The Washington times., 1909-02-23
EDGAR FRANKLIN
Author of The White Streak Of Disaster The House of Suspicion
Chicago by Thursday The Burden of the Billions ETC.

81 dunno his name. He came this
morning"
And where did they go?"
"I dunno. mister. They had their
bags with them and-they just started
out"
How long ago."
Two or three hours, any way-aint
it. JIM"
what? 1 didn't see EN- GO said
Mr., Riley, helpfuHy as ne emerged
from the depths Of his paper for an
other instant Il dunno"
There were certain useless. many-col-
ored words just one one-thousandth Of
an inch behind Mr.. Bowne's lips. He
choked them back and turned away
without further comment
Slowly he sauntered to the street.
thinking things far too Iurid for ut
terance in any weak. helpless English.
He looked around almost helplessly; he
walked as far as the corner Of the
square and glared at the strings Of
lights through the soft evening fog
and very abruptly, indeed, a rude per
son literally fell over him. grasped, re-
covered himself. and then cried:
BOVINE
York man was quite as astonished as
the Boston one. For perhaps five sec
onds they faced each other breathIessIy.
Then came from Bovine a sharp:
Where the devils your mani"
Where is he. where"
Yes. Where is hep
And Bovine was forced TO smile grim
| ", for Narken seemed really to have
| been putting forth some effort. His
wet hair dragged down on one side
! from under his hat and was plastered
! over the temple. His usually immaCU-
late collar was a moist, yellow pulp
| his breath was coming hard and in
! the damp air his pores fairly steamed
Walk up this way with me"' he said.
! breathlessIy. Come on
! Bovine fell in beside him Narken
/ turned up his collar and shuddered.
"Its alright, I guess he vOlUn-
| teered cheeringIy. at was this way.
Your kid landed about Il, looked all
around and then beat II for this dive
/ over here, just as I telephOned TO the
J Officer
/ Eyes. Well"
Well. you told me TO watch him
and not &c modest him tin you got
! here, and that's what I've been trying
to do. He took a room, and pretJ
| soon he went out alone by the side
door and steered for a second hard
joint a couple Of blocks below. Then
| after a while he came out of Their,
and he looked about as tough as any
thing I've ever seen. He went into
J pawnshop and then into a barber shOl
and then
/ We'll, where is he now2"
| wait He came back to the lOdE
ing house. Then he came downstairs
and sat there and talked with som,
| waterfront. Finally they went on
together and to a restaurant a IiJtl
way above. They stayed there owe
an hour. Then they rushed out, all o
a sudden, ducked across the street an,
hitched on 20 one Of those AUTOMOBILE
trucks-and it was going like HI
devnv
"And-?"
well. 1 had TO chase the damue,
thing on footr"Narken pursued. fer
vently. ''I kept it in sight for severa
, blocks. Then when II was three O
four blocks ahead, I aw the pair o
them drop of and run down Kane
dock, and the truck went ahead"
Aha"
u got down 70 the dock and saw 'er
go aboard some Old tramp freighter-
the Occidents the name Of the tfiul
I tried 20 follow. and the mate-Or son.
one-fred me Of Then / made tor tn
owners as fast as l could. ! told EN-
wanted cabin passage as far as HalifaN
anyway-they stop at Portland, and Go
knows where else. They didn't kno7
what 10 make Of it-thousht I va
,, crazy-I told EN- I'd gone mad with TN