The evening world. Newspaper, May 17, 1915, Page 13

————— eS eS The Evening World Daily Magazine. Monday. May iA NEW YORK MYSTERY ROMANCE “ t." . ‘By HOWARD FITZALAN 1a AN AD PDRDA AAAI BAR: BS bo loo5e fool Fh Ce ee CHAPTER I. 4 Professional Jail Breake © begin at (he beginning sounda sary to do: 1 an hae’ sory (to tell, lant A Ame bam to thos rulon of construction that apply to the stage, I lock Upon recapituiat end expanations dubiourly, yet, unless I tame 1 for granted that you believe locks, bars, ndcuffe, tron gralree and nailed. up bones to Le powerless in the mattcr of holding Michard Negent prisoner, tt would acom to be necesury Wat | aT eiep by wiley, (he education hi gave me in these things, Hut these secre'# are not my vwu, they a0 fiekard Kegent’s, Therefore, it eecmns that my @tory will have mo real beginaing a. all Without choice in the matter, then, [take the @@nt of the Lilas Lady | a elage bor at the Corypher Theetre, Wantington, aa the ayool on whieh to wind my yarn, For it is iaghly problematical to me whether or not Mr Kiegeat would have braved the | roof Hack Crosa House, had be pot oveted the jewel which was added in her person, to the contents of that inyeterious casket, Hut, even had Fi t Ming Beheuhorn t ed to Mr Hy t that house on the river, the Incident would t ning by that Lever know Kichard Kegent to be attracted by @ ' The evening was remarkable for then oe brushed tly bal flat, remo’ anather incident, also; for st Was the ing the two Little potnte intouied fret ime on any ature” that & Man suggest horns. This done, he seen permitted bimaelf to be wailed UP iN to bo better pleased With hie reflec | packing case, in full sieit of (he au : GQ tienes, managing to free himself and It shouldn't call myself ti looking — sieface the Hails in the box eaactly not at ali-not at all, Now, should rePthey were—all this, without wal you, Jacopo? . ‘ sel ola ing any golive that could be heard, py 1) looking’ would have been the the fifty people invited by Mr Hesent lag: Geseriptive term to sumgemt itaeif re Wt throug! to ait on the stage during the POF ty any one observing him, particu _ => “Ayeik ta ir auatat ntremta formance of his feat. ‘Pie t ng HO* larly as he stood there, arrayed as Wow Line lO lost Me. Hegout's ski? ‘a Grennteich “Regents wan an been done since by other PeFFOFM’ Gy “Engiiah gontieman at a court "Yes," said some one quite near to NeOUFIAL CS vaiert when the ora; but thie was tia premiere. function—satin kines breeches, silk mo; and, to my surprise, | saw that 1 jleaned htm tally ies vee not at liberty to explain tO gtickings, ruffled anitt,, a wan a {iio way. OF auulitng at ever ‘4 it, and diamond it Was a dighiiied old gentionan wh you the method: you will fe Ms paste buckles, Kichard Hegent was mat neat to Cie Lalas Lady. | Sle pumila way of euiling at every other explanatio a thirty-five, but hia profession aad moved, to hin pass, and Kirt he met and grooting her hard Kegent hus been ke an old friend, of giving Vartora to apple women and throw & frat to begrimed urchins, whom “ astonish, at other thines, by Nas from their pockets horries from their ears; of but phoilng pollcemen and telling them n confidence that there was @ man t rier Who bad Just tried (lim, and showing, aa evidence, 6 pollceman's own revolver, which tr 1 while giving the of the attempted crime: of joyeliate and mounted: of With a Ventriloquial "Hervt" in stentorian fonas, emanating, ap ntly, from a person just behind eu and of performing many other y upon which Ric es demanded @ steady haud and @ cool stepped from engaged for Cte csirinin they PFain, Tho pomseasion of thowe pre- "i have here a very peculiar get T bad been Ly oerfar an the pack: cluded dissipation of any sort; ai- of hand and iegouffs, used during the nailed him pt sor Seiling were con- ‘Hough, Indeed, he had never been Spanish conquest of Mexico by ing box and the fo faiing. Neither disposed toward that sort of thing. Inquisttors Mle field a ne cerned, there was