The evening world. Newspaper, June 15, 1914, Page 15

. _ r 1 , ¥ ow The Evening W rs orld Daily Magazine. Monday. June 15, 1914 . i MENUEAMIAIO NUNN YORNNINNNL UM ONNONONInN | THE STORY OF A SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHOM FATE THROWS INTO A NEW YORK “JUNE WEDDING” COMPLICATION ¢ . “JUNE WEDDING” COMPLICATION THE BEST MAN #& m Moi By Grace L. H. Lutz} ARIK ATR IR NR ACopyright, 1914, by J. B, Lippincott Co.) aq That answer he now held in hii if could 0" lia and could not undone, y CHAPTER I. E nant and ho knew that if it should shoul plek up that paver trate TES Hid out Wie SaaEine serine Rintae: frantle, Saverybode Ceespist te tally Baldo totsre 1 yates of those out. table and discover the lack of the rai Just left pointing toward bis car. Tonus. Everybody has U4 Fd mg YRIL GORDON had been seated at his desk but ten minutes and . 5 @ side before it had done its work red mark, It would be all up with very well, go on with ‘4 if wae deep in the morning’s mail when there came an urgent mes- i | sun tn dire calamity te the anune 6? iveet the a tan ie Mr Hen nee st tae trlgpee br nny Yor te Teo, But don't tet that worry ‘€ , ; i 7 er LJ eo t je al ele ne © 1 “ Fy ase from his chief, summoning him to an immediate audience in : " righteousness in the country, And in- him, They had nothing boric word private detective bilities eet ne a nas ana ohee came bs the inner office, Z ip claentally, crush the, inefficient eg. now than to look at him until t Gordon could scarcely believe his bimly Gordon paresived’ auied the Se . allowe © qreconfe next course arrived. He realized that ®¢naes that he had accomplished his The chief had keen blue eyes and shaggy eyebrows, He never wasted & . . jae known. For the instant Gordon felt not one of them would have mercy Mission and flight so far, aad yet he n was flayine, and ove Oe ke e words; yet those words when spoken had more weight than those of most ; Unequal to the task before him. How upon him if they knew what he had knew hi toned it burst into the joyous po shee men in hington, . j could he keep these bloodhounds at done, not one unless it might be the four. Wi tho wedding march. It dawned @p . . ‘ bay—for such they were he perceived tired, old-looking one, and he would knew nor 5 was sure him that was, as There was the briefest of good morning gleams in his nod and glance, ss aN es ot from the import of the message, not dare interfere, ho waa far enough from the house he which he feome but ‘cnerchdep but he only said: . } ¢ i bloodhounds who were gettity Ml got sein GBrdon was enabled to smile, Yerba call to the driver and give him a court-room but a wedding, wand hor- ; \ . A * and to say some pleasant 9 directions, but first he must make ror of horrors! i jordon, can you take the Pennsylvania train for New York that leaves f q Be th some of thom little his hostess when one packed hie tne sure that the precious paper was best man. This lsgulse hed bees 4 the station in thirty-two minutes?’ g n i Rte * ‘O14 eI had pleted ie faa ya rid hand lay i. fee stowed away, £2 pane, be should bee: Rew was bh F ¢s ¥ arding the secret ty caught and seare! a might ia seray A The young man was used to abrupt questions from his chief, but he well. Only for an instant the paper on the table, innocently, ‘as be coming after him with motorcycles Just benioay A” caught bis breath, mentally surveying his day as it had been Planned: q 3 “ SS ead terccia eeeiet bef re Bi though It just happened that he laid !n @ minute or two. “Let me explali “Why, sir, I suppose I could—if it 1s necessary"—— He hesitated ¥ "i Nilfed hia forces and looked (* on, the paper. Carefully rolling the paper into a wondered wha P . 4 . y Then he rallied hia forces and looked — Sitting thus with ¢ “ y “It is necessary,” sald the chief curtly, as if that settled the matter, : ‘ 4 up. The welfare of a nation’s honor hia lap Minder his tee fachceh tage folloe ena es Ly wnt was anncug tow, tt te “But—half an hour!” ejaculated sion. But there had been no heal. . i was in hie hands, and he would be kin, the false paper under his hand the things in the envel, he chief begun the march, Gordon in dismay. “I could hardly tancy, no auestion ggsaco ptance, when @f Ganth ley ol Wea save lee = on the table where he from time to ‘There a fine be maresing down that fet to my rooma’and back to. the {hey