The Washington times., 1913-12-15
ALIAS. THE NIGHT WIND
--- By vARIcK vANARDY
cpyrsh FakAM Munayc

thing that you are doing in my behalf,
and Knows exactly why I have engaged
YOU. You'd better find a way to stop
payroll"
I'll stop IT," the rcd-haired gentle
man assured him.
Just before clock that afternoon
Clancy put :he teIephone receiver to his
ear in response to call. The red
haired man was on the wire.
stop here OIL your way uptown" ho
said. when assured that it was Clancy
what have to say here -E's
replied.
He hurried through the remainder of
oftce much earlier than usual Within
the time specified he was again in con-
sultation with Red Hair.
Il have found the leak" and stopped
II, the latter told the broker. "I
guessed where IL might be, when you
mentioned II, SO ! made it work both
ways. | got ali there is to get about
Lady Kate. from the same so,.rce
There isn't much but 1t is interesting
as far as it goes"
Go ahead. then. Let's have it,
katherine Maxwell is the only name
she Is known by down there. The
haven't been able to nail any other
moniker to her. She blew in a little
less than year ago and wanted a job
as detective. Her looks and her wi.
passed her up. They happened to need
somebody of her description at the time
and gave her a trial. She made good
ana was taken on probation She made
good again and was taken on reyu-
larry. She gave as her address No. g
Vest Eleventh street.
Later, the inspector whose scalp
you're after gave her a special as
signment The Night Wind had seen
n har xs,ftk
thst she was connected with the police,
so she was given leave of absence from
headquarters and detailed specially to
get him. ~
TT Three weeks ago, or about that
the inspector with a special report con-
cerning her, and he tried his best TO
nave her special detail changed SO that
she would have to work under his or
ders, and. failing that. to have her
My informant tells me that she ac-
cepted the apparent change of masters
without a murmur. but the odd part of !
IT Is that from the moment she was !
Ioid 70 serve under the direct orders of !
Lieutenant Rushton not a soul con- !
nected with the department has seen a /
sign or her until today.
she was not at the address in |
Eleventh street. She has not been at |
another address further up town which. !
1t seems, was known to Rushton.
''Rushton has been about crazy about !
her: the inspector has been puzzled and !
disturbed. and yesterday the quiet tip |
was given out among the men 10 look |
Tor her. They had begun TO think down |
at headquarters that the Night Wind |
had made awav with her, or carried |
her away forsibly-Or that she had run !
away with tile Night wind.
This morning, apparently not very
long before you got there. she blew in
at headquarters al oil |
TO the inspectors private ofrice-and she
handed in her resignation on the spot |
1t seems that the inspector tried to
induce her to remain: that Rushton
was called in, and added his efforts to
the inspectors. and that they might
just as well have saved their breath.
She handed in her shield and every
thing that goes with it. She repudi-
refused to accept al order for a cent
Of salary. and walked out of the pri-
vate office with her head In the air.
Outside. in the receiving office she
somebody who was waiting
to see the inspector-and who, 7 suspect,
must have been you-and stopped &
to speak to him. Rushton WAS
summoned hastily by the inspector; and
SO IL happened that when Miss Rather
Inc Maxwell left headquarters she was
and shadowed by two Of the
best men the have got down there.
In a word. Mr.. Clancy. she is under
suspicion, and the inspector means 10
keep himself informed OF every mnv
she makes, no matter what II may he
JUS; as long the Night Wind is at
large. That's all"
Clancy was silent for a time before
ne replied. Then he nodded his head
sagely and said:
you seem to have covered the ground
rather thoroughly in the short time you
had to do II. chief
well, il is sometimes quite necessary
tina: ! keep myself Informed of what tx
happening on the inside OF the system
] have a method and a means which |
use only in extreme cases. This looked
a tritle extreme to me. so used it,
Looked extreme? Why. IL you don't
mind telling me?"
because, Clancy. I've got huncb
that the same Miss Maxwell for rea-
sons unknown. ls disposed to be entirely
friendly 70 Bingham Harvard esquire
alias the Night Wind"
Il have an engagement to call upon
her this evening"" Clancy told him,
In that case. my friend, I should sd-
wise tfat you use an aeroplane to take
you tnere. for the very good reason
hat both of YOU are under surveillance
was the emphatic reply of the red hair
I'd gentleman.