Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1923, Page 32

*H-H‘X‘H‘h—-hfl-i-i-H—H‘H-!’H*H—K%PH-H-FFW | he Scarlet Tanager A Story of Secret Service and Diplomatic Intrigue BY J. AUBREY TYSON (Copyright, 1022, by the Macmillan Compary.) day’s Star.) rmy man halted, turned slo n moved to where Horsford, 5 uprizht beside . out a hs Their hands Renni epped briskly to the door. Ile bowed abruptly as he went out For several stared abstractes the departing visi hind him. Gaunt, y with bloodshot ey Dect of an aged, to the baying Then, aftcr thrusting back his swivel chair, he slowly sank to his knces before his letter-cluttered desk and kid his face fn h CHAPT! ‘The “Zero Hour. ¢ York Expr was hold 9 met, then momen Horsford t the door which closed be- aged the cning neither the le waiting ro to the m Tho brim to the stepped 1 and con- entrance - | ting thro in of lightins had out of the waiting r a few ments before Th nnisen, was about ;| tlon teeth when sajd quietly: 4 i will not ivate is The words thus spoken constituted the form of identification that had been indicated by Rennison to Hors- ford. Acc Army man nodded proacaing, sary, sir. " he 3 replied. and under it was | just h: o y@ littio the worse for wear. Here and there, visible in the electric light | which fell from un arc lamp above, l\'\'.\V.\'hfl of sun-blistered paint were jto be teen. The low leather top had |an appearance of rustiness. = A | broad-teutured man of middle a; {¢lad in o seedy chaufféur's uniform, at at tho steering wheel. The ton- nesu was unoccupled. | “Step right in, captain,” sald Ren- niscn's companion as he threw open the rear door. Chuckling a little, he added: “And, incidentally, T might mention that my name {4 Casey. | "Glad to meet vou, Cusey,” Ren- | nivon replicd perfurictorily ' as he | sank back on the seat. The door slammed and Casey set- . de him uerie ? the chauffeur . locking ov. his shoulder. 1 ‘right, Owen,” Casey answered erfully. “Let her go. In another moment the machine in After describing a felre! ‘a8 headed westward street. Along this 1 lighted thoroughfure t moved quickly to Eager street, into ch it turned eastward. “Your train was a little late, cap- !tain” Casey remarked casily. Seated jon Rennison’s right, he leaned for- ward and, with his hands on his | knees, peercd searchingly at the ! sidewalks to right and left of the peeding vehicle. “About five minutcs | plied. “We handsome, w " Rennison re- e slow in get- ington yards.” looked out of himself, he a trailer and a leader. | to follow us we'll 001 know it. Ahead of us and be- |h'nd ue we have some of the sharp- {est-eved and nerviest gunmen in the | ~ountry. “But these are not all who 1| @re keeping udg under watchful care. Netween this point and our destina- 200 scouts are stationed along course. Scarcely re we out of | of one when we come into view of another. At every quarter mile our prowress is reported to head- quarters. | sur | ;:ght nison With such p be no dan said ap- cautions of a mis- e of e_car approached Greenmount asey again leaned forward. to our pilot, Owen.” he di- dressing ths chauffeur. ufteur nodded, slackened speed of the car, then laid = hand ‘on the automobile horn, from which now issued two short toots, two long ones and a short. A ma- | chine which had been standing in | Greenmount avenue responded with two short blasts and at once got headed southward. sWinging around the THE EVENING _STAR, avenuo from Madison street. For several yards it ran beside Casey's car, then it was seen to bear to the lefé. In order to avoid a coljision, Casey's chauffeur slowed down and turned to the left. Owen's effort was vain, however. The right corner of the touring cars collision guard struck the left forward wheel of the roadster. The shock resulting from the im- pact was comparatively light. Both machines stopped instantly. Swear- ing violently the driver of the road- ster leaped to the ground and ad- vanced threateningly toward Owen. Two other cars stopped and from one alighted three men. Four got! out of the other. These were moving curiously about the interlocked tour- | ing car and roadster when, from dif: ferent directions, two men’ in pollce- | mén's uniforms appeared. H Casey, rising. was about to step out of the car when Rennison seized him by one of his sleeves and drew | him back. “Stop officer_directed | sharply, ofce, “There i8 no reason that you and I should mix | up in this thing. It's a matter for, the drivers and the cops. Let them settle it among themselves. The less that 18 seen of us the better. Better warn vour _man to esay as little as