The Washington times., 1912-12-09

turned, swearing itue under h.s
Di ea,h, Az tue direction OF The CHAR
, woman No.ce.
Il met With an accident here last
, nignt. ierEaps' lie searcned ms pOch.
t,s ana urcw out Il ua.l.StUwii-- 'pct.
h.,g yUu wUuld DC guOu enough to lead
me 10 the street My eJesibnt ~ 40!
,,.y goud tuuay.
, a IAN, gas1 or surprise greeted h.t
Iuin ssiun. lhe cnalH oman Drouu
.cu 10 ,nc i,oUr Instantly. Her hand
| sui.;n, his sleeve AMI Grew hIm a!one
| IN. passage intO the garden towuru ,ne
iuusc.
inc, passcd UP the steps through tn,
! 4 g.ass-rUuieu co.iBIr\atoi!. Where NJ
| ,.au nu,.u ine rows OF cne,nicai Jars cHu
saga -ui,.S. Inc a. o. tne street bieM
! .pvh hIim III. momeh, she opened ,n1
.,U.l IUu.. .ic na.,vo on INT .teLs ui.'
| C,r,..ntS. Ike one aifdiu 10 plunge uii'
| 4, scDTteu In.u lhy HiaIIs.roaI ol I.OnuoE
| ,.eiiG.
,.c ,urI.cd 10 tie brel hing hsure be-
! So, n.n, IA ANA ,uuss,svn on nis Lips
! D.u .uu see -. Isarka 30 IRON mere.
20, ,otr. Twas the house agent.
| Mir. JuIier. ihal sent me mere.
"Eut ths nuust Has. ON! vacant TINS
morEinS. lie nnScted his watGn chain
mucn time ~ senuinB you to clean ny.
| ~. ',,ided, with d tOucn Of slSpic.on.
! Il was Gaming the ILont oG Inc house
all yesterday. came unexpectedly from
"
small throub!e TO lie, you out. sorr. II
/ had known
Giiro,d held hin,relf a trihe desper.
aleiy. ''luGay - uniy THURSDAY ne
broke out. Il came IN here last even-
ing, Wednesday. Just before midnight
Ihe charw oman laughed IN spite OF
, herself. "Askin' your pardon. sorr. the
day Is Friday. Twas an egg l had FOR
, breakfast instead av me usual rsher
,;inorI gestured impatiently. "Caii n
cab Inere should be one AT the street.
corner"
stumbling down the steps, he waited.
chnling at e,ch moments delay, until
, the cnarw oman succeeded In hailins :.
! taxi. with the drivers assistance. he
gained u seat and was soon rn his way
10 his employers office. ,,.u., -,
He could not conceal his disgust NJ
the inexpiicable passase Of time. His
exhausted nerves had TO doubt sue
cmmhcd to the hook Of the radiun.
sponge, or it may have been that soinn n
,rihu,,a 10 his long sleep.
The chauneui assisted oim to aiig;t
at the office. The voice OF Tony Hack
EFT was heard singing on the stairs az
, Renwick stumbled into view. No one
had ever met Tony ON the stairs with
out hearing the latest music hall ditty
wirbled IN IA soft tenor voice. The song
leased in mid-Cctave as Rcnwick haiti
| ed, gr, I.ing on the stair-head. and
! changed 10 a whistle of surprise.
drunk. by JoSe"' Tuneys hand clos
ed on Ronwick's shoulder and drew MIN
. unccr.monlcusly into a side room.
| Where have you been? Man alive,
ycu are no, going into the chiefs room
! Rrn.sick's uppcarancc warranted
Tcny's suspicious. The urshnven face,
, the tight. pain-drawn mouth, and above
curious Gu silver scar across the lids.
, Hacket caught his breath sharply
What is it. Kenny? Some thing wni3.
| ped you over the cyes?'
, Rcnwick steadted himself with an cf.
, fort. II blundered into a crowd of Jap.
anese nerve tappers. They fixed me uy
for two nights and got away. I wan,
to see the chief. Pass me in. Tony"
famous detective agency, received tn.
1--WE understood that you had gone tc
Paris, he said. briefly. you seem &c
ture to the stoop ng figure before him
sit down.
R.hwick Grorcd to a chair, hi:
radium- scared ewes turp.d ,owa,a ~,
grizsled man with the ' a,1Sor,,atin, uHS"u ~,
voice. Briefly enough he outlined IN,
few short sentences the story OF hi.
experience IN the house OF the japanese
I Anthony Coleman listened nc,s,ve,v
without exhibiting the slightest trace y,
surprise or emotion. Ills steely T eve. e.
flashed once or twic, d,iripy ,L. go
narrative. while his fingers Wanda
from time to time toward n nIwenn' -.
, IN his desk where the name ~ 'rssrp y
had been indeycd with n MIN hsr -,
others. VI
| "fOur impu!slyercss mas m, ;,cr.o..5
! our chances OF getting ,his na,e =
f, dInck." he vouchsafed nj the cnnc,n,
sion 0f Isenwicli's story ..,Tb. r.J,,,,,
thieves are probably how IN ,L.ir ~, !,
to America So much for nersnna, ini
tiativc," he snapped, ''''
Thrnsting a handful OF papers into +
near drawer, he pcrmittrJ bin,,n ,
close survey of the yo,Inu n,,r ,,,h "
, failed after so much briIii,n, ~.
r,tical work to bring the Moritz cas-,
to "a close '~ '"''
care you quite bIjndo" bo ,,Lo,
| Can't you see nnythir -" "'"'"
R.nw.ck shruupeI - trire u,,,r,,, a..
fancy my wording d..s o,' ",,a.
am sorry YOU arc iIs,nn,,n,a5 III, "a,
my work. Things do M. niu'n' r,.
into line when ~. n>p"", t,.,,ss eoi.,'
4 wise tho Jnpaucs, Inn,t ,s nass
crimIv. ava y "' ""oe"
anthony Coleman shifted ,,uo,,,,,, +,
his chair. ~ think ym, hnJ ''a,, "
consut an ocul,st." hr -, ii ,.i,h
sidc ninr"c townrJ tho ,on" u WIN
I'M sir Flo I'd t;arxtnn Ia r'h'
~ work for III. Scot,,,I VIZ, -,
:hc atooring. grav-facpd vounr ma, a,