The Washington times., 1915-12-22
Continued from Yesterday

Continued from Yesterday
The >two others sprang to his side.
lust in time to see the number at the
back of the fast-receding automobile.
Come on" exclaimed the chief as he
bolted from the room with Lamar and
Grant at his heels.
At the outer entrance Of police head
quarters a motorcycle policeman was
diSSPFoiHinsintHh SFoiioW Fiat Carl ordered the chief.
l2S6S4 Get it. Arrest the chauffeur,
and hold the e. car t tlli we get there' Do"
His final Instructions were fairly
screamed, for the feet motor cycle was
already under way. In the alley at the
mental automobile was waiting. The
chief gave swift command to its
browsing chauffeur, then jumped into
the tonneau. Lamar and Grant pitng
or whizzed the car in the wake Of
the motor cycle, which was with diff
Guilty keeping on the track OF the stolen
Limousine. The limousine's occupants
seemed to know they were followed. for
the big machine put on new burst Of
speed that carried it along in cloud
of its own dust and sent 1t around cor
ners on two wheels.
"of course: they know were after
en- said aid, the chief vS IN answer r,,Si, tS
TO keep a good lookout behind: And
when they see cycle-cop and de-
partmental auto coming after 'em, they
know it's case of speed up or be
man will stop EN- in short order II they
keep up that pace through busy
AS if the same thought had occurred
TO- the runa ways. the car swung peril
'aisly around another corner and down
residential boulevard.
80 IL Ix,~ -, k-I ~
lowed Twenty seconds later, they had
come to a jarring standstill alongside
the automobile they sought. 1t was
stapdnf near the ertTsnse OF ,.
unconcerned, as though In front OF his
own employers door.
Lamar and the chief tumbled out OF
their car, before it had fairly stopped;
captured limousine. One on each side,
they ierked open the iimousinc's
doors. Each encountered .he others
fSff IN at at the e0S
Grant was dancing in fury and shak-
ing his fist at his mildly surprised
chauffeur.
what d,ye. mean by it?" he
10y it. Garvice?"
Mean by what stammered tho
Running off this way with my car.
II didn't" ,stoutly denied Garvic..
q said to? I said to? Arc you
rra5y or. only crazy drunk? What
dye mean by saying"
'he chauffeur had beer fumbling in
and sullenly handed it to his emu
ployer.
""here's your own orders" he
a,,,n .l.,..- . ,-,.,
'ler, saw the card was George Grants
"wn: end that on II, above the name, |
va" scrawled in pencil:
q. X. Take bcnrer where she wishes.
'We! III beArll be" sputtered
the bcwildered Grant
Ent his eXpletive was drowned in a
Shodt of involuntary laughter from
w., "a forgery. suppose." chuckled
fellow then sharply to the scowling
GarVice: Where is she? what became
Of hero"
Said she was going for stroll In
the park there" grunted the chauffeur.
Fold me 30 wait. First made me hit |
fiftY-mile clip. an then tells me to
park: FUNNY business call it."
which way did she go?" persisted |
Lamar.
Down that path to the left. Funny
'uslHesS, call IT. TO-
Lamar had already started in the di, !
rection the chauffeur pointed out: and |
the chief and Grant ranged alongside
OF him as he strode along.
Wen look down this path to the |
end; suggested the chief. "and then |
park for her. II she's still in here :
anywhere we ought to find her. The |
place isn't much more than an acre or |
SO. IT it wasn't for all these shrubs, |
We could see her in three seconds. |
Hurry! She NAV have left the park |
at the far side
But the veiled woman in black had |
not left the park. She had merely left
the park path and had crept into the |
shrubberv.
noiseless, furtlve. uncanny. Once she
raised her right hand - part some |
brushes that barred her way. The |
hand was small, white. infinitely grace |
ful IN contour. But ON Its hack throb- !
he'd an angry crimson scar: outlined |
like an irregular ring.
Through the high, bushes she .rrept: !
ann ipto tiny glade hemmed in by |
shrubbery., There she hsied Deft!y !
she slipped out Of the sha pelesslv en-
with white satin, The woman's dress
also was snow white, With quick skill |
she proceeded TO fold the coat inside
out in such way that no portion OF the
nlsck was visible. Then she draped It !
Garelesslv over her whits-sleeved arm.
To All intents fnd purposes she might
merely have been carrying a white sum
nsr wrap that the warmth os the day
J Iendercd needless.
liaisiug beth hands to uer head. she
undid tho tbsek black veii. IooS i IN.
rolled 1t iEto ball and tossed II into
\ 6isNk clad, woman. shrouaded IN an
veil had entered the