nate of TH comminion way ig owe ie It Red enica mate: Nin Wook "met ‘Siete. sens aeemeut team cane ana the this very minute and ll te " , r 5 y Qc er nd for statign, I don't see how—— Isn't “game.” Ho would do. Not even an ; . . Auished still on his nose, he heard the pencil. The chain he slipped about to the bride and anctner sete, there train a little later?” eyelash had flickered at the hint of *. / j ta rye you if I distant telephone bell ring. bis neck, dropping the case down in- tat the minute we sighted you. “Later train won't do. Call up your “anger, Tho chief felt he would be Sf . é r ate can, be sald. A ‘Of coe tweet to Hg remembered the words of his aide his collar. That done he ont Everybody your beat your bag and meet you at the station — Gordon’s man came rushing Into the oe 5 © different, you know, from one an- hall, and its gilded hands, pointed’ ee oll by te Md put 08 She Kr nes sietesne one of the tm twenty minutes, You'll need eve- station just after he reached there © pe ~ 1 py = dae wea tt ot rye ten minutes before seven. It waa faire eyebrows, mustache and gontee Moved aside and the 7 ning clothes. Can you depend on your himself.” Glarkson was already ther: a) F BIE HIARE bee ask otis about the time jie ehiet had said he which had been provided for his man stepped between, the I re tthe - Gordon had time 4 . ee rev 7 uld be called on the telephone. guise, and pulling on @ pair of ing full upon hi fac man to get your things quickly w: scribble a message to Julia. Bentley, spell of breathlessness was What should he do with the two fi di ki him posttived: out fail?” whose perfumed scrawl he had read : é te te aena gennee AEG papers? pi) had sat wepenits Rin at te ta was that in the tone of the on the way down. Julia had bidden yy \e went on w e er. He had but an inatant to think until Just beginning to think few minutes before. He was door chief that caused Gordon to make no him to her presence that evening. He : { Gordon, meanwhile, tried coolly to the well-trained butler returned and driver eagerly Into the should aay to th mur. could not tell whether he was re- oe é , keep up a pretense of eating, the paper announced that some one wished to him to the on, for don saw only escape was !" he responded with his usual Heved sorry to tell her he could * j 2 * held in one hand while he seemed speak with Mr. Burnham on the tele. tt wan important that he get out of churrh, wie if heart pounding e businesslike tone, as he strode to the not come. It began to look to him a * 2 ; 4 to be studying it, Once ho turned it phone. Hin resolve was taken, Ho the city at once, when, glancing out @ trip hammer be yielded mM to pho His daze was passing off, good dal as if he would ask Julla + : fey over and looked on the back. There 1 have to leave the substitute of the window to see what part of the the six wahers, who swept the “Evening clothes?” he questioned Hentley to marry him some day, when q was & large cross-mark in red ink at on the table, To carry it away city he was being taken through, he pursuer agide as if he had been a fly curiously, as if he might not have she got tired of playing all the others ~ ‘ : ,| ; the upper end, He looked at it curi- with him might arouwe suspicion, and, became awa: of auto close be- and literally bore Gordon up the Ioan! avient: off against him, and he could make up . 4 a Pa o % Qusly and then instinctively at his inoreover, he could not easily manage side the carriage keoping pace with and Into the church door, “Yes, evening clothes,” was the curt bis mind to surrender his freedom to pi! 5 #19) host. Poth without being noticed. The real it, and two men stretching their neck® A burst of music filled his answer, “and everything you'll need any woman. , “ oy) LT: {2 pagent IA my own mark,” said Mr, paper must be put safely away at all as if to look into the carriage window and dauling lights aimpsen of daytime for a respectable gentle- He bought a paper and settled hime re Holman. “i put it there to distin- ‘ands, and he must take the chance at him. He withdrew to the shadow ere, and beautiful ‘man of leisure—a tourist, you under- self comfortably in the parlor car, but ? ‘g a) i Be, guish it from other papers.” He was, the ‘absence of the red mark instantly so that they could mot see bew; ered him, His one thought étand.” his interest was not in the paper. His 