Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-09

pated her question.
"'My name is not Jim, but Alice
said. You will see Jim presently, for
he is about to be placed under ar
rest also. Now, sit down there and be
as calm as you can, for / want to ask
you some questions
"The answer was blow that
caught me full in the face. With
great effort the woman had shot her
manacled hands forward and the steel
had struck me between the eyes. 1t
dazed me, but reached gropingly out
ward. / tried to seize her as her lock-
ed hands worked clumsily with the
catch of the door. My fingers seemed
nerveless. Great splotches of red
Jared before my eyes. screamed.
Then all grew black.
when revived, was still in the
rocking. hurrying taxicab. and vague
| ly I wondered what all had happened
and what had become Of the wom-
an who had struck me. I became
aware that / was crowded far into a
corner by a great form and that some
one was whistling We passed far
| ing street lamp. ] saw next to me the
hulking shape of my old friend of the
uniform. Tom Malloy.
"T got hep to somethin' on tn cor
ner,' he said by way of explanation,
when seen tn door av tn taxi open
an a woman jump out. Then, when l
seen thin wrist decorations. knowed
| there was a party av some kind on.
So just joined in. Bless me, s'long
as there's man about. it's quiet lit
tie dame she is, isn't she?'
This was addressed to the opposite
corner of the taxicab, where the wild
eyed woman sat gritting her teeth. !
saw the hands that had felled me
tight and clenched. And I was bit
old Tom Malloy was with me. Gradu-
ally learned all that had happened
Malloy had seen the woman leap from
the machine and start to run away.
Believing it was a case of attempted
white slavery or something of the
kind, he had hurried forward, just in
time to intercept the women. The Of
fcer at the wheel had stopped and
was hurrying back. Mrs. Whitneys'
little attempt at escape had failed and
Malloy decided, as soon as he saw me
still slumbering from the effect of the
blow that l had received, that he had
better make little trip to the station
himself
"a few minutes more and we were
at headquarters. At least one of those
concerned in the theft of the $4,000
had been captured. But the real pris-
oner was still free.
MAYBE we'd better take you home
the driver suggested as the desk SER
geant booked the arrested woman. /
turned him pair of flashing eyes.
"'Send me homer I demanded.
Well | should say not-at least not
when there's a chance Of catching
man I've been looking for as long as
have Jim Whitney. The next thing
on the program is to put Tom Malloy
in the taxi for an anchor, and drive
as hard as you can to a point near the
statue of General Sherman in Lincoln
Park, and there
Slow minded me! / simply had to
| break in for a question.
"But, Miss Clement, all you knew
about the thing was that the telephone
call had come from place near Lin
coin Park"
| A smile of commiseration was turn
ed on me and it lasted as long as the
waiter remained at his task of re-
moving dishes Then when the field
was clear of listeners again, Miss Gle
ment allowed the smile to turn into
a full grown laugh.
"And you call yourself a-well, i
won't say It." she bantered. Don't
you know that man who was in the
circumstances Of jim Whitney wasn't
going to do any more wandering
around the city than he had to? He
telephoned from a place near Lincoln
Park The nearest statue to that
place is the statue of General Sher-
man. Therefore" She smiled at me
again and l waved hand.
Were you right?" asked. She did
not heed the interruption.
~ told the man at the wheel to get
to the statue as soon as possible and
appear hungry for fare. If he got
me in the machine, all right. If he
didn't-then it was up to him to find
the machine was in, and to find it in
spite of everything that might exist.
I boarded car.
81 never saw stretch of path that
was longer than my walk toward the
statue At every form started-half
believing each was the man I sought
I was not sure of his face in the dim
| light, was not sure of his general ap-
pearance. Every spark of my intui-
tive powers was at work I had my
chance there to find the man sought
and I had to make good. ! neared
the statue. A man started forward.
For one brief second, something with