The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1916, Page 15

TER A Nn NN A RAE EA A AR AE RA SE — A Mystery By Albert Payson Terhune Romance The Newest PATHE Picture, Now Being Presented at of Heredity Leading Motion Picture Theatres of Greater New York DOHDOODOQHODOOGDSGDOBOGDOODH|GODDHGOGOODIOOSOOSE: THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916. Oe OOQOODOOO® You remember my fair young face, in tell ne, See,” she added, “we are your pure dreams, on moonlit nights, at my house already. I thought the go with a twenty-two-inch cor—I—T little girl, any day in the whole year may I bee and beseech and implore walk was longer. Won't you come mean a thirty-six-inch coat. Any kind Just you forget all about what I did “The Red Circle,” repeated Borden dully. and entreat and insist that you re- in? i at all that go with that aort of coat.” It's what I'm here for member that it is the face of a crime — He wondered at the f ue What's lis waist measure sked “Worget 1 June. “Never as ‘It is still there, on my hand, always Mies "Pravin °°) yf shee. ube clerk long as live!” On, Mary, you were “When I am myself,” sobbed June, “1 d r , awoke, deep down in her d eves, Twe 1 don't know,” confessed go i there. And it has marked one member aighey,fett the grotinds and suined the June ‘was in dite perpicaity, “She June ; i re yOu Want to a PRE DATE" oa loathe the things The Red Circle makes me in every generation of my family. The fection of the ‘Travis home Lamar on the bare chance that she might “Five fect wrx and @ halt.” she said 1 Mary, "sou can do it by keeping do. But when the circle begins to throb and ‘Oh, any kind of trousers that—that do 4 million times more’n that for my ‘detective!’ Come, invitation, and at tl ° bo able to abstract the coat he so Prompt! time, Oh, dearle, promise f ha: person marked by it has always been a anid, Mant to, thank vou ever so mutch, yeajouniy curled oF to exchane | Hi'm!” rinsed the clerk, “til make Wme, Ol dourie, promise me, you glow on the back of my hand, something 5 38, B sald, fa peing euch nO ¢ t Y reneral ypearance & ui at Before we go to ne ni a bric dé he ne as yo ee he sa r pearan ise Mary you won't. Whenever you ‘ criminal. The ‘Decoration of the Curse to-day, But for your ahowing me (Ht she had bought two years earlier ne department: how yet to fecline ono of thone. feast scourges me on from Pca mad Me to is ere you u ven the elled one as ate n and, her ings for him 1 Cirele ts coming ¢ « st Ff o—— r) of Heaven,’ I have heard it called!” : ; Phare a had oven the Vetled Woman dreaded. test ‘her mother should What, OF course ruin and tell me, “Aad Til lock you up another ;—some power I can’t control. “It wasn't,” she contradic tea \ ; “June did hot know whet or aps when I go fishing. Ge The girl's eyes narrowed. The back was glad to be of any help. hen a en the that will fit me, and it will of her right hand began to throb. ry was hanging on to that ridiculous savatrails i when Maz an- jie © for bin golfcap; “I'm. #0 ed!" ahe murmured, i coat corner, like grim death, 1 felt © regrett 3 bao P ge c we! iand tm a0 faint. « fright ltceman Meeks ever close at her aide. to lean pensively against @ tree ta Novolized From the Pathe Phote Play of the Same Name by Will M. Ritchey, coat, commer, Ko The Wolf-Hunt. w and. danger. It's given ie ek ‘The officers eyes 1 midst of a clump of shrubs, and, "PRECEDING CHAPTERS, Heats nr ue he aaid,“L wish T might con And I'm "Yes. A pair of shoes. Men's shoes, headache, I'm going to bed. ‘Tell stant left the coat th 7 tS vadaiece soe play sen~ Jim Borden, er irre rele on hesitatingly. “A hin a 6 blue call, st as Soon as you'll le you now.” othe: 4 ? don’t ©or™ BIOS @ \ANUEs remap vs 4. th the Med Cire a the hand ‘of a. woman tet, Jal Will you try to forgive me, in ad- larters now with thi wears?” want to go to alec d not be dis. tremendously zealous in carrying out | The sound was horrible, Bat. amar admires, | ly discovered this citele on the back of her own right hand, vance” , will comb the wii 1 A,” sho replied turbed tilt Aw Enore ate