The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-18

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therein something to remember.
She sat at the little mahogany
desk and a note with the ink yet
wet upon it lay face up before her.
It was addressed to Signor Pietro
Petrozinni in the district prison,
and read:
my Dear Friend:
II have been waiting to write
you with the hope that I could
report Senior Alvarez out of dam
ger, but his condition, regret to
say, remains unchanged. Shall L
send an attorney to you? Would
you like a book of any kind? Or
some delicacy sent in from a res
taurant? Can l be of any service
to you in any way? If l can
please drop me line.
Sincerely,
ISABEL THORNE."
At last she rose and standing
in the window read the note over,
folded it, placed 1t in an envelope
and sealed it. A maid came in an
swer to her ring, and there at the
window, under the watchful eyes
of Blair and Hastings-and, per-
haps, Johnson-she handed the
note to the maid with instructions
to mail 1t Immediately. Two min
utes later she saw the maid 60 out
along the avenue to a post-box on
the corner.
80 that's Johnson, is it?"
Unused Miss Thorne, and she
smiled little. "Mr. Grimm GER
|tainly pays me the compliment of
having me carefully watched"
! A few minutes later she dropped
into the seat at the desk again
The dark wrap had been thrown
aside and Hastings and Blair from
their hiding-places could see her
distinctly. After a while they saw
her rise quickly, as an automobile
turned into the avenue, and lean
toward the window eagerly look
ling out. The car came to a stand
still in front of the legation, and
Mr.. Cadwallader, an under-secre-
ltary of the British embassy, who
was alone in the car, raised his
leap. She nodded and smiled, then
disappeared in the shadows of the
room again.
! Mr.. Cadwallader went to the
door, spoke to the servant there
then returned and busted himself
= about the car. Haaings and Blaii
!, watched intently both the dooi
) and the window for a long time;
: finally a closely yelled and muf
) fled figure appeared at the bay.
3 window, and waved a gloved hant
| at Mr.. Cadwallader, who again
: lifted his cap. A minute later the
yelled woman came out of the
= front door, shook hands with Mr.
1 Cadwallader, and got in the car
t He also climbed in, and the cal
/ moved slowly away.
> simultaneously the front dool
: of the house on the corner, where
Hastings had been hiding, and
l the front door of the house neal
the corner, where Blair had beer
3 hiding, opened and two heads
4 lpeered out. AS the car approach.
ed Hastings hiding-place he with.
| drew into the hallway; but BlaiI
2 came out and hurried past the le-
1 lgation in the direction of the rap
idly disappearing motor. Hastings
, Hoined him; they spoke together
then turned the corner.
1t was about ten o'clock thai
/ might when Hastings reported tt
: Mr.. Campbell at his home.
1--WE followed the car in a rent.
led automobile from the time II
3 turned the corner, out through
3 Alexandria, and along the ole
? Baltimore. Road into the city OF
: Baltimore" he explained. "It was
, dark by the time we reached Alex.
> iandria, but we stuck to the cal
ahead, running without lights un,
It'll we came in sight of Druid Hill
!, Park, and then we had to show
: lights or be held up. We COW
Tered those forty miles going in
less than two hours.
After the car passed Druid Hill
1t slowed up little, and ran of
the turnpike into North Avenue
then into North Charles Street, and
slowly along that as If they were
looking for a number. At last IL
stopped and Miss Thorne got out
land entered a house. She was
gone for more than half an hour
| leaving Mr.. Cadwallader with the
icar. While she was gone I made
lsome inquiries and learned that
the house was occupied by a Mr..
Thomas Q. Griswold. / don't know
anything else about him; Blair
may have learned something.
Now comes the curious part of
it." and Hastings looked a little
sheepish. when Miss Thorne
came out of the house she was not
miss Thorne at a1l---she was Sem
orita Inez Radriguez, daughter OF
the Venezuelan minister. She wore
the same clothing Miss Thorne had
worn going, but her veil was lift
ed. Yelled and all muffled up one
would have taken oath 1t was the
same woman. She and Cadwalla-
der are back in Washington now,
or are coming. That's all. except
Blair is still in Baltimore. await
ing orders. / caught the train from
the Charles Street station and
Icame back. Johnson, you