the right time Leslie It is possible that you jou ou dOnot do donot donot not see that although your our little sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter was perfectly Innocent In the matter Whitney has from the first Intended those tho pearls should bring you JOlt back to him 1 That Is Is' Is why I he sent me this anonymous letter the letter the dirty cad Surely Jack you do not think Karl sent you that anonymous letter letter let let- ter I certainly do Who else could have sen sent I if 1 Copyright 1924 NEA Service Inc Tomorrow Tomorrow The The letter continued LARGE LARGE HATS The very large black hat with a a. white water lily or calla lily Illy drop dropping dropping dropping ping off oft one side Is the fad of the tile moment VERY SMART A of brilliantly colored large-flowered large chintz Is a v very vry ry smart thing to possess for country wear FRINGES Fringed evening gowns and those trimmed with long flues of ot ostrich feathers continue to hold a high place In fashions fashion's esteem |