othe minutest detail every onder of Soothed the heart of the exiled Ye~ ‘the secret nue, Mary, who ia horrified at hearing of it, ane “How ominous!" she laughed. “What ‘ ? wane ote , CS RNTOW Shut ar If that bed Lod 1 ma, and always brought up before Sane is Jim ‘Horden dau. diiven-on by the well of. the Wed Cire te ae i the maker and there's rhre ho gasped. “Three A iciuding tho worried old woman's lia hat bedraggicd and | Be a ‘froin nits. Lane wishects het, Mary. import is it? wil oes with a thirty-six chest, and five gasoline tainted black coat had been his mental vision a picture of frag~ fale “sustdcion jo herself,” Pursued by Latiar, Mary ides in « €arage, hee long ‘When that Jap butler of yours The shepherd 1 track th t six and a half tall. Say, ma‘am, 'Orrent of suggestions as to aromatic ihe én t on the national debt mnt cherry blossoms, of ewaying showed you the torn note an hour goings die cane in A Weuite Be Asal oka ia this brother of SPirits of ammonia and aspirin and seeks could not ¢ watched it more temple bvelis, of homeward-wii | a ce ago,” said Max, uneomfortably, “do )\! sald, Deri. cae a 7 hot-water base, June finally escaped ojosely. very time June would White storks’ against a blue Nippon . you know what I théught? 1 thought Ye told her Tho most das Ante frigid glance froze '° her own room. Turning the key quicken or retard ther pace, Meeks ®ky—oft home—and of a Kioto geisha 4. you were the Veiled Woman dan WW r fr for many a day. But T him Into respeot, once n Menkly i the door, she went to the long would at once accommodate his stride fit! who wore her sash with the * erehe chen But T him into respect, ence more. Mcekly wrench windows that opened out On te here: cuodine cine to hereon” how in front and wae hea Seen t. ll “How about underclothes for hima” & Vine-wreathed balcony, closed the The girl waa in despair, She had him, on one bilssful evening, of gev- i “Mr. Lamar,” cried June, her sweet In Strange Attire. voice vibrant with amazed reproach. AX LAMAR, gripping with both hands the corner of the black «Forgive Met” sinks Svorythlng on that 5 »phecy Not disclaimed June, on the verge Window, drew down the blinds, and planned ao cleverly this kidnapping of enteen yen, coat that protruded fron the locked garage door, drove his showl- wwont you forgive mo?” he plead- Gundcho = . od tanks ' . then advanced toward the chair the coat! She had worked out her To-night, Yama was tooting away der full against the door panel, again and again, But the wood gq “what w ie t toc thik? Tall “Good HUntAei” dhecalled meiiy Se ee Oe OU whereon lay her packages. Her face mad scheme to the tiniest atom. And right dreamfully, when the sound of held firm. “seemed to fit in, with such horrible over her shoulder as sho ran up the Tamar, meantime, swept ike a Was Brave and was set in lines of now, through the duty sense of one crackling bushes broke in upon his “It seems to be a deadlock,” K 1 June, forcing her merriment axactness. How else could I 4 with a mighty effort. “You have hold of her coat; so she P to the front door whirlwind into the private offiea of calm determination that aged and stupid policeman, she had Jost her music. He lowered the long fluteand olen note being the moment she was in her own Chief of Police Allen. strengthened the young features, On battle. looked about him, He heard the The door won't dpen; so you can't get in, Isn't it just a little ridiculous, found in your room? And your ex- room the lightness of manner fell “Got her!" he announced, | “At bed pees Ack blazed and throbbed — 1t had seemed a simple thing to go crackling sound again — this time q Mr. Lamar? Suppase we give up the cha and——?" planation seemed so lame—so uncon- from her, like an Jil-fitting garment. least I've got hold of one end of the Lee ed Ciro lurid and pulsating to headquarters, disguised as a man, hearer the house, “Give up the chase?” he echoed, angrily, “Give it up? Why, it's barely Vincing. The simple truth often does, Her face was suddenly drawn and chain and she's clamped fast to the @mainst the white flesh, to