7 ‘Amel? As 4 4 . smiling politely, but might as well wld remain unnoticed until hia re- him, but the one quick glance he had for escape from his Gordon percetved that he was being strange commission engaged. all hig Nags j PONS have said, “l put tt there to identity turn. mado him aure that one of his pur- they follow him into the churay given a mission of trast and import- thoughts. He took out the envelope & a Sn. —— . it in case of tiefti” for every one at Deliberately he laid a heavy allver SUeTH Was the short, thick-set man drag him out in the presence’ ance, not unmixed with mystery, per- containing instructions and went over - at Pe s . able, unless it might be his wife spoon across one edge of the paper With the cruel Jaw who had wat across these people, or would they haps. He was new in the secret ser- the matt looking curtously at the @(@) THE EXPRESS TRA) 4 was what on the table, and an ice cream fork fom him at the dinner table @ few of the track for a little PX, vice, and it had been his ambition cipher message and tte translation, \( Romaeo pS Rael oi f meant, ; "roms the other, as if to hold it in Minutes before. v" to get ? to rise in his chief's good graces. He which, however, told him nothing. It Pt. eit Ria ; scious of the other paper in his veat- piace until his return, Then, rising If this were ao he had practically no fly od y for o tang the telephone bell furiously and was tho ld chief's way to keep the The way was going to be with apotogics, he gathered his nup. ChAnco at all of escape, for what was he was in the “a Hed up the number of his own business to himself until such Unie S@C@C@OCOO9GO0OOOOOOO most difficult, kin, paper, and all fn hie hand, hold- 4 carriage agalnat @ swift moving CAF the inistent ushers, One of apartments, giving hie man orders as he chose to explain. Doubtless tt ‘ : Among the articles in the envelope ing it against his coat most natural. nd what was he against a whole clty ohattered to him te a low, In @ breesy, decisive tone that caused was safer for both message and mes. Now. An hour later, having left the @n expert in code-reading. I won- which the chief had given him before ly, aa if ho had forpotten that he bea full of strangers and enemies? If he whisper, such as men use on sol & look of satisfaction to settle about senger that he did not know the full child at a hospital, with money to “ef did the message that my friend his departure from Washington were it, and made his way Into the front @ttempted to drop from tho carriage occasions: vrinkleg of the chief's eyes. import of what he was und ; ; Mr. Burns sent ive a pair of shell-rimmed eye-glagses, a hall, where in an alcove - on the other side and escape into the Lc hen ra vey was out and be Was | Gordon caratiny nntedihown wenees Insuro his care, Gordon arrived be- you any intimation that Feanted von falos mustachs, A goates and phone, ‘As he passed the haterack ne darkness he had but a chance of @ been rough on telling his man on just what car he thing that his chief had told him, 'tedly at the Cosmopolis Hotel. to do me a favor?” of eyebrows, He had laughed swept hia coat and hat off with his thousand at not being seen, and ho being anxious like this about must leave the apartments for the comparing it with the writen instruc: y,A® Be Was in the act of signing the Gordon bowed again, “Yes; It was suggestion of high-tragedy contained free hand, nnd bore thong wrt him, could not hope to hide and get away ee but never mind ni station. The chief noted It was two tions in The envelope; arranged in his tie pu ed “John Burnham” in intimated to me that you had some in the disguise, but had brought them devoutly hoping that he wae not be: in this unknown part of the city, Yet Tight. Come on, ’ r m the hotel register, there came @ call yi o| rt i} che he must take his chance somehow, there stands over cars ahead of what would have been gyind just how he w proceed when to the tel i message you would like deciphered, with him for a possible emergency. !ng watched from the dining room. a + ke 9 7 -¥ Ms Ms ephone, nd 1 have ali lett f intro- s h “ for the carriage must sooner or later You and he go in with the mii necessary. Hin gray head gave an he reached New York; tried to think ‘tie, telen ar © also @ letter of in The eye-slasses were tucked Into the Could he possibly get from the tel- Almost