The Washington times., 1913-12-16
CHAPTER XIV.

10 New York. He made the
tourney at midday, and he used
no precaution whatever TO aYolo
such police officers as he was ooiisro
TO pass on the way there. - his
Possibly the ve!,y drectness Oh me-
effort and his utter indlnerencte " rSS ,,5s
ognition were the principal safeguards;
Certain it is that he passed unhouceu
among the people, official and other-
wise, with whom he came IN contact
he knew himself to De as stronSr as
agile and as competent as ever ne naa
been to take care OF himself, ana 10
render II extremely unpleasant Tor any
person who might choose t. attacH
him
Three weeks and mure is d long IN
terval tor any person to remain IN the
limelieht of the public eye ii the great
city of New York. ard the Night Wind
haG not been seen, had broken no poies,
The uniformed guardians OF the CITY
during that tiEle.
For a week or more he had been
quite capable of dispensing with the
doctors services. He nad known that.
tut he had waited, nevertheless. re
wished TO be entIreiy ST before he cid
depart And during that interval ne
nad diligently exercised and trained
nimsef,, until he knew that ne was
thoroughly IN coEdltlUn-
lie had reviewed ms own career with
it, promises, its partial tulpllInenls'
anG its failures w
lie had brought to mind, with dill
s,eace and care, every good ana hlnd
act that had heen bestowed upon him
by his benefactor, president Chester
OF the CentropCIls Bank
Bingham harvard mad loved Mr.. Ches-
ter; ne loved hun still; loved him as II
he were indeed q real father-aS, In
fact, he had been in very many ways
lie knew, in his heart, that Mr.. Chester
still loved MIN; tnat the banker S soul
was as sad as his own because Of what
had happened-sadder, in fact, because
the man Of finance honestly believed
him TO be guilty of the theft that had
been charged against him
That was the real cross that Harvard
had TO bear-that Mr.. Chester did hon
estly believe him guilty. If all the
ton. had believed him guilty, and Presi-
dent Chester had still had faith, II
would have been different
And one man, only one, was response
bic for il all-Rushton.
And Rodney RushtOn must pay"
That was the burden of the Night
Winds thought. Rodney Rushton must
pay.
How he had thought over it. worried
over IL, argued with his own conscience
about It, studied It from every view
point that he could devise, And always
he had been brought back to the same
selt-statement.
Rodney Rushton must pay"
For be believed that there was an
other one who. like Mr. Chester,
thought him to be guilty-and that, he
realized, had developed into a heavier
cross than his benefactor's detection.
True. that other one had befriended
him. had warned him Of dangers. had
nursed him and cared for him through
his illness. had aided him to escape
from his enemies when he was help
iess-yet he believed now that all the
time, and through it all, she had
thought him TO be a thief
For that, too. Rodney Ruston must
be made to pay!
The Night Wind knew. when he left
the Doctors house in Jersey, that he
was going to New York TO kill Rushton.
He knew, while he rode through the
tunnel, that he was on his waY to k'I1
Rushton. The iron wheels beneath him
slsnked ii. The rush Of air through the
tubes moaned IT,
Just before he left the house Of the
doctor he held his hands out in front
of him. viewed them with a smile on
his lips, and he had said aloud:
Il will Kill him with theser'
He knew that he could do that easily.
Never once in all the time he had