The Washington times., 1913-12-19
ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND
----- By vARIcK vANARDY --
Frank A Munsyc =
CHAPTER xxIx.-(continued.)

CHAPTER XXIX-(Continued.)
vNwARDLY she refused to heed what
he had said She remembered then
all that she had intended to say to
Elm and why she wished to plead
with him. She recalled that she believed
it was more for the purpose Of arguing
him out of his resolve to commit crime
than for any other reason that she had
30 longed for the chance to see him once
more
why did 20 come to New York at
all? Why did you not remain where
you were In safety, at least until night
faIl.'- she asked him.
'T have already told you the principal
reason" he answered.
'-Eut what was the errand that could
nave brought you to New York at mid
davr" she insisted. She wished to force
him to confess to her his intentions
concerning Leutenant Rushton-
But Harvard lodged the question
again. He repeated, once more, the
words that hurt her so cruelty, the
words that he mus. know hurt her. Evi-
Gently he intended them so.
But Katherine Maxwell was brave,
and she was fghting with all her
strength Of will. Harvard repeated, with
almost cruel emphasis on each word he
uttered:
81 have already told you that I
wished to avoid you. Otherwise would
have stayed on there till night"
Katherine disregarded the repetition.
That was not the only reason you
said.
NO"
What was the other one2".a7
81 prefer not to discuss it-just now.
''You must discuss t-now-wtth me. "
"Must?"
''Yeg. have earned--I have won the
right to know. Answer me-"
- had some small preparations to
make before going awey-very far away
That reply is mere subterfuge''
He shrugged his shoulders and made
no comment.
preparations .you were required to make
before you go ssway-very far away?"
There was a duty which / felt-no,
there is a duty which I know 1 must
seemingly happy thought occurred to
him-"also there are several sums of
money that I have hidden in different
locations and which / will have need
Of"
OH she said, and was silent
1T is my" he began, and stopped.
The Inference that might be derived
from what he had said was plain. He
she already thought him guilty. Let
il go at that.
You did not complete what you were
about to say" she told him. 90. ....
NO. 1t is unnecessary"
What is the duty that you feel yoc
must perform before you go?" she asked
him determined that she would force
him TO confess it TO her, although she
already know what II was.
1T is an act Of Justice, he evaded
her.
She left, her position near the door
ane moved nearer to him, so That she
stood at the opposite end Of the table.
said. looking straight into his eyes.
He did not reply. His own ewes fell
before hers; Then he raised them
straight, and tan, and determined be-
fore her.
NO." he. said. with slow emphasis.
Il will tell you, since you must know"
WellT' she asked, when he paused
He took step backward: then he
passed partly around the table and
faced her. He stretched out his arms
and opened and closed his fingers,
"lerching and unclenching them spas
ulodically. The expression of his face
changed. His eyes burned His nastrils
dilated. His features hardened
Il am going to kill Rushton-1ith
these hands" he said
His voice was not raised. II anything,
fore. But the utterancs was final. It
was the closing of a chapter. Tne end
of an argument The ultir1atum Of
days and weeks Of thought.
Il knew ii, she said. Her voice was
hardly above breath. = ..
well, then, why did you make me
Because, although I did know II. I
would not permit myself to believe it
Why not of me? Am 1 not entirely
-Perhsps-if You are really guilty Of
r,,,,,,,d,, aIt ! am guilty., He laughed aloud
"Ns. You are not justified in commit
ting sTch an act" she said Nothing
could Justify It 1t is not Bingham Har-
yard who utters that insane threat 1t
IS the H!gtt Wind who speaks
Aye II is the Night Wind, the felon,
the outcast. the hunted. The so-caIled
thief But more than all else, IT is the
wronged man"
She did not reply.
He stepped forward and Grasped her
by the arm. hurting her. although he did
not know or intend it.
"Listm to me- he said, >ensely All
the devil in him was reused then, and
the sight of her there before him, with
all her matchiess charms, reused II.
The belief that she still thought him a
thief added to II. Think of what that
man has Gene to me-and to you, also.
EUt think first of what he has done to
me"
lie paused. lifting his chin and pull
ing at his collar, as If the swelling mus
cles of his neck made IL choke him.
Katherine was silent. He continued:
II was happy; L was contSnted: l was
az peace with the world and with my
self. 4 had ACCUMULATED sufficient funds
OF my own 10 lift me above the strife
for mere wealth In the beginning l.
Wa a founding.
God alone knows who was. But a
good found II