The San Francisco call., 1913-10-27
Continued from saturday

He hated Wolf in the first place
lust because he was Wolf Now he
hsted him doubly because he was a
pitHul coward. If It had been posi-
bic he would have escaped under the
cover OF the death of his tool, Ran
son And now he was making a
groveiing plea for mercy Allan
thought that Wolf ought to kill him
SELF out or respect for mankind, but
u .nis was not the time for him to do
II He would simply scare him to the
limit and let him off until there was
q safer time 20 crush him.
said. He
But you can't want 10 drive me to
DEATH gasped Wolf, hoarseIy You
don't mean that. Allan I'll make
villas sure as I'm alive, I'll"
'That'n do. Wolf. I've said my last
word Get OUT
Wolf staggered into his car and
told the chauffeur TO drive him to his
apartment in Riverside drive. He
was stiil In a sort of trance when he
arrived there. He took three or four
drinks Of brandy. The thought of
food almost nauseated him. He
paced up and down his rooms. chew
ing unlit cigars, and every time he
passed the buffet he grasped a bottle
at random and poured himself a
drink He did not know what IL was
he was drinking and none of it had
any effect
Once. when he went to the front
windows. he noticed that a car was
standing across the way from his
own The chauffeur was tinkering
with the engine 1t must have been
a pretty bad breakdown. for the car
remained all the time he was in his
apartment
Finally he went downstairs and
ordered himself driven TO his club
The chauffeur across the street
seemed to have repaired the damages
at last. for he started OF after VOLTS
car. Wolf saw him and understood.
Detectives were watching him.
A man named De Maupassant once
wrote a story in which he told of a
coward who wrestled with himself
all night before he was to fight a
duel and finally committed suicide TO
avoid it. Wolf was a coward, and. il
You have ever read the story, you
will understand what was passing in
his mind.
The worst thing that could over
take him would be arrest. liberation
on bail, a trial on a highly technical
charge with plenty of room for clever
defense. To the average man In
these circumstances the thought of
suicide would be almost humorous.
But 10 Wolf anything seemed pref
erable to arrest It was not the dis
grace or the ordeal OF trial and pos
sible conviction that daunted him.
He thought of none Of these things.
His disordered mind simply shrank
from the picture OF detective hav-
ing his hand on his shoulder.
His distraught manner attracted
some attention at the club. but he
went into the gambling room and
gambIed for big stakes. laughing
loudly and drinking much, for his
luck was phenomenal He played all
night. his luck shifting somewhat,
but when morning came and he
finally withdrew, he had more than
$40. 600 in checks in his pocket and
few hundred in cash Of his own
When he went out into the street
after q cup of coffee. he was conscious
that a man reading newspaper on
the curb glanced at him out OF the
corner of his eye and walked SLOWLY
down after him. ostentatiousiy study
ing the numbers of the houses as IL
looking for an address. In few min
utes he lost sight of him, but he knew
that this man and others were watch
ing him.
When he reached his apartment he
was so tired physically that his mind
became truly active at last, after "a
hours of numbness. He began to
think clearly, or what he thought was
clearly. Then a perfectly simple and
smooth plan presented itself TO him.
He would go away.
He knew. of course, that any at
tempt TO draw money at his own bank
would only precipitate what he dread
ad. But he had his gambling win
nings in his pocket He telephoned to
q broker. told him a perfectly plaus-
fhle lie and had him send up $50 600 in
cash for the checks. While this money
was on the way he bathed and
dressed.
His idea was TO go out openly.
snend the entire day in shaking on
dstectfves. slip into the subway, go
north 10 the terminus and strike
cross country to a small railroad sta
ZION and board Canadian train
there.
For an hour he ducked and lodged
and doubled in the maelstrom ana
when he was certain that ne nad
shaken off his pursuers, he made for
Central mark as a final test. He
roaned the park for an hour and
saw no sign of a detective Then he
called cab and went TO a barber
shon where he had his hair cut
short and his mustache removed
THE DISGUISE
There was a little clothing store
few doors down from the barber shop
over on the east side Here he
bought a new outfit of cheap clothes
which he donned at once
II was dark now and he went forth.
confident that he was safe. lie touna
cab at Twenty-eighth street and
drove TO the address near the SUB
wav station at Worth street. which
he Inquired would be little used on the
uptown side at that hour
He was right. When ne walked
through the gate TO the platform
there was no one in sight, put rev
moments later a man came through
the gate. He opened newspaper
and glanced at ii. paying no attention
to Wolf. The latter was so certain
that he had eluded pursuit that he
gave the stranger no more tnan a
nassing giance-but that was enough