pass herself off as @ tailor, to se- He stepped out of the shrubbery begun. Just on the other side of the garage door is the Velled Woman who You know. Won't you forgive me, haggard. other end. Here's her coat. The Oh a, SS ES Pe TER. cure the coat, and thus to deprive the clump to investigate. Then, the flute Sandia ced thee Gute one tes Up and Was Salen the cites eae OEE le'll do Att” she said to herself, Veiled Woman's big black coat, I'l Chief Allen still sat in his private police of the only clue that could con- fell from his nerveless fingers and he php tgtthe pads och, pbb “aad feo Mies oer ‘0 mystery “"“You—you doubted my word?" mur- over and ov gain, “He'll do it! tell you later how [ got it. Can't office, clearing up some odds and ends nect her with the Velled Woman, stared goggle eyed. of the Red Circle, Give tt up? Not if I have to stand there till doomsday!” ured June, incredulously. “You ac- Nothing can stop n. Nothing can some of your born Sdio around of the day's official routine, before What was to be done? To her fe- Across a patch of Jawn a figurewas “But surcly——" began June, trembling inwardly at his flerce de n't get away. for part of the tually thought?’ ve me. to all the tallor shops in a rush and going to his club for a belated dinner, Vered senses it seemed as though ho running, its feet soundiess on the mination. I'm so ashamed!” he broke in radually the Red Circle crept Into find who it was made for? If they Night had fallen, but a broad streak Were beginning to watch her with a turf. The figure reached the house, “Miss Travis,” broke in Laimar, “will you help me? I can’t let go here. “But I paid for my mistake. I never sicht on the back of her white hand. find that they'll find Velled Wom- of moonlight lay athwart the window- Vague suspicion added to his former It paused at the bottom of a vine j ‘Wil you hurry around to the front door of the house this garage belongs to, more hideously miserable in all When she spoke in voice had an And then the Red Circle will git, watchdog zeal. trellis, then skillfully began to climb and explain matters? Then ask leave for me to break the door down, I can His secretary came in from the June could have wept, through sheer the trellis, . " N . It reached a second-story balcony, do it if you'll hold the coat corner for me outer office. despatr. ‘ “Shan' ‘ “Young fellow outa! ere, chief," She had a crazy impulse to attack Stepped over the railing and began to Shan't I hold it nc suggested — “We had one cut in," sald the wom- be annctinoed.” “Werte to cee ici, him with her Malacon cane; of teviag f0mble With the long Wrensh iii June, an idea flashing into her fear- an. “If you'll come’ around to the He's a dummy. Not deat; but the's to beat him into sensolessness, She of @ room. The windows opened and / sick mind Til hold the coat while back of the garage with me"”— dumb. Here's « note he acribbled for even drew off her gloves, so as to the figure glided into the room, soft- you try to smash the lock, You can't "Yes," quickly agreed Lamar, “Yes, you. He's from Mr, Lamar.” wield the stick more powerfully ly closing the windows behind It ee eee fe rere OF Cours eye a The chief took the slip of paper his But almost at once, she saw the _,The spell was broken. With a yell i\ hands. Why the time I'd need He looked down at the coat corner secretary tendered and read the three stark folly of such a move. ‘The man of alarm, Yama grabbed up his fallen \ e OF tawre nn ty batter 40 pees written lines It contained: was fully six feet tall. Ho looked flute and dashed for the house. A sec- ys Fo otellkt, tp datter down peo: “Anything we say out here he “Lam dumb, Cannot talk, But T strong and wiry. At her first blow, 04 oF so later he burst unceremoni- | ple's property,” he answered, “even went on, “certainly can be heard on can hear, I must seo the Chief of he would undoubtedly wrench the Susy into the ibrary where Mrs, 1] in the namo o' law—without ask- the othe? side of this panel, The thiet ’ their permission.” knows b: Police. Mr. Lamar sent me.” cane away from her and