possible. There appears to be no sorious damage done. Stay where you are. Sit down.” Plainly impressed by the soundness of Rennlson’s advice, Casey dropped back on tho Seat Owen manifestly was in no need of the advice sug- gested by the Army man. To the abuse of the roadster's driver he made no reply. When he was ques- tioned by the two uniformed men, however, he explained the circum- stances clearly. Owen's assertions wers promptly corroborated by the men who had alighted from the two other cars. “Take the names of these wit- nesses, Hank," directed one of the policemen, addressing his companion. “I'll take care of the license numbers and men In these machines.” The policeman thus addressed at once proceeded to round up the oc- cupants of the neutral vehicles. | Come, now, get over to the lamp ! on the sidewalk” he commanded | roughly. “Come ong. I want all of you. Get a move. We uin't got! {all night” | The policeman who remained be- | hind passed uround each of the inter- | locked machines, Inspecting ther | carefully and jotting down their 1i- censo numbers. In_ accordance with his directions each machine was backed away from the other. It was | found thut no damage whatever had | been sustained by the touring car. | The roadster's injury consisted of a bent mudguard over the forward left | wheel. | Apparently mollifled by the die- | covery that the injury sustained by | his machine was not more serious, | the driver of the roadster became | affable, even going 80 far ad to as- | sure the policeman that he was con- | tent to let the matter drop where | of us wero a bit to blame, 1| he said, with an assumption | gnation. “There's no use making a court case of it." i Owen nodded. “That's agrecable to me,” he mut tered. ! “Well, get on with you, then,” sald the policeman as he stepped back. the And once more started on its way. “One of those machines that stop- ped was our trailer, T suppose,” Ren- nigon hazarded as the car moved touring ear on slowly after it ave a long run”” Ren- Yes Casey answer “But I can’t get it ocut captain, that there's some in this thing. Thers i3 ro question in my mind that that roadster ran into us deliberately. | “I must confess it looks a bit odd | to me.” Rennison said, after a pause. “It sems fairly clear, though, thal it Confe s he mean t er, contal turned into We cug What doc A o two men, Greemount ‘Monev Saved 1s Money Earned’ [ e — Ahelpful Remedy for i Gonstipationand CASTOR Special Care of Baby. That Baby should have a bed of its own all are agreed. Yet it is more reasonable for an infant to sleep with grown-ups than to use a man’s medicine in an attempt to regulate the delicate organism of that same infant. Either practice is to be shunned. Neither would be tolerated by specialists in children’s diseases. Your Physiclan will tell you that Baby’s medicine must be prepared with even greater care than Baby’s food. A Baby’s stomach when in good health is too often disarranged by improper food. Could you for a moment, then, think of giving to your ailing child anything but a medicine especially prepared for Infants and Children ? Don’t be deceived. Make a mental note of this:—It is important, Mothers, that you should remember that to function well, the digestive organs of your Baby must receive special care. No Baby is 50 abnormal that the desired results may be had from the use of medicines primarily prepared for grown-ups. MOTHERS SHOULD READ THE BOOKLET THAT I8 AROUND EVERY BOTTLE OF FLETCKER'S CASTORIA ceNUINE CASTORIA ALways Bears the Signature of no one involved in the affair had any interest in you or m “It has delayed us & little, but t! will not matter much—uniess the d lay is part of some design,” Casey muttered. “It may be we were held up in order that others might have an opportunity to come up with us'” ur trailer will get right back on the job, of course,” said Rennison. “Oh, yes. The chaps on it know what our route is to be. They will keep after us. If we are followed by any other car a warning will be flashed on ahead through our scout line and will be communicated to us.” The car now came abreast of an- other touring car that had been mov- ing slowly ahead of it. The horns exchanged signals. “Our pllot,” Casey explained tersc- ly, as the other vehicle again sped on_ahead. From behind them came the tooting nother horn. Owen responded. ‘That was our traller,” Casey mut- tered. “We're all set for it again.” Rel Ajr Market was passed and the | car was headed toward the southeast. Twice Rennison tried to lead hls companion into conversation, but the efforts were unsuccessful. Casey's former