no Mubinmne biack- Consequently, he fulied to look hie curves, from which dangied tine steel! was there @ trapdoor undet te of the Pars; and tie blue-bluck hair, incon eha.as curtained space in o his clear white skin and = “These i scomplico secret= tfist a8e oe, AS earn tueit, DFIKLE stay eyes, produced a alriking he continued; efore Mr, K ; ne out of the eifect. He Was strangely born—a puts them on 1 want to warn him that poveral of those Whe cit pencil in Welshman for father, and a gypsy they are made in such a way that the audience dullar fashion. mother who never learned English. more a peraon tugs at them and tries thelr own poullar Malus of droning | Another professional requisite wae to free hinsnit, she sore UEitly they snes te hugging _audiencs, @ sinewy, musculur body; not unath- fusten on him; so that. after thes crohemra, and iirew back the cur. lete's development, but one that made were worn for a fow hours by, thw x Riga and tes eager spectators hauled it as easy for hin to awing from @ average prisoner, he was shrieking taine, and the easy MPootights, look- bar by his chin, the back of his peck, With the torture ‘of the steel, slowly after a witle, “Mountebdank’s a nasty There was no name givOn. Lie ave the 3 Keir marks. They found oF his toes, ae it ts for the average eating into his flesh.” word!” rotary had sitaply Written (08 COB OU nGyiah treks, totally unworthy thes ay discovered that, ap- person to “chin up" in the aual 1 waved that aside airily, Nothing | Until the Luluc Lady again crossed cludiig words with a fountain pen, Melon re of The Ma- thom. Also, ‘Deyitnad been strained. manner. This had resulted in aaliin in tho Way of handcuffs had power to our leisurely aranied lite lines, Loin a very comm co vortical hand, OF thn Mulire Sposure of Alchemy, Pig er addressed the au- figure that had been the envy of rosist Kichard Regent. Hy came for~ beard no further reference to ave I omit m and Fakers the box to the stage. arly constructed,” Tue MAN INTHE MIDOLP PPARENTLY TOOK NO STEMS letter Was as curt ast Mr, Regent nev: countless women; but Re " t i ‘ Se eth on . eft that to me. s women; but Regent looked ward, and tho dignified man fastened from Regen But wh we jooked Mr Kiehard t at lonerally than append lating dienoe Bimeer ho tefteor mllence, and upon It imply as a stage aawol, dis- them’ on, with waat 1 thought Was a at her face from that w pheum Thea h Fre ETERS HATS Tel a tio ouestioned the men who had 6 guising it with loose clothes in pri- gieam of unholy joy. Kegent backed dow on Schuyler Place | wax not sui- By Ht is underst Regent.” have come inty use and jot No 2 Schuyler On much occas am authoriaed to offe me to call him Dick, and, a “ ner they imagined vate life, as he was inclined to be- way, iui more miuwiy Uhan In the brised that Mexent instantly re ze Oy ae tad. been thevertuted in lieve it emacked of the feminine. Other cases; however, before he Miged her, of nad matistied tue audi- No one passing him on the atrest reacied the curtains, both chains and 9,1 Dased my luck of suri ns, he would entreat great jae on the ius plac uous would have associate on ¢ : estored et t, half a dozen times in the Yfor the property, Ad favor, to make it Dickie. And tn sale cheering, t, cuff King,” for to the casual passer- 3 if It Was possible that there was nm Speretary, Ba. € young undergradtiat t free fro 4. He came out, cut King, tie casual pi foward $i etal F eRtowed tbe WT best saturnine man: by he wis simply an exceptionally vOMF, Regents having. no desire to aynonyin for * " Now, 1 had rearranged” tioae ints lectures, than like a famous, wonder eo ked toward good-looking young gentleman, oO! vi w. his methods,” [stated = ane sis in every: pp bie way; at wrker eraonal ‘ ne had mot, 7 DLT ott a a i Sih ‘go beni “curt > re. ‘ ined three eiphe es on thei except When engaxed in performing te Jett stage box, Corny us ponsieeren i Pipe and unlimited “will go behind the curtains to re CHAPTER U1. thr TE a ee ee a