Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST Is. 1909

pitched voice gave him somewhat effeninate air
which had been the undoing OF more than would
be bully at school and college.
Mornin old top was his greeting as he dropped
into chair Say, what sort of game is this YOU
steered me up against"
What do YOU know, Tommy" Carleton asked,
without replying to the question.
We'll. | followed the young person from the pop
store to the place where she hangs her hat Rather
shabby diggings, not half nice enough for such nice
looking girl She's little peach. She didn't speak
to anybody on the way Went in. So did l. Found
the old lady who owns the shack, and had the grand
good luck to get the large and sumptuous tvedolar
a week apartment next to the third floor back hall
occupied by the little peach Had to pay in adj
Five dollars for expenses, old man; but the
is Yours for SIN more days. Sat up until three
o'clock this morning by the open window, light out,
door open wide crack Nothin dom. She
dropped nothing out of the window. passed nothing
out through the door She turned in at ten should
saw at least she doused her gm about that time.
Fixed her experimenting light and nour
ishng, | shout say, like force or shredded wheat.
Similar for breakfast fancy; for she came out
at half-past eight this morning and went straight to
the office trailing Mailed no letters; said good
morning to the old man on the elevator: ddnt speak
word to another soul. There one in her
room; for she didn't lock the door after her, and
was rude enough open it and look in while she
going down stairs. That's all. She didn't
1t would have been delicate attention your part
old man. to have ordered nice little dinner sent in
to me"
We'll done thou good and faithful Tommy" ex-
claimed Carleton I'D have done my seuth-
around where she lives my cake would have been
dough in a minute Now vol shall know why you
have been compelled lose greater part of your
nights rest and to forego your evening meal You'll
give credit for suppCs:ng that the place was a
boarding house.
He gave Medford a succnct account of the leak in
the office ending with, She is either the slvest
sckest little pretender that lived else she is
perfectly innocent
Innocent" cried Medford "Of course she's in
nocent And if say that after having gone din
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count that proves it,
That's my own opinion assented Carleton;
but I've got to prove it to the chief and fear that
Your arguments would hardly convince him, even
coming from well known woman hater Thomas
Vinng Medford The old mans pretty sore. To tell
the truth, Eve got to convince myself, and that S
what stumps me. For I'm just as certain that the
information gets out through her instrumentalty
am that she is totally unconscious of it. There 5
Just time when the information get out, and
that is while she is in the office You and Anderson
agreed that she communicates with no one
when outside, and | know that she didn't send any
messages yesterday, for | watched her the entire
time she was writing the letters. The only reason
able inference is that is filching the in
formation without her knowledge; but who where
and how"
Morse code?" suggested Medford, who had read
of such things metal cylinders typewriters and
designing operators tapping out dots and dashes to
listening confederates
No learned enough telegraphy when | was in
the railroad business to know that she doing
nothing of the sort while she was at the machine
yesterday Besides, | thought you ready to
swear to her innocence. You'd better go up town.
eat your breakfast, and then go home and make
up of the sleep you lost in the last night
I'll let you know if anything got out yesterday, in
spite of precautions, if you will dine with me
tonight
TT was nearly three o'clock before Abel Loring en-
tered the office and whe.l Carleton hurried to the
sanctum he found the senior partner much per-
turbed.
The same thing again. John he said gravey
yesterday afternoon dictated that letter to War
ner, telling him to sell Red Mountain short Well"
Yes ! know, Carleton broke in; I've been
watching the ticker. The leak is still leaking though
Il dam d a1adt he It'll all