The evening world. Newspaper, October 29, 1915, Page 23

— Such Is Life! “ zeme= By Maurice Ketten et ery he “treewe Romance of s New Yorker ho) eted for Treasure on Broadway LO y W. B. M. Ferguson ho eth eal e ; ond 1 het 8 he em ibed then $ ren ihing doing 10 held om ap rae fer pour beloved pots tows that on? Aa ft caper’ the ee oon Out whet te . ‘ teow 2 one never knew whe might Vt @ae only me Re . vied OR come OG unde!” | won't 1 . . wow.” bummed Dick ‘ * for 4m « 4 n op mwunded the frcapede.” be leughed “May it hawe vermin . Metter tai Parive se atrone th voice and SU. Mew | a : Ne FF ye _ - Ho fon” 1 sugereted. “HO igor blow ee : Oy He nodded and gave admittance 10 Thet's he thumbed bis ip Se aeanening te @ eevee of (Rall Ss soph ogl et riridge as | pained sanctusr What « farully 98 geotiy two new recruits, 4 aim, wet SMB BE Shel octwcas's ‘naa fm Heaving «on Uh ' «wally Mnpinaseat fe fowinar with pur fave, Oy @Oe nfo and Vartridge rep nlapa Be y ye Phen look as if 4 hard by seceaw CHAPTER MM. még Bear, me Matt ; SHAKE | TCAME To TAUK la You NO USE. 1AM For Wonan i attae it packed he Pe OUR humor is in ae good Sentlenan'e agreciuent, eh 1 DIDN'T KNow AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOW Ano . ‘ entity / * Mgeeped know, Mise @inyveasnt “Qu WERE —_ = \ FOREVER were that? suid he appray a corty. “youre s demeeme to said Wilding witheringly, °What ut Mine tuyy ~ For US ‘ Sian = tee 4 y peufecsion the” foal ahean \ “You'll have ocew Mr, aeked Wilding, stonily, “I don't un d Hpiend 11 “Only it tat you've mot to beara, go ur Hond, to remember thie derstand you, all rake Uitte mistake of y * threatened our friend » vee, a “Not as much as you,” chuckled the Understand a whole lot. More than A y the f Dick, reokieesty, barber-pole, hugely pleased with You think x iN give ye (7 os ' - : omy yy ue The were thleveg ‘oe. chan oO keep y we © wha aed rue urown way. Ne salt. “Now, right face! Murch! Kyee going to relmburee. me for my 1\ (i tuliy : Now, oat My front! ance in conditeting your affair with | 5 i Do you h ! f ike the better,” coma And so we m Rond stood Mine Btuyvesant?” | Sis }oway 1" said Wilding with @ * approvingly. * rr ask in the hall to let us pass, his “E tell you." nal Dick hotly, “there Hitle laugh. the ald boy had ' thieving 4 par SAA earhiéd Kboek Kia 2 * nothing between Mine Stuyvesant i all ett try now b gave him auch here's nothing in Lie seconde ie adout Bis fat, on me~and there never ean be” 4 b Ves, he had nerve all risk and litle @@ Alves, as Dick and 1 did the looks "And that," nald Col Partridge Veil, Phomas, we'll have to use the ook to me as if cut out for etep. iy, “is a damned lie, Templeton.” | — ‘ 1 he slipped the use. Dither-clans business forging or eome 1 be! pocket awell con ga e you see the door, Colonel) » hie “Lett wheel, gentlemen. One step at a time, Ther n cr rtridge 1 recognize the fact that | ee _ eed —-| t somi-soup If you have quite finished b Ghrry. Asd pom no Particular you're an old fool. Tsay, there's the | ' we awung out on tho $98 Um” said Dick savages fe like a new serv door. Take it before T forget" —— | 1 t cony. ‘The night was “eae ae know when It may othe 0 need tO" cut to the} ee very dark an Heprenber, un. on't take gentlemen! One step and ther Mippantiy: = —~» _ comfortably hunt for a other and the longest” He xosped, "No? Why not. pray? | we} neenent on our frail au 1, Be pe it oe ked, sighed, and, whirling about ‘Why, aid the other, tapning a! heath us thy Haehte of the atreet fhe Thats ty may Pe a gasly colored top, thudded. to REFVoUR foot on the rich Kermanshah Atragled aw in two diverwent Shere. ata a compliment, the halt where he lay very still, like fg. “L thought you understood. Er 1 DIDN'T KNOW You Wy NoT 2 Vou WERE No, You To the wn cloctricul Thore are 9 fow thinaw you i some gigantic stick of peppermint you nee—well, the rumpus down | WERE FoR WOMAN T'SONW OM RIGHT i cemed to be banking up, an Be eae ae Good heavens! What happened?’ 