The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-18
CHAPTER /.
a Celebritv Comes Aboard.

attorney, standing on the prom
enade deck above, turned from his con
temptation Of the city Of San Juan as Il
lay green and white In the afternoon
sun, and bent forward
BY George" Re cried. exultingly,
that's Frank Howard, He's caught!
Caught here, Of all places in the woTld!'
With hands tight gripped on the rail
he watched the two men until they DIS
appeared below; then, eager 20 share
his discovery Of the ending Of q quest
that had extended over two continents,
he turned and hurried along the deck 70
where Two ladies' stood leaning against
the taffraiL
yes. my dear the elder was saying,
Porto Rico is pretty enough for any
one. II looked pretty when came
and II looks prettier as go. But when
you say it's pretty you exhaust It's eN-
ceueuce. 7, for one, shah be glad 20 see
the last OF T. And, considering the
errand that takes you home, imagine
that YOU don't regret leaving. either.
The erTaad. I don't understand,
sIrs. Renfrew-
WHY. Your-but here comes Philip.
evidently with something on his mind
Do listen TO him patiently If you can
nv dear. he hasn't had a jury al MS
mercy for a month. Unless somebody
1ers him talk. I'm afraid his bottled Up
eIo0vence VIII strike IN and prove fatal
well, Philip"
Mr.. Reafrev was close AZ hand
Miss Fairfax NsriaT' he cried
who do you think IS on board, prs
o7er? Frank Howard 1 just saw him
,,-oue,ht over the gang plank he es-
caped two months ago. and the police
nave been looking for him ever since
They must have Just caught him. or i
should have heErd Of IL Who n tne
world can I ask"
He zazed around QUestaoCinglE-
Vow Philip, wait q moment Who
is Frank Howard, and what has the
9oor man done2
NJ R znfrsw snorted.
The Door man. Maria" he reterteo'
lis one OF the biggest scou1dTels IN
hing As States attorney II was ny
d1Itv TO prosecute him, and I may say
that have seldom taken more pleas
sure IN any task have sPoEsen =, = -: 49,
"a the case often enough, Maria 1oI yG !
TO know something about Il l s-o1Lu
~eaI7, BE- glad II you would take some
interest in your husbands afIairs
Mrs Eenfrew clapped her nanos-
seCf course. I remember now sc
said soo-hinEly- 1T was only as LeIlle
7 fo-zor. mr.. Howard is that sWincier
Who ROBBED so many poor people, lsn
s'N7tHI-E Of the sort. madam" thun-
ze~aS tHa LAWYER Frank Howard was
IN officer OF the United StatcS nav
while stationed at this very lslai-d OF
Porto Rico he secretly married an lS-
--o-a-. but very beautiful girl and Inen
Deserted her She followed nm 70 rev
York. and wrote him a letter telling nm
where ne was He went 70 ner aooI -
rs own hands He was caught red
banded. convicted and would have been
MT 10 death before now Il he hadn [
7 an telling this for your benefit
Miss Fairfax There IS no use N TAX
ing 70 Mrs. RenfTew; details OF my az
fairs go In one OF her ears and out the
ss-TIa4 may not be as uncommon as
,-o- think. Mr.. RenfreWr' cOnsOled the
-frI- Laughing. But, as II happens l
an especially interested in the Howard
case I an very Vel acquainted with
80 - the officers who was on HIS ship
when he E2et the girl
Mrs. Rere-ev CAPPED her hands.
coursel I remember al about Il now.
II was Nj. Loving. OF coursel I had
f0rr0rfen that he was on the same ship.
Phliip- you didn't know that Miss Fair
fax was going. TO marry Lieutenant
IlozInE did you2"
7Tr Fenfev- turned his eyeglasses on
the girl, Who s1lshed with mingled anger
and amusement
'fAre you = seventh daughter Of =
seventh daughter, Mrs RenfeW- she
INQUIRED. that YOU can read the future
I assure YOU that 7 have had no a6-
vance information on the matter. Mr..
| Loving hasn't even asked me yet But,
{ Of course. Il you know
/ Good gracious Isn't 4 tTuez WY,
got 4 paper from New York todsy
| that spoke OF Il as all settled The paper
I IS IN my statefoo-1 now IF you'd Ike
/ 20 see Il. ven 20 down PhiliD. find
/ out all you can about NIr- Howard. and
7 tell Us Just as soon as yoI can"
! 1T-- FenfeT nodded
/ III 50 aud ask the CaDtain. ne DTOm-
ieed- e the two ladies' turned away
/ The captein. however. proved not 20
I be communicative Not only was he too
busy with the preparations for depaT-
tyre. but he was nettIed because the
! presence Of the convict on board had
/ become known C0uvicts are not vel
! come passengers On ships like f7e
/ Queen. whose chief Office & to carr
/ presumably tir1id pleasure passengers
/ ans their presence is always. carefully
concealed
7 know nothing al all about It. Nr
1 = he asserted r-rT1ffTr s-Tou