club her with TY!" and Mary were sittin But" “Oh, all right. All right!” grunted his nightstick. Moreover, the spec- ..._Scuse!” he sputtered. . now that there's a rear door even if she didn't know it before- ‘Souse, Y : 4 lease! But man climb up to honor: ; “ ae the Chief. “I suppose I'll get my tacle of @ civilian attempting to ? b up to honor - eg yl ey cucd hand. If T let go of this coat—Miss dinner some time between now and thrash a policeman would be certain “Ye Miss June's room! ! oman is strong henever she tugs vis, will you hold the coat corner at her coat it's all | can do to hold Cheeteens, if I have luck. Bring him to draw crowds—and probably other A Burglar Scare, | in. policemen. “ oy ‘Nhe secretary vanished; reappear- June. paused, uncertainly. ‘This Maryn ik oe henge, ME® Travia ana , } ; ' ! s while | go around to investl- my corner of it. She might wrench it ase Ble eee nan de une, under her , “Why. yes.” quaveringly assented : June, taking hold of the cloth, along- ing in @ moment with a young man farce could not go on much longer. © « ! _ in tow. Meeks was beginning to grow. sUa- ing wildly it see ene Bis even Foll- hat's exactly what I mean ; mys: “ ‘1 see him while I make ie side Lamar’s own grip. “I'll do my The visitor was quietly dressed picious. ‘There could no longer be . en to do." orebore to say it aloud. beat. I'm pretty strong.” and wore on hia head a golf cap, any doubt of that. The girl looked dent Tum? on this flute in a gar- And after a second look at Lamar’s “If she ugs, hang on her for all which it evidently did not occur to about her in desperation “I heard you,” moaned Mary. “t sat jaw she meckly turned away to- you're worth,” Max Lamar exhorted him ‘to remove in the august Pres Quewitted! thought it ‘was cats. What's this ward the house. he Ull be for only a second or two. ence of the Chief. He also carried you're tellin’ us about a man - Mai inner side of the gar- I'll go in by the other door and we'll under one arma crook-handled A quarter block ahead the boule.» MY Diny and T howe a ratte Toole. age door, had listened, panting, to the have her caught as neatly as a rat in Majacoa cane. Yard split into a vy." At the left t Honorable burglar is climb to room brief dialogue. As she heard’ June's @ drain.’ A Strange Guest. continued at it present level. At the Ho go inside. There now. Police light step receding on the driveway — The final words were spoken as he Neht ran filght of forty coarhle atte Women wero already flying up- airs, ‘ama, prudently arming him- enue one tier below the self with a large poker, followed v boulevard on the city's hillsid Mrs, Travis, bursting into Jun And then, as ever of late in her room, é , ments of direst need, an inapita- There was no trace of co of a burglar, N i ooaere ~ oratn, are i ava did Mrs, Travis see the bundle of mas- any possible chance have ' does Mr. Lamar want curred to her, Indeed, even now, peor oe into h closes oe Cee Pala Unbidden, the caller seated hun she found herself dazedly marveling "'4fP4 Into a closet. self gra scully is S chet ieee oe at it—revolting Chief Allen's delayed dinner was Chief's desk and drew from his pocket pentod: yet oddiy powerle - seieue “Aittle weratch-pad and a pencil. gist ite Fore ee mwah As be a cored ta he eas Without taking OF ania right-hand Once more she took up her form. Gnd ‘heates fos the ania ae glove, he wrote a line or two on the or brink stride; the grumbling Meeks fret wersee, “CF the dining room) the Dad, tore off tho shect and handed tt ciosg behind her. As they came to aa ee ee oo Chi jen. gravel she threw all her strength into had already started around the garage one last wrench at the recalcitrant in the wake of the woman of the chat house. As he disappeared, June é : her face close against the Wriggling Free. The cloth was stout and Max La- E mar’s grasp unshakable, But the tug “Mary! Mary caused two of the coat’s upper but No answer tons to fly halfway across the garage. sound of a key One of Mary's lean shoulders s swung ope i out of the garment, That gave in the garaae th captive