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Show I For the Cor&monweaKh Coprrijrht 191S, by P&the Exchange, Inc. All mortar plotur rtrhts and all tortiga copyrights wtrictlr rtorrd. I(cormncD kkou tbstkbbat.) "The playing- Is high tonight. The bankers are hard pushed. It seoms m thoug-h luck la with the players tonight to-night Would you like to try?" "I don't feel I should win tonight." he answered, laughingly. "And." hla llpe tlghtsoed oyer his slightly parted teth. "I ltke to win. I like to oa up. I'll enter the g-ame some other night," he said, a rnnlle turning th corners ef his mouth. "1 shall come again, psobably very soon." "Oh. Jut as yoa wish only I thought you might like to try yaux luck." she persisted "I shall oome soon, and whon I do, I guarantee you I'll make a clean sweep of 1LM "Yes. of coarse." she said wearily She had heard that tone of surety many times before. Ho rose and she followed. "Oood night, she said, smiling "Good night " He took his things from the waiter, and a he started to go turned and said, VI shall see you again." She bowed and moved off, as he turned and made his way toward the low door of noiseless hinges. "It stoma almost Incredible, I know especially at a tlm when the lid Is generally supposed to be screwed on tight, Mr. Bell, but there I THE DISTRICT ATTORNE' ugB FORGET ABOUT T TsS Is a gambling Joint In this city, right ' 19 in the heart of the white light dis- ;IB trict, that is running WIDE CHEN to vm those who aro in the 'know ' Rou- "3b lette wheel, dice, cards, everything! 'jfl I was there myself, last night saw aSM it all with my own eyes. The police fflg must be fixed or they'd be onto that $J lookout on the street they probably gjjfl get a rake-off But. I'll start from ;S the beginning so's you'll get it j3 straight. "I was down to a social welfare meeting last night and walked east . ; through Ddvln Street for a car I JH was about midway between Bradley jS1 and HJston streets when my attention 9 was attracted by a limousine that drew up to the curb about 30 feet ,iH ahead of me. It stopped before u low brick structure that looked as it I "fm It might have been uced as a private JIM warehouse There were no steps no fiBl area way Just an unremarkable old aBl door as an entrance with No 59 'Jm painted on It in letters half washed "91 out ran Two richly dressed , people a man and a woman, allght-ed allght-ed from the car The man gave his ,9 chauffeur a quick order The car ,t9 aped away, and the two started for that door. There was a big squlnty- '. ";JL eyed rough lounging outside It v. ho 'B seemed to know the people, for he . . -'jW smiled and saluted as they passed in. jV I had Lacked up my paoe consider- jjj ably in watching them, and arrived W at the door Just after they had gone fm In. There seemed to be something W very queer about the whole thing I 3 the automobile, well dressed people I In the loollout ud the old warehouse ' 'I building, so I decided to take a peek for myself, and walked toward the ' door as though I had It for my des- I h tlnatlon. The big rough beoarne Bud-denly Bud-denly very alert, and. walking toward I n me, shoved his face close up to mine V In an effort at recognition He looked I ",.! doubtful for a moment, and I de- Jl odded to bluff It out I waved my I 'm hand slightly toward the building. I M raised my eyebrows as though sur- 's'''fl! prised at his interference, and then ' 9 nodded my head knowingly That rtrJm seemed to fetoh him, for he stepped I back, said 'a'right', and walked oft a . 'Ml bit as I entered. ,.'M vWhen I got Inside. I had to go jfJ'M down a flight of dark stops, through r a narrow twisting passageway, and up VjfjB another flight of steps darker, if anything, than the first until I came smock up against a door Inside I could hear the murmur of many voices, and a click that sounded like the ollok of silver knlvc on plates, and I amslled food. "I didn't know what was on the other side but decided to risk it anyway, so I pushsd oDen the door and walked right into the most magr-niflcont magr-niflcont dining room I was over In in my llfs." From here on young Mason's narmtion to the district attorney at-torney is familiar to thoee who road the opening of this etory. The district attorney had listened with interest all the while, his faco pale his mouth tightened to a thin I hard line. From time to time ho ' throw sidelong glanc at his assistant assist-ant noting with evident une-aniness his eager, earnest tno. as he unfolded un-folded his etory When Mason was through. his chief turned slowly around In his chair, his faoe drawn and tense his finger tapping positively posi-tively the coat lapel of the young man before him. "Mr Mason, I want you to understand under-stand me thoroughly there aro no gambling dive In this city underhand' under-hand' NO GAMBLING DIVES RUNNING HERE. Forget It." "But I " "You saw NOTHING, I tell you. Forgot it" Mason roso. his face burning, his whole figure showing resentment at the all too obvious meaning of his chiefs words. He bowed coldly ( TELLS ELLIS MASON TO HE GAMBLING DEN. and opened the door leading to hl3 own office, Just as a messenger boy entered with a telegram for Bell. Ill Ellis Mason u at his desk, his Ana, earnest face puckered in a look of amazed discomfort So this wns ' politics' This was the field he had entered two years before as an outlet for the .splendid polrticai passion the paselon for constructive legisla-1 legisla-1 tlon that had so obsessed him ever I slnoe his entrance to college. There ho had studied law, political economy, econ-omy, government, ethics, all the branches of the science that had to do with government There he had made a name for himself as a young man of big ideas and corresponding ability. On his graduation from college col-lege he had entered the government service as a clerk In the customs Ho had written two books on political economy, had given numerous lectures lec-tures on ' City Government," and had made himself so talked about in the newspapers that he had, a few weeks ago, by popular demand, received the appointment of assistant district at-torney at-torney under Curtis Bell. He had felt himself to be getting along splendidly had started to dream the dreams of aspiring, ambitious youth dreams which in his case were something more than dreams : dreams that were possibilities, and now ! Now, two weeks after hla j appointment he found himself crowd-I crowd-I ed close to the rail by a chief who was shielding the very sort of thing he was elected and had sworn to wipe out: He was cut short In hlt reflections by an office boy with a message from his chief. "The district attorney wishes to see you Immediately in his office, Mr. Mason." He arose and went to Bell's ofTloe. Bell was standing by hla desk, an open telegram In his hand, his face thoughtful but good humored, as though pleased with something that had recently transpired. He showed no trace of the resentment of a half hour ago, when he had so arbitrarily Impressed his assistant with tho assurance that "there are no gaov bling dives running In this city " (CONTINUED TOMORBOW.) |