The Washington times., 1913-12-18
CHAPTER XVIII

SuAc LEX AANlll.
" LANCY hurried around the cor
ner and down the street along
~ which he had seen Bingham
Harvard pass.
He forgot that ne was himself a
shadowed man. He forgot, for the mo-
ment, that men were outside of the ho-
Eel who were engaged in watching him,
and the lady who had been dining with
him as we'll He forgot that he might
be followed as he hurried through the
street to overtake his friend, and that
he might betrsy him whom he desired
most to spare.
But fortune favors the reckless, and
it favored Thomas Clancy then.
The very fact that he went away
from the table so abruptly and left his
companion seated there argued to those
who were watching and waitInsi that
ne would be absent but a moment or
two and would return. Thus, for no
% other reason than mere good luck, he
escaped from the hotel unnoticed, un-
seen, unmatched.
But for that the incidents that hap
pened after 1t might have been inter
ruptsd. As it was, the very boldness OF
the arrangement of them made then
possible and kept them from the knowl-
edge of the police.
LOWh Tic SlI-cl, OHS lcct
around the corner, Clancy came upoI
Sne man he sought
Had he not been seeking him and
sisncing sharply into every nook and
Granny and doorway that he passed.
he might not have discovered him: for
Harvard was withd aswn as far as pos
sIble into convenient hallway, while
he still maintained a more or less per-
feet view Of the street toward Broad
way.
The recognition was mutual and in
slant.
Clancy halted, then darted into the
hallway beside his friend.
Good" he exclaimed, with relief.
Il saw you passing a window of the
hotel / was inside dining What in
thunder do you mean, Bing, by being
in the streets at this hour of the day
when you are almost sure to be seen
and recognized?
Harvard. who, after the first glance
at Clancy kept his eyes directed up
the street, replied without turning
his head:
"'Rushton is yonder. am watching
him and waiting for HIM" he said.
not going to stay here to watch him.
not IL 1 know il. You are just plain
foolhardy to think Of it,
"Oh. TO, I'm not. Anyhow, I'm go
ing to do it Go away, Tom, and leave
me. You only make it verse by
Il won't. and that settles it. You
can find Rushton at any time you
want him. 1t is not of the slightest
use for you 10 risk everything by
staying here"
81 shall stay just the same. Be
sides, 1 have no place TO go As wen
here as elsewhere"
Not on your life it isn't. Say.
Bling, I've got an idea. win you fol-
low il out, just to please me?
"T'll hear what IL is first"
you can wait ;ill night, can't You,
TO hunt UP Rushton?"
Yes, IL had place to wait"
Then, I'll find you place Listen.
doorway You will get into it You
will hold your handkerchief over your
face as if you were using 1t dill.
gently while you do that; Then I'll
moth. Wen go to that door in the
alley at the back of il. You VIII sit
in the cab while ! so inside. Horton:
the manager is a mighty good friend
Of mine I'll get whole suite III
necessary. and without registering.
He will let me have the key. Then
II go outside, after you, and you'll
blow yourself into the hotel beside
ne, covering ?nur face as before.
Well go to those rooms and you can
after dark. After that you can go
wherever you plsase, and ] promise
fauhfully not to put out a finger TO
deiain YOU. Is that bargainE"
'Yes-if you will have it so.' Harvard
rsplied. after I moment OF hesitation.
VIII you promise me to remain here
s. Esrc you are until 1 return with
'Hri?'
Yes: unless am discovered in the
r.. Hantime and ! have TO light out
clancy did not wait for further as !
trance. lie ran. Not toward the hotel, !
but away from II. for he remembered |
tIcl all that he had forgotten before !
about the men who were on the watch. |
Sat he knew where 10 find taxi.
The plan worked perfectly as he had |
outlined il. Harvard entered the cab. |
{ nd little "a - got out of il again
, i,hout discJvc.E. He followed his !
.:I"nd in silence 10 the rooms that had |
t'a.r secured.
Ciancy had taken one of the larger
srHtes OF the uotel--and Willie he was /
arranging for it with his manager |
fT;cpd. he mentioned the card that he |
hld given to a certain Miss Max well, :
10 would presently apply for accom-
nudatiOns More than that, he indicated |
- hat particular suite he would like her
TO have. Still more, he wished to be !
20 fled in his own rooms AT the mo- |
mcnt of her arrival.
Everything, fortunately. was arranged |
entirely to his satisfaction.
bingham Harvard and Thomas Clancy |
Rere presently secure from interruption |
in what was probably the safest place /
TO hide in all New York city: a great 1
hotel which they had not been seen to
enter.
Harvard threw himself upon a couch. |
.ancy stood at one of the windows OF l
th: large and s1mptuously furnished |
F1r,or.
Where have you been?" he asked, !
Presently.
Laying up and getting well. met