The Washington times., 1913-12-09
Alias The Night Wind
A Thrilling Story
By VARICK VANARDY.
Copyright, 1918. Frank A Munsey C 0.


, him that his acts mad engendered. his
homelessness, the never-ending neces-
sity that he must keep moving, the
uncertainty of consequences with every
step that he took, had convinced him at
| last of the utter futility and hopeless
ness Of further effort il he remained
| within the environment of New York.
He had made up his mind to end It
| ali that night and to make his getaway.
| To END il all meant that he in
tended TO fnd Lieut. Rodney Rushton
] before another day should dawn: and
the last, bold act of his, before he
sought that bench in Union Square to
wait, had been to seek a telephone booth
| and to call up police headquarters.
This is Mr.. Knight" he announced
when he did that At least the officer
at the other end of the wire would have
so spelled the name, which was really
half of the alias that had been lacked
I uTon Harvard. Il wish to speak to
| Lieutenant Rushton."
The resultant conversation, every
word of which on his own part he had
| thought out with care before he gave in
| the call, told him where he might find
! the lieutenant at L o'clock that night.
Rushton was to be at headquarters at
| that hour to report in and out again,
and MIR. Knight, if he was so disposed,
might present himself there at that
time. Mr.. knight, alias the Night Wind,
| was so disposed.
He arrived at the stone building a few
minutes before the stroke of midnight,
\ but, instead of entering in, he walked
outside. Nor had he immediate fear of
| recognition. If there is place in the
| world where the bulls do not expect
| to encounter the hunted it is within
| the shadow of that same stone building
in Center street
There are always shadows at night in
which a man may temporarily hide. The
Night Wind found such one, and from
the obscurity of il he commanded q
fairly good view of the entrance to the
building.
To his astonishment shortly before
1 the stroke of IL, Lady Kate descended
| from a taXicab-a real yellow one this
/ time-paid the chauffeur and passed
| inside. She had been summoned there
pere!nptorily. but the Night Wind did
! not know that. Her presence merely
served TO confirm some of the opinions
! he had formed concerning her.
Barely had she disappeared when
/ Rusfton swung into view from the di-
/ reCtiCE of the subway station ana en-
| tered the building.
The Night Wind had no intention of
/ going inside. His holiness did not car
| " him that far. But he had two pur-
! poses in mind when he teiephoneH 10
! headquarters. The main one was 10
! learn exactly when and where he could
find RushtQn; tine other was to Keep
! the lieutenant waiting, for time, TOT
. the expected caller-to hold him uhth
nc would be more likely to come away
I frum headquarters without companions.
! The Night Wind figured that Ruston
! would not wait long. but il did not mat
/ ter if the interval were an hour, or t"o'
or three. He could wait.
Several times he moved away from
! the cOnceaIing shadow and returned TO
! il. 4 half-hOur, three-quartefs, th'h an
! hour elapsed, and-RuShton came out Oi
the building with Lady Kate beside
him.
During a moment they stood together
at the entrance talking. Then they
moved up the street, side by slde; 70
| ward the subway station. The Nght
Wind followed at the opposite side ol
Lady Kate went down stairs into the
subway alone RushtOn raised his NAT
20 her and remained where he was. He
did not seem disposed to leave there.
He lighted cigar and appeared 10 wait
for somehodl or something, smoking
vigorously while he did so.
There vas one incident which neitnGr ',i,.ld
however. Lady Kate ,reappeared at the
other stairway to the SUbwaE very
shcrLly after she had disappeared into
I ti,at one TO which Rushton had conduct
ed her.
nat she KEEP. herself out Of sight by
r,f...::: gIicsIy behind the kiosk that
covered It. and then b., entering what
/ appeared to be 4 t@Nicah tHat was
Standing at the curb close TO her.
| The chauffeur SGrang down from his
perch to close the door for her, and
some rapid-tire words were spoken TO
him through the open window. Then
the curtain was drawn, til" chauffeur
returned to his place, and the cab was
driven to another position across the
street from which point Rushton could
pe seen still waiting beside the other
| kiosk.
Had the Night Wind observed all this
| Il Inl@ht have csuscd him to change his
plans for the night. Had Rushton seen
them. he. too, mint have conducted
himse differcntl..