woman her inspiration une f erself holding th In trembling haste she unfastened of the empty coat ; the remaining buttons, Freeing her "She—she is gon self, she left the imprisoned coat to June, her temples pulsing i sy floor of the garage With swift relief. The newcomer was somewhat short pteps, of stature, for a full-grown man, His faced face Was round and youthful looking. His delicately molded hands were gloved, Well, leading downward to a ter- found the girl fast aslee, air,” sald the Chief, none usly, “what can I do d eagerly; and en in a moment, the The woman of the at the idea it pre- Max Lam hief read: fall’to the «1 name is Attman, ladies' tailor, (80 fork of the boulevard, she halted old man," the chiet Max Lamar still gripping its cor- “Yes,” snapped the woman, “she got Mr. ur Wishes me to look at the “““wen, growled Meeks, “which Dlled him n ‘mock rage, “if 1 starve Rear ree ayn erer'eiday wath 2utle eUr Of Hie Coie Rng ined Cur OF te coat he left with you this afternoon.” way now?" 5 to death itll be your fault, What the ps Had ack door. Your detective friend is deuce do you mean by sendti Noiseless ‘Tailor to see mi ast’ when I'm starting out to feed?” hat Noise ‘ailor? it,” Allen commanded his sec 16 pointed down the lon "A She pointed jong filght ary, “It's that black coat L told of marble 4, snowy in the vivid you to take to the detective bureau?” jnoonlight, "The imam her Presently the secretary returned plane ® man healtated. She with the coat, which he handed to the were fixed in stupid wonder Chief. The latter passed It over to at the right hand h ‘J the dumb youth who had sat dully pointing” On the sutras ane was uninterested during the messenger’s lant The garage was small, stuffy, ill lit exploring the alley for her. I'm going by a sing! rimed window pane. The to Watch him pick up clues. It is Tice’ tee of gasoline, of oll, of @ite amusing, Almost as amusing as proase Tags. A big car filled more fleld day at a lunatic asylum. than half. of it She was gone: leaving June alone "Across the greasy floor, through the The girl ch her im gloom, Mary groped her way, now 1JoW her involuntary | host re Ils e: ‘No, a dummy tailor. ‘The one On the surfe » you tho Red Circle meng inaid gent to look at that Velled Woman pe of the hand y knew that Mary must be out of sight x 4 coat, 1 oung fellow who asoline puddle, now y A brief absence, distinct in the elear says his Slipping in ts the soiled mudguard before this time; and she trusted to RETR . dies "4 : ‘The caller took the coat, handling It june’ cu the clear Hebe. , name's Attman or something like caroming 3 the old woman's keen wits and spry a a with the debe skill of a born gare pone, caught ¢ poli man roughly that on me just as I was Y Pe 5 " rer CTC we » deg skill o' - by t : oF he fey ger opposite wall, and feet to carry her safe home without ¥ JUNE AND LAMAR TRACK DOWN “THEVEILED WOMAN nt-worker, He looked for the Ia: pdintnt auitn torneo BAAG) 'G \ felt along its all-but-unseen surface, being seen again by Lamar, frowned slightly at noting Its ab- them, and started down ott aoe elterates Seman, At the furthest corner her aumbed 4 Woman's Ruse. my life than I was at that very mo- grown tense as a taut guitur string, stop being a myst ind maybe f£ sence; then fell to examining min- st @ yun ow what you're talking about, jingers touched what they sought—the Re Aa ey : is ar MeBL. Te seemed ay iE all my air « Nothing can stop hit he ees Gan . . 16 night's utely the Workmanship, nia Seasen rful of losing sight of the prec. “Only One Ctue.”