Imperceptibio nod abcommens Out. q. good plan, for reeavering wey gg ith, , hand that trembled from duction from Me. urns vest pocket beside the duplicate paper. ephone out the front door without St Somowhere and he be obliged to You know. The groom and the t he took the receiver, His Here Gordon took tho letter of in- face his pursuers, when. ee eraiend, they mince Unban showed that he stolen Meonaba baa cea rine , i h ro Ho bethought himself of them now. being ecen? Haatily he hid the ciph. was content with hig selection of & go decided to trust to the Hnapitagnn breath went from him as though he troduction from his pocket and hand- Could he, under cover of taking them er message in an inner pocket. The To make matters worse, just at the When. Jef has the rigg all righ rs So :dleclded to) had Just run up five fights of Stairs. ed it across the table to his host, who out, manage to exchange the papers? napkin he dropped on the little teles instant when he had decided to Jump Rete's ebecataie: mrmer, seus sir.” said Gordon, as he Rung Attor a few hours the train stopped esl Burnhant Wve bec tere rene Be a owes or And if he should, how about that red- phone table, and taking up the re- at the next dark peate Sa a8 ene 2 but stand where. were pas oar receiver, “I'm” ready at an uncharted spot. Gordon bnit 1 Was delayed. A wreck ten within since they already know git, MAK Acrows the back? Would ceiver he spoke: 1 hand ‘even being “outetretched to £0 out when the rest do.” You neeant rd THES in New his brows, and got up whistling to go pf the train, Very kind of you so delightfully the man whom It in- Wall tov’enchange the man Dee ee me Bond evening! Cone, the door handle, = plustering, feel @ bit nerveus™ * Patt ay Blo: tore the soso! d see why the train had stopped te mer tim sure, Yes, Vil be troduced, ‘The duplicate cipher writ. yell toexchange the papers ae eoon You don't aay no! How did that hap- Krasp the door handle, a plustering, “ee @ Dit Doasible that these erasy Die vee: soom thers) ik BIFSAGY, mg in this Utto country settle. there in a fow moments, a2 goon as ing in ‘Gordon's pocket. crackled pe_Pomiple, before the writing had Pa ee te ee ccaetTPommy bloom just where ho lateaded t6 people @lawe recoenige thelr m tel-your room hs b can get rid of the dust of travel. kn 1 : ‘age, dininy uraham, ‘The f ; # seeding you anv invitation’ to dine be delayed so near to his destiantion, Hotels telegram was handed aim. it ‘The young man wondertd how he Dared ho rime thelt noticia the ote, stilt the cIBReEE Daper he had left cyclo came ao near that. ita rider beat maa well’ enccen to rea i Ree eee ae eer usipimane fe wan ansiouerte gat tities iene Tig from |his chief, and so worded was to xet it out without being seen, sence of the red eruay on the bare? CRIED CAPD AA BANGE tO tS WUE TE ed m MAita fecmlena WoOked tne, Rlar vere? ‘Surely, surely, asee bee who knows of ‘You as an expert in for his evening of hard work, Tt was {at to the operator who had copied tn case he should want to uae it, bit "cece the red crows on the back? : Ho felt that his time had come, and would discover the mistake orders. though resembling this one in gen- Then, glancing in that direction, he [Mm unl Ho dastged back into the Couldn't they see his mustache was — nce yo 1 it dow d 0 od f: ‘ Code-rending, Our men met him on necessary to find out how the land jt,down it read Dee eee call te he suited pleasantly at his host with the conversation, he managed to Ket Had aWeR NE een (ehog Rector wenn his cause was lost. It had not yet that man Jeff over there who the train an hour ago and arranged lay 4s soon aa possible, . t' was merely a blind to cover feelin” Perrurhation WAS that duplicate paper out of his pocket Aq fe tng replied according to the 2ccurred to him that the men who eying him eo intently. He would be that he should invite you, He didn't Tray that there wana wrecked his exit from the hotel and from New "4 Poem ne aPkin in his lap. This sentences laid down by the chief in [Vere pursuing him would hardly be gure to know this was not his know whom they represented, of freight ahead of them and there would York. and set any “You see," went on Mr. Holman, he did with one hand, all the time os- = f , 4 a , possible hunters “we course, Ho has alrendy ae one bp Seay No-0ne knew ut how long: on @ wrong scent. Gordon took his which