1 ftalrs awakened me rather arty | SUFFRAGE 2 USTICE S ’ Jango twist of Hehtning w whoon the Mat of nin by Asked ih a hushed voive, ual joined ttt morning and—and 1 happened HE ISA dF tre wind. HE IS A VERY Wik aittant clang of « eurtae Tid to aee you coming ont fac perately rip Dick In the dimly lighted hall, BONE HEAD 4 WERE RIGHT, ' ntl tain Indy's m—-fomewhere around - ty atant ahriok of an ¢ Vink Pajamas had forgotten Pee ania Dick grimly, “ot gave & Wasn't tt a HIS BRAIN CLEVER MAN aoe eee iur only compan. &F overlooked ‘Thomas Morrow, Una him the Sacred Order of the Boot.” And he slipped out of the room. t = car 5 ions in. the wine universal ai. @Fringly he had sensed me an ¢ We carried him to the dining room Sh din —— jenew The neighborhood had kone Birek puppet Wilding am the taste othe ju ou jooked do for sc att eta hin as ie Oo bea CHAPTER XII. | ane se an hour amo. lucked down Hut there in nothing mo dangerous 4 into the hal there stood FOUND Wilding standing | (N-HEAD Hen 1H HP ch the fire escape & Heart afraid, and Jorinne white-faced by the window, | Height of the house, A dull &fd thoroughly frightened. | Mo: “1 was awakened by something fall. starin fixedly a, nothing. wed that the room. Was desperate, and | risked the bulay H “ rather than the certainty of th ¥ ti, Will you Kindly explain thts He drew a lon Jow had not yet retired, y @ ja! ¢ eo ¢ ie sigh as I | risked all on a leap that took big looking at me, not Ick “ os," whispered Diok, ; iy Wits remained com= entered, Hes woes, bisp unawares, rr winging onto the ladder, and I fol- He atr on Lees breathless. During the subse- i. i gerne me ig nn “tat ale [auent omenin, that seamed hours, 7 neid on blindly, gripping the harder ‘And then, Jetely numb, Widir tyes, tool. It upon hit weak. shoulder?” T asked, feeling curious! Mies Corinne heard bis strange t ‘i ia y| time in which to deplore out In silence, her eyes narrowing and CoMtemptuous of consequences. “The | Ray es ane und to understand Syvae, too frlgh 0 lot go. harrowing again. whole business or only our part? They | fay eyed delights of @ aea- wae tore me away, and Pink Pa- Apwataittse-evorything Is againat won't believe us anyway. {rts tite, The sensations and emo. Jnuesg *f-,wncopecioue, bound and ! you?” ae ‘ chance, Tom,” said he. “I'm going,” v ja Of TENE wre toeney took t reaction, paralysed my in) Mt do." heeded " parison to mine, Kach step I took T Wilding was eying me curiously, “I do. i added slowly with narrowed eyes, € ed to be my last, Twas afrald much astonished\as myself. - hnank you" aaid Dick simply. | “to tell all—trom the inception of the Tee took. down ACTRIY (0 ON ee ee eat ee eae ow you've pea ie your roomes uke suideg scheme—from my meeting with Col, et} jafrald not to look. Helow me T felt gong jt.’ We'll have to clear out, Buty aes le Z + & Dictridge—cttom tay assumitie Tam! | that Wilding descending, rung on the whole, It was the best mot “Aind a0, like Lwo-echuol-ohildrén, we pleton's name. Cea ee Ten ——____—— SS SSS by rang, with maddening RoRchalan I couldn't have done it better Bs: |) And % i bildren, : . Ce and persistency, [could not tvon tap honor Tolar Preceded hor up the stairs. She opened Fe swung open the door, On the now is the time to fight, not to pray.” some detectives were paid so much J, ever restlean, all my faciition were davoted to maln- ned" (he nerve psusc ocean ee @ door, ushering UR INLO & TOO a eee ee sigs Cormac. She .. Wilding faced her, a dull red ahow- each week for Immunity, mean-looking house in East Twelfth ; were debarred taining a respectable footing on the sj) btn Pi SOT OM INE Ke LUE Ba the Meo aor stammerdd ing under his cheek-bones. “And go all this non-success does Street, in which Mademoiselle Marie yn sliding door, swaying ladder, We passed one bal- «tq nar a ces and “ate every Corridor eer tT Wak Just about to knock, Ti mean” sho added steadily, her not count for a curse,” he wound up. disappeared, leaving Dick and me whona keyhole was closed on the vony and thin 1 lost consciousness of No," ald Dick br e braving her “And now what are we going to if to came to our ¢ use wae aroused at lust. want to see you both—in the Mhrary. Stoel en, + clear it—that is your duty to yourself, 1s in earnest about a certain atolen SOnner rs neighbors are, to every one=not to make it article, tt