The Washington times., 1913-12-18
ALIAS THE MIGHT WIND
"--- By vARICK vANARDY
AMseyco
By VARICK VANARDY

lwi:h a slight accident" Harvard re.
Then you haven't heard the latest
Il hear nothing What is it?"
The lady whom you wished me &c
save from herself has resigned from the
police department She no longer be,
Yes"
How do You know
Il happened to be down there when
she did it
Did you speak TO herr"
Yes, for moment. Then she went
away. Don't You think, Bing, that YOU
ought to try to see her again?"
by the way. old man, 1 left word
with Horton that if a certain party
came in. / wished to be notified. 1t is
somebody want to see. So, II the tele-
phone bell should ring, don't be startled.
It will be for me"
Two minutes later it did ring
Over at the other hotel, katherine.
mindful Of all that Clancy had said to
her, and being certain that he would
not return to the table where they had
been dining together. lost as little time
as possible in carrying out the direc-
tions that had been given her.
At the Mammoth she found Mr.. Hor-
ton, who quickly assigned her to the
suite that Clancy had selected for her,
and she went to 1t, filled with expec-
fancy of what might-of what she pray
ed would-happen.
And SO, when the bell of the telephone
rang in the room where the two men
were talking together. only a partition
separated Katherine Maxwell and Bing-
hom Harvard Both Of them were, how
ever, ignorant of that interesting fact.
Clancy answered the telephone.
The burden of his replies was: ''All
right. All right All right"
Then he hung up the receiver.
Excuse me minute Bing, he said,
and went out.
I But he did not go far. He passed
along the corridors a short distance.
and tapped gently against the door of
the suite which adjoined the one he
had taken for Harvard and himself. At
the first moment of entering 1t he had
rearranged the fasteninSs of the door
that communicated between the two.
Now he had only to unlock the opposite
side of the same door.
katherine was expecting him at any
moment. She opened the door at once
when he tapped upon it.
I'm awfully sorry that had to leave
you SO abruptly" he said to her. Il left
the check for you to settle, too. didn
L? Fact is, L saw a man that i very
much wanted to have a word with. l
chased him.
He paid no attention to what she mur-
INJURED in reply to him. His mind was
upon other things.
He crossed the room directly to that
communicating door. In moment he
spoke to her again, over his shoulder.
There had not been time enough for her
to think his actions strange or unusual.
He had gone directly about the busi-
ness in hand. well knowing that kath-
crime MaxweIls natural astuteness
would very quickly see through any
subterfuge that he might undertake.
please come here moment Miss
Maxwell" he said.
Wonderingly she complied. He seemed
to be very busy about something con-
nected with that door. She had no idea
what it was. She approached him
quickly, as he had requested her to do.
When she was beside him-he waited
until that instant-he pulled the door
open quickly, stepped TO one side. forced
her gently across the threshold before
she was aware of his intention, closed
the door again. seized his hat. which he
had left upon a chair and. without so
much as a glance backward, passed out
of the suite into the hotel corridor