CHAPTER XXIII 

ON THE EAST SIDE 

If Royce began to cry there must have been something radically wrong with him," declared Tom. "Dora, do you think he had been drinking? Sometimes when men drink they break down and cry, you know." 

"I don't know anything about that, Tom; but I do know that he acted the strangest. I asked him if he was working, and he said no-- that he had been unable to get a job of any kind. Then I questioned him about why he had left Hope, and he said it was because he could not get along with some of the hired help and with Miss Harrow." 

"Say!" cried Sam. "Did he say anything about that four-hundred-dollar diamond ring that was missing?" 

"Why, no, Sam. I didn't mention it, and he didn't say anything about it either. Perhaps he didn't know it was missing." 

"Oh, he must know about it," broke in Tom. "It was talked about all over the place." 

"Well, what happened next?" questioned Dick. 

"I talked to him for awhile, and I found out that he was out of work and also out of money. I felt sorry for him, and I offered to lend him ten dollars," answered Dora. "I hope you don't think I did wrong," she went on, anxiously. 

"You meant well, Dora, I'm sure of that," was Dick's quick reply, "but whether the money will do this fellow Royce any good or not, is a question. If he is a drinking man, he'll drink it up very quickly and that will be the end of it." 
Was someone missing something?
What was it?
Who asked about it?
Whom did he ask?
What did Tom think?
Who should have?
Who spoke with him for a bit?
Did anyone comlement her?
Whom?
Who was unemployed?
How much did someone offer to let him borrow?
Why?
Who was it that offered?
Did they think it would help him?
How did they know something wasn't right with him?
Was the missing jewelry a big secret?
Why not?
Did Royce say anything about it?
Did anyone suggest why he may have been upset?
What reason was suggested?
yes
 that four-hundred-dollar diamond ring that was missing
four-hundred-dollar diamond ring
four-hundred-dollar diamond ring
Sam
"Say!" cried Sam. "Did he say anything about that four-hundred-dollar diamond ring that was missing?" 
unknown
unknown
that he must know about it
Oh, he must know about it," broke in Tom
Royce
Royce
Dora
 I asked him
yes
You meant well, Dora, I'm sure of that," was Dick's quick reply
Dick
You meant well, Dora, I'm sure of that," was Dick's quick reply
Royce
he had been unable to get a job of any kind
ten dollars
lend him ten dollars
She felt sorry for him
I felt sorry for him
Dora
 I offered to lend him ten dollars," answered Dora
no
 If he is a drinking man, he'll drink it up very quickly and that will be the end of it
He was crying
If Royce began to cry there must have been something radically wrong with him
no
"It was talked about all over the place."
It was talked about all over the place
"It was talked about all over the place
no
he didn't say anything about it either.
yes
Sometimes when men drink they break down and cry, you know
he had been drinknig
when men drink they break down and cry