cenerallycomes back mighty “That's @ rooming house,” 1 volun~ y TER HOER Oe) ker by bringing further suspicion quick. And I'll bet those four crooks teered finally. “1 Know this neighbor- urself, You have until Mr. Bond and the necklace are in the city, I'll hood pretty thoroughly.” rs the Use of his tongu n think cohe ts We might have eyes on his, “that you will have afight “When a peremptory order comes looking at each obner frum a near-by (ther slide. our whereabe fan't your faul r your name. And I would from Headquarters, when the old man corner “It's & good Idea to know who your been an inch from the sidewalk or out of this wo the roof, for all T knew, Twas simply 9 nd ere ‘We can lie low in our roo T the Std L. “Fle took un for sneak thiev, o and will not look for us here.” Wilding considered for a momey Come, we've got to Whore room is this?” asked Wild- The guests are downstairs. ing, a curious note in his Whispered “brupuly changing her mind oe sound came up from below. ‘No, no “Stine,” waid Miss Corinpe, simply, “come In here,” and she led the way ‘ard and bright as t0 @ small rococo lounging room, mid-way in the corridor, whose soft commented Dick, ‘amazed to sea him calmly pro- hanging between heaven a 4 to unacrew the key plato. spread out against the fac td Insanity, for building tke a fly in dark glags. cling foot te ened then nodded, and, switching off @ i T gave voice tO jight, motioned me to the window, xelamation ie You gO fret 1 whispered, "ae my came Wild0¥'® might land on the roof.” Leaving the i} ‘eeiditer, Wound and gagged Pink Pajamas on off my shout the bed, we ‘the tise. ere, " - 4 Phat’s burglary don't know who may be there,” At length my du t romething soft, an involuntary pyos Were they met, his, “Yours?” oruntil visit every pawnshop, every fence [ nia would bes Fale ween. Said be a tly on paper. know. “that one—perhaps all, of her confed- nd Dick, slowly. Then, Aubusson carpe: | smallowed oll s “1 think,” 1, dubtously, “that erates are there.” And he thus quiet! “ v sound. Here, closing the door, she “Time to clear my name?" asked nk, 4 1, dublously, “that erat . quietly have ears,” was all he vouch ~ is FS oe ates Cooter tenet: fac od. us, hesitation, thin! ity In her Wilding, wide-eyed. “How?” chance will have to play a leading Accepted her guilt as proven. NO safed, and blandly continued with his you mt ye z ner, courage in her eyes. “Ry finding the burglars,” she said part In the affair if we are to shake doubt she was pawning some of the nefarious work. In an incredibly Monel Partridge has spoken to simply. “Surely you ure not ao stupid, Hands with success. And—and do stolen articles” Mar aor ey PT taryrcrstorg Pear TARY tepping all over 0 nat's our next ac mercy, and after a furtive peep, hia wire stepping all ove w into. the other room, He give me your hand, Ther \thout further ingident we ‘ thortly. somewhat red inthe — 1 was crouching beside him on a Unrnm in safety, i balcony. Facing us was an open Chace Treat oad eek eater 83 ing up the week-old paper I bad dis- 7 carat eanier in the evening. “There w some excitement when our |a the witht Dajamaed friend is discovered to- morrow.” m-m," sald T, with @ yaw ‘* hey ol ing fell silent. For s0 long, said to cautioned, “I'm fect that I finally glanced at him . some curionity, thinking he bad fallen asleep while reading. But no. was staring intently at the paper #0 peculiar an @xpreasion that I out: "What's the matter?” o Let me out! I say you must! Yeu m Be atiet.” And Miss Corinne faced she 4 simply, a faint rose in I have heard your story but twice, and You really think Misa Marie is one m ‘ Phau} : yet K TE coul of them? Somehow I can't.” asked, assuming 4 nonchalance L wae ylipps wa, head up, ber slim young back to her cheek. “Afterward—-he wald you yet I think { could name the man who ofa the bert" he an fat from fevling, © NANO tw mies suid Dic y ittle feedery across rit our only chance-- were going to tell my father how you Stole that diamond necklace, It is only | “Let us h t the corridors ‘are full. Afterward you came to be In my room." ., lomteal. ewered gra with Masta 1 thin! an alip to your