* \ A new terror beset June; the coat {ioe all my ss and ideal eated, “Nothing ean save me—ex t last, looking up from his = fous coat, the police: 0 broke ‘* lintel of ya e's little back door, that ahe still held was a menace. She (ce all my dreams and ideale myself his watch. tion, he reached for his scratchpad, inte One beri a aie pod Lord!” groaned the chief, ia eal he alley behind the began to realize this: Lamar would \t fragments about my ears. I'd have Taking her room tele; from the an hour,” ie sald, giancing doubtfully once more at the ““tiey! Go easy thera! What's sour SUdde8 consternation, “Sold out re e suicidal moment #Ssuredly selzo Upon it as & clue. given my right arm to find myselt desk, she ordered r limousine store and tailor coat, then scribbled hurry? Want me to break my neck?” the coat, and—say! Come grounds. Far ne oor was locked, From the muker’s name he could in Tiistaken. And, thank God, Iwas brought from the gara be shut for the "4" am almost sure this 1s one of "Even ay he spoke dune nhagted ier ik to headquarters with me, om the s 0. c " is, time trace its ownership to her. Nar Why. ' Bears iW wean fla ce vut_ came from & ours; but T can't swear to it, Kindly feet firmly one one bread teat Ree run, Lamar. But It was only stuck from long dit. “June longed to hide the coat some- Wwktaken. Why, when 1 saw thi = ienor Any one can #e@ Jot me take the coat and show It to Came to an Abrunt standetilt teen , They bolted from the club, jumpea | use, She threw her whole frag [aly a ies me an standing looking at ‘en minutes later ABy She Cat 308 A show i E pt stanc Mess into @ taxioad at the aioe t ht against the dirt-crusted portai, Where. But she dared not. Such an 7 could—I could have kissed her; for tered i men's outtit % my head cutter, He will know at could not check his own speed an sud. "2, “9 oor and set out t Keener of dust and spiders’ webs Sct would Bre inte reek Lite Lamar’s giving me back my faith in you. I" cheaper sort, on a rept ani our books will show who dently, so be lunged ahead a step or In @ dese for police bendauareaiey ; i 4 led suspicions against her “Ple Ay any ibout “To. the adte m nought it 0. ds rode, | canonand cor BROT uel eae: But "sho turned the cout over, expo: tn ad. ae i aly " DH "0 test 1 forth « row: Firat "mie Chief read the 9 rawl, his bie’ ho lumbered past her the g¢ i oe the story lee i yered at the impact. rer bye ts i e, coldly SUPPOSE strutted fo! mt Athan ear ead the sho lumbered past he she I tae heard ‘Volces—one of them a hn esr your profession makes you look With store to welcome her mere ant hake, 8 Hy BROWS SOR Sere rn holding tt by wit, Ae he Galahad, Git SeuE scum t ri el ao! 9 a ‘ae! spicion ou every one The law is . ord, inan ne One O' bi crook han entth Lamar’s. And again she cast herself jis too strongly 6 pr MH TE ag Mestad My brother is to turn the thing over to you, like that, : ay Ne ey re getting all het up over noth« wide, with a whining of hinges and @ (4 her jips, June drove her keen whi gl Balt de Bute with ils amallpox—don't bx . ng out from the men’s The caller got up as though to de At the. sare ‘instent June bracea 22,¥ith him. I told him to keep an i clatter of falling debris; and the rush teeth into it, severing the threads, CeP8 Of the law, it seems just the haven't been near lili Ju ting My a part t the sa insta ine pracel eye on the coat. And Meeks 1s juet 5 of her onset drove her half way across tint one edge had been loosened other way around You suspect Me telephoned me that they d ig ahoy, carried a bie and Patt a quid Allen, on secon Meraelt and Jerked backward with the fubbing aver with sureving teas A M nti REDOd) by » it's your profession iis clothe rm bu hut she had refused ; i ; au bubbling over with s craving te 4 the alley, outside. Then, with a jerk she tore away une it" » oh hi t eat tae oe tatu end thoteh You can dake it. But I ears 4 thie i stick to that Dartivg back to close the door be- «ng wholo label and thrust it into t either my profession bor any- jy wants me veaulous fo Na sad an MOET WIT Mt ER, cot ok 1 > young crook like a preferred creditor. * hind her, the old woman cast a fearful front of her dress. thing else could make me suspect you qi. rn as to mend on office: with you £2 biayers use when And the second the kid tries apy look up and down the alley. The coust “Sig “heard Lamar returning, and 4gain,” ho urged vehemently 1 “Yes, mata 1 1 the clerk pick ae ee your cutter has had a look at |?) . funny business Meeks is due to elie 4 was clear. Incontinently Mary took to gi¢ carelessly dropped the coat across ™® I'm forgiven—that 