affectation of cheerfulness had disappeared. His manner piainly In-, dicated that he was ill at ease. From time to time horn signals were ex- changed with pilot and traller. These appeared to be more or less perfunc- tory, however. Cusey llatened atten- tively, but the s s nelther to reassure nor alarm Leaning forward, he peered alternate- 1y to rignt and jeft or looked out of the window ut the rear of the car. Patterson Park was left behind und the car continued in the direction of Canton. streets became darker | arranging for.thls meeting with you appeared | him. and badly paved, and 8o many turns | sflent; then Casey spoke. were made that the red tail-light of the pilot car often disappeared. At length, as the car drew near the Canton waterfrout, Rennlson spoke again. “Automoblles are more common in this section, at this hour of the night, than I would have supposed them 'to be,” he said. “I've noted four in the last two or three minutes. All were standing still.” “They hold friends of ours,” Casey answered. “All are cf common types, and the ordinary observer would find nothing about ‘them that might be described as distinctive, but there is something about each that enabl. an agent of the brotherhood to iden- tify it Guickliy.” ‘“There appear to be many in serv- fce tonight.” “The rendezvous for which we are headed is well protected,” Casey Te- | plied. “No matter how bold, shrewd | or numerous our encmies may be, | they cannot intrude upon the council | before which vou and I are about to appear.” Ie paused. then added with unmistakable significance: “Nor would it be possible for any person, how- ever resourceful, to escape from the Atrycture we ars about to enter. In left tonjgMr - our <chief nothing to chance.” . “For my am glad th: tion ake t every been taken. “Have you had reason to fear that the federal authoritics might learn | anythin business we nave on Casey asked quickly. o—except—well, as you know, these da nd nights ire finding them ery much awalt or three minutes both were | well as his own, T seary precau- . WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1923.. “F must confess to you, Rennison, that tbe stopping of our car {n that manne.s has me guessing. That fellow in the roadster had some design in bringing the machines together. But, as you have said, he appeared to have no interest in either you or me.” “There was a five or seven minute delay, of course,” Rennison sald, thoughtfully. “Seven or ten, at least,” Casey mut- tered. “What is our traller doing?” “Falling back and closing in on us, alternately, in order to be certain that no other maochine is following us. Its horn signals have been as- suring us that all is well.” Scarcely had Casey finished speak- ing when the car turned sharply to the right. With slackening speed it paesed through a Short, Darrow sireet that appeared to be little more than an alley. Ahead of it loomed darkly the end of u large warehouse or wharf. The alr was charged with the blended odors of brine and oil. Now for it,” Casey muttered In a volce that was expressivé of both anxlety and warning. The ‘car passed quickly through a broad, high. open doorway and onto a long, wide wooden floor on which were heaped barrels and packing cases of various sizes. “Any enemy of Seafalcon’s who en- ters here leaves hope behind,” Casey said impressively. The only answer clicited by this covert threat was a brightening gleam at the tip of Rennison's cigar. As the car slowed down its head- lights were extinguished. i (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) | Changes of weather low- er resistance and make it easy for disease germs to fasten their grip on the delicate linings of the mouth and throat. ‘To mueet this danger physi- cians advisc the use of Form- amint tablets. They actually destroy the germs of infection in the most secluded corners of the throat, thus providing trustworthy protection against sorethroat, tonsillitis,influenza and other germ diseases. Over 10,000 doctors have en- dorsed them. They are pleasant and convenient.Your druggist has them Formomint is oue trodemart-It identifes our groduct ormamint GERM-KILLING THROAT TABLETS To keep the digestive tract clean and healihy you must eat some” roughage” with your food. Bran is the best “roughage.” It is Nature’s perfect laxative. 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Half white and half whole wheat flour may be used.’ TRISCUIT is the Shredded Wheat cracker—a real whole wheat toast—eaten with butter, . soft cheese or marmalades. Made only by The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y.