Show HEll HEWN WAY y Girl Gill of d y a Today y CATASTROPHE I thought I was going to faint I 1 knew that my bag bae had been there thereon thereon on the table before mo me m just the minute before Then I remember ed d that particularly flashy ma had stopped at my table tabi as a though to speak to me and I had bad turned my taco race aco away yay for fear tear that he be would oblige me m to make mak some som sort ort of ot a demonstration before he could be b persuaded to leave lene Frantically I looked about the tho table and room before betor I realized bow sill silly Billy It was WU for I knew pool Ovely that the tb man had taken my bar bag Then It seemed to me m that ev except despair bad had gone out of ot this world I upbraided my my myself self ray self fOr tor doing such Buch a a foolish thing as s drawing my money out of the bank and then thell I forgot everything except the tho tb tact fact that I wu was wa alon In a strange town penniless and alone Unsteadily I got cot up from the I table and made mad my way to the dressing room I bad had grown frown panic stricken panic stricken at the tb thought that I had no place to lay my head that night for I did not oot dare dar to so back to the th hotel botel and tomorrow morn morn lot log Ins have bave to tell them that I had bd hadnot hadnot not a cent in 10 the world A feeling of nausea crept over m me and I fell ell down don In la a chair The dressing room attendant came up to me m aid said What the tha tb matter matler dearle d Oh Ob bow how I hate bate hat that word dearle dearie I disliked It 11 before but when I found my money wa was gone sone onIt It seemed as a though I could not bear it It Finally I 1 managed to tell the tb woo wooman wo woman man that I had bad lost my mT money Never Nver mind she sh said Ill give you a nickel to call your fam fame lly Hm-lly fly on 01 the tb telephone and then they can ean come after you I thanked her ber but found It tm possible to make mak any explanations and with a great rat effort ot of will I managed to rise ria and bathe bath my face la In cold water ater While bile I was as doing dolne this the th at att attendant was called to the tb door and aud I heard beard hear her mall lay Yes Ye I think the th young lad lady Is Isla In here bere She says gays say she's ah lost her money My heart beart sank unk lower er than ever at tile this I realized 1 It was wai the walter waiter and that lowed I owed for or my dinner r and could not pay The Th attendant came cam back and aud said Your dessert Is waiting miss I 1 dont don't want ant any dessert I 1 answered wildly The Th woman looked at me m suspiciously cloudy I thought and she sh said again Dont worry dearle dearie loan you the nickel to your friends If you have bave lost your our I mono money Copyright 1921 1916 NEA Service Inc IlIe Tomorrow T m The Th House Hour Detective 00 no- no |