The evening world. Newspaper, September 12, 1916, Page 13

orld Daily Magazine, ‘t'uesdsy. September 12. 1916 By Maurice Ketten/|avx7 wenwes ConPLETE NOVEL Pa MIRABEL'S ISLAND] The Evening “ THE SCIENTIFIC GUNMAN By ARTHUR B. RERVE \THot Air! eerecencal | bis | \ VOTERS oF ee GOUT VOTERS oF Tur NomTn Craig Kennedy, the “Scientific Detective,” wins : Tre SOuTH THE Mos? Gorgeous Twe Norte 1% N re one . By LoUts TRACY 4 ’ ENT Mi» SUBUNE. Nac @ remarkable duel of wits with « master criminal NT Wong mE Ma F CONT. Wonnepe Why a bee f ¢ cultured qr! chould te! ; € : . \ v9 Y heawiful avd cultured girl chouwld be “ring olame hose methods are as scientific as his own S$ ( Se ane actes phy Ne a! be } WAVE RVER Sten. on a aturm-awept island ts ouly the starting point of v) (Ar chit Vary @vecTeo 1 WILL the baffling mysteries that the shipwrecked 4 Pe —— —— “Why thet one Herman man the fellow, pow levestiquiing the hero of the story, whe fell in lame with her, ect himearlf to solve HPGINS IN NEXT MONDAYS EVENING WORLD the Aetective feu -— f Hooray) ( ds 5 Voice a STRENBUNG | | HE MEANS Wit Sin eriry\ . ‘ IT Too! ~ - — . fi lS ‘ (3 omy , NAWED Without pausing tor an 0 ewer, be added) “l suppuse you 4 © aware of the charactet eof thie ETS Ram rah ©? Lt lowke fine, but the deme youll @ ompany ber AN Feht.” enmen Sneed how are you guin you wved crowtare No, indeed,” simoat oi nedy, ‘made ae motion ae if Opd out who wae evel been prepart od th farther 4 id be jo Mm noni ele bat be further drug @uu noveseary, The patient brightened up bereome little arrangemen CHAPTER IV wr all crooked, and | guvae there are “at Y axe ' le.” oo . ern fem ail came’ oholeat _ at naderably aller even # momentary brousht It down, stowed The Gambling Den. here, from Sh serpents a fhoviane VOTERS oF THE WEST— VOTERS oF Tre EAST. eiimpse of Violet, and though they tasicab outside | don't " \ THE WEST Is THe MOST GORGEOUS THE EAST 15 THE NOST GORGEOUS] | faint’ h SE soil tel YyiReRIME one sae to know about the raid wath Susu NE ~ MAGNIFICENT WONDERFUL, ‘duicted, and War. ‘he last moment. Just before we bee BU NE MAGNIFICENT. WONDER AUL (a . nt len Be QUNTRY | MANE EVR Cente yet OVATE gl ANE EVER SEEN ~ | | ile et its aieasntous ending, Bist Sng wenyt ease, StU. Poe oan sal ip ———* ) any art fe outlen wey le N epite of the agitation that ate ve kes K 4 vies in the city againet ell introduced, and 1 guess ny bling. we had no trouvi being admitted to the p Heveral others, talking and@ laugh \F IAN EvecTen 1 WILL cree. IF \Am ELECTED IWILG os eee hed eccomplianed ite purpese O89 7.45 is at | want. in al ’ Ver chagrin ove es —_ we tn Forty-rightn Birvet. They weer mig | or phaiy chagrin ever! ee encasement ———————"| | Wo cow Mine Winslow cately off 09 ory well,” agreed O'Connor, after ‘ » 08d eutered the byl . to know Warrington, for no sooner tt hor return trip, efter Dr. Mead had @ moment. ie did not seem to relish ** hed the lookout at the door poered . With & gratuitous promise to stand Eg yg Bg gh scheme, but be bad promised at through « little grating and seen him by us in Case We got Io wronK in any a ue patient. Then Porm pref outset to play fair, and be had me | at the head of our party than the returned to waten playing about 4 / pounced that he would return to New diaposition to go back o1 Ught woodwork affair was opened, the roulette table. | OORAY "the we pulled wp at the je favor of bia judgment. Ae ibe outside door ehut quickiy ,, Kennedy, end | leleuraty finished | HiS GesTuRES es |tory we found Mofiirney seated there, Sl we'll have to drop ip op « Judge We found oursvives in sort of veati- {" 4 upstairs ageia,| BREATHE The [patiently determined to find Craig. @8¢ got & warrant to protect us bule, confronted by another door. Ne. ‘Tp oming mere. ‘and TRUTH Wels bvidently the news of the assault on Kennedy had give: instructions — tween the two the lookout had his rbes was losing ~ Hooray! Tut Warrington traveled fant. Mo what to do, and | started uptowa Station. The second door waa of the ' he) immediately, while they went to ee- “Wee-box” variety, as it was popularly frm determination tha 3 ITSece | Oure the secret warrant, called at the time, of heavy oak, already made one att 4 ~ 1 had been stationed on the corner, etudded with ax-defying bolts, ewung “Way, but / y ) y Which was wot far from the Forty. on delicately balanced and oiled Beit te ? eighth Street gambiing joint which Minges, carefully concealed, about as downstairs, “I think we } we were to raid. It was not dificult impregnable as a door of steel might pave Ler enough ware is fe-piant, we CO SY [have ee andavarecnd Baad Row to loiter about unnoticed, be- ‘ " ve . own “ be. There were, as we found inter, der if it w a be possible i ne ny XY Oo we RS of Information, Of course, you can't CSUs the streets were full of Lage | @ome steel doors inside, ieading to Indies’ poolroom on the next a! Q > SN '/\ | be certain of such things, but one of All bent on thelr own pleasure, the roof and cellar, though not ao t should ike to see that my men, who is scouting around the not likely to notice one person more thick, and the windows inside were carefully guarded by immense steel $ bare, The approaches from the back , were covered with a ates! network, and every staircase was guarded by & collapsible ateel door. There “Angus could get us in, If any one could,” replied Warrington thought- fully. “Wait here @ minute. ['ll see if 1 can't get bim away from the wheel long enough.” Five minutes jater he came back, Bear Tenderloin, looking for what he ca® or jess who stoppei to watch the find, tells moe that he saw @ car near that gambling joint on Forty-eighta Deselng throng. From time to time Btreet that may have been the re- 1 cast & quick glance at the house painted Warrington carat least It down the street in order to note who tallies with the description th@ was going in. Garage keeper in North Jersey gave.” 1th Forb — "Did he ave who drove it? asked 1t must bave been over an @eemed to be no point of attack that with a cordially Career einen Te WEST TOBE U.S Easr To BE US Kennedy. ha that 1 waited. It was after 10, and — had been left unguarded. fusiveiy, Perhaps I might have liked OUTH To BE U.S. NorTH To BE U.S INHER (AN in SUnnMeR ‘CAPITAL IF “Not very well, It was a short, un- i¢ became more difficult to watch who + Inside the great entrance door was the young fellow tf I could have UMMER CAPITAL SeMMER CAPITAL HUGHES Gers INTO HUGHES GETS INTO eerncauts Heme one whom he did net Was going into the gambling jolat, sort of marble reception hall, rich- {ten Mim In hand for a month oF IF HUGHES Gers Into IF HUGHES GETS INTD he White House THE WHITE House | Fasoguies surmaped in {k from ths game im daet several tes the atzees wen ly furntahed, and giving anything but ideas out of hia heed oy THE WHITE_HOUS| THE WHITE House pied = == = bling house, and they disappeared. go blocked that I could not see very the Impression of @ gambling house, Forbes called @ taxicab, that ap- = -|>= => = = h = Even though my man ber : oe well, But § did happen to cate * Asa matter of fact, the first floor was beetle ry ne ete open se- = = A\ ye q ee bred aed tar wan ide, sight of one famillar Agure across the Pretty much of a blind. The gambling ner, {t_ geemed to be a ‘peownee (\ ) ) ( D (4 es where those fly-by-night garages are street from me, Lt was Angus Forbes. was all upstairs, place, and as nearly as I could make . all located. 