The Washington times., 1910-01-19

whose identity I EEu no --Ha-
/ Indeed. had I beer less 0versrrained
. and excited, I might have sought 10
I parley when that sharp order Hands
/ up-r had greeted me from the gloom
/ ahead
/ Bur / had dung myself bodily upon
{ the apparent thief and 4 must lsEL -4l4
oTeEca1lle him or until MS E---- edge
I or pistol bullet found me
+ So IN the dark, ] sfalped his power
. fu-, swllt-7grltlluE body seeking a
. throat mold expecting r--l --.1-l---- 70
I feel his knife ia my RIBS
+ Though say ea-4 instant t--e
Z whole EraUUIe did not endure -OE I'VE
. seconds And il eldeG--lEe SO many
. of Fa-e's little trtcEs-in silly anlch-
/ For scarce had I launched myself up
I on the uau-scarce had i secured my
Z first strip and reached for the throat
/ s'E5realz away. mani it's ali -lE1-- It's
I all right j saE- j Clll @ know you Lll-
. j flashed the electric on
/ Then IL was that FOUND MS l.-Els--
And that was why he so suddenly
/ broke or his words into q EurEIa-
But his cry had brought me % my
Z senses And BIZ tle time my myers
fairy close about his throat they re-
ileased their clutch. For le had ceased
10 struggle The voice too was lLll----
lar. though 1 could NOT az the moment
released my hold. and stepped back
once more the pocket fashught shone
on my face Then my late opponent
turned Il on his own
You've got the Er-p C- money
lender llr-Lee, ne pl-lt-- VAN q Le-
not To tackle man "------L ---->'---E
l- -un on l-ll LrE- LlLE We put T-LE
collar and tie 10 L-e bad In AFRAID
What made you come Tor me IKE
Il thought you were a wharf thief
] u---@relr r7l----ll-- ~ -.7 -.--= IS n
- d
sane nara-F Es rel0rleG, -L thought
I had you -e---e---e-- 4 was ae--E-t---
away from the Blue Line steamer over
taIlu- This dock with "a lantern EEe"
there's no Ulrciu1al here any longer
So when you put this lElt down ana
started Cor the street on q r-ls -
rEa flicker ~ the rays across his FACE
had settled. and 4 knew aill-
Hiram BletcH[7rd had, a. few years
earlier. been private detective LcE our
branch H. -l- aaron E-E- ID F--.-l-.--.-
Uncle Sans Secret Service department
His kaoulaLEs OF banking matters
had led 90 his employment IN several
Ho-l-t.eEE cases ANA he had won dis
Junction therein bv d5E- OF innate clev-
c-Uas-. mixed w--l ~ certain bulldog
And you're the suzu I took for a
dock rob1er-- laughed aloud In my
.ra-llf. That's q pretty sort OF scare u
He linked his arm IN mine, and to-
Et-le- we walked toward the street
say 1r- Lee He EEa6- 9H-, IS we
business, suppose a-l -l---I ask
.-El- Cd Philadelphia business man Ike
you IS doing proving around 6a-lt-
.ur~a dock ar o'clock I'm the morning.
II had TO meet some one there"
answered, laue-y, taken a1acH rs the
i Eore yau met him an right he
said. with q queer blend OF disbelief and
u do I answered curly
HIM guess you s1- the best Of
What DO you mean-'
'Tuat little splash OF blood on your
white vest VIII mean a -5-ce-L Irlp 10
me laundry he observed
] glanced downward Only q trained
eye Ike Elalcnf1Tl's would have noted
the little smear on ElE EFaLS-claL lapel
I remembered now Flal Marks hand
had brushed my chest as he clawcd at
me when 7 was helping him % his feet
EIE-CEfOrd- IS ] C-d not answer. and
take q look at the meeting place IL
might be interesting h ant % Gomez
Just IS you Ike, 4 answered care
Ne were already on the Iandward
side of the street A. E-atcltGrl
turned to -ecro=S L-s-cl az heart
Turned with him
A bic truck laden with boxes for one
Of the steamers came down me street
as we moved toward the dock again.
EEsFcEforf was a STEP or so I'm zC-
vance OF me he crossed IN front OF
the truck horses noses hung back
as If fearing the slow moving animals
might knock me 1oHH-
Tne moment the hElE Of the truck
was hetg-Fu the secret service man and
rv7-=elr [ dashed back to the Sidewalk.
ont Of IL on the far side, 10 an alley
way. into a cross street And In two
minutes was jump -lg into the taxi
Across Baltimore we spun I Old not
-rv To rouse my sleeping 1ro-ler- as
De surowLed across the whole rear ses.t
Of lie vehicle There WIS time enough
; Tor chat later on In tle meanwhile I
wanted 10 think
had done an insane thing. 7 had
first aroused tle suspicious OF a clever
detective. Then. by my fight. I had
confirmed those suspicious
Yes, had done an insane thing But
crazy as my flight had been 1t would
have been stiU worse folly 90 remain
and so over the dock with aim
Had 7 gone with him TO the pier
what would we have found The
scene OF an apparent struggle Blood
. stains Ard much split water SEEM
: f iueIy dashed on the boards IN an ef-
= torl TO wash away those same tell
/ sale stains And I with a similar stain
B uu my Ualstcoat-
In fact. Ear more than. enough evi-
3 / Ing me on suspicion
I should have been taIn to rhe
I nearest station house and turned over
b. 10 the local police There I would have
D. been recognized as the man whom the
p police were doubles seeking for the
assault on an officer the theft Of a
3 trolley car and the rest of my real OF
b suuo1 aeT crimes At very hest II
.snoEId have Deen detained until thE
courts opened in the morning
e In the meantime the lrSr passing
% hIuec1a- would have discovered
3 Mark bloody and diSEpVeled- lying in
> the waiting taNiCah The lad would
3 never in his present condition have
& been able to give any satisfactory
account Of his presence there And
the law would have been set at once
on q wide, clear trail that might
81 lead at the least to states prison
p so, YOU viii see that Of two horns
Of the dilemma. Z had chosen the less
o. sharp. Not that ultimately. the re-
r suit was likely 10 be very different
e IN either case
o For il would be an easy matter for
the police 10 get upon our trail I'm a
DAY aE most But in a daE much
t must happen. Tor instance, an over