The Huttig news., 1910-11-05
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along to she end of his seat and got down on the running-board. The con ductor pulled the bell The car stopped and the Oriental jumped of
 The action had been so quick that 0rme, taken off his guard, had not had time to get off first. He, there fore. remained on the car, which be- gan to move forward again. Looking after Maku, he saw that the Japanese, glancing neither to right nor to left, was making off down the side street, goisg west; so he in turn stepped to the street, just as Maku disappeared | beyond the corner. He hurried quick. l ly to the side street and saw Maku half block ahead. walking with short, rapid steps. How had Maku got so far? He must have run while 0rme was retracing the way to the corner. And yet Maku seemed to have no suspicion that he was being followed
 The chase led quickly to a district Of poor houses and shops-an ill-look ing, iil-smelling district, where every shadow seemed ominous. Whenever they approached corner, Orme hur- ried forward, running on his toes, to shorten the distance in the event that Maku turned. but the course contin- ued straight until Orme began to won der whether they were not getting near to the river, one branch of which he knew ran north through the oity.
 At last Maku turned into an alley which cut through the middle of block This was something which Orme had not expected He ran for ward and peered down the dark, un- pleasant passage. There was his man, barely visible, picking careful way through the ash heaps and avoiding the pestilentiaI garbage cans. Orme followed. and when Maku turned west again at the next street, swung rapidly after him and around the corner with the full expectation of seeing him hurrying along half a block away. But no one was in sight. Had he slipped into one of the near. by buildings?
 While Grme was puzzling, voice at his elbow said. "Hello,"
 He turned with a start. F1attened in a shadowed niche of the wall be- side him was Maku
 Hello.' the Japanese said again.
 "Well?' exclaimed Orme sharply. trying to make the best of the situa. ton.
 You mus not follow me" The Japanese spoke impressively.
 Follow your"
 T saw you in mirror at the other end of car"
 So that was it, Orme remembered no mirror but the Japanese might ap- ply the word to the reflecting surface of one of the forward windows.
 You lit a match continued Maku
 T saw. Then I come here. to find if you follow"
 1 Orme considered Now that he was discovered 1t would be futile to con. tinue the chase. since Maku. naturally, would not go to his destination with Orme at his heels. But he said:
 You can't order me off the streets, Maku"
 T know. If you follow, then we walk an walk an walk-nebbe till nex' week" Orme swore under his breath. It was quite clear that the little Japanese would never reioin the man who had the papers until he was sure that he had shaken off his pur- suer. So Orme simply said:
 Goodnight"
 Disappointed. baffied, he turned east. ward and walked with long strides back toward the car line. He did not ook to see whether Maku was be- hind him. That did not matter now. He had missed his second opportunity since the other Japanese escaped him ip the university campus.
 Crossing Clark street a block north of the point at which he and Maku had left the car he continued lake ward. coming out on the drive only a short distance from the Pere Mar quette and few minutes later. after g!ving the elevator boy orders to call him at eight in the morning, he was in his apartment, with the prospect of four hours of sleep.
 t1'' thSiC ndS ttndt qurcttohs Should he return to the all-night res taurant near the car barns and try to learn from the cashier the address which Maku had sought? Surely she would have forgotten the name by this time. Perhaps it was Japanese l name, and, therefore. the harder to , remember it: if it were a peculiar combination of letters, the very pecu- lisrity might have fixed it in her mind And if he hesitated to go back there now. the slim chance that the name remained with her would grow { simmer with every added moment of delay. He felt that he ought to go. He was dog-tired, but-he remembered the girls anxiety. Yes, he would go: with the bare possibility that the cashier would remember and would be willing to tell him what she remem- bered, he would go.
 He took up his hat and stepped to- ward the door. At that moment he heard sound from his bedroom. It was an unmistakable snore. He tip toed to the bedroom door and peered