WO CanbCl Eee and Oetee phone you at the hotel about com~ it would In arrived to help. ‘7° Mult cage to the station, checked it; pert who understands alr trece mer, in the other hand, with ite back to 4 ‘ol 3 a ¢ ¢ The company were walting for him, f acumen Y t. etter of tntroduction down the grass at the side of the er the { turn for some time, It is necessary out thi ry i AS the original cipher paper and sto) men got that also, It is genuine, of a sign of the wrecking train, don took his seat with tho fealing (%¢,tmport of this writing glaswes, It all looked natural. ‘The [v1 %ny pencil, Nowe Lin PAAp lave He wan wall aware that only death chee denn ane watching bim eager course. A great white dog hobbled up to that he had bungled everythin; While he was speaking Mr. Holman hostess was engaged in a whispered you it there? I'll walt a minute un- Would be considered a sufficient ly. He must fool him if possible. “Last night a message of national him and fawned upon him as he lessly, and had arrived #0 la frew from his pocket @ long, soft conversation with the maid at the fq'vit there’ ,, silencer for him after whatshe had “fut I don't know aaythl . Importance, written in cipher: was turned to go back to the train, and there was no possible hope of his do- leather wallet and took therefrom 4 moment. The host and other guests “ll, YOU Ret it” wildly. The blood seen at Mr. Holman's dinner table, tho arrangements,” faltered Ge stolen from one of our men before hesiaid his hand kindly upon the ani- ing what he had been sent to do, For folded paper which Gordon at once were finishing the exceedingly dell- surged through his ears like rushing for the evidence he could give would the best man G ee ee Fee ane tho ia hoping Meus head, and noted the wistful the first few minutes his thoughts Tecosnized as the duplicate of the one clous patties on thelr plates, and the SUreed throukh his ears like rushing [Oe the er ldence he | every, man who not be very. well known to the Usbere the hands of Holman, who is hopin upon his face. He was a noble were a jumble, and his eyes dazed "® carried in his pocket. His head precious code message was safely in ee Act TRS ace CHEK oh moccne BAU Mat thie. Ha maWoin G Gaon 4 pert he resem! tovhave you decipher’ It for him ant ve" ea Garton toot fore mone wane a Jumble lights of the room, Seemed to reel and all the lights go evidence, red cross and all. They saw Ted matk? The soft clink of spoonn Mit sak there, | tte waw, in w fia y, there are sume & few guosts who will also be present fondling him. Then he turned impa- He could not. single out ghe faces of Mark before him as he reached a cold no reason to be suspicious about the *Pd dishes and the murmu but there SUre Were even now. riding, In the ements, you know. dinner, They wish to use It for tiently and tramped back to bis car the ‘people present and Gdlfferentiate Nand out for the paper. He saw in stranger's hunt for hin glasses Wan no dount but that it wan a mat. car on his right had becn at the table rien teed thelr own purposes. Your commis- again. them one from another. His heart | Nis own advancement coming to “Oh, here they aro!” he said, quite Na* no doubt but that tt was a mas oon on his Tight had been at the table have reached the back of the eb sion Js to get hold of the message To had scarcely settled himacif in- beat painfully against the stiff ex- NS eager grasp, yet when he got it unconcernedly, and put on the glasses ie discovered. He must make b¢ showed any signa of giving trouble. id opened the door, Thea file. “Amothor mesenge of ‘very dit maar cer, However, before the dog panse of evening linen. It almost Tint D9 coclncae OF a Man Feeee (2l0dK more closely at the paper, Oud be Maoveret turer iehite ns He put Ale hand. om hisecwvaivey ay seeees tne Goce. gible. Another message of very dit- camo rushing up the aisle from the seemed as If those near him could f teerlble dane ee roe tT EACINg Apreading it amoothly on the table- could. y. stenithily, ke t0 make sure it was easy to get at, come up the a ferent import, written upon the same other end of the car and precipitated hear {t. He found himself starting Li n OW. cloth before him, and wondering how oe tried to think wh : : By sheer force of will he held his t it'int a cove, one ¢ , Kind of paper, is in this envelope, himself muddily and nolatly upon him. and