The Washington times., 1913-10-27

remarked fOrke.
Il had great admiration for her" tn,
the stout man said simply. Since In
here in New York | haf not seen an,
! girl so nice and charming. They jok,
me al tie office because ] sent her flow
ers and candy-little things any gen
| tleman should send Iady-and believe
NE. she was lady. that girl.
| Il know one when ] see one. ] wa:
going to ask her pretty soon. woulC
| she 20 to dinner and the theater with
me when-donnerwetter, she is gone al
| ready. And she never comes back" il,
added mournfully.
| Then you don't know where | can 10.
cate her.? forke spoke in Il disap.
pointed tone.
Il haf never seen her since" the stou,
| man sighed with unmistable frankness
| Then he added:
| so she has come into little money
| has she? We'll, I'm glad of that She
| vas too nice a girl to be in business"
Il won't keen you any longer, Mr..
| Refs Sorry you cant give me any in
| formation about her." said Yorke, fir
GerinS his hat as if on the point of de-
parturc.
Shell be glad to know OF that legacy.
, when | find her"
Il hope you find her soon, wherever
| she is. the stout man rejoined, heartily.
Then he added, wistfully:
When you do, would you tell her,
please. if she would call up Mr.. Reis-
Mr.. Gerhardt Reis-at the Waldorf-As-
| terra? l would like her to go to dinner
and the theater with me some night
And if so be that she don't 20 out with
gentlemen, she could bring her mother.
or anyone! You understand?''
Yorke loked into the kind, eager face
before him, and he felt a twinge of
Compunction at the role he was playing
MIR. Refs" he said, earnestly. when
find the young lady, | promise you
will deliver your message word for
word. Good afternoon. and thank you. ="
He was destined to keep his promise
but under what circumstances he could
not then, in his widest mood, have
imagined.
From the Waldorf-Astoria Yorke went
back 70 his own rooms, where he spent
quiet hour running over his notes and
rearransinG the evidence in his pos
session in accord with the days devel-
opments.
He felt elated at one or two signifi-
cant facts which he had established,
and the general trend of the line of in
vestigation he was then engaged upon
satisfied him, but he felt an odd. dis
turbing sense of discomfort with the
whole affair-as if he We're working on
a loose thread, which complicated the
whole tangle, but led nowhere The
vital clue TO the main issue at stake
persistently eluded him.
He dined quietly alone in his rooms,
attended by Williams, who knew his
employers moods too well to intrude
upon them. Only when he had placed
the cheese and coffee before him did
he venture remark.
Seen the evening papers, sir?"
No: haven't thought to look al them
yet. Why?''
The police all over the country are
hot foot after that girl, sir. They think
hav hey N
chief of police in Pittsburgh is sure he's
got her, too
And by tomorrow she'll be discov-
cred in every town and hamlet she'll
have had time TO reach since Tuesday
morning" returned Yorke amusedly.
No. Williams. the police will have
very long search for Mary Kelly. I'm
afraid. Did my Photographic supplies
arrive from my camp? ! sent a note
over from the Van Rensselaer, place be-
fore | left for them 10 be shipped on
down to me"
Yes. sir ] unpacked them and set
them UP in the dark room
Good, ] may need them in day or
two Now I'm of. Go to bed when you
want to, Williams, | may not come In
until late
He strolled over to Broadway and up
its blazing pathway. Glaring with myr-
lads of lights and swarming with
pleasure-bent humanity.
1t was well after $50 when his leisure
lv feet brought him TO the doors of the
Folly Theater. The lobby was fairly
deserted save for an occasional sku'rS-
ing group of late comers, and forke
presented himself at the box Office win
dow and asked to see Mr. Schumann.
There was some little delay, that au-
tocratic gentleman having seemingly In
trenched himself in all bu; impregnable
manner against the attacks of not dlsin-
terested strangers.
YOrke's card, together with brief in
timatiOn that his business was of con
fdential nature, however, opened the
door Of the managerial inner sAhctum 10
him. and he was received urbanely by
a large HebTaiC gentleman, VINO re
clined elegantly in tipped back re
yoIyiug chair with his feet stretched
comfoi tably out before him and a black !
cigar pointed toward the ceiling.
..Mr. Franklyn YORKER he said gent
ally. Glad to know EOu. sir. We put
on little sketch about you in the !
.Erisky Dgmsels' burlesque last year. /
Didn't happen to see it, | SUPPOSE
cant say | did, replied forke:
swallowing a BrimaC". l)idn know
was as famous as that.
..Oh. well. it was after that Wash
inptou affair. and the papers were run /
of YOU" the manager explained IN ,
geniously. r
lit was good business. too. Bur !
Iesque's only side line with us, Dut ""
keep il up to the minute. mere
monev in il if it's properly handled, let
me tell YOU there's money in II. Well
Mr. Yorke, what can | do for YOU?
Il want to get a line on little blonde
who was in the chorus OF your Aero
plane Girl production last season
Marie Burchard."
Chorus? Say" Mr.. Schumann SHIFTED
his cigar and eyed him pityingly. You (
don't keep wise to what's getting pulled
off on the RialtO, do you? Chorus. /
Why that little girl was the INest Wir"
we had in the show!
Blew in here lookin' for lob and | ,
tried her out with the show girls Tor 4 !
week Just about that time Dora +,
Hayes-she was the AerOplane Girl. YOU !
know-welched on a couple OF matln"es.
and ! gave her a good calling down. and /
she n6w off the handle and quit The |
girl whose place little Burchard had |
taken had been Hayes underStudy, and |
! was stalled for fair Ther" | was.
Mr. Yorke, right in the middle of a big |
asOn, playin to capacity. and 10 leadin
" oman, Burchard was the same size
and figure as Hayes, and she was the
only woman in the company that I
In the part. so took a long chance and
put her on al the next performance. the
" ednesdaN matinee.
Believe me, Mr.. Yorke." Mr. Schu-
mann leaned forward and tapped
Yorke's knee convincingly. Believe me.
Dora Hayes at her best. before she got
her big head. when she was really
wurkin for her sa larry. couldn't touch
Marie Rurchard. She went big from the
start, and by the time the curtain bell
-ang for the second act ! knew my
AerOplane Girl didn't need no Dora