The evening world., 1912-06-10
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Bateato Summons Big Much
POIicp.

- BUO0RAPH fim Of Bateato's
Journey to and from the po-
Acs station would consist of
@V series Of dark brown blurs. IL
you have ever noticed mouse
in full flight you Will have
soEns idea Of how that Jap ran. He
knew where tho police station was,
TOO. Cor no had been there once when
his brother. Itchi Comic. WAS arrested
for aSsaulting Q Russian psdd1er.
II the little Jap had only coursed
through another street things might
Rave gone somewhat differently in the
GlAdwin household. for ne would have
encountered Whitney Barnes hurryinS
On the opposite direction. and that young
man would very hkely have prevented
hin from going TO the station.
But there was absolutely no obstacle
In Bateato's way until he reached the
station house. and the only obstacle he
encountered there was a serious ampedi-
ment in his speech.
Police Captain Stone had returned to
barracks few minutes after the de-
parture of Barnes and a few minutes
before the arrival Of Batcato. He was
standing beside the Iieutenants chair
when the Jap sped In. and he seemed
almost interested TOR a police capt aln)
at the extraordinary manifestations OF
IAN pleece-qui ck-robbers-thieves -
ladies'" began Bateato. then paused and
shade wild 1abs above his head with his
hands.
Crazy as a nut" said the Lieutenant
in an undertone to the Captain. and the
Captain nodded
IAN pictures - thieves-ste ai-iad dies"
was Bateato's second instalment. and
the Captain and Lieutenant looked at
each other and shock their heads.
big much pleece" shrleked Batesto,
made some more motions with his hands
and rushed out into the street.
IT'S Jap w!lskey," said the Captain,
musingly. utterly unimpressed. He
isn't crazy. That Jap wh!skey's awful
stuff. They licked the Russian army
on Il. He'll run It of. II you ever see
. Jap runnin' you'll know what's the
matter"
Bateato ran a block and then stopped.
'Tiell dam" he exploded. It no tell
where house."
He ran back TO the station and burst
In again with even more precipitation.
IT no tell house" he ratified on "AIr.
Glad win-Travers Gladwin. Big lot
white house--F9fth avenue-eight, eighty.
eighty. Qu!ck--theves-l and he
was gone again before Capt. Stone could
remove his cigar from his face.
The Captain looked at the Lieutenant
and the lieutenant looked at tho Cap
tain.
Maybe he amt drunk. Captain ven-
tured the Lieutenant There's that
(iladwin house on the books. IT'S
marked closed and there's a note about
. mill,on-dollar collection OF paintings"
The Captain thought a moment and
then burst into action:
. t,.T1
wagon" he shouted. II remember that
Jap. / guess there's something doing,
I'll go myself"
As the reserves We're all asleep and
the horses had to be hitcned to the
patrol wagon Bateato had a big start Of
ais big much pleece.'
Notwithstanding the breathless conll-
tlon in which he had arrived al the sta
ton house his return Journey was ac-
compllshsl az his dizzy first speed. Also
ns x-r.ved back at the house way IN
advance OF Whitney Barnes. There was
o reason.
Wearing a frock coat and a silk hat
ard carrying a came (of course ne called
A. STICK) one IL hardly equipped for
Maratnonlng. And II you must know
more. Whitney's small clothes were too
fasAionatly Tight 20 permit OF more
than q swift heel and toe action. At
this he was doing admirably in his pas
sanate haste to return ana warn his
friend Gladwin when another woman
came into his life and appealed for sue
cor.
1hree in one evening. when he was
perfectly satisfied to stop at one-the
bawitching Sadie,
70. > was % an entirely different type
from No. and No. 2 and. happily for
whitney, there was no yowlins bundle
thts tiMe-mcrely a cat, and a silent cat
o. that.
She was plump little woman and
Sasher comedy and abe was intensely