The Detroit times., 1916-02-07

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tests before the sudden onslaught OF
indignant fenininity: then they
broke into . run and made for the
esplanads. siseping mis- marine
glass into his coat pocket. the on
locker, amused, started In pursuit.
Partly because he was not run.
ming away from anything. partly be-
cause his white shoes were distress
ingly new and tight, he found 1t i'm
possible to keep up with the nee
ing pair. He saw them stop sud.
denly; he saw the same impudent
fellow approach girl, drsssed In
sailor suit. seize her right hand,
scan its surface hastily, then drop
It and attempt = getaway.
But the girl was too quick for
him. Getting hold OF the mans In
jured hand she hung on. calling for
help at the top of her lungs. A
policeman, Q block distant. came
running. just a. the curious on
locker reached the spot.
He came down heavily on the
shoulder of the offender and seized
the arm Of his whiskered friend be-
fore the latter had q chance to es-
cape.
You're under arrest" Numbered
the patrolman. what d. you mean.
anyway. by walking around the
streets annoying ladies. ehf"
II wasn't annoying ladies'" argued
the squirming prisoner. "It's mis-
take. I never did such q thing In
my life!"
He did" put In the onlooker.
"He just did the same thing down
there on the beach. and the girl
got after him with her parasol. He
fell over my foot. too"
80 you was annoying lady on
the beach. too, was you? I guess
you're one OF these here ny guys
We gotta jug every once In while!"
proclaimed the blue coat.
"You are making one big mis-
take for which you will be sorry."
interrupted the foreign-looking old
er man OF the two. III you insist
upon detaining US the criminal will
escape"
The younger man twisted his arm
free and reached into an inner pock-
ct. Drawing out cardcase. he
snatched q bit of pasteboard from
Il and showed II under the shifting
nose of this minion 6f the law.
That's who am" ne howled
ferociously. Todd Drew, son Of the
great inventor. Just now. when
Count Freel and were talking
business. in . little shack on the
beach, someone barricaded the door.
reached In through q hole In the
wall and stole the plans of the
greatest war invention the world
has ever known. They're worth a
fortune"
who took 'em?" questioned the
policeman. mildly and disdainfully
interested.
How do We know" screamed
Drew. shaking a wild hst in the
skepticai face. That's what we're
trying to fnd out. The hand that
reached In and grabbed those pa
pers was marked with Red Circle
and the person whoever 1t was)
had on q girls sailor suit"
RED Circlei Sailor suit! Say.
you talk In chunks" The officer
was bent on being derisive. ''If you
know 80 much. why didn't you get
emf"
'T would have. II the AelIcat
hadn't started jabbing me with h
hatpin. Look at my hand!" Drew
held the pierced, swollen member
up for inspection. Maybe you
think I'm taking that, too. en-? That
woman had on . sailor suit--that's
why I've looked at tho hands of
these women. I'm looking for the
Red Cfrcls!"
Il corroborate all he says" added
the count. hastily. II wish to say
-
"wsll, your story sounds grand!"
decided the policeman. but think
you're both liars. 80. como along
With me. and by and by you can
tell II to the Judge. The police of
this town have been suysd Ions
enough. Just you como along with
me. Seer"
An hour later. Harry Gage. La.
mars confidential clerk, came into
his employers private Office and
handed the crime specialist . tele
Gram that read:
Sutton, Aug. 2.--Mr. Max Lamar.
si2 Black BIdg.:
Fathers war instrument plans
stolen. Circular birthmark on
back Of hand only clue. I an
held by police here on charge
OF annoying girls. Come at once.
TODD DREW
LAmar's brows coatructed sudden
~ ~ he read, 'Circular birthmark!"
The Red Circle. Of courss-and at
6urftou! The cisvernsss OF this
crook. her uncanny appearances and
disappearances irritated him more
than anything In his entire sieuth
experience. u II exasperating to
be hoodwinked by q man criminal
but . woman! The humiliation OF
Il had besun 10 eat into the marrow
Of his bones.
Gage watched the muscles OF La