The Washington times., 1913-11-19

TAXICAB of nondescript charac-
~ ter pulled Up at the curb twen-
n ty feet around the corner from
the avenue, and man stepped
Gown from it.
Two uniformed gentlemen, the peg
post and his relief. who had withdrawn
from the intersection of street and ave-
nue. prior to their exchange of duties,
appeared from behind the building at
the same instant.
An electric arc light shone full upon
the face of the man at the cab who was
putting some coins into the outstretched
hand of the chauffeur.
The COD who was relieving his COM
panion on peg" saw the face that was
so distinctly lighted up, and he halted,
Strengthened and stiffened where he
stood
For the love uh Mi" he gasped,
no completing the meaningless express
sion.
He seized his companion by the arm
with a grip that tightened and chung
the firmer when the man attempted TO
wrench himself free from II.
For the second officer had seen the
direction of his friends glance, had
caught the change of expression, and
had sensed rather than heard the eX-
H.
tinctly outlined by the glare of the arc
light but unlike his companion, he did
not recognize it, although he knew by
the demeanor of his side partner" that
the man at the cab door, engaged In
paying his fare, was a man wanted.
When he tried to jerk himself free
from the OBTAINING grasp, his compan-
ion, i'm order to detain him, seized MN
bodily, and held on with both muscular
arms.
The man at the cab having dropped
the coins, saw the two officers and ne
stood quite still, looking toward tneIp
with calm scrutiny while the taxlcao
departed
The entire time thus occupied may be
estimated by counting five, slowly. Hc
watched the short struggle that 1oIlo~
ed between the two officers, lmpersoh,
ally. and somewhat critically, 1udsed
suspected that his impulse was to turn
and run away from those uniformed OIL
fcers of the law-they least of all ;,
You gink! Stay where you are!
tackled that guy?" the first cop breath
ed hoarsely to his companion, while he
struggled to maintain his grasp. IT'S
tn Night Wind"
ITS the Night wind. tell sou. man
eliver'
'.AII the more reason, then Let go.
will your the second one exclaimed,
Night Wind, is it? Curse MIN. Let
me at him.
But the first one was bigger and
stronger than his companion, and he
who was the object Of their contention
drew a step or two nearer, as II the
scene interested him.
When they continued their struggles
for yet another second or two, one 10
break loose the other to prevent 1t, the
Aolitary spectator shrugged his shoul-
GERS. smiled coldly, turned, and walked
swiftly away.
"D'yeh want a broken wrist, r an
arm, r a leg. r mebby neck, yen
bonehead?" the first cop insisted. hang
ing on "Ain't he MANNED everything
he's touched. Amt he sent every cop
TO the hospital who's tried to lay nm
ger on him? Didn't he break Shuster's
arm above the elbow, an twist Banta,s
right wrist so outa shape that he'll
never in the world get 1t back again?
AN amt Casey down at s.. Vincents
right now. and Ragowski up at Mt
Sinai. all because uh him an MS devil.
ment? An -ou wanta go after him!
Your You'd be like a week-old chick
in the grip of 4 hawk, so you would. An
amt Rushton, down at headquarters,
that's called the strongest n?a9 on the
force, got his arm in a sim arm
that was broke in two pl" the
grip of him? An you y" 'ckle
him. do yeh? G'wan, then. p ; it.
He released mis- hold so sudde'a that
the other. VINO had been trying 20 es-
cape staggered backward TO the curb
before he could recover himself. But
the rapid-fiTe reminders that Officer
Myers had shot at him had had their
erect Compton was no longer eager
and. besides. ne realized that 1t was
100 late.
The Night Wind had disappeared.
But Compton, only now relieved from
the peg, nursed his crouch just the
same.
over and over again ever since the
Unbelievable performances of the night
wind had shaken the entire force TO
It's foundations and stirred the ambition
or every young cop in the city, he had
dreamed of such an opportunity as the
one which had just nodded to him, and
passed on.
He had thought out. many times.
what he would do when the chance
came. He had taken tiu-jitsu before he
applied for his police examination, and
had never had occasion to test II. he
cat. Fear had never gripped him yet,
so he did not know what 1t was.
He used some impolite language in
making his comments upon Myers con-
duct when he discovered that the Night
Wind had really disappeared. He was
still muttering unpleasant things when
he started away on ihs beat.
Myers took the peg. also muttering;
Out MS sell -OlTecteu EeH1dThs were SHlel
" of personal satisfaction over the fact
that he had not been caught in the
passing cyclone. i
Five minutes later the roundsman ap-
peared, and he stepped 10 the middle
of the street TO speak TO the peg.
What's this I'm hearin' about YOU,
MyersT' he demanded in a tone that
was not pleasant. He had il in for
Myers. and wanted nothing better than
a chance TO get him right" And a
roundsman can make trouble for a
You're hearin so many things about
patrolman if he has the will to do IL.
Myers knew perfectly well TO what Mar
Tin referred, but he replied indifferent
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