The Washington herald., 1914-01-11

loud enough for him to hear It on the
other side; tonight it is 'Cruss.' Then
! knock on the door, three times; first
one tap, then two taps, then three taps !;
then l go in, and I sigh with thank
fulness because / am still alive"
But there are other people in the
house; they cannot 60 through all this
performance each time they go in or
out?'
That is where you are wrong
there is no one else in the house; ex-
cept that one, all the rooms are empty
that has been arranged. See, have
here the street door key; with that /
let myself in; and"
The elder woman interrupted her,
without glancing in my direction; so
| that If l had not been observing her
lips ! should not have guessed that it
was to me she referred.
why does that woman stay so long
upon the step? You see how she IS
watching us?"
The younger answered not a word.
| Without a look in my direction she
glided away, up the street on my left;
! while, without so much-so far as
! could perceive-as peep toward me,
the elder went trudging past me on the
right.
Within a very few minutes | was at
the corner of F-nivale street. As |
| neared it man came and accosted me.
Miss Lee? | am Mr.. Ellis-you
telephoned to me Just now
Where are the men | asked you to
send?"
They are about the street, sepa-
rately. They will gather at a word
from me. They are in charge OF In
spector Davis, who is standing in front
of that shop window smoking pipe.
] noted the burly figure to which he
referred. He went on:
Where is this man of whom you
spoke? Are you sure that you are on
/ his track, or is it merely surmise?
This is going to be a much more
delicate business, Mr.. Ellis, even than
/ supposed The man who tries to ar
| rest him will do so not only at the
peril of his own life. but of the lives
| of Others"
/ told him of the conversation with
which / had just been made acquaint-
ed Mr.. Ellis manner suggested that
he was excited.
But. even If you are right, even if
the fellow is such hideous monster
because he is a hideous monster, is he
to defy us, to escape us? Are we not
| to take him. What are we to do?
I'm tell you what we will do. Twill
take him"
"Youl You will take him! What
do you mean by you will take him
You are dreaming
Il am not dreaming. There will be
4. .t,sr. null
be certainty. 1t would be absolutely
certain that you would bring. destruc-
ton upon innocent heads; while, in my
case. there will be practically no risk at
all. Let me explain"
/ This girl, from whom ! learned
about the bomb, is the only person
who is allowed to approach his room.
You must remember that the house IS
empty She is the only person he per-
mits to enter. | propose to pretend to
be her"
DO you mean that you are going to
make up to initiate her? He would
probably detect you in an instant
Not at all. I'm not going to try TO
initiate her in appearance. Haven't |
been telling you about the elaborate
series OF signals by which she an
nounces to him her coming. and how
she described them in detail to the
! other woman? They're what I'm go
ing TO initiate. know them off by
heart
There is, ! am free to admit, cer-
| tain amount of sense in your sugges-
ton. The idea OF initiating the girls
signals is not bad: but if you try that
we shall have to enter the house with
you-some OF US, at any rate; and,
keeping close at your heels, go into the
room with you, and trust TO luck to
down him before he's reached his
bomb. There are women in the force.
I'll get one here. You can tell her
about the signals, she can work them
instead of you It's her business-as l
said, each to his job"
And don't you realize that by this
time that girl has probably gone back
to him, or may go back at any mo-
ment, and that then your chance Is
lost? If anything is to be done, it
must be done at once-now, and will
do it,
where's the fellow to be found?'
Hes at 3, James Building, in a
room on the third-fioc; front"
That's just round the corner, less
than a minute from here. If you and
/ 60 on in front, my men will follow.
He turned into a narrow side street.
There was not soul in sight. A
woman came out of doorway on the
left perhaps a dozen yards in front of
us. | whispered to my companion:
That's the girl-the one / saw talk
ing about the bomb. She is probably
going to him now; if she gets to him
first we are done
Mr.. Ellis made a. curious sound-l
think he did it with his tongue be-
tween his teeth. The girl hurrying
along in front stopped and looked
around, as if to see from whom 1t
came. Two men, appearing from what
take it was an alley on the right,
were on her before she could move.
Each had her by an arm.
She never uttered sound or at
tempted to struggle.
Mr.. Ellis poke
"You two had better look after her
take her to the station; detain her TIL
| come" He addressed the girl. DO
you speak English?" =,
Il have no English" 1t was with
difficulty that she spoke. Then she
saw me. your she exclaimed IN Ger
man. "You were on the STEP
/ said to Mr.. Ellis:
sCan't | have her shawls 1t might
enable me to carry the deception a lit
tie farther if l have j"
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