Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

there!" wash
She stopped again and bit her lin. How
| ell, with rising feeling of horror and
Indignation, vaguely felt what was COM
ing.
l looked about the station bewidercG
by the noise and the crowd FINALLY
woman approached me-"
| "A stranger" he interposed in low
i tones.
Yes, a middle aged woman. She asked
me who | was looking for and l told her
my brother, Your brother couldn't
! come. she said and he sent me to meet
you
Howell swore under his breath, but she
| heard
on never even thought of suspect
ing her! She put me in a taxi and we
drove and drove-it seemed for miles.
FINALLY we stopped before a high stone
mousse She led me up the stairs to the
! fourth Hoor-opened a door, pushed me
INTO room. turned the key in the lock
and went away"
Howell sat rigid and silent. His face
mad gone almost as white as the girls.
THE next day a big brute of a man
oh Cody She buried her face in her
hands and rocked to and fro in silent
/
away, His lips were working in notion
less curses. His fists were doubled, but
! he felt no pain from the injured hand
| When the girl had partially recovered
her control he slowly returned. but stood
beside her instead of resuming his seat.
| In this way she could avoid his eyes
| without appearing to do So
kept Prisoner"
Il was kept prisoner in that house
for three weeks" Howell could barely
catch the words, but as this crisis of the
story passed she recovered her compos-
ure with courage and fortitude that COM
| pleted his admiration. 1.-The only place
1 was allowed to go was to little en-
| closure on the roof
There was fresh air there and the
blue sky to look at. Finally Providence
| Providence-came to my rescue. A fire
broke out in that house. / escaped to
the roof and the firemen discovered me
and took me down.
| 81 rushed to my brother! l told him
what had happened-I thought he would
go insane! | have never seen such rage
! in human being. For days he was like
madman-and ever since then he has
| been obsessed with one thought one de-
sire-to bring these terrible men to JUS
| tice. At first he tried to work with the
police, but they were against him. Then
/ he managed to interest a certain rich man
| in the work. This man furnished him
with money and influence. With the
money he hired the best detectives he
could find--the Burns men-and with the
| influence he got himself gradually adj
vanced. Finally. he was appointed as
sistant to the district attorney and this
wOk was placed in his hands.
Bit by bit the evidence was collected
1t was one mans work to watch the pa
pers, particularly the want columns
| One day he found an advertisement for a
stenographer-'No experience required
Howell nodded and the girl continued.
This looked suspicious and some one
had to investigate. I begged to be al
lowed to go. My brother refused at first.
but at last consented. and ! went"
"To the Beaumont" asked Howell,
| quickly
ut was Morton?'
| Yes"
The Leader of the Gang
THAT was what he called himself" cor
rected the girl But he really was the
! one man in New York my brother wanted
to reach He was Pedro Alvarez, the
leader of the gang"
Great Scott" calculated Howell, under
his breath "Wen, you got the job?"
YES" replied the girl, and was silent.
"Weu, go on, on" urged Howell, i'm
patiently What happened?'
"Of course, the cutlery business was
blind"
And the stenographer was part of the
| bluff. eh?"
yes. there was nothing to do. l had
plenty of opportunities to watch. And
oh, how I watched! l sneaked, I spied,
[ STOLE to get the evidence We wanted"
! "And you got ito" cried Howell, his
| eyes shining with excitement Yes" the
little mouth closed grimly Day by day
little by little, until the net was almost
complete There was one thing that was
! lacking and that | had 70 get
! "What was that?" he asked eagerly
a list of the members of the gang.
Did you get it,
Eyes. today. Alvarez had learned in
some way that my brother knew who he
was This morning he appeared nervous,
| uneasy People came and went-mem
! bers of his gang, pretending they were
| customers | heard him tell Enrico Sc
velli his chief lieutenant that he would
/ give him a list of all the members of the
society-in case anything should happen
u
TO him. Alvarez was the only one that
| knew them all He wrote out the D.
and nut it in an envelope and hid 1t IN
! the room. where Sevelli could find it in
case of accident. I could hear them talk
| ing about it, though l could not see
where they hid tt--and as soon as they
had LEFT went in. I pried open the desk,
but Il wasn't there.
~ Got the List"
But you got it, interrupted HoweLL
to hasten the end of the story He YVES
momentarily expecting an interruption.
yes"
Good! What them
Il had just concealed it in my dress
when the door was opened and he entered
the room
Good Cod" CALCULATED Howell He
had taken his old seat beside her and he
watched her face in wonder and adnira-
ton.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.