1 may call on sw ortains na at size, tite var rt him and bring the coat back here to her heels; scuttling down tho auey tho sill of the open door you—that"—— please?" ; ; ‘ a ‘Ainkaw cect one - ©. He'll think it means promotiog.” round the first corner with the Well?” queried June, interestedlys But, womanlike, she would not sur he'sar ix,” st c , pi shee di | Seat ete The tax! stopped in front of 8 a eed f a frightened hen M und the render all at Instead, in 1, tak mr y f the Tra lad aA : why Mi Headquarters, As the two men got awkward haste of a frighte en. ay Max came sight arou der all at once... Instead, she in- red, taken a © query ‘ be Trevis | Ie enhd tua ite alin eee ; : eadquarters. AS the two Nhe had much ado, too, to keep from Corner of the ge. “What news terrupted his plea to say had not ext , ward to rel 2 buzzer on his raat out they saw a disheveled form imp squuwking like one, in the reaction Gf the Veiled Woman?” “Mr, Lamar, I don't mean to be in A perfect thirty ted the Of J i Up, the steps just ahead of them. from her peril “Got clean aw he reported, pertinent, but'why do you follow such clerk, amused. "'T uy of de- [U : } aren At the summons a policeman en aD H iMeeks!” yelled the e!ef, Max Lamar clung doggedly to the sulkily ‘0 trace of her a profession? Is it a joy to track , itt g bundle bs Manse enaay Hiawatha licen Mn Meeks tried to eoat corner that protruded from ~ He caught ight of ine, soak Wing down and capture society's poor vic has a u : ‘ Hl , ended jauntily ‘ut the efforc was a garage's front door. @ heard muf- where June had droppec 0o*% tims? For = instanc this V A A y or b ne eted Allen as the of rt then The cdat!® ¢ fled noises from within. But they were of chagrin brightened to one of keen Woman, What pleasure do you get 4 I’ meant a TER Ha Jabaty stadt aati or g tha \ ne ah Min thundered the chief as so faint and the door was so thick eagerness, He snatched the coat trom pursuing her—from turning tn o iis shop or Wherever down aining twenty-four alice! Tamar followed) chose Coteen that he could not classify them, Nor, from the greasy floor and twisted into q@ hunted criminal? Why can't at all. N said the ,, derful!” happened to ‘be. Don't let stopp! only when, at » th i shut the acer. ‘ e time to. For, present- around so as to bring the inside of You ye Co ae SPR Mt i a Be tnt sa the et Was Wonderfu tappened to tbe. i nem’ and shut the door. "The ewst indeed, had he ' you let the miserable creature r but of your m, it rolled into a atone bench Where is it? And where's tt M ly, June reappeared around the corner the neckband into view, And again jogo? " June we f hs 4s he's done showir t fores that drove nearly every you ‘atid told to keep "watch "ant of the big house, With her were 4 jis face darkened Bi eaAk nil ce Souetenaue (ae th i tter, bring it back h cubic i f breath out of Policemat ; ; a - he a is fac 1d grown very gray 1 1 J ath out of Policeman ak up! Where is he hatless and rather annoyed-looking lever woman!” he muttered, | It'8 tice hed er mast a note of ao fou and 'T ; Humason in the detective bU- Meoks's infla nm Tt naw ant | woman in a morning gown and a + 1 the tailor’s label is gone fee Pe Gintenion ha} aaa ty-tw i un ga Ath F . i highly interested butler there's only one wing loft 9 20 "L know men who loved the mat clerk looked a nan saluted asain tairway I R oft 4 lake this coat to police enty- ii ¥ ae L The Escape. a and have Allen send. @ man around bunt for the man-hunt’s sake, Tt is | /Thr\y~ rents. gt and bowed slightly to the 1 aa ; snarle “I'm still holding on, Miss Travis,” With it to every tailor in the ety, not so with me. it has never been mu been u, as. Pan nahi 1 ae iae Age nebae Ace be b ms a Pr ined dhe “get t} | Lamar hailed June, for the first time Ong of them is bound to recognize it, 80. You ask what ‘pleasure’ T get in Neetr : - y ef MONT, 8 SORE CAPetlly vat : in let g man halt your size do you up? 1 aware of the somewhat ridiculous f8- 41") We'll cateb our Woman that way, Pursuing criminals, in thwarting An Odd Errand. ae Le rn k