ico var, Kn know Wore iittle of bis composur Age Make-up and move the anklets.” Mit atl PE got no result that people than anybody) in New York, The Black Cross. rrowing of eyes. theatrical photographs ropresented a 0 f “ ake 08° “p ¢ kon " lehy Maphistopheloan ny Jacopyt he glc Satanic person, with heavy, , Almost before | had finished areah. NE undeniable failing inmine juatity @ sano man in dispoas and had drunk miuk and Vichy oe Did you see ‘ PY to lik ruined eyebrows, fixed, ataring cyes, Me, the curtains wont back. a 6 ae eed valuable proparty, Tater, every bar from the Battery to. t asked rly, as we return oop and Heard and stache both point- anklets were put into my baads, The —a weakness for puzzios, woon TP showed the ot to Regent, Bronx Very few of the bartenders, Grossing room, My name [ faery oa, in_conpliance with the general Mau dronped them and sprang warned anagrams, acrostica, et he nugyeated that 1 take a chaneé whom, a» a class, he called “Hill, Winters: but Jacopo Searlat) It TO i Noe the appearance of the dia- {othe curtained space. Kegont stop aaa rare fullag admin, amt auireas a alton, ax sugested, to bad any’ itoa that the “young aport ‘rofessloual rendering of tho sams. ji ht ty . him as his band caught the curtains. ‘a ailing admit. am! address a Lun. te eat) inthe, marvellous, Parisian neckties Oy nal ner ne added, as be ab- bolical one. he had a few "Ole NeFy well!” be said: and the ted, 1 muat be just to my ' © had a few fan expensive cIgAT —‘To-night, howove: “she might be sude remarks to make about men who audience jeered him, After the plause had died down, the next fare that To am rat self, and de r ree months’ Lime we Md return of earniny pentmindedly broke vetween his tinge tials, informing lim that) within ond weil tatl gent would ina your In fact, they were inelit » New York, and tha + * . i ye SOLUTIONS, But the rer of Greuze’s niade themacive a faa A af be. Clever at he SOLUTIONS, i ! nd called him eat. grantiang! y : former came on; and we retired be. Clever at Tin ine wll’ ULL FEST ty i aatder panies. Ninh)” Ata GR ye odel—the one with smart joe 14 ~ its Seam he Would HAVE jaw to make ready for the street, our sae ng to letter that To held in ee tier afters prav made ‘or “young feller.” senting ower ht be A + done so, anyhow, ‘of the performance being ended, my hand one mornig—n yeur ‘ ne ate atnerciilodanesson Qe part of one 6 nom, again, Moe ay: for, 30 help "Don't you think it would be a de. FAT OF EG Sa tp RTD He eaeievaun’ eter (it it rect Fi vi teNent Ratan bose er ie AY* characteristte cided novelty if 1 let them see just far” id aten Duty Velde 3 ; mo" — ie sed et any. itl cited tO eo tou ker ee domly, “that sou would step around jut as runic to me huif an hour « ‘ Koueneyini in thie desuitory’ man vhrase—" HAYNE 8S ; y n> asked. TYRE AD) : AFR ey frerward, ax it had been when my Mer os ny we Wore several hours in reac o that to accept my asked, ot ino conversation with the uid cod. & pas ast cand when Sohuylor Place, the latte q \ form 100 Ee Me falta “it would be Like selling d0-cont eet find out. their addrese—and eyes first rested upon it i e night and Ba Sue Lanne’ ated it tee | forrundaterred to is actual Pp cigars without the label,” Lremarked. jer name.” Regent nover-oponed his mails, i x ef in ng it, for it appeared to be a thor. ee item ee © thougnt this over ‘fo i eee et Py , . + | nymte—which was, to say the Fee CHUL gene Ate He Eroeee | camo back with the information nad no tntimate frienda; he waa 1K uly ntrle Giughfare oulside. public interest or frandicap to an enterpria tsk mos The lire the Meptistopbelean make. at the occupants of the left stake pant yf living relations, «tl net at a ed timectabies, | knowindas “ke amuaht have ee What it was, 1 have ne tw Fests } Han WAKO: ix had taken themselves ¢ Kon 3 reward | earned that Wandered in vain, bad we fot come Rlelan. What if emul ie becomes up. T aecompanied him Uprtalrs, and ie i a die Sigh, ithdeed, and Waterested tI 4 