1 watobed him narrowly as be turned We turned to a beautiful staircase Out wus in @ house aimost in the rear of the one had just come from, » of carved wood and ascended. Every- We were polite: admitted by a where were thick rugs, into which the negro maid, who 0} ‘ered to take our c . Beas Baintinee ne to Jersey, the . but tb was a0 ry 487 “Well, 1 thought you might like tg belng too inquisitive, He was bound know about thie undersized driver,’ es certainly for the gambling joint EAST ae {SOUTH feet sank almost ankle deep. On the coats, “No,” answered Forbes, ap- sulked a8 @ moth would bave beaded toward + ‘walla were pictures that must have parentiy, with an eve to getting out “put one of the aro lights, Svideauy cost @ smal) fortune. The furniture , y long to-night. I ju i) “How did it happen?” asked Ken- 1 earried him es quickly as I could safe. Going to see Vi came h¢ was convineed that it had been t—explai® case afterward. Have you any ide® Forbw was making « business of this to was of the costliest; there were aplen- around to introduce my friends Rena Taylor, and was willing St Redy, almost as soon ag we had en- here.” slander—tell her closing placo—didn't who he ta?” “ eort of thing, J thought. Git "Uronses and objects! of art om Mise Lottie 1 must get back right Pitre develonmenis show what Bad 1. 6o tn, acters Little odes, Cards in bis pocket bad identified know it was mine before—Forbes |, "Not unlege he might be the keeper SY" ss Me ulied up bastily at the every hand. bi ee some reason or other he seemed ormaston had kept silent during “I _had @ bad case up the road,” re- Warrington, and toward morning in heavy loser’— 1s possible.” curb near where I was standing and ipyoilba:s weal gstne oni (al eyers) | vary Anxious to leave us. 1 surmised fhe rooms that we passed, but the main that the gambling fever was running room was on the second floor, a large hikh. and that he had hopes of a [lish for a possible report of it to aI get to Miss Winslow's ea: He was Foom reconstructed in the old house, gUnué ang ‘we nat ony rate aamit. Arat to leave, as Kennedy, after pay: some time near 2 o'clock when Leame phone book. and then at the earliest cite hin further, with a lofty ceiling: Concealed tn tance to the ladies" pool room. in~ for our refreshments, and mak- to @ point in the road where there moment had called. There seemed to be nothing that rose to go, bash tne the ahi sevnee 46 the Gan Huge vases. were) the Ignis, 6 new, | We strolled into) one ofthe roomel (heeratwas ie whith to. eembling Are) Billa en one) 6ide (and the river “Aud| the cacet remarkable thing of WS Gould de, for bla duet then, tee “Koop aftor that undersized fellow, BACK inte the dar oo system, which shed its rays in every {D which the play wae on. The ame room was furnished, ‘rescued, our on the other, As l neared the curve, all ebout it," added the doctor, rising Was In excellent hands, and now that will you?” asked Kennedy. “If be “Jump in," whispered Craig, open- , wit direction without seeming to cast & Se ching “upont the "le eer teks hats and coats from tne enta seF= a rather sharp one, I remember the and going over to a white cabinet in the doctor knew who he was a Should beopes te. Se, erenectea wae. Gea tbh dsth OHO ners Oo tana aa nee gene som wan ap- players chatting gayly, ‘There was Dromise to drop io amainc’” "''" © lights on my own oar were shining the corner of his office, “was the (rained nuree had even boon sent for °"2,° get on the right trail at last.” oie all right.” parently windowless,and yet, though no large crowd there, however, In- on the white fence that edged the wound trom the pistol. Apparently {rom the city and arrived on the train McHirney had gone. Kennedy sat aa and the end coterie 0 & deed, found afterward, for several minutes gazing aquarely 1 80, every one was smoking furiously, the erie ih oer ene esuerward id we rivor side of the road. 1 was keeping it put Warrington out, And yet, after fiembg our hed en at ue teen os eee ee Te Bie bilnd eruiee around the blosk. On che ventilation must have been perfect. carefully on my own side of the road, all, [ find that it {s only a very super- ‘ennedy gave her atrict instruc- ead, CHAPTER VY. t most crowded, for it was rather a chair, with his hands behind his was @ curiously ueavy instru- As Warrington conducted us from pool room than @ gambling joint, ale which was toward the hill. ficial flesh wound of the shoulder, tons to make exact notes of anything “Mark my worda, Walter a oer win 1 peepee ay as f The Motor Bandit. ‘ one to the other, Kennedy noted each though we gathered from the gossip “Aa I