The Washington times., 1913-12-13
Alias The Night Wind
A Thrilling Story
By VARICK VANARDY.
Copyright. 1913, Frank A Munsey Co.

| Wind. The ice-packs to which the
strained ankle was constantly subjected
very quickly reduced the swelling, scat
tered the discoloration, and restored to
their normal condition the inf1amed It's
sues and strained tendons and nerves.
The doctor often sat with him at his
request: and on the particular morning
paper he had been reading and would
| have left the room for his daily round
OF calls. Harvard stopped him.
''Yo1 can spare me five minutes more,
! hope" he said.
Certainly. Mr. Binghampton"
How much longer must 1 remain
with YOU before you are quite willing
| that ] NAV go?" Harvard demanded,
quietly. Il have systematically. and
every, day since it began, followed your
directions as to exercise
4 II think that can discharge you by
| the morning Of the day after tomor-
row" the physician replied. snilingly.
why not today?'
Are YOU particularly anxious to go
| away today2' -... -'-. eco
, ''N-no. | think not
"In that case your last question needs
| no answer"
' Harvard hesitated a moment. Then
! he asked abruptly:
| Have you heard from your brother
julius since I have been here?"
Not a word
Have YOU communicated with him. or
with his employer
with Julius-yes. Every day.
And have received no replies from
| himw
''Why is that?"
"It was SO Understood between us in
the beginning, My short reports are
ambiguous. misleading and unsigned. 1
send them to New York to be mailed.
They are sent to a name ard address
which have no direct associations with
INV brother"
| "I see. 1 suppose you have agreed to
notify him when I was on the point Of
| leaving your
Yes"
And that fact. instead Of my condi-
| tion, leads you to fix the time for the
day after tomorrow. instead of permit
ting me to go away today. Is that
true?"
"It is"
Have you an idea that Julius will
'I think he will do so. And 1 do not
think he will come alone. Mr.. Bing-
hampton
oh! thank you. doctor. I will try to
be patient
When left alone to himself Bingham
Harvard was anything but patient
The doctor had barely driven away
from the door in his little runabout be-
fore Harvard was up and doing. ar
ranging for his own going. before the
doctor ShOulQ return
There was not much arrangement to
make. Clothing he had none. save that
In which he was clad. and a few other
articles which had accumulated during
his stav.
A fortunate circumstance entirely ac-
cidental. but equally providential. had
supplied him with more than sufficient
cash for his needs at the time when his
misfortune fell upon him But that is a
subject for later discussion. It suffices
hot ha or ujth
funds.
Only once had the supply he carried
been out of his possession. That was
when he was i'll, after his experience in
the river. when Black julius had un-
dressed him while he was delirious.
But Julius had faithfully folded his
clothing and put 1t away; Nothing it
contained had been disturbed.
So when the doctor left him and he
began preparations for his immediate de-
parture, there was little for him to do
save to write two letters, one to julius.
one to the physician-which latter one
contained a yellow-back bill Of ample
denomination.
He left no word for Katherine.
1t was chiefly because he desired to
avoid a meeting with her that he deter
mined to depart without leave-taking.
Without admitting the fact to him.
self, he resented her utter silence since
he had been under the doctors care
and he succeeded in convincing himself
lndI ne was BlaO tflat SHt Hdu kept HeT-
self aloof and silent.
Harvard disliked going abroad In the
daylight. but he had to do that in order
TO avoid the doctor. who would return
at ] in the afternoon and who might
not go out again unless he happened 20
be especially summoned.
The letter he left for the doctor v as
one of gratitude and appreciation. From
tie other one, addressed to julius, one
paragraph may be quoted:
| muSt fnrWa rh gYnrnSSIOng nf
gratitude to one other person, through
you, because it would be unwisc for
many reasons to send them direct. l de-
sire you TO say for me that | fully and
thoroughly appreciate all that has been
done for me, and all the kindnesses that
have been extended to me. Say, also,
that j shall go far away very soon--
Just as soon as / have performed one
duty which still remains to me If J am
ever taken, which / doubt, no act of
yours, or of the person to whom / refer,
must be performed. or even considered,
which can reflect upon or compromise
either of you. 1 am very much in earn
est in making this request
At II o'clock that morning Bingham
Harvard quietly departed from the
house that had sheltered him so thor
oughly.
His going was unobserved.
+. 1t was the first time he had been out
side the door since julius took him
there. 1t was the first time he had
been abroad in the streets in many a
day.
There was more than three-week
growth of beard on his cace which he
had carefully trimmed to Van Dyke
point, ard he believed that If he used
ordinary care and caution he would be
able, for a time at least, to avoid rec
ognition.
He had become the Night Wind