adnirers. Soy ran SRS RAL HiLBE til Cee AEE! Guniitan: AiO positively necessary Ce ee ee nee“ ihe clamorous then, apparently dismisting tho sub- my tual to weed from ¢ un but mail seldom self ¢ landing stage He. it ape . two mouths, and peared, la thirty years before, de- y | He discarded the rem morows ect from his tind, Whistled, 4s cous collection of requests tor | Vir- ise that tila. clearette a taste. fh amor ne Liye i ‘ Gey gtk are the Workd as a Late Lady, His sibt- tome A ies 7 y as ‘ 1, back and front, Schuyler at Namber One fad acquired in his poverty, wae ne oped bmick the tack-curtained kurt effurts Were cut short by a knock and tions to the hit ' tldresses which f& So, following the unlowely Bast Riv powerless to shake off, mail to 10 eee eee Geourditiy to regular at the dressing room door, which pe Who he did not Kaw ODORS Jowerd Ue Fathtaily, Just MiNi UN er t. we finally came to two Howercort of those who were in his space, | Hlene Benin folded his ceded a stake doorkrepera entrance, your bag of tricks, unity in every town, Watt it came finally? Hounded by two streets face company. ee eee nd mutic into the gloomy ab- with thy! jn ation that ‘tha oht Benue Wheel ass t Post oltice envelope to New jag the river, set in the midst of gar- “piace, aaid, blowing out odious i" i a captive ent awith the Spanish handeutis attache ne # York dens, iron gated, atone wailed. ‘The ' Lilac," he said, stractl fa captive tend, forced, & oS sent froin his ¥ rr , Once back int t Hitle house yw 1 the houses had that dirty matched methysts? NS flutters i at the young lady tie a wd man entered, grec 4 ae Leetraae suey eater whore " HF mantels i ancient buildings regretfully ih, the left stage box win Hive been approacacd nu Hee eae Alien HORM CAD) BAVC TREE TEE AoUGA TRAE Ene 4 and vtleme: Kd os, aw. 1 don't 1vol e the AIDE ee into aver eosure house fr sohuyler Blice and found that seurgatent for 2 LT detest that onwards "M Me erated avin bur din ‘Howent RKC ene Which the letter with tle cabaustie those interested tn alchemy, IMusions wall of No, One ran half a block om equivalent frayhow, auburn doesn't TON ince that, \pon bis arrival There's the rest of the get heading touched Upone a vf and * magic-onee back 4 Bytwistle Btreet and that an alley ida rays ag Lady's bain." TOE ae ae Te ig Glave Ra waved toward) (ho dreasibg table. Suri tuo MMMre dollars for hous ome, and having Uitte or mothing to twenty feet wide divided the rear degor a Word, 7 1, ABOUT ee Tey ixtends a cordial invitation "Have a cigarsdon't mind t Vat NVInRan eRe BeAuyIee: V remembered the letter Walls-of- both houses from the back surecessfal consun packs the pmlice department to mend, about not siiwking, What cant eran yee: aemiee gancea) hae 0 a ann Sacra vf iy dingy tenements that ig box exp! ad 13 ton night, officers, with handeuffa: for you? Het Padieey Malai ' ' ed Bim ‘Tree Square a equubid hoth many 4 hts f the regulation -or ny Variety The } gentleman was plainly py <4 " naa ‘ cour where y children playe Lady rather nea ¢ " < wilhng that they dohim ated, and looked at Richard Regent Wi i If sou r ' folam,. he about the basin of # fountaln, long ae reverie if staring ° t > dor th onve eager and bright, | lady w t eat at Aid tesentt © down here wince dry, set into @ grassiese pot of 1 left bite a re + tie y, besides; but if this be done with ‘nd unt id at ‘ fae Se i r a l " " Me ee ea dad at the too of a patent lather pe jnaists that he gain his freedom He was « ype which one seituaa 2 ee ii vbarding us with deots and ¢ srround ere. 1 presume, thi ey ve no digniticd i Gesetlps Bonind the curtains. The ordinary me mericu-the peppery re d tw Ms ‘i «nd God reve flourished, We crossed Kim PD hc Kk my Call. ‘The bug nt n tts, D s able to shake off f an aristocrat, hin satiated sched Raw f toe vary y er Squar Hartogensia Street, Ser ADS Oe Tor The eee ie and in full view of aving & new sensation tgietuns, Luli, ta ‘ Mint three months, where the wail of No, Two took up the ee we