was about to turn I heard Warrington’s condition ts really due that Warrington might say, and then “‘somo one connected wit a tered. I surmised that it m carefully, Along the middle of the {74t some otiff games of bridge were FE ARLY the next morning the 414 joug purring of an engine com. to the contusions he received owing to "quested the doctor to take us to the ling joint han got wind of the fact as I en' 1 ad at “Quite,” agreed Kennedy. @ band beckoned me, on the side kept me out 1 was driving my mentioned Kennedy's name, which and Dr, Mead beckoned to us to ire ay a eagcee (en dane, Pare) away from the gambling house, car along at @ cautious pace home Dr, Mead had looked up in the tele- withdraw so that we might not ex- Weeok Baan ‘of It aa Kennedy chose to 1 sauntered over and looked in. it . tell. He was apparently satisfied and was Kennedy, with O'Connor, sunk Py thi Then he lapsed back on his pillow, it, and seemed relieved when plied the doctor slowly, “and it had his one moment of lucidity he had over, Appurently he had no played there, Both men and wome that Warrington ts going to bave been the thing which Craig had large room stretched a roulette table. were neuied at the poker mame t lephene bel Osean to Tin ing in my direction, and @ moment his being thrown from the car. His #ccne of ea eet We are brant tho lease and close tt up. We've got iecaant down from the laboratory, ey te Fr PR saps later I caw @ car with glaring lights, C&F Wasn't going so very fast at the ‘0 start, when Kennedy excused him- to beat them to It—that's all, ‘We stopped to watch it. was in progress before the little ‘ “Crooked as it can be,” was Kenne- sreen table, The women were asd Dut in the darkness 1 could not ese attired and looked as if they nt time, and really I am sure that even Sif end hurried back into the house, driven at a furious pace, comin, mme i there a obance ti could not gather from Ken- "¢ Teappearing in a few minutes, what it was, cor wes Hn ad etm iu natra, ins of'arh nate mM iy a wan wot a Sie gn, Heros © AM EA mu hh SN A Son ae ec agacater'an, n CHAPTER Vi, Tis" "wh St for even the crowd in evening clothes were introdu: to Mise Lottie, as ‘hough I could tell by the startled “Just then there came @ blinding “Ver Uke himself love contro! of the ould be best to let Miss Winslow The Raid, "Btop bere,” ordered Kennedy, as ed the woman who pre- look on his face that something un- know of @ccident, as long as it adont It, who had lost or would lose, ov 0ry bn ged feminine’ renter ae flash right out of thi machine, It ts @ fairly wide curve, . expected had happened. out of the darknesa. Back ear len't Ukel¥*to turn out seriously in iil, ne Meise eueh a tmae nen ae Nah cuctst ected Murry and anah Grossing, wale of bin car another Huger dark ebe fe all anG—vall ny cane le proved by tbe fact that I examined the the ¢nd for Warrington,” be ex- an ter,” he called, as he hung up the re- Ject had loomed up almost like a plained, joining us. “So I called ber has gon eared into the booth. Th crows around the table that wal pree oh saci ite 6 Genre ceiver, “Warrington as severely host. It was another car, back of ¥' ef nine Sle Morning. up at it prey t Tuxedo and broke cae ieiee ry we fuss “He te calling the reserves from the several deep. Among those who were (fh) ht to fasbi i f . {t, without @ single light hich had | found that be bad bad time to abut about far enough,” he re- a 4 ent to fashion along the lines of injured in @ motor-car accident late gle Nght, wi ha the news as gently as I could. War- marked, meditatively look! t Rearest station,” fretted Craig. “Of playing I noticed @ tall, young MAN, the present slim styles, There seemed overtaken the fi off the gas and cut out the engine t bout thi 5 ‘ely looking at his last night, or, rather, early this morn- @ first car, and had cut rington need bave no fear about that 11's, course, we bave to do that to cover | much the worse, apparently, for the to bea man who assisted in the cone is in between us with not half a foot to [He had time to think of and do that gir). watch, It was now late in the after. oa) SV back . + supposed good time ho hed had al- duct of the place, @ heavy-aet fellow ing, near Tuxedo, spare on either side, It was th before be lost absolute control of the The wrecked car had not yet been noon. the place, but we'll bave to work ., ad: The game seemed to have W!th a closely curling mustache But “Tuxedo?” I repeated incredulously, . 