stammering when he was a4- trembling fingers steady as he took Se dnetake fist now lay auleliy ander the dining room, he stole to the door be better to che q likely to callin municipal aid in their Yet ev. ry minute that they contin fb pne ete ead ceed Fearen. leat @ueir own duplicity would to think so was @ distinct gain for joke, Cool and clear in yo Tiscoventd, sperate menewhe Cee : 4 J was dealing with desperate men who And now they were if Bim little alcove, despite Ris exelte- wouid atop at nothing to get back forward egg Oh of RY i 9 his instructi hav an important message tentatiously holding the code message J SMR vackin eee nea her it would not ceremony—very up and swallow & translation for you to use in ‘ad started. ‘There dressed as "Mr. Burnham,” f that cipher moamage rat f being dass you have to eubsdiie b monenne. ASTNiRe to A MEE take (en aniret Theveata were RISER ith whine. the Bie Of paper and hia napkin. Od Uncnee the DO nin Tin {he Fisk of ite falling. aqain Cite eer “You will have to use your own ‘ong dogs, newaboys and ladies with acorn- fray, 48 If he had never heard of it | ‘The hoxt and the quests politely ro. Yet @ven an he did ao he naw nin fun the rine of || leelded pe gh wits and judgment. Tn eraey City. the express office ful smiles. before, saying as he did ao: frained from talking to Gordon and recent Rost rise excitedly from. Ris tit {oo tual Carry It tnicct te the ont aner hepa "he a “The main thing 1s, get the paper would not take a dog without a.collar There was the pretty, pale hostess, 1 Will do my beat. told each other incidents of the day seat and fairly anatch the paper from 4 . held {t, His last glimpae Chief if possible, and finally that he man. Hurry! they're t back ith as little t whose gentle ways seemed hardly to There was a sudden silence #@ in low tones that indicated the non- the man who i # / 7 H pga saaibie, Undounteaiy your ge spain nian Be ree ornieat ne pbc large, boisterous, though every eye was fixed upon him while importance of what they were say- of the room, where ye Pa Lod ied hes — feceen Zor mater Seas, Fave youl Det rest Ife will be in danger should it be rances seemed. to be interminable, polished husband, U@scrupulousness he unfolded the paper. He gave one ing: while they waited for the real minutes before ihe house waa a BTOkIY Into @ Wide driveway nad cveniee Glecovered that you have mado off fiut at last, following the advice of was written all over his ruddy fea- swift glance about the table before business of the hour. Soe ee rt tne BL reine the atiandant aie, and motorcycle The breathiese usher with it. Spare no care to protect a kindly officer, he took the dog to tures, also a certain unhidden craftl- ppe is eyes to ne pane Uaeiis coeein aise ae up and pointing to himself even ashe dropped behind as if puzzled at the through the door and settled 2 ETNA REF. st S which ‘passed’ for geniaiity Bvery face held the intenalty of a , BET Rahreiee Tele iged ine An lnmbltutlon, in Naw York where, Nose Wah A a * moat terrible engernens, and ‘on tillously with his ever tray to brush slid from aight. ‘There was no Me: ate carcage stopped shart anda. tt the tetera Semaine message, Young man! It means much cared for, and where he finally dis- ‘There were two others with faces every one but that of ‘the gentle PTA, ee TMM as Gordon waited SoCeted Ghd IMtGE AMR Tor lie llth” BCRMC Might Thor ah open Goateas Ganson catia GhIRRIOn axe tan to the country. Por tthe privilege, “Aathe netted back and cultures “One did not think, of Would atop at ‘nothing to serve ite for Tt had-come to hin as the only He ahur the door quickly. hin nerven Was Aung. Into hin ‘face. “There takea possible encape bette eagle “In this envelope is money—all you for the privilege. As he settled back will probably need. ‘Telegraph or jin a taxicab with his watch fn his refinement” in connection OWN ends. It was a moment of al- j rteously he drew. anide, lift- no tense that It seemed an if nome. Reemed to be high atone walls on onan bin pursuer was upd him aad phone to this address if you are in hand, he congratulated himself that eagerly A ne side and the Iighted doorway ni jefferson was by his : might be con- Most awful import. i ing the paper from the table and put- thing must break soon; opened and © : r trouble. Draw on ua for more if nec: he had still ample time to reach