The Washington times., 1910-01-17

We had the right Of way here, Il
seemed And the Pratt street car dared
NOS cross N front OF Us This I saw
while we were sLill q half block Of
jerk went the bell IN a stop signal
/ Ay m0torman put on brakes
! Scarce had ne done so when rang the
vantage or the mumenraTy siaCkeniug
4 OF speed 10 slide down from the plat
iorIn INTO patch OF shadow in the
on went my car without ne, the
IuOl0rIldn probably wondering at this
new freak of MS suddenly eccentric
. conductor and never once sIspecting z
. that Jr-aC same conductor was no long
er aboard
q should rather have enjoyed seeing
rlaL worthy m0tOrmau S face when he
p-loLed his C0lducJorIess car into the
. JermIuai,J
Across the street Z hurried. sticking
lol.tIa- % tIa- same friendly patch Of shadow
l-leeq ~ lights misbehavi0r. I
gained the FAR side Just as the Pratt
3 rect car started TO cross.
1 swung myself aboard the rear plat
cent ease OF an old railroad man. nod
oed 20 the conductor and seated myself
!. IN an obscure corner Of the car
Ine conductor Of the Pratt street car
cap and Ca -llau clothes But he asked
no QleSl-JIs- u was late and he looked
log -Eed ana cross tor conversation.
- across toward street We moved,
. Dumping over the track intersections
anC into western Pratt street azaiu-
We had perhaps gone fifty yards down
trolley car on whose front platform
stood three irate. Watchful policemen
Past Pratt street crossing they rush
el. eyes lLed on the car ahead OF
them-the car had so lately Ieft Rv
tl@t GIN light they could not ten vhe-h-
er or not there was a conductor On the
pursued cars rear platform And I
pressed the little Iau of shadow that
had saved me
I had thrown OF pursuit. I was safe.
Z -au tlLRL LLLe1 LEs police OF IN , Mon
Llrienl CITY I had OutwiJted shrewd
5LCSch- B eS, and Kari Vaughn. too. I
had the bonds snUgIy pocketed. To-
morrow they should be returned m
missed, 70 their safe
I had entered-and won-as odd q race
as ever mad been run in all America A
race OF trolley car against trolley car.
on q single track with q mans liberty
and another mans honor and TWO wC-
men happiness as the stake.
Do you wonder I was lust a b'f eIafe5
az ~ own ready Wit and at the vic
tory Il mad scored for me- Yet the
events OF the past tvveuty-four hours
good fortune
/ was safe-yes, for the present But
IN a few minutes would not q general
alarm be sent out from every r0TFCa
station in Baltimore2 An alarm f0-
ne capture OF tall. yeIIow-haired
mn dressed IN gray TWeeds and wear
lng a car conductors uniform hat2
must get some other En4fga7 ana
at once That az least would deo-Ive
the police OF this chic clue But how
was to get such q 7lat2
Dlo you ever try 10 Luy q hat at 12:B
q m II not you can scarceIv. realize
how hard thing Il IS 70 90.
And were 1 TO 80 hatless I should
perhaps excite even Eraver suspicion
1SS9 mlsL aSSUrediy get rid Of nv
conductor headEear and buy uDvseIf
- O. N.--=
brain for a solution TO the problem
ARD IN minute or so the answer came
Ihe car tracks lead first west. then
south, and finally run along the ssha-
sin and the steamship landings n
Sucn quarters there are always sail
oTs --slOD shops and such s6ous a-a
otten kept open al night for the ben
e1L OF men who must sail with the
turn OF the tide. Z could readily ger
nat or at least cap, at one OF
Ten minutes later I emerged from a
shop OF the sort carrying IN nv hand
rough tweed cap that had seer. better
DAYS. but was SttH quite pTeSentabIe
out OF the street Ggh- fare I wan
oSreo 70 the tTst lonely spot along the
WAarves- Lhere wandered out onto
a rolling bit or old dock at whose end
stood an empty WatChman's hut
In the shadow Of the little building ]
tossed the conductors hat far out info
the water. and IN its place jammed down
the secondhand cap over my ears
I was safe, and my mind, reassIred.
dTiIted back to my precious burden
4 lantern hung half way out on the
dock upon q NO Wharfage warning
Out OF curiosity 20 see whether or not
Vaughn and Brock had sealed or I'm
any Wav tudCTsed the bond envelope. I
drew the packet from my coat and
glanced at It.
Then looked more closely For. by
the feel, the envelopes contents aD-
peared to be OF shorter length ;,aoer
than bonds are usually printed on.
Sick with a nameless new anxiety
broke the mUcilaCe binding and ex-
posed the interior OF the envelope. to
view There were twenty or more let
ters in It I drew out the. first It
began Kari, darling" and was sign
ed your own TeSsie-''
Ny labor. my danger, my wit all had
gone for nothiuE- ] was once more
dUped-dOuble duped-
In my utter chaETin an unconscious
groan broke from me
Then I shivered with q feeling Of
nervous horror For. seemingly out ,.f
the very ground under my feet, arose
an answering GrOan. hollow, faint
anEUished-
The Confirmation Of This story VIII
Be Found in TOmmorroys's