The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-24
TERROR NJ.
Copyright The Frank A sIunsey Coz
BY
MAURICE
LEVEL
lCopyrighL The Frank A. AIunsey COP

- an very sorry 10 hear it Wha,
/ tl-ne does he usually come in2'
A voice which he recognized as thai
/ or the CITY editor answered
Between half-past four and Eve
cock II might be little earlier OF
i want to. speak TO him badly" said
the other voice DO you know where
] can find him -
Barton wondered where he had heard
mat voice before Il was strangely Ia
Il haven't the faintest idea" an
swered the city editor
- Ferhaps he drop in this evening
~ ne does, please tel him I should ike
utterly impossible Hes a.-av. md
Know nothing at all OF his moVen1efrfs
carton pressed the receiver tightly a
,,oI SUI VI. when win he come back2" ques-
I don't know. He may be away for
. s -oIs tiInei ne may come back very
Has he left PARISH"
IL cannot tell you- He simply left
t II tea3ns Us anything. You know
Barton at last realized that he Uas
the subject Of the conversaffor7 a.
whose was that VoiCe2 He knew II
kte had heard It before. Whose was
Don't cut me or, Central. I'm not
through yec,' exclaimed the clty editor
reEer1sIlly interested IN the siaIcs5e
ana fearful Lest he should lose a VOL
u ~ =; baTJon mechanically admonished.
He had hardly uttered the words
wen ne DIT MS lips BY one chance fn
mutton he had crossed wires and vras
S-leloisd 70 near conversation which
---Sdt4t Inlcn 70 him It was sheer mad
ness 70 Interrupt with q warning ex-
cLaEnation- Fortunately. the feIa6ho@e
80 daq hearq nothing OF his eXclama-
uon- me dialogue continued:
At any rate" said the voice .-vo7,
can give ne his address"
Certainly
Do. You think III ind him at horne -
AZ iast Barton recognized the voice
y ne hanged Il X isn't the CHIEF az
ponce, thought Barton ne trern bIe,l
y IN excitement His fingers gripDed
III receiver as If they uot-Id crust 81
" ~ oid the chief Insist uDon SEEING
iliIl- " nv did ne want 10 Ir-o,r- rfe
home address, There (or-r,7 ~ 80 - -
reason Tne scraps Of tfle torn envelSpe
mad been DieCed together 4 clre hsg
az last been found that was really
worth pursuing The CHIEF u-as 1ooI-f-79
for him. Questions vvould - sSI-eT
l,ld ne know tSe old tnan2 II not. how
oiQ ne account for these pieces .Of. uaner
Htic9 lndubiJablv pointed 20 his pres
SiitS II tfe rOonIZ He would be arrest
ed' brought to trial, and
he could no longer aaithdrs1 finn, the
gstil'ialSn He had Scre too Tar now
The police had been far NO. aet5,-s
tnan ne had supposed Perhans he No.
~ ,aeea thelr intelligence Perhaps
ll-s CetecJlNe force was SO. cnruposed
OF in1ecileS- He felt that he -
trapped He hoped that the CITY editor
would not give the address T4a -
-, ,-Iis@7 CeL3pted to cry out: Keep
BuI that meant complete BETRAYAL II
would SPOIL Ms whole plan OF action. y
might even involve him in tInforesee0
"a! L.litiss rom which he could not ex-
The voice continued
don know whether you'll find hin,
nome or not At arv rate. here's hfs
-tSi'. .i, Have you a pencil and a piece
60 ahead
No. Is Rue &c Douai."
..n aanNs- Sorry 70 have troubled YOU -
Eoh I mention IL Good-by''
Barton heard the click Of the recei,--
eTS. ] he conversation Vas ended -
a second he remained standing. his ~v,-1
receiver Sun pressed 10 his ear. re Was
rive Cd 70 the spot Il was nor r7r+fl
he heard the roaring in bis ear 4Se
Lotiln6 neard IN q seasheII. that ne
knew the conversation was ended Ne
llng I'D MS receiver and started -
leaEe The booth He hardly dara5 -
push open the door be feared that IS
ne stepped out a hand would be laid
uFon hiS shoulder and he would hear
- 49, ~ emo -a--aElE lLS arrest
somehow the knowledge OF hIs own
innocence no longer reaSsured him
There were times when he began 70
doubt Il himself Guilt could not have
inspired him with more fear. He beue0
10 think OF the probable effect OF Siv-
ing himself I'D, Of COnfesSfnE his u6Oln
plan At the worst. the penalty CoufE
no. be more than q few days in prison
Perhaps he would even be discharges
with reprimand- Then his old news
paper instinct reRsserted itself Once
more he vas under the hypnotic spell
q the printing press and OF Journalistic
glory he must be arrested by the no.
lice, OF their own accord In no other
way could he possibly succeed IN achfev-
ing his purpose
At last he pushed omen the door To
his -sItense relief 10 one had paid the
slightest attention 10 him A clerk be-
hind a counter inquired.
Did you have two calls2'i
~ eSs'' answered Barton for the mo-
ment not realizing that there was no
need Of paying ar all he tossed coin
on the counter and walked out In the
street he began 70 debate with himself
whether or not he should ring I'D the
Planet. He decided ultimately Il would
be useless. He had nothing 10 tell that
was IT al startling The Police were
evidently on the right track now He
could no LONGER assert that they were
missed by false clues Clearly il was
best 10 wait further deveIODrnentS
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