rooma” “For once the Colonel ts truthful.” “Whot" said Dick, dry-lipped. #incerity, am not fit to warm the 1 Mot we can hh ndily wateh the ‘Some one hurriedly ascended the “But you must not,” sald Miss Cor. = “The chauffeur—who els she Chair of Judgment, bee wee re Gon Rene, Senay rie teated, @tairs and rapped on the door, inne as quictly, pleating her sllk-clad asked simply. “It’s funny,” I mused after a long jot” " ings and—and things “Tt is 1," camo Mr. Stuyvesant'’s knees, She waited. “You owe fome- — Wilding eyed me and I eyed him, It Silenc voice. "Throw on a Wrapper or some- thing to me, I think—T mean—oh. had taken this slip of a girl to de- turne thing and open the door"— don't you seo that it will all RAV@ monstrate the possibilities of simple Judge; I—well, just the same old on a white,” and our next move in the !f, ¥° y fixed the d wenmene room,” he volun- Window, the shade down; an occa- nd-and there were stock- slonal gust of the rising wind caused bout.” It ta belly and alt o re vou sure (his room™ T whispered, “didn't know where I was on that Infernal Indder.” “Of course it's right.” he returned ok below. face, and hast y. “God know: cheap It's “how our freebooting cruise "We wer "Serves you right," I commented. @ s00n, over an experienced- ,, Uv eeamare out—you as solemn as a y 4 need” wand with some sarcasm, “it Seema as looking tablecloth, discussing “beet Fee ee Lean’ ar tee t's that sticking Miss Corinue openca the door of & beon done, in vant pending for Hddition, The Infection of her apirit Topslees mess—only more, hopeless.” closet and signalied Wilding an “Listen,” . for- Caught me strongly. g le up. } : e E ‘ to enter, Shoe turned the key, and ward as if talking to a child, very Why not hut’ them down while my back. ‘Never say dio until you ant Fovhed ie wre ane Hing Marte ave aincerely, quietly, Kindly. "We OW® we have time?" 1 muld eagerly. “Why hear Gabriels aymphony tn D major, admittance (o her tathe r We ovules fo gush aS eam et ba ple je, Rot take our fighting chance so gener- Ue ea corey oe uae santas and ihe hear his “ory of the burglary. Tf you care. to accept, two words on Quay, Ofered? Yes, It ls the only ye aia in losing them all will olng to ingulre about rooms In that “We've phoned for the police and a account they are simply, per gueanal “Done,” said Wilding, the blood in Well with the world. And surely We pDarrack, and incidentally discover if | “Oh, well, yo gootor,” he concluded. "We found Mr, | T do not wish thankey mao ty ene nie face. have the gr Bond gagged in the butler's coldly, bridling. one campaign. ‘things’ along. fortily, Tips at my ear out of W t's the only one lightes “Oh, that?” be aaked, producing a 'A,the only, Me handkerchief, “It was on the bureau yc T stole it.” >! : Widently, ‘How are the mighty © with another half-stifled yawn “Ia no use trailing hi ing. “We have her number, enough, Now you wait here, I'm now, a in.” a look fret.” [ cautioned, postponing the eructal moment. T gingerly fingered the shade and Boe Le exposed a crose-section of the Inter- °YF nee it befores) (ir Wilding Rrunted. We could #6 jooked"" he seturand woken fh Vigy Corinne's,* only the foot of a brass bed, a chair hay boon a big bake rout ; a. be offend It’s all right, See oe atest incentive that man (he rest of the iness are there, Oh, I he laughed e “E will say good-b; ud cou) es can take care of myself, Don't worry.” thief best owner. Ey. They knocked, hii on the head, HS rely impersonal” aoa trom the cod Will say gocd-by now,” sald Mise “"svog “you have, "|! murmured an Ho returnod in about ftteen min- and he held it out. 7) can't speak, They mag en rt Meu think we paveviding entiy. but voice. “Good luck and the best of bg his eyes an Sipe jas utes, “I've engaged a rooin,” he an- ; oh tn ad t Foom, did they? Halt the guests have point.” auggested Wilding ment. Ot courage. And—and.” here—the child for { know he meant Mise Comlne | nou ed briefly. "No, the gang is not he explained, been chioroformed—a clean sweep of firmly, "Tam fully deterinined 19 take Fogg supreme, the child and the wom- _, The remainder of the Journey was everything: expressed her horrified be Fane cron Kise oe an, “whatever comes, good or ill, bet- Completed in silence, Wilding’s eyes »! o . 