The Washington times., 1912-10-01
J CHAPTER XII.
, A Chase And A Find.

- RATION. reaching the door.
found Burleigh already upon
i the sidewalk.
His head was clearing rapid
! ~ ana. he gathered himself and plunged
after the detective who was by this
hines running hard down the street.
legs had brought him to the side OF
.weIl7" he cried.
Burlelgh nodded shortly
' ..g.a you see himT
What was he, iike?sA ,.
: "Big-pretty tall and stout. And he
can run like the very devil In spite Of
"But where has he gone nowg" cried
Burleigh strained his half-ciosed eyes.
Just lodged around that corner, I
think, sir. And don't waste your breath
IN talking. Al the pace he's setting. We
shall need all the wind we have IL we're
going to catch him at ALL"
At the furious clip they were hound to
follow. Burleigh was talking sound
sense. He shut his teeth and bent his
head low, and keeping well at the de-
tective's side. rushed onward.
without hesitation and turned south to-
ward the railroad. Grafton raised his
eyes for moment. A bulky shape
queer ana In0enn1te IN inc BTuy ukn
and vanished once more.
He's a slick dodgsr. all right" Bur Bur.
dickens has he made for now?''
They covered the block at top. speed,
and at the second corner both looked
eagerly for another glimpse Of the flu
Once more the,S vision was limited
TO the merest fraction of second.
ThA ma In ~ or n thu IN In
See that, sirT" cried Burleigh.
ITS the SECOND time he has steered
down there. in the direction Of the Tan
tionally making for the freight yards
Hes certainly heading straight fol
Lord! I hope not. He"
fellow was fairly ahead Of them now
two blocks straight ahead, and trav.
cling with the speed and ease Of 9
trained race horse! - .
II 1t had only been little lighter
the same time. as they pounded for
ward and tried again to see more clear
1y the man ahead-now a mere yellow
rash rs he sped past nickering ga,
But the effort to see was entirely use
iess-he was a big man and an activ,
one. and there. perforce. their identi
ncation must como to an abrupt end.
Three more squares had been Gov
They had neither ,oyerhauled the man
nor had they lost a great deal o
GROUND: but n the Distance betweel
Farsuers and pursued had varied. Is ha,
sssn TO lsns then :snsly nat ,v.,,,,
upon the finer points of the race. al
q race Their whole object was to catcl
the man and look him over-to have
rousing rough and tumble fight per
haps. but at all events to know NOR
Of him and his connection with affair
at the Grafton. building.
And still. he managed to keep wei
strain n. a ,., pant ana ,, push 2
hove the Best OF 1t. when they ha!
covered another, two blocks and bot
were breathing hard. an additional fift
fs fs. s,il ,sssIsed IN them .s.p sudden,
told Of an pnlucky discovery. >.
I'm afraid that You were right, Nj
TWISTS that. Burieignr /!
TT seems to be the yards?"
1.-THE railroad yards?"
"Yes-see? He's trying to get int
the gate now! Can you see him. sir?
Come on. come on! Wen have hir
With some difficulty Grafton mad
out the shape Of the man. He had ~
deed reached the high fence Of the raj
"road yards. Now he was strugslin
And as he struggled, how the di
tsnce between them was lessening!
From three blocks the space dropp'
e% sarIsis u AND AND Grafton pounded 70
ward, straining every muscle. The ms
at the gate wrestled on. Whether
not he was working with q key the
REMAINED certain that the lock Wa
stubborn and would not open to him.
Nov. a single block lay between the
and. that nigh board fence at the en-
by Gsorge. We've got him CO
nered, Burleigh!" cried Grafton, regar'
less Of the breath the shout cost him.
We've gpt him nailed as sure
BurIeigh laughed with difficulty.
our hands on him in a minute now"
The distance dropped to 200 feet
100. just that little dash, and the
puzsle would have its answer.
hut a shout of rage left Grafton:
Lord! Burleigh! Look!'
There was cause enough for the or
Their quarry. quickly as any greyhoui
had leaped back from the fence. Fai
though the light. they could see hi
crouch low; then the big body rose fro
was reaching for the top Of the railroi
A moment. OF doubt-and he had ma,
It, He hung for an instant; then Il
bulk OF his heavy form was pulled
suddenly. The man threw q leg aero
tho top. poised there for a moment
and was over!
BY thunder" Burleigh almost sto
Hes gone!"
Yes. he's gone the detective echoe
But only in among the cars"
"OnlyW A short, bitter laugh, c
capped from Burlelgh. III he happens
be at all familiar with the yards, N
Grafton. he has settled our game MOI
And he must be, or he would new
have !ssteered so straight course
Within the few seconds they had co
cred the short interveing space al
were, face to face with the barrier
boards.
Their only course was plain. witho
a word interchanged, each man undo
stood. Grafton stopped, caught BIZ
leigh, and hoisted him bodily TO
shoulders, great as was tile strain.
moments pause, as he found his b;
anct, and the detective was drawi
cHIlDRFN NFFD al