tiftcation was ono of the Nskaenee, Mim blunt,” be sud. "When t want Magn is Homict vita, ¢ li wewiden, aw t toll corresponding aif block to, that 9¢ Slers ie rsi pares Ming! aM, . heering began as a per of & thing, | ask t Dowt vel im he teas pag e). of ved an old by jepied by o One on tntwietle Hlersein ti had secured. Mt DIST In canitoem, alae i own it hast't one™— Berens: Was: Wee Sheoe e in 1820 and the treet, Within \t# spacious garden he wen headliner, and, necessar- Theo’ RaDA Ente KINas “spare me the rit rism which my f SEE ee tive Vote fw light on all the cheatnuts weet beans” and oaks went ough [Was practicals —« spent also wiahes me t0 bids fair to. fullow ; to be nplete history, in five vol, One hundred. and lifted their heads above the walls iy, eons for, AHO SO URINESS. thas rene nat nial to Waehingeon, aaid Regent. "And if Sa ARTO cP ey unds it coat, under | Aw we paased the front gate of No, wh was away, he had ins AL in a cell of the central police stations. Hunt Ba n men. FYE tar the Bohan a nt charmes f 1 ne lo It, and T ane Twa ern che simpler fats Of he way atripped to his ndergarmenta (T dont want one We ale Be Te an warning ae ' s worth It piisaed through a tungte oer eam, sleight of hand, so that Ms death and searched for mechanical devices; ChAT Choos ns is ay i want erty weer eae i an / BAH ONES ae Pe ane slelght of throw me into that Nels Yet two minutes later he made his ROU te eve Cg Ce those ue ee al months ynutheeaten, worm, ren Jess condition in which he Tad, found appearance in the cell ¢ orridor, The AR ae t ie f Re ‘ Dare win Maiypr At 6a toy tp Richard 1h Se ee ies 4 it from a hat, eee nat this performance, but the Pm not Kolny veal the secret of (ft \ i tea in fortunately for work, some f ordinary poraon ata Pindker ef from the rabbit. potica have refused to allow him to rpr ain Mia an nen wou i vo tou 4 Rie] wey any oS is and go forth, and so on, finally do ao. Therefore, if any Ra ‘ 1 i j . FE Oe TS ce vei) Bee at S tor ghosts, bats and ; tne an American flag out of th the audience has a sufe-der : pea \ ’ el aa ea Sal a oy , and disclosing, after several My or any secure st ¢ roum . ‘ r id " i e We wandered from cellar to. roof, ings, @ duck and her brood, & kent Wishes to t will tak ‘ ” ee Fate Bnaered fram Betis tO) Fae unaware of spectat \ Of pleasure in allow seit to be , A n he ‘ k Pe EL ee aa ina werwas simple trickery, disearded Confined ther : 1 } n . 4 are WORD TrADRerTIne M jong ago by headliners tie Bic Ard Does any one i ‘chaser | ‘ ny f Sea aR LS) Regent, Korsakoff, Oudini, and others (ke advantane Ape p edt Vier . eoing «tn mo inches of their class, Neverthe No one did wit. dtcouid ine} int mates i : was insvcure, ie still Liked the ald stu we x the statement rient, and rer Mr. leage ea Syeiseey nher ‘ ! the whole 9 give me a recall: and, ha awed whisper { : Tein we 8 ey . j esi bbe further examples of my skill to dla- pinecoated 5 M the sp ' tt a t got * brs Ht, Pra aui t faced Hay. T turned toward the lower left. the stage, Onc by one, they fasten- jet aaked you and the ott mhira mails i : (yee rn ° , : ¥ Nalarived es vlewi Plays box, and bowed, whilo T looked ot on «1 ff your party to ratte ¢ H : Pha ul G ra, dredges, 1s of traight at the lady whom Mr ont Mr. Rex Hagwood tu-night at in ward the matt bad fancied curtain White eyebrows came together; @ Gevills pincers, and r 4 t anyway A night of stone atepa ted down Hhe was beautifully owned, and the way his freed yoioe became ram 1 wre Kine WwW ‘ c t ha ' ats tt t ant otee from each of the had shining es and hair; she ap- hands, Then th ened ON AN> adios in my f ‘e t 1 Va arn te rows een i Aud To saw iron rings piauded me With the naive pleasure lashed Dim thehtly sje Hh Jand Ht rice ait sleeps Aah ed % re tit pa ORI SER fs Bra child, I did not take her to be in three minutes Now a white mustiche Was BlOWN vc une 4 s ted room with a ¢ ite than eight ny tain hy ao curtains, and Ke a Windfiowe J ’ 1 1 i \ " w bi was i) r sgical friend at it lacked sophisticats nd hor rope, uneut, and the patina AR ANUS eh Peay aie a oa to the Widow. ag eet the male was 2 en utiafied, gentlemen?” 