The Washington times., 1913-12-14
CHAPTER XIII.
7HREE weeks is long time ior .
character like the Night Wind 70
have disappeared utterly from


have disappeared utterly from
I, the face of the earth. Anyhow,
the department Of police OF New YORK
clty Thought SO, ana, generally speak:
ing, was glad. Some of the higher ofn-
ciais thought so, and were not sorry:
The inspector at that time In cnarse ol
the detective bureau thought SO, ana
was secretly elated.
Rushton thought so, too, and was hon.
estly disappointed. because, being en-
tirely sound and fit again, and his ego.
tisIn being so great, he never doubted
his ability sooner or later 10 get ms
man. That last experience at MS own
house had made him all the more eager.
Had he known that his man. was
even tren planning. warily and craftiiy,
how to get him, IL is possible that ne
might have experience some misglvinSs
concerning the final outcome OF, events;
Thomas Clancy had been summoned
to headquarters the day following Ha
wards escape across the roofs ana
through the thirteenth house.
He had admitted stoutly and defiantiy
that he always had been. and still con-
-tinued to be, Bingham Harvards fr1end'
that il he had been given the oppor-
tunity he would have taken tne Nisns
Wind into his house at any time. But
the. opportunity had been lacking. Inc
police knew that much, and Clancy was
sent away with a warning against mar
boring felons.
Clancy went to see President Chester
of the bank. mad clear through. s.,
IN a public statement over your own
signature, that you know Bing Har-
ward to be not guilty of the charge
against him. he told that much-dls-
turbed and mentally harassed official.
But 1 can't do that, Tom, Chester
REPLIED.
.'Don't you know that ne Is not
guilty?'
the fact that he has made
q .yeritable demon of himself, breaking
bones and demoral'zing the entire police
force, defying all authority and Tying
in the face Of the law. 1 am convinced
''Oh! you are, chr What else could
he have done, I'd like to know" with
He might have given himself up and
stood his Ir.al."
yes, and been raiiroaded to prison
for thirty. years. more or less"
"Probably-if he were proven guilty.
But If on he other hand
"Oh! there is no other hand In a dead
managed by the system, when it needs
a victim. You know that"
II do not know it, i do not believe
it. I have known Lieutenant Rushton
4 long time. he mas performed many
services for me-
HE is a double-eyed. black-hearted
scoundrel, That's what he isl Clancy
And II know Bing Har-
vard-and I think I do, some!-he'll get
that uniformed rat before he's much
older, and hand him what's coming to
him. Bing will take him In his hands
some day and break him in two. If he
doesn't kill Rushton for what Rushton
has done to him-well, III miss my
guess"
"Oh! hope net"
'I suppose IL Bing were your own
son, instead of being merely a. person
whom yoT professed to love like a son,
you'd act in d ecisely the same way.
wouldn't you?''
81 certainly would. Tom"
Honestly. Chester. l begin to think
that in your complacent unctiouspess
you're almost as great scoundrel as
The only difference is that
you don't know IL. and he does"
You would not say such things to ME.
Thomas. If you were not beside your