nis ceded ele; but it was all dominated _ The next Instant Gordon's glance ting it in his lap, for just the Insrant slammed the outer door, and was oltt on the other hand ipvidently ted into Stet we “af! A sald. sageriy einige Mag ont delerary hotel and get Into evening dress be- by the cunning that on this occasion, Went down to the paper in his hand while the butler did his work; but in in the great whirling city under the IR ges aiane ua ine He could be ld the nm erenate tee ee ee ee as eat Gab dare La GRUNT Biccane Wikeat a his at least, was allowed to alt unmasked 8" his brain and heart were seized that instant the paper with the red flare of electric lamps with only the pear the pufing of the car and cycle dumping them 9 # cant, Teens ver ana It Sota oe ee e or his upon thelr countenances, ‘They had !9 the grip of fright. There was no cross was slipped under the napkin, chance of a second of timo before his ust behind. A wild notion that the after everything. | Just come Fao. Your ticket tm already bought, “within three bloc of the hotel Cutwitted an enemy, and they were ph ega ala Frag ne LP ian, and the Oe paper took Its Blase Durauera woul be Bren es itn ihe SOARS Ad rece i fone ieniisulng ioe rh yee iie - a 4 - 5 upon the table, back down so tha * 7 I have sent Clarkson te the station the cab came to sugh sudden atand- OreE Tae atRee ubata one was very Written in the code of the home office its lack of a red eroas could notehe alr of one who could scarcely take ho tried to escape, and that he had #@ ou at last. Too bad you 8 th gad he will mest you at the still the jon waa thrown to bie young and sleek, with eyes that had and the words stared at him plainly noted. time to touch his feet to the ground, been brought to prison, flltted rush 40. How, many years train.’ You can give him instructions knees. . BS tat, wo and. but how lone could “Phe minet Ae: through hin mind aw you? ‘Ten! You've : ‘ without the necessity of study. ‘The rt in case you find you have forgotten Sh westy looking with ci wanted cot Import of them was the revelation of thir En’ host cot ae io paper - Hig hand was on his revolver as some, but you're looking Sms anything. Take your mall with you and weary-lookin, one of the momentous questions that under the na the coachman jumped down to fi dandy. No need to worry about ; & - pkin—-how was It to bh ' n ing f and telegraph back ordera to your CHAPTER II. eevee Bee Meee Te ce rAC eeidch Ad 0 do WIN the GOrINE WOFVin® Or Inte Ric tenLLT tile mecte oer CHAPTER III. open the carriage door, for he intend. (hing. Ivi soon be over aad, Stenographer, T think that le all, Oh ‘i MOST in front of the house ®4 to fight for his liberty to the Inst, knot tled. JIEEY were surrounted tm- face. Gordon began to understand Work, a question the answer to which like Ice now, and his brain seem He glanced back through the car. . Mechanically Gordon fell into to-night, while you y at din- 7 ner, you will be called to the phone j mediately by a crowd in that these three but did the bidding bad puasled the entire department for Fore et Den AE NORE ag he. sak gack } stood a cloned carrings with rage window, and the lichts of the beside the man Jefferson, whe by one of our men. If you are in which policemen were a ofn\io others. They listened to the , 98 was done, I two fine horses, hut the auto giared ia’ hin dene. a pleasant-faced youth, well groomed trouble this may give you opportun- conversation mefely from a busines ‘ thick-set man was getting out of the 4nd handsome, Prominent feature. The standpoint and not from any pei coachman was looking up Ld ity to wet away and put us wise. » ear, and the motorcyclist had stood — THe walked with feet that “You will find a motor at the door chauffeur seemed dazed in 804! Interest, They were there be- anxiously toward the next his’ machina Up against the wall Welghed Iike lead, acroms a how, waiting to take you to the sta- the hands of the officers, cause they were needed, and not be- huilding. ‘The sound of the closing was coming toward the car- that looked to be miles in Are You Going Away for the Summer? When fe out of town for the summer you may find It is difficult and costly to provide yourself with the right sort of reading Why send to the city for novels at $1.25 or $1.50 each or buy them at a fancy price in some ue rel You can supply yourself with the best, most delightful summer reading for six cents a week. tion. If your man doesn't get there 4 little barefoot, white: caue they were desired. 