erenletand) irecti Wy va 1 silen ; ere. ure he must be cutting. before another day's ended.” them, In making the city safe from jy, tim wun ‘6 bhaak. Gul wy t rs “9 Sree eint etarte rou ! r t . le tripe i int a4 Ps. 8. i And he continued, addressing the june'y heart sank like lead. | ‘The thes err aht Spigaayre’ dcea the shes saeasurs, anyhow,’ de © poor ‘ k i id falling into step. The Dupe's Failure. Wit asked Lamar, 5 other woman: momentary buoyancy that had filled get from driving y Be Glet a vent 4 a Ooat was you until [ saw t tu roaked ¥ uM reely : “Madam, I am very sorry to disturb joy soul was gone. She realized how from his sheepfold? Ho is not by Bill (Ut Py Reraeis lunes foumnan: i } einan Me OOlY meaanit'icuy genteel : you like this. But wo have chased @ gnrowd and yet how simple was this trade a hunter of wolves, but a pro- "Mil sive cod quite uinigh beauiere: aha cinweet ald tha’ hint wear Mipnel Ant how wat 1 “I'll have you broke for this, wom if ihlef into your garage, us Miss Travis Jatest plan of Lamar’s, and how cer- tector of sleep. So that the sheep 4 Ver Adhere ee Halniaae t a , ine f : eed i st he chief, 4 i Ae lee} sefully in thelr fold, the “## as his holped him into n r Lord, but [su ynpoop!” stormed the chief, ot has probably explained to you. Ihave tain to prove successful, may sleep peacefully hi ' amilo she andered on 1, “and I more try to get ‘ 1 f y, did he? Coat and gl? hold of this corner of the fugitive's “““Ang now,” cut in tha cold voice shepherd spends cold and wakeful Sill) she s one more try to get V been b 1 I wn awa d , coat an coat, as you see, Will you let me of the woman of the house, who had nights on tho hills, often at risk of his aa nein y ‘dinner, Lamar'a going to mee oaG Ae a tk pie 1 not a find him by sn abe a at the club, he told me, to talk « | “Only one clue,” coweringly assent. break the lock of your garage door foowed Lamar from the alley, “if own life, to kill the wolf that menaces t the 5 5 1% Yama, the Tra Fan wh ong el eri and get in? Of course, I'll pay"— ad are quite done playing Old his flock, We law-enforcors are shep- over the Carew case, If he ¢ ae onta Moonlight affected @d Meeks, “and that don’t amount ta “If I may suggest. t said the woman §jeuth all over my grounds, let me herds. So that honest folk may be TH PTER OF make him buy the drinks for keeping mas it <4 aA sont 4 veh ne C8'p in frigid politeness, “it might be better suggest that this path leads straight safeguarded, we spend our lives trail- THE FIF H mo, here overtime with hie mewaly cuts, Hut, instoad of yearning to sit What was fer pares «. to go into the garage by the back to the street. Good day, Mr. Detec- ing human wolves that seck to prey 02 Circle chien, Bo long oF Kt und how 1 & iethernte Ittecen te ne door before breaking my locks. Had tive." on them. That is my mission, Not 99 rood night, ve ae Peobi ae Bees ie folin r 1 ila PBR chy that occurred to you, Mr, Detective?” " “Madam!” enorted the nettled La. as sweot a mission as yours among | 66 retary: and the Chief strode clubward fashion of rv Oaiy Linnie re nt ha ok ni when “Crime Specialist!” hastily correct- mar, as she turned to leave them, “if the poor and the unfortunate; but a in quest of his delayed evening meal was ¥ ‘i ser 9 Red Circle bellowed the ed Lamar; then, “no, it hadn't oc- anything could add to the unpleasant- life that is not ignoble.” : ® e LJ 9 Ld to t Japa flute . curred to me. I'm not familiar with peas of this wild goose chase of mine “II think I understend now,” an- Ras eesreuee ee a For seven or eight blocks, after she from uis tin trunk io the storeroom (! his nery «tingle, “the Red es of this type, Practically none it would be to hear you call me, for ewered June gravely; after « mo- | WILL BE PUBLISHED SATURDAY, JAN. 15 | ictt Potico Headquarters, June Travis and to fare forth into the farthest Circle—again Sf them ave back doors. Sol'—" the second time, @ etective’ “When men’s ellanca “and 1 thank you for burried on from strest (o etuaa Fo. reaches of the Travia ganden, iene Go Re Continued,» | ' 1 . a gene engl