9 the ver- ace moved, nor had the broken fence beea “But what do you intend doing?” 1 aulckly now, for I don't & > fatale up a bit, for he was keen 3f,Ne Kept discreotly in the offing, Wo wow could he have got up there? It '¢8t Ploce of sheer luck I ever saw, PB od the cabinet, tho tence acme te te eet nett asked, regarding the whole affair eo fast @ tip may travel in this subter- \d not see much o! ™m. ir. jad open: cabinet the fence seemed to interest Kennedy as to mind now, although @ trifle Miss Lottie was frankly glad to see fter 12 when we left him last “Rut with the fash I had neara Oe had taken from it the bullet greatly. Two or three cars passed, far asa hopeless mystery from which "Anan region. Here, I'll pay the tant shaky as to loge us, coming #0 well introduced, and What sounded Uke @ bullet ep out erie he had probed out of the S84 he noted how carefully all of I could not see that we had extracted ORArses Now and eave time, Cutspokenty | disappointed that we “I know It Apparently he must of the darkness, the driver of the tort bie Aaa probed out oi them seemed to avoid that side O'Connor rejoined us, his face pers He glanced up momentarily from tthe for- young He looked at {t @ minute #0 much as @ promising cle his close following of the play as © That was in promrass, tiowever, Keone Nave Wanted to see Miss Winslow. ward car had stiffened out for a mo. himself, then handed {t to Kennedy, was hocdooed nt (oN 8 (HUED AL “uD ingg he echoed. “Why, there *piring from the closeness in the pementen nedy passed that over by promising to She ts up there, you know. I suppose ment, then he had pitched formoca LEASE Gre ead ieclneh Carnie, THUR RERRURL, Gud db baal NA dons: to. sa; oa hte de, Sent tg booth. “Hello, W.." be remarked, as he come around soon, Excise laws were In order to be there this morning helpless over ¢ teering wheel, his im Crate’e band. At frat I thought tinued studying the road. At length to take the bull by the horns without “Now to that place on Forty-eighth caught sight of our young companion, ®Pparently held in pu..y respect in early he decided to start after he left ear had dashed ahead into the fence a low exclamation from bim brought any furthor attempt at finessing. 1 Street and we're square,” ordered tmor le it was an ordinary bullet, But it Me dd id down A moment later ho had gone buck to tho hoapitabte Mins Lottie want te Ue f thought he seemed to be instead of taking the curve, throws 414 not take lone to eee that there inthe grease, regurdioss of'iis kneom shall sce O'Connor, got a warrant, Kennedy of the driver, mentioning ‘ - anxious to get away. Besides you the unconscious driver, and been the address. “Quick!” Fane ta ee AE rinetga: ERR As RR IRR AL ee ECE te nA RRR aioe ones , Tae, ROHIRE PRONE ONCE th ee cratiatina Toad: TMA Rina Ree ie me ihe ESTaNIAE clan Meai'e the addrems, SQUIRT 00, no Hello, Fall areata’ WaT a eee Mig to aktte Cont tiie "ll wager it was some. « the gone, which was steel-jacketed, foot ware plainly the mathe of the Then, aside to us, be added: “You (ive room in which we were seated, ony afternoon. J That, end. that be gin’ the car in the rear’ in- were severa! little round depressions, Outside Ures af a car, still unobiiter- 1! called up O'Connor and made chance for & tip to be given that @ know they don't use names now in “We keep that light burning all the ting concerning ee Aas A oe quired Kennedy eagerly, Just the least fraction of an inch im ated. An appointment to meet him early in Tald was about to be pulled off, We ®ambling places if they can help it Hime,” remarked Misa Lottie she wanted $e saplale WO DOP G8 O0D aires Ga aned ahaa Detween us depth. He bad pulled gut copies tt Ay the evening, without telling him what STS £08 Ay Ana anaedy and . Initials do just ae Punta vay are tr get ight that was inclosed ne nd been no dctaila in the SMfely around the curve and wi “It 19 no wonder that Warrington Marks that bad been loft at the econ was afoot, jumped ey pee os yin Writes: Forbes, of whom 3 told you. He's & {1 2 softegiags globe in the contre of he wire except fone caught Just one gitmpse of was put out even by that superficial of the nding of Hona Taylor's body, ‘‘Meot me down at Poltce Hoadquar- sgh ed 80 young fellow of good family, but I'm {he ceiling. “You see, In the daytime hasty Message over the w _ the driver, # man all huddled up, bis wound,” remarked Kennedy at last, and Was busily comparing them with ters, Walter,” wae all that Craig however. Only some one like Warring: afraid he's going pretty much to the we never use the windows. [t is al- that he was at tho home RE ® De collar up over his neck and chia. hie “Hi9 assallant'’s atin was bad, as iy ‘oe marks that if Bie. ogg S811. “I want to work here at the ton could have got us in peacefully, ‘bud, or will go, if he doesn’t cult, I WAYS just like It is now, night or day, Mead, @ local physician tn can pulled over his eyes, goggles must Necessarily have been from @ writ laboratory for @ little while first test- Until we had become known tn the ‘ ifference with us You bad been differ- 4 aish 1 could stop him. He's @ nice {t makes no aime tnould'be disturbed (WP Just across the border of New covering the rest of his face, and rapidly moving car at a person in proved nothing, !ne 4 new contrivance, or, rather, an place. Yet, though there had been’, 0 looked to + chap. I knew him well at college, and ty ge police,” she rattled on, “this York and New Jersey. It shrouded in what seemed to be @ another rapidly moving car. But the a» in the other case. but old one that I think may be put to a no tip, the lookout on the other side We've chummed about @ good deal is my house and | am just giving @ me very much as {f some strong-arm Diack coat, absolutely as unrecog- bandit Ry peter le that. This fw at least the now y50," of the door had seemed to acent "NNEDY was evidently tura- we paseed 9. Greg stare wie 6 Wee ing over and over in hig bone booth. pl mind some plan of action, O'Connor jumped out ret y = He's here too much of the time for his weele Pi vate perty to a amber of MY man had get out to Get dim, and bad nigabie a if he had deen @ phantom 1g an anesthetic bullet.” He continued hia comparison, It At the appointed time I was at trouble, Hoe had retreated, and, we own good." “Have you ever had any troublom “lmost “got him right cher bandit, oF death itaelt, He was steers “An anaesthetic bullet?” both Dp, did nov take me lene Co comtca nat headquarters to meet Kennedy, We knew, shut the inside, heavy door The thing was fascinating, | Must agkea Kennedy. We made the trip by ratlroi Leas ing with one hand, and in the other Meud and L repeated, was doing. He was taking the two ascended the staircase to the second peghape given the alarm inside. aaa nip sien What Lhe ID CAL BRT AA TRMCe kane ahatrem ae oka is Rane ie Tenens nd ho held what must have been @ re- xplained Kennedy, “a nare joe ver tien, aieching ap tae lithe 220% where O'Connor's office wus, Dann ie aia ‘icein gaanea Omeiee : fh were: | becams go enxronsed that Fa0veraPadica and Kontiemen were come €0 us befor ae mere Tuyen roti bullet, If you please, @ sleep~ round metal ‘insertions that were Ond were admitted tmmediatetly, — arier uur expected failure to aoe,” Thad aot» da man standing OP- pere playing a litt: high, They— the body of Rena Taylor. ie “And then? is Craig had hardly begun to outline peaceably. This time O'Connor ei h p z 1 y Prompted Kennedy, Producing bullet, @ sedative bullet, placed in thie style of tire to give it “1 stopped with my heart in my that lulls its victim to almost instant ® {rmer arip, mouth. Pursuit was imposnible, My slumber, invented quite recently by one gmiaalng, there'e 82° trom the deputy's fa Dosite ws. | was surprised when he weil, they was no one at the station to meet us, ' edged over toward ug slowly, then drink, I guess, A girl was the worst ang after wasting some time in learn- rged what he intended when I could sae froin the cab also, and together they that ne was Were carrying the heavy apparatus z : oh foul, = Sb was pretty far gone, cried, “My Jovi up the steps, Whispered to Kennedy: “Meet me (Vay "we had to pul her out—carry 9B the direction we at last Walked tO own car was capable of no such burst @ Fittaburah aclentist. It provides ‘There's ove that te worn, Very akoptical of success. They set it down close to the doer, downstairs in five minutes tn the hor oul to the car that she had come Dr, Mead's cottage, facing the State o¢ speed as his, And then, too, there the poor marksman with all the ad- that was the “Herman tells mo," he objected, It looked at first wigdt like a sh aril « have a bite to eat I have in with her friend,” road that led from Suffern up to the wag a groaning man down in the vantages of the gunman of unerring If it 9 the “that the place ta mighty well barri- @tubby piece of iron, about eighteen The story, or, rather, the version 4 ward, of it, seemed to interest Kennedy, park, and sorthwan “Do you know the girl?" ‘Only by sight, like lots of people mitted us himself. We found War- darkness. Fortunately the man had stolen car, then It waa Warrington's _ Aol inches high, It must have wel, own car that was used in chasing Caded. We haven't tried it yet, ber atiy or sinty pounds Along one sae Even in his half-drowsy state of him, and almost tn making away cause you know the new plan ta not was a handle, and on the Opposite side pain, Warrington appeared to recog: W! " something important to say, Only be Careful and don't get me in dutch here,’ ravine below, I got out, clambered aim.” Dr, Mead, who had telephoned, ad- over the fence, and down In the pitch hin, only to rald those places, but first to @n adjustable hook with 4 sharp, wide | The man had a sort of familar look, Wh? are introduced here, and come rington swathed in bandages and only been catapulted eat, oetvre his car nize Kennedy and assume that he Re had not noticed » car which hag watch th trace out some of the Prong 7 “ } fad his slang certainty reminded me “Fin” oman was evidently sorry Hilt conscious, Ho was now under turned over, 1 found him, and. with hot ann a Fewponse to his own Wer gursrined at Heating fie cx regular habltues, and be able to rope tomenneay Mat Sern, and the ites Of some one we had met, that she had mentioned the incident, the influence of some drug, but be- al! the strength that 1 could Muster, summons. Kennedy bent down, and name called. He looked up from his them in in case we neod them as evis wpace between the sill and the bot-@ y . “Who wag it?” Lingutred, under my and was trying to turn the conversa- fore that, the doctor told us, he had carried him as gently as I could up { could just distinguish what War- ‘liscovery to sea Miss Winslow. wav. dence, Herman has been getting that tom of the fin wooden outside tion, She had not expected that We peen ynconsciou breath, as he disappeared among tho and had had only to the road. There did not seem to rington was trying to say. ing to us. Sho hod motored down ‘Then he began pumping on the ; A » UD and down, as hard as ke | ip my car as comfortably as possible, have it-ia my apartment—in the she was much more pale-than usual. ‘Can't help it,” asserted Craig. (To Be Continued) f evaneen | all in mbape, eo that when the case @ play yuld take any f or interest tn it. ‘ ; : 0 a 1 " Dias retry aid. i eheoueel suspicion pcbey ten Ms which he was sufll- be @ minute to lose, and, fixing him “Tho letter," he murmured, “1 yy or ely Frame VAOER: woo that cmos to (rial there'll be no slip-up,” 't you recognize him?” queried by pursuing the subject, Apparently cient ju tale,