3 eeaessent “s » to object, “you are charitably in the jog in you.” watching, half bitterly, the young Miss Marle came this morning--under neighbor i# Mina Marie, We “Oh, noi they didn’t enter here.” dark regarding the entire matter. T l'ghe held out her hand, and stooping, UPshoot#’ of & budding affeotion, the name af Dobbs. 1 pald a week In Ile low to prow nt her seeing with a sbivery little laugh, “I always may as well tart the Pally 7 con oe I kissed it. Then she turned to Wild- Wondering if they were destined to advance, If it's a long vigil we can hing Yod oO you, h el . pm lock my door sniasing,” he said, am not Templeton. ‘That Is not my !”€ 11 one wala with @ amile “And #0 is Marie," Fe name, Tam an adventurer eat, oMay hope." he returned with Waters of faith and hope would noure wg But they may never come.” aad I “Marie?” echoed his daughter. ‘our Pierre, at my urgent re ; bent head, white-faced, “that some !sh them to splendid maturity. nd how do you know that the Lys Tea PME donk future, perhaps, 1f God wills it better Zeerd Srimles until onlied for tor we Keneral worrled with fool supposi- Miss Marie waa home + tories tlona he would never win a fight, And Afterward, I don't know when, a hopelessly. And only his eyes remain- had determined on the over-roatlers where you ape a moiise the ruts Won't wagon stopped at the door and Dick, Underwold Ae Our adareet ting “1, be far away.” This in reference to who waa on that detail, briofly an- and a atrip of carpet, All was ailence, Dick had softly “way preparer 'e & week olf.” fee) re ee, 9 father pens to be president of the bank, r blankly, It was empty, nearly @ half-million robbory. A Ieavena!” I finally whispered, foward ie offered and ter Coiopea “it’s the wrong room, Dick, It is, man. 5f"all funds recovered.” so When In the darkness we either passed the right one or did not come to tt." “It {a the only one ghted,” bled, looking about “Yea: but In the mean time thoy could have gone to bed and this one be lighted instead,” sald T, in a pante, “Hurry up, Come away. Supposing a woman lives here? Why, we'll be cauwht for thievos”— “Oh, hush up!" he ordered in a fierce whisper, you'll wake the house—a-h-h! There's a atep in the hall, Quick! Up the fire escape with nteally, ot woud ‘Then, in a twinklin pushed asid there, but I learned from the German know it among a million the “4 ‘wer as Corinne started 8B: Weve ei eo that'T be. were afar off, mine directed inward, last week to be held until occupied, can safely wurinise that our fale Oey | have to nul wither and fade under the fierce fire have our trunks sent up. Im the during the rest of th ay of disillusionment or whether the meantime, this grip will do. darkness came we slipped out for au ver ut the feedery, ever watching t fouse, Shortly after our return the 1 we heard eome one “T—dI'm sorry.” I began, not knew no mum. '9€ exactly what to ony me “Oh, piffle!" he exclaimed | Heatly, ae Gar the loss, That's m the point, But the thing was off by a notorious Western Lad Shang Wilcox.” "Shang Wilcox?” sald I, puzzled, {T never heard the name until to-night, Wasn't that the name Pink Pi TeMt'on, 1 don't understand it. Well, “Ich?” exclaimed Dick in a low voce. aM Otieep if you can. If not, rustle He eved me and then the girl, his face Prve smerhing. and come down for slowly flushing. “Oh.” he aaid slowly, into, coffee, We have had more mys- “Oh, indeed,” and fell silent, eves on or beat,’ that 1—I—— ed eloquent. astically mentioned as being ne to emulate? ol “Perhaps tt wasn't sarcasm," sxcttement. to-night. than floor, looking curiously foolish and . “I will always be at home to you, , Miss Marte, nounced, fram an_open window, that tery aa eed we've paid for at humiliated. Mr. Wilding,” she said, with quaint Wiiding’s hand fastened on my Sry Here I found occasion to make ® the express had left two trunks and a ort, “And,” continued the girl, in her courtesy, “And,” under her breath, «put Just take a look at that lady Keneral reference to tho police. “We wuit-case. “I think," he added ‘And 1 silently agreed with him, I slow, trailing, meditative yoice, “it but loud enough for me to catch, acrows the atreet, No, not that one— enn't afford that yet,” he argued im- have sem you. No, no, You can't maki Dick soberly. “It aeema he is fi wa"dinking of Marie, of her absence. is only me Whom you have sinned “better, best—had or worse, actone the atreat, No. not mat ones patiently. “We can only back our rink doubtedly the girl you. Bann me for his clever disguises, But here * “f against, isn’t it? Only me. was “Thank you,” whispered Dick, and Nand after we hold {t--not be communication with t she . . z " his rogues’ galler, deture rebar with the buttery the. pivot on which it all favolvedi Kissed her hand, ibe Bil overblown show, siti Be HS Our innocence is pri n only by Keen that the, caval was. cle PUPEy. sd Seana thetner: dhe nest ranged mie By papas Arai wae tna I endeavored to fight off an »n- — "No," sald Wilding quietly, “it was We left her standing there in the Well, dooa she look familiar? i tele wales Pe We sat up late that night. All wan ° ech ooeoeeee ne had entered the !00king Into the eyes of Pink Pajamas, & short interval the key CO eee eee een eT er tess ceuinat the tyrane (NOUR my ‘heart whirred like a rac- soeqy, red brick house uhd. were ica Called ing attention “to the Trapped! [ groaned abyamaily. CHAPTER XIV. “they ated in order to lessen the Miss Corinne fa , ing engine, “she does look famillar. gyop page Nb + 5 bs “On, 0h ¥ it's a woman, [can hear Peg \ “All right now—the coast 1s clear, It was ad Diana were ile ny of her teeth, . , That's Marie Beaucaire pire bag ic ves mn toP floor front ape RARE’ NS SARANGI: to lakn now” Hia hand grip- FORK I could find my) * L think you had better go downstairs Pastas n am of age. Is We retumed to Wilding’s room to : Foor) HAS amslion like’ 4 a vague hum. They have tho et my wrist and 1 was unhappily tongue Wilding was on hig 2 one is there, and your absence He Pack in somber silence, . * use was ain n Every B “I suppose — go—undoubtedly,” "We left on the 1.20 without again CHAPTER XIII, Her ie Vv dust bin : ox int when T cam ene e auenc foot, greatly excited and 1 stone now were at the doar, openiy exuitant, vonies and fire escapes, and a little ton,” and lie softly apened the regia. L expected eaoh nent to eee It rh hi this mudden climax of my atch. of something In’ front that ter. Acold breath of fetid air atruck flung wide in our facow and th . detectives und all that mess. I'know prosecute, and that is an end to the inings, In fact, the house was too quaploions are of aa litte (Ok8d a8 {f Ft migbt once have been a nnd nn increased volume of sound, and then-—-the steps had retreated. | 3 world” ne isrlags dott fd save and--and-—yet Tean't, entire matter. T have heard the de- much taken oui of its general rut to am Mita a garden. ‘Thero wan a small register We could heir distinctly two voices ebuild Hi'wordloss, thank Heaven! fendant's plea, and I move for a dis- give much notice to, or care, who Moment as are our subse- in our room, though no heat Ianued = "That's Wilings,” [ whisne Pro iecd dew miuaal of the cane, Dixmianal erant. Same or went, fut At quant shadowing of the git, therefrom. Rut aa it waa Rantamber " S . Mise ed. Carried by unanimous vote, ys the el happily ex- it didn’t matte: liave you heard anything of always the gentleman, happily ex- Wilding was considerately silent on |' ant matter | eae d time aff torian morn commun would look suspicious. Y Dick sent me to his room, In an agreed Wilding, humoring her whim. geeing Miss Stuyvesant. Our exodus es hour he joined me, saying wearily! “Then,” she sald calmly, “as those was quite a humdrum affair, quite in T & thoughts that beset me at ce, ra, with tost luck in thé 1 see it all now, ‘ © breath, crouching down Wilcox ts lying low with the loot, He darkness, Wilding's lips locat- was gincere in his advice to us, thinks ing us members of the same profes- out by the window, Ke He would have let us go, for he ~ hold your nerve. It's all couldn't call in the. police, 12 yaa We were blinded by # hadn't taken matters into your owm He Eee ot etn flung whte, hand We caught him undisguised, viou . it warning, and we were sigs and we've nabbed him, Thomas, pinks che dumbest luck in Christendom, sa big reward, and—and—s— ater a 008 “The house is topsy-tury are the ethics Involved T refuse to contrast to my varied pictured imag the chauffeur.’ said Lighting with excite tuntil they're asleep and yt asked witn elaborate indif- Discharged with honor and a warn- pressed his felicitations for a happy eee ing. Oh, ‘I'm getting fearfully and safe journey and ordered round (0 matter, Suffice to aay that our and this we accomplished In the best “Well, no, Tom; but you know the mixed.” the under-groom with the dogeart, ‘fall ended at a big red-bricked. stylo possible, 1 curled up with police and their theories, I may as "It ia very nice” sald Dick with and I accepted the rumble, and Dick ss Mates Sees sneidered a moment, Again f neral reference to the poli¢ Gepartment, and again 1 wa Sern | Je a they say she wis in a wan smile, “but you arrogate to the whip, In shamed atlenc But yourself the functions of judge, jury noticed that our host did not express J iated T'was silent. My suspicions had —everything.” sorrow at Wilding’s departur at Woul U Do— Wilting been translated nen, if T must confine myself to he offer his hand. These were the only : aying wEheyire after ‘em—Wittings, Hore one,” said Miss Corinne serenely, “T signs of his suspicions or displeasure. || If you were an ordinary everyday New Yorker, and suddenly found your ar nena ner—the whole crew," volunteered choose the ermine. Tho verdict ts And I fancy tt hurt Dick most, for he self President of a Republic? That is one situation in ' a Wilding laconically, "Wish ‘em luck." not guilty.” had been born to the right of any for” anid he “evidence ia indie: w ‘They don't suspect our part In the Wilding shook his head and Miss hand, And so in monosyllabio allence CAPTAIN VELVET’S FAREWELL vensable, We can't afford to take a of our own sex had 3 > He © affair?” I queried dully, Corinne was on her feet. ‘The wom- we siarted on our crusade—no doubt " opin the dark. We don't know whit our . It had been an old Walt until the morning. “pon't think #0, Jxcept"—hesl- an in her had risen superior to the a hopeless one, By EDGAR FRANKLIN iy be in those trunks, My idea js 1 -Lahuddered ar ol tatingly—'I don't like the attitude child On the way Dick briefly sketched | The Evening World's Complete Novel for noxt week, ‘This story tells the | Lhe. tirespacspe teueur fat friend, Col. Partridge. He Leave’ confeasions to the weak— the first moves in his campaign for a fixed at mo. cross-eyed whan TI those who are afraid to take their lost name, Ho knew a great deal of " out tforner coming to our fighting chance for reformation,” she the under-world, the seamy side, So | hose exploits are fan’ ‘well tell you tha! with the bunch. on the night adventure. fi had h was much in ihe even of Tromained staring at him ‘Ther move Well, at last Pean do the turn. Come on! Come ont *Walt a minute.” sald lL "Whe apacity fi A In his reas nor did zo wonder hand. But led with iny paral 't got away, ng.” he rejoined, Td that word, Come on ens! you're not going, escape again?’ 1 He hat curiously Heht blue e cn claimed aghast, as he headed for thought Me what clave in jt thor lly, A vualy, [summed many chan final and moat exciting adventures of the quaint old soldier of fortune | (02% We ko down and get a peo fh he sto a bh ein the | i wi | potted for burglars.” 1 die-aged, amall and presumably active, use the fire pa are lost b: elated Har to you from the earlier iptuin Velvet” vAnd ‘gat relat jest night—of course he Wa® sald quictly. “Any one can contess— did I, In fact. Ho spoke of how in | romances In The Hvening World, It is the very best of thy whole "Velvet" anche finding ‘if the coast was clear—and it takes a man to live down his mis- many cuses the police wore hand-in- |} geries, Read it. “Lt you're afvaid WM go alone,” sald ventary crop of gray hair and window, the-colone! made some vague komark takes, Yo have confessed enough; glove with certain thieves, and how ‘he vaguely uopleagant, lupine lips, it (To Be Continued.) _ poly i ; = | , ~F