1 4 faced fig- poe mek) vane things cake. the tral 8D¥- re huddied limply in the midst dlsponed Of and the tebie wes tonne get to New York. Don't turn aside showed Gordon what had happened; Prepared for the entre. The host from your commission for anything, stor sh + leaned back genially in his chair and Don't let anything hinder your Maite 80 there were menacing glances said, “By the way, Mr. Burnham, did {t a matter of life and death! Good tWards himself and a show of lifted You know I had an axe to grind in morning, and good luck!" stones. He heard one boy say: "You #8king you here this evening? That ‘Tho chief held out a big, hairy hand bet he's in a hurry to «it Them Punds inhospitable, doesn't it? But that wea surprisingly warm ena ent y. Them I'm sure we're all grateful to the axe considering the hardness of his kind allus ts, They don't care who that has given us the opportunity of Niles cod the pate st ae they killa, they don't!” meeting you. We are delighted at ped i It feeling as If he were suddenly be- A great horror aeized him. Thocab "yumHon woven ys ae tne com. r drew the man's attention, and scape was going to be prac- in the face of swarms of catching Gordon's aye, he made as If mM posible € He tried to reflect that 34 A wild thought of dashing out the people were all strangera to him, to Jump town and throw open th® opposite door of hix carriage, boldly they were not looking at Mim, @ay door of the carriage, Quick as a seizing the motoreye and making Wey, but at the bridegroom by flash, Gordon saw he had been mine Off on It passed through his mind, side, and that it mattered very taken for the man the carriage 394 then the door on hia left was What he did, so long as he kept - b *° flung open and the carriage was im. and braved it out, if only the awaited, und he determined to make mediately surrounded by six excited beat man didn't turn up until he use of the circumstance men in evening dress all talking at Well out of the church, “Don't get down,” he called to the on Mere ei areal inst cones nee in fi] dark, aay, y str’ e ome ba man, taking chances, “It's very late rused, ae may they aus: re so Fy ta ater, The ing plunged Into waves of an un- had run over a newsboy and By subscribing to The Evening World for the already. I'l! open the door Drive ‘Where is the best man?” ahe f the paper inside the gold Perhaps pliment, and the murmura of hearty a ig ning Worl the summer months ‘i man?” ahouted pap di i 01 bid on ron he doorwa “Hasn't case fe KAGA, Gehih and he would tain Bold yiieq him, Yet inatantly came the Aatent around the table showed him J you secure a complete novel gach week. Not some okt book af ‘2! “u're worth a ; Ta CoinM aNeE Te ANA ae Tin eee Tae Te OA Tt ca Rn eR tat Oe atone ety Ome auletly remembrance of his commission: could keep it upi But how howe woe | country dealer has not been able to self, but the finest up-to-date fiction carriage oor behind hin, and. ina gut, the men be the Carriage door ful church. he would probably fnourh, and the keen old eyes watchnd “Don't let anything hinder you, he to met pospeanion sf by the foremost living authors, ! a hamid and Called excited Away safely. ROrhne van Nam emiae paele undermanding | the Make !t a mattor of life and death!" Pit of paper and take " a Berrhtting business coat, the mingled Well, it looked as if this was a “UM, Burnham, 1 was delighted to jon and dread over the commis- matter of death that hindered him learn through a friend that soo are second more the horaes were flying #8, he's him tel Jem cident of the wedding might down the street. A glance from the — tell him he's his protection, for they ‘Then turning once more to Gordon never seek him in a crowded ghia zed him hy the arm and eried: at a fashionable wedding, ‘ome on quickly! ‘There isn't a (To Be Continued.) 4 Bear this in mind, not only for yourself but for any of your friends who expect to spend the summer in the country, ike back wintow showed an excited group of him fellow guests standing * A SEQUEL (THOUGH AN ENTIRE STORY BY ITSELF) TO “CAPT. VELVET’S WELCOME ; TRANGE EXPLOITS OF THREE NEW TORRES IN THE TROPICS NE TN HEE SVGQUELETE NOVEL 4? 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