Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
EPISODE TWO.
"THE ADVENTURE or THE JEALOUS
WIEE'


HCHIEF wants you
- arnold the office boy. marched up to
Jimmy Harton's desk with this terse
statement stopped with CHEEKY. Good
morning Miss Fairfax" and then went on
his way stili more chcerfuly rrnning i'm
partially at editors. reporters and the boo, :.
black on his morning rounds.
Jimmy Barton got up from his desk
quickly and followed Arnold across the city
room and then turned into the corridor that
led to the editors sanctum.
paused IN the days occupa;ion-reading
my maii-long enough TO think about the
sp nien ESPRIT de corps which vitalized our
'on-even J. eagerly reading my heavy mail
were typical OF the spirit OF our organza
the thing for which were fitted and we
were getting recognition for the doing Of it
We were a ii sections u a carefully oryanized
machine, which permitted us to be individ.
nals even while We were we'll fitted parts
-asted 10 myself that IL would be a good
idea 10 cease phiiosorhiziug about renerali-
'les ana get down TO the personalities OF the
mornings letters.
Just as was making splendid headway
Jimmy Barton came aashinG back 70 his
desk, so near neichbor to mine. and cried
TO me with the enthusiasm each new assign
The Chief has given wonderful story
To- follow up. rs no secret, SO l might as
ntnS TO reap the benefit of the police court
days when Il. learned To speak little
RUSSIAN a little Prussian and little Hin
dustani--its Eyetalian this time. The Chief
knows ] can talk their lingo and so he's
Black Hand epidemic over on the East side
We've got TO start :: campaign against en-
'roor aliens! Strangers in a strange
and-.- | BEGAN and then glimpse OF
abrupt change OF tone. Good luck to tho
story! hope you viii get it,!
II did not dream that might have part
in IL when he did get the story,
II took me little longer than had ex-
pccted to finish the days work. Darkness
was falling before had given all my notes
attention; for the letters OF the carly morn
ing were followed by numerous other letters
when the noon mai! and the afternoon mail
were distributed.
Just as was leaving. Of the Office
boys came in with a letter which arrested
my attention ~ once
1t came alone and WAS CONSPICUOUS because
nnaccompanicd 1t was written in an un-
formed childish hand, and in it's simple way
suggested womans greatest tragedy-jeal-
ously. But more than all this II had the
haunting note Of something familiar. heard
before What i; was could not for a mo-
mcnt determine.
This is how the letter read:
Dear Mis-: Fairfax-My husband re-
would not let me see. He has sta taken
most OF our savings and gone out. DO
sou think he has another Wife?
23S East ll7th street"
determined to set for East llTth
that something very important had come up
demanding my instant attention, and that In
Rut ! didn't tell Granny that the woman
who needed me Italian over on the
EAST SIDE; Tor suddenly my mind had focused
on tho things which had beer temporarily
puZzling me. ! knew now why Marie's letter
had. seemed familiar There seemed psy-
Geological connection between Jimmys mis-
sion and my letter
had queer. uncanny feeling that the
Black Hand outrases which Jimmy had been
sent to Investigate did not lie entirely out
side the field into which SO serenely
rcnturinS
can't explain exactly why should have
connected Jimmys orders with my own VOL
he tho
ninE was over Jimmy cartons path and
got OFF tho subway at One Hundred and
Tenth street and 1.enox avenue and walked
across that broad thoroughfare in the dircc-
looked darker and more mysterious than It
did as skirted il. had sudden convic-
taken the elevated and avoided this lonely
night walk. Then | remarked to myself
Beatrice Fairfax. you're newspaper
woman. The thing to do was to get here as
II you're silly enough to mind the outskirts
OF Central Park, you are not going to like
the heart tG Of the Italian distric. very we'll"
borhood Maries letter had indicated I found
u dark and sinister. Noisy children swarmed
partnership for part of my journey. But
when I came to the block in which Marie
or all the forbidding houses OH that dark
street there was none more gloomy and un-
I climbed four flights OF stairs before I
located Mario Bocetti. Then I had very
pleasant surprise. An extremely neat look
ing young woman. pretty and sweet and
fresh. opened the door leading to hallway
that was immediately clean. She greeted
me at once with n smile illuminated by flash
ing white teeth and a manner friendly and
gracious that grande dame might have
epVied It, There seemed no question OF who
J. was or what was my business was a
visitor and therefore welcome.
My hostess led me into a plainly furnished
room, which had certain warm. pleasing
atmosphere of home.
handed Marie her letter. She stared at IL
moment In great amazement. Then she
fairly gasped out: you not Noes Fairfax
Yes, am"
She seized my hand and fell to kissing 1t
with the warm imDulsveness Of her southern