The Washington times., 1913-10-29
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CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued.)

T1HE other item disclosed that tne
police seemed to have accomplish.
ed something in their search for
the missing pair. The guide
Jacques. had been observed and identi-
fled by several who had seen him enter
the railroad station alone at Albany on
"Wednesday afternoon. and board a train
for the North.
It was found that he had purchased a
ticket for Toronto, but no one answering
his description in the smallest particu-
lar had alighted there. He had evil
IDENTIFY either purchased the ticket as a
blind. never intending to 90 on as far
as Toronto, or he had taken alarm at
some incident which occurred on the
train, and descended at one Of the
smaller intermediate stations.
In any event. he was now lost COM
pletely, swallowed up by the dense for
ests as only he, a denizen, since his
birth, of their shadowy depths, could
item, however. was the fact that the
mysterious maid, wherever she might
be. was alone and dependent utterly
now on her own powers of resource.
Yorkss prophecy was not to be full
filled-that eventually the police might
come across a definite clue which would
lead to the discovery of Mary Kelly's
hiding place. Yorke was skepucal of
that. but he could afford 10 waste no
further time.
Armed with the photograph of the
missing girl which Miss Allaire had
given TO him on the previous evening,
Yorke made his way once more down
town to the office of Jack warde.
The black-haired stenographer eyed
him with curious intentness very un-
like her attitude of the previous day
when the clerk took his card in to Mr..
Warde, and. although it was a busy
hour in the morning, he was received
with suspicious prOmptitude.
One glance at the set face of the man
he had come to see warned Yorke that
his subterfuse Of the day before would
not avail him in the present instance,
and even before Mr. Warde spoke, he
realized that at least partial frank
ness would be necessary to gain even
the brief interview he desired.
Mr.. Burke" said the broker
coldly, with a significant pause between
the words, Il should like to know the
meaning of this second intrusion. My
stenographer informs me that yester-
day, when Mr.. Merriman entered the
outer office, he addressed you by an
other name than the one you have
and you and he had private CONVEX
Oatton in Mr. Brownies office, after
which he brought you in here to inter
view me.
u should have considered it some at
tempt at a joke on Merriman's part,
but ] understand that you later pre-
sented yourself at the Waldorf. and
passing yourself off as a detective, OBJ
tanned a statement from my customer,
Mr. Refs. Will you explain this ex-
traordinary conduct
i Will. Mr.. Warde. Ny name is not
Burke. any more than your late stenog-
rapher's was Mr.. Ward started
slightly. IT am Franklyn Yorke. a de-
tective The case In which the So
called May Burke is concerned is an
l.lt nj st
tates my taking as few people into my
confidence as possible.
Mr.. Merriman and 7 are-old ac-
quaintances, and when he entered yes
terday he recognized me. The exigen-
cies of the situation demanded that
agreed, much against his will, to ena-
BILE me to obtain the interview 1 de-
sired with you. ! must rely upon You
TO treat my disclosures with the same
confidence he accorded them
"Why-er-T'-bega Mr.. Warde,
considerably taken aback. you are
Fraklyn Yorke, the man who cleared
up that matter of the death Of Vernon
Of the Eureka Life Insurance Company?
Merriman told me all about that. / see,
now. the reason for Merriman's attitude
yesterday, but i cannot understand
why, Mr. Yorke, you could not have
come to me frankly for any informa-
ton you desired
And I cannot explain that now to
You, Mr.. Warde. although later, when
the case is completed, l shall be glad to
gipe you all the details-under the seal
Of confidence, of course. If they will be
of any interest TO you, l am sure You
deserve them. after the trick / was
compelled to play on you"
Look herer' Mr.. Warde observed
excitedIy. seeming to ignore Yorke's re-
ply, Phil Merriman's been mixed up in
that Van Rensselaer, murder-he was
Up visiting the Goodalls when 1t was
perpetrated, and he put you on the case.
It's all been In the papers the last few
days / was wondering where I'd seen
your name lately. The police are scour-
ing the country for that missing serv-
ant: you are looking for my stenogra-
pher. who has disappeared, too Good
Lord, there isn't any connection
Yorke smiled bIandly. shaking mis-
head. This was the natural supposition
and the one he had been fearing
II am on the Van Rensselaer, case,
yes" he admitted frankly, "and I'm