1 "Re vont wus never. remark t A SRC Gates i ° ¢ Ve thr ip the saah ¢iiy Number ¢ We T said as much wh I returned ¢ keeping his 1 In one & Phot ie * lawyer 1 ' ines drifted int At), examined it. An Mr. Regent's dressing room and found n't like to have him: in my i Wena tho door of on sty atn He, too, reached ena poss decorated the him obliterating hls Mephistophelean averted the burly, red-faced sine room and puxhed the { eat . As fn BE eek SES YS make-up, and scowling dissatisfaction Jjeutena hod charge of the five. ntleman forth, We heard from ' : 1 i a mat reflectively, } Te eee Ianallon at wie glass. sa Vd got an anchor chain and @ hind bolted door arguments ad wt levent synonym ‘te black: crams aol “Perhaps you've forgotten,” T ra- sand ball." vanced by a doorkeeper who did not 1 for ‘au 1 1 to be minded him politely; “but you've io* ind chain and ball any [ke his job x YR St brick pad HAILID wauld H iter aphearanes. to make—and tine,” [said urbanely, “and Mr. R@- "Ap the voices died away, so did NUMBER ONE SCHUYLER BLACK vile, and she billed lerkelf ag Uf ) within the next half hour.” wont Will make you lose faith in them, Regent's anger, and he sat down, with NEW YORI CITY Cir! With the Auburn Loeke' Ss Disregarding me, fe removed |!s too, Good night, gentiemen, Is there @ discourazed look, and signed nt the benatly anata to be on the t i} pointed: beard and waxed mustuche; any other person In the audience who = “‘#\thougb | don't know,'’ he voiced, Secretary, E. C. with me, more than once, Ugh "I . a hoarae. A - 17. 1915 EET EETROTT CPE LS CONTENT OPORTO CRORE » © WENT WEEN'S COMPLETE NOVEL IN THE EVENING WORLD | THE DRUMS OF WAR f By H. de Vere Stacpoole , mr oF Come wt Babb hd 1 8A BRD SA dilindedidnteds te babi ded od D> bbl apiretorial wt thal base a journey tn minvies = The sted 7 thie secured bowee ohaulfr ages ihe it Teen Al (ue Cine It seems o silly tusiness to put oo Hep | been &% deeply eunk in © istier bow be 1 “ues vo ation that | dit not dare t . New advertinng scheme 1 and red (he ae ° ate y the feu "imo ‘ erved lence ue and the gale cloned again He proceed to the inner room rd Hegent iaugned and called the white-aproned negro, whe ' aedt be tne af ° Then * foring in a chair, and donates 4 aud, Annoyed Was abou a wreenback he wate, in that peculia ! said affably in ane hoown only to bie when | # tors coat and hat gored (har there wae a thing « * and Owe he you fay and another calied burgiary and ©" nore im this for you, if that to use professional tricks on Ye! ‘ trangers) locks violate ve erinned Jim aid (he perpetrator wo © how long it takes to eay Jack f the eacont binnon but certainly Jim wae back Just for that tow fore 4 lan Whe atuttered could Number 1 aid Kegent, in @ have mastered |'s enun ico, and @rinnet = Came of he Mts Rome the other of b " siked me speedily around the #* wae bind on roer ant then halted latter, The hate w L want to Ket an eyetul of one of Who bak ¥ those lunatiog, be whispered, Bo we Seeing Hegent 9 waited until aman tn aw frock coat, UH bat, b followed autt, and we ge . ote Koancot and black @ , fim the charge of them aiepied forty frou the gate of Nu owns open ant ber Que, and started toward the ‘Unie bo anh After that if cae «nook e Utes at the door and Hagent obwerved hin from around GA Hy Ramet ain't Jim, sak We th nee, and hureled me off Mercutio —Cutey, they calia me!