The Tomahawk., 1916-01-27

mo s,ca1 effect upon Felix. First Of
all he sought out Helen Bertel.
81 shall have to use you after ALL
he excused himself; what want you
TO do only woman can" he lald
the whole ugly story before her and
gave her an address. d.
."That is where Mrs. Hubert Valette,
1dabelle's mother lives; she WaS the
yelled woman. Unquestionably you
will find her greatly distressed, and II
will require woman's sympathy, IN
sight and tace to get her to yield up
her story. I can guess it pretty &C.
curately, but want it from her own
lips.
while you are gone mean to pay
nv respects to one Of New York's
honored citizens; I want to let MIN
know just how he stands IN the opln-
ion of all decent men," -.
"And women" added Helen. But
he won't see you"
Hazard smiled grimly. HE WILL
though" he averred with quiet assur-
ance.
His uptown journey ended at the
imposing and busy office OF Maxwell
Howe, and after he had sent IN MS
card, as Helen had foretold, the Ia
nous engineer refused to see him.
"Give me a sheet of paper and an
envelope" the detective demanded or
the stenographer in a tone that
brooked no denial. He wrote:
IF you don't grant me an immed1'
ate audience, every afternoon paper
in New York shall ring with the story
of Idabelle Valette."
This he sealed in the envelope and
sent in to Howe. By way OF reply
he was shown into the latter's 1fivate.
Office.
The detective wasted no time In
getting down to the object OF his call.
His manner was stern and compelling,
and the large, impressive-looking man
who watched him with filmed eyes re-
NAMED silent and impassive.
"Mr. Howe, I have not come here to
preach you a sermon" Hazard began;
"but to make my meaning clear and
unmistakable, there are few things
l mean to tell you.
God has given you great gift, and
that you have seen fit to debase 1t
and drag it through the muck and
mire does not in the least concern me
where you alone are affected. But
you are beast unclaimed and so con-
stitute deadly peril to all within
the sphere Of your influence. Contact
with you is poisonous, fatal. l want
to impress upon your mind that you
are now chained so that you will not
bring utter ruin upon the heads OF
your innocent family. In the office
Of the Sutherland detective agency IS
a complete detailed statement of What
1 suppose you are pleased to call your
amusements and recreations, covering
a period Of the last three years; with
that statement are the names OF scores
of witnesses whose testimony can not
be refuted. Try only once again to
bring ruin to an innocent girl, to wreck
the life of an earnest, Woodworking
young man, and that statement will
be given to the world. Not even your
power and influence can save you from
disgrace, humiliation and prison
walls
Hazard took step forward and
shook a finger in the others face.
"Harken, Maxwell Howe" he sol
EMMY concluded, "even now you can
hear, the clank Of chains and the echo
of the warden's tread. May they ring
constantly in your ears as a remind
er of what I have told you today"
Still the man sat as if petrified. Fe-
lix Hazard moved over to the door,
where he paused for a parting shot.
"Just final word of counsel, Mr..
Howe" he said meaningly. Don't
make any more attempts to kidnap
me; the result will only spell disaster
to yourself. Call your dogs off,
Not many minutes later Hazard and
Helen Bartel were comparing notes.
Mrs. Valette she had found utterly
broken and Frustrated; but excepting
that she confirmed all the facts now in
Hazards possession, Helen's mission
had not been altogether successful.
81 could not lrsuade her to talk
about what happened in Bsrdeene's
private Office said Helen. ''She SOL
EMMY declared that that episode is
between her and God, and wild horses
couldn't drag it from her.
LAS for the rest, she talked freely
enough. Idabelle is dead; she died in
an Elizabethtown sanitarium five
weeks ago. David Bardeene, If he were
alive, would be liable on serious Grim
inaI charge. He knew it. and when
Mrs. Valette wrote him threatening
letters he was simply terrified-he lost
his head.
"In one of her letters Mrs. Falette en-
closed blank calling card. She told
him: Unless you make reparation.
your life shall become as thss card-a
blankr He knew the significance Of
the card that George Destin brought
him on the fatal day..
Hazard thoughtfuHy nodded his
head. "I know all that need know.
Mre ua1ette did not s1ay Bardeene: