The evening world., 1911-05-11
ClP|D'S oMELET,
TIE ROMANCE Of
A TALENTED CHEF
Artistic Egg Creation Shares
Fdr Maiden, Then Villains
Pursuit Begins.
BIG SCENE, HoBoNEN
SURVIVING Hallway Knockout,
Hero Is Fired Upon in The
Room of Three Beds.
BIG SCENE, HOBOKEN
Thrilling Romance of n
Chef.
CHAPTER q. 1.

Leonard Fischer. the talented young
chef 81 The OAK, Eighth venue and
Twenty-third street. cooked an omelet
some weeks ago tha. rayished the soul
Of t1e beautiful rlven-haircd RlSana
Antonla. tho belle 90 Grand street CRo-
sana jlves at No l55l.
Hayng nourlsael herself upon that
ambresill omeiet. Rcsana declared that
she osths not live another minute with
out sfyhg the ~compounder. They met
and letod at first SIGHT. on May Day
they tnshtcd their troti.
CHAPTER u.
Tripping on air MAY 2, l2MD the
famed young Gordon bleu OF The Oak
retur ned TO his bachelor apartment (No.
ga Eighth avenue. two Nights up. rear.
He had been to call on Rosana and had
held her In his arms. Their lips had
met m twenty-sevon ,ecstatic embraces,
and Leonard was resounting them In
his exalted mind as he shuffled along
the black hallway TO hts rooms.
what was that soft. padding footsteps
behihd him?
But wait. dear reader, let us frs, ask
n the talented young chef heard IL. Did
he? lie did not. He was recalling the
rwenty-sixth kiss when something that
fclt Ike a falling safe gave him pause.
The Romantic chef took a coun. OF 22i
before he came TO. Then he crawltd
to HID room and took an inventory. His
wallet containing sii was gone. In It's
place. he found a dark misslve. on pur-
pie netepaper and IN "a disguised rand
was Written:
BEWARE! II you do not
CEASE your attentions 10 Rosaua An-
tonin you will be killed.
Th@e was no signature.
CHAPTER ~.
Lou&ins at himself In the glass the
next morning. Chef Fischer realized
that he had an enemy who meant hus-
iness.s The fact that that enemy mad
both lsandba eyed and robbed him be-
fore he placed the note OF warning In
his pocket convinced the talented young
chef bf The Oak that he had a most
desperate man to deal with.
But give up R%osana!' he Missed in
the solitude OF his apartment. "Never!"
OF Such stun Is our hero made, He
wenttand told Rosana that he'd never
give her up. Then he tired n private
detective to serve as his bodyguard.
CHAPTER ".
A week passed. during which time
Leonard Fischer went to and fro. accom-
panied by his ~siX-foot bodyguard. Ben
jamin F1am.
Morning doing.
CHAPTER v.
B~odyguard Flam uast night) got a
nighttpff. and he had hardly Jared away
when a postnan HANDED our hero a
special delivery letter. lie tore It open
end rtad:
MA Fischer-I request YOU to go
20 No. 40 Newark street. Hoboken,
ands stay there til | come with your
deteetive. You are not safe any
where else. II necessary. AXE "A
room over night.
know all about our trouble and
HtliEshow you your enemies
YOUR BEST FRIEND.
CHAPTER VI.
Leonard Fischer is a chef and not a
Sherlock Holmes. lie did not scent a
trap. Therefore ne walked into II. lie
hastened to No. 40 Newark street, Ito.
boken, a saloon and hotel. run by one
Fritz Buehnan. He waited for bis hest
~ NHN tb's 6'NAH u ~ Alih-
night Then he got "A room and went to
bed. HE got "a big room with three
beds IN It, as there was none other to
ID hau.
At dawn to-day our hero awoke and
saw . tall dark man standing In tn,
roomscontemplating him, gloomily.
What do YOU wantg' cried the chef %
the Oak. starting up IN bed,
ma hing replied the stranger, sG'tiy
'onlyI am going 10 KIN you. Thereupoi
the mysterious unknown calmly lifted &
large revolver from his Jacket pOcHe
and opened fire on our hero. lie dIei
five shots and then disappeared. as /
the walls had opened and shut upon hin
When our aero was removed from
under the mattress II was found tina
one bullet had penetrated the flash q
his left wrist ana tnat a second bulle
had grazed his right arm. lie vas taker
10 st. Mays Hospital and minlstere,
TO, then left for New York. saying
"a never will give up Rosana, ana II
hire all tho more detectives | can at
ford"
(ro DC continued, maybe.J