™ Main, ordinary individual" he tn Kegent promiged (o be familiar ty formed ma "Come o the extent of the diminutive, and off Tut when we boarded a atreet car Ne pelted down Hartogenein Btreah at second Avenue, the “plain, ordin. Batt Fam Tree Square, and inte te ary indiwtelee romewhat ‘out of Miley back of Hehuyler Place, keeping Kreath, climbed in tas We changed CMe to the wall, and edging up te al Twenty-third; ao dwt he And when & mate b Two, which we finally reached Greenwich, we lett ahd | without aiffoulty, h the other side of the street That garten was like a jungle staring at our windows ailer bushes, oun cherry trees, rege wuld Richard Rerent muilkweeds, all tangled to ing my arm and hissing imelo gether With vines and. creeper, end Hatcally in my ear oWe are in the bore, apparentiy, of many toads Hdat of a plot, Jacopo Storles Above, fhe caks, the sweet beans, and ng to be written about us, my the * curved their topmost al You won't forget to mention branches toward one another, almoat that E hinwed at this juncture, will interlacingcertainiy shutting — ou’ you? Recauae every respectable chars the | ¥, net to speak of the Rotor hiswea under strong emotion Coniaht. Phere was. A promnine jue? . Ho light frou the Tala net promise, but T hope that of Number Two to. ald nr viet when he sees this he will be sativfed. a o was equally aon CHAPTER Il. ean books tie ou he hak okie The Midnight Vigil. much of his tife in dark cabinets bh DU must not think tit of me ad an owl-like indifference te dark If T present to you the true | We stepped into a musty : Richard Regent. Like moat ment. ‘Though [could conjure. o geniuses, he had the in. habbit out of an opera hat, and Re- stincts of a child; and it Erne erialiae one from the Air, neither of us was able to produge an jis childishness, rather than hia juhta ing hose A ne elec genius, that made him beloved. Wiring or gas pipes: even a thing as Therefore, when 1 tell you that ail pr pplahd 4 candle was beyond us thought of the spy of Number One [oWever, we were fortunately ac quainted with th i anished from hie mind when he ture We stumbled threnen (renee: found w new sult of evening clothes tent hall, up a pair of amelly seep Just arrived from the tailor’a, and te: the dra wing-ry landing; then passed up the broad stairway that, had it not bean for that auit of the ascond Moor, a clothes. Number Two would probably Msg ie te ae agoond have been gold in the usual manner, few sickly rays of cloud light forced you will realige that I put down fis {elr way through the interatices of a the shutters; and in one place a eohile ft bee ne p! acta of childishnema becaume they are (yi he the phuttor Magee Bere neceasary to the unfolding of the potted light wae eumment story. od. One beer out, here, and He Had aven some foreign noble- #4!" 9 Very fair view of the river, the man in Now Orleans with a drens (™G Rurdins the bricked pavement coat cut On new tines, and tmmedi- the two gates to the walerh ehen ly lus own costly raiment lost Well, we're here!” T aparied. bs charms for him, and oothing would socks were wet from sole to calf. out that he must make @ eketeh Lgl pl go dew in the garden : nid my feet Were sopping al f the dress coat and forward it to thin pumps. And alt for peg tigen hie New Yor rs, WIth wnstrue- [could make out at tions to have one like it made apeed eoment nursed tenderly iis, against his arrival in New York. that he had broken Satie eet Hughes, his valet, brought the BOX door, and. said. nothing bs to Hun us we stood obRerving the vouhe cxenaaas spy at the window; and nothing in- quikily, dusting off an Rrcieal wee terested Regent then except dressing hair sofa sufficiently to git down with thinner, “He ‘came down shaved. out spoiling my dress trousers rbered. manicured and attired it swhet fp cent wee . the new creation, demanding my ad bare Heeat't _underetand eaid miration, Not one person ina thou- tiie man) knows E ys R nent Als he mand Would have huticed thot the F i ae Raat dumetene from any other showld think he can keep alghe o¢ the pol aa coat, BUL It made Cor ADSOLULE Yen y police can’ lnneccability in his eyes, und when free, me on tot ee everybody he wanted approval t could net buct “aya ol ou called him him by denying it talia the tenant ph ig Pig PAs 4 Ater dinner te yearned te show 0 Bien He won't believe it, anyway.” himself to others in tus new splendor, yp, py hd a Bs y. And sent ine to the telephone to Hav® talks antd Teme: and that nent set aside for him a box at the Muskin, the atmonp hare ot not wl An MCQUAIDIANCE Was StIFFINE in that, bare room. T ehivene@ eee in 4 musical come wish! Thad my fur coat. He Makted Hughes went around to interview a chevrette. He had drawn Schinalta, the chauffeur, ond prosently chatr to the window. and. by piling need that the motor was ready. two haswocks on it, had put himsel? at the Buskin, Richard Regent at a height from’) which he could ntentedly before all observe, «eated, the rl Now York, and smiled his approval broken shutter iver throngh the Upon his friend on the stage Between — Having nothing to do. " the acte he Sa la taneeay arene AAU AG aga ine ee aninated group in the lobby and ins ble osininity that had brought ux ted that they ehould all drink with away from 8 warm, comfortable bim. He gave me uo sien of baving theatre fo 1 dismal, rat-haunted noticed anything in particular, nor did Ouse. T presently forgot the shock ak of what he had seen until [ondition of the sofa. and. T suppose in wont upon the second act, fell asleep At any rate, T remember “That fellow is in the audience, Ja- {Yat T was shaken by Regent and, copo,” he sald, as he bent forward, fr from gently, urged to observ apparentiy etudying his programme. *7*thing. VThat map from the skull-and-croas “Took “at what? 1 asked, atit! ones pla Old Mr. Mystery, the *!kY Bentiewan detective.” 4 ‘ut of the window,” he sald tn an ‘The man who followed us from “SUA Tay Schuyler Place *T emimbiead: but T obeyed. “1 aee that you grasp me, my dea H “At Numbar One’ nding atage,” ree Pak TaN aR, May ay whianerad Recent, senine that T, Rav. refiactively, “I've gota hunch that Ing made no comment. aonareatiy profession bas something to do with "ys, "y v there wan a boat their eagerness to buy Number Two. pooktng gently with the tide, at theres They apparently didn’t worry about It Ainary hoat, elthar, but a mator erat In Arabela's tive, ‘It's possible, after wir} almost indiatineutahable pts . a Bat Sumter One le up to some ines Tea peculiarity Inw tn the fae? new dodge It wan twice nal erent in A; de matter The cros#, and bow was sherthed over almest te initiain. and the spy ail seemed In- three-quarters of the way. to the hitel to Me. poor LYS 103% wtorm A flag fluttered from it: my for KroWaeap men And Rogent ap- eyelet cy to ft Wan a bleak f red tee Fant it, for the Lime being, a4 ad) SanCY 101d Hi8 tRNA in f ut that Was always his’ ay; Presentiv a man stenned s could luvk Oaive and childish WHEN the eerand aten nf the Tnnding ploees vo tomplating his most monumental ¢ heard the hoat erate awainet. the NOUNES wed n atone as another man. folt Tie necond act was in two scenes, then’ amethine aemned to he wanded and there was a dark change of O29 ¢ the two ran. and thay hacked un minute between them, during WRICD he «tena, holding tt Wher it wae T Wow 1 felt my bat, coat, and stick poyld not see as thelr backs were thrust into my arms, and heard BIS tyened to ue and thelr movements Whispered command to follow him. L eserahy hitden since we were watch- stumbied down the step®—wo Dad @ Ing at so nacnHar an aneta second-tier boa. -to ain foor, and > Eh he opened the door that led from the ((To Be Contineed.) Auditorium to the stage. Scene shitt. ~~ ——ae ers. chorus girls, property men, and as. sistant stage managers were jumbled N together behind tue black curtain; and | | Gal Wel AWAY FOR THE somo ane, not recogulaing Regent, told SUMMER? Remember The Eve- Us to get out. We did so, and wpeed- J. ; n fly, by the stage entrance at Thirt, ning Worki prints each week a eighth Street ‘ -to-da! Rogont slipped into his coat, and complete up-to-date novel —a turned up the sublo collar, motioning | week's reading! Have The Eve- me into a taxicab. He gave an ad- A ‘ress on Second Avenus-a satoon | ning Workd sent to your sum- hat he had notioed at the corner of Hattogensis Street--and promised the { Mer address. man an extra dollas Be made the {ESS RR SE IESE TEE il OO EEL BOO OE TIE A ASS