Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-12

hut. though they had tracked IN. ,.nr
they had lost the man. The Ressl.r II
appeared. had also had an accident
She had broken hcr change speed lcvc,
not far ..om the garage where Chris
tophcr found her Standlng and b.t
owner had paid some men to helm hin,
push her into her present position lie
wished 10 catch the night boat. 1t eX-
pluined. for calais. and would leave
money Tor the cars keep ana repairs
/ Later he would wire un address and
Instructions.
On hearing this news from the en-. :
rloyc$ Of the garage the chauffeur
face fell. His master had, indeed. in
tended to take the night boat. and he
| Mas TO have followed with the car
~ Tia, cargo boat: but Mr. For,cacu.
| hnG seemed 10 value the new nutomo-
/ bile highly. aud II was cNtraordiii mary
that he should rush of like this lcav :
I ing his property III the hands OF strnn-
I gers.
''Whnt time does tho boat start:"
+ asked Christopher.
shes started. sir replied the care
+ t.Irr o; the garage.
Then must send :: wire before she
reaches calais" exclaimed Race.
/ she'll be at Calais before u wire
could reach there" returned the man of
/ bower she'll 10 landing her pas
sengcrs 10 minutes from now
Without another word christopher
1 started the thIobbinE Scarlet Eunncr
off towards the station, where. attc:
I hurricd explanations to the station
! master. he got into tclcphonic commn-
..ica;iun with the Daily Recorder. ami
| received instructions 10 follow the eS-
Gaping criminal across the channsl III
The ncw.pa prr's eXpcu"c. instantly, ana
NJ any cost.
christopher had brought tic chauf-
,,tt, Ia ipl In
IL. useful aud now he decided TO leave
tho man IN Calais to look about for
his ahscontl!ng master. and wire 10 nm
U'hriStophcr) at the Hotel Continental.
i'ariS. IL Fortcscuc were seen. The
chauffeur pcered at the treatment he
had received, agreed 10 accept the pay
merit offered for this service. ana Chris
tupher. bercft OF Scarlet Runner, and
unwilling t. walt some hours FOR the
u.St tram. routed ont the sleeping pro-
rri.tor of :, garage, hired a powerful
sixty horse power motor ear. and dash
ed of IN the early dawn for Paris.
The next noy. in the game was 10
sc.k the aid OF :, private detective. since
, the Frcnch police would only interest
themselves III such q quest when ap-
''li"d 10 by their brothers on tho other
SIDE That application would come.
hmt meanwhile Christopher intended
to leave no stone unturncd. and IL
Was not until I've hati done all that could
he donc by way Of interviews and tele-
grams that H. went 20 bed nt the Con-
;iuental. where he had taken small
suite Of rooms.
lie had left directions that he was
- he walked ii a Gale. or even a tcle-
gram should come, but the clock on h.:'
mantclniecc pointed IL noon ami he
still slept OIL. Not many minutes later.
however, hts telephone bell rang y!o-
lcn;,y. y clerk ia til. bureau OF th.
~ h,.l al ~ < Ia, az l,,
fact mat there was an inquiry for him.
from the Ritz. :, lady stopping there
Waj telcphonins - know II Monsieur
christopher Race were in, md. if so.
"hrther h" would receive her If she
called on urgent business. Madame did
;ot care TO announce her name. hut
Shc had . communication to make con-
"crung the affair which had brought
Monsieur Race TO Paris
seldom did 4 man haihc aud drcsa
III . Shcrscr space Of time. but when
his visitor WAS announced, CHRISTOPHER
was read? To receive her
lie expected \ Frcnchwolnau. but the
lad% who was ushercd into his little
salon had the air Of al EnrlShwonan
or al American, She could not be more
than twenty eight at most. and might
he younger. Her hair. under its neat
toque. WAS tho color Of /. ripe and burn
tshcd chestnut. her features were
piauant and dainty her complexion Of
the wild-ros" order. hut her eyes were
h"r mos, remarkable feature They
were large and soft deeply violet and
their first half-frig htened. half .apDcai-
inS look AT christopher disconnected
and disarmed him. This lovely crea :
ture could lie no female detective Yet.
II not. what could she be" How had
s.t" found him out, and what could she
want of him?
MIR. Race" .hc faltc,ed
AN Anne ricau." thought ChristopLer.
Ne Il Canadian" az aloud he claimed
ownership of til" narlc she mentioned
fodli hardly believe it," she went
on. but I've Travelled all the way from
Montreal to tail; to YOU, Mr. Race
arrived 1T Chcrhourg Yesterday after
noon. came on to Paris. where silent.
rs was very tired after rough
"oyaEc. and meant 10 leave for London
today bur ! saw In the foreign edition
o. the Daily Recorder that you'd ar.
rived in Paris. and would DO at this
hotel. so ] waited, and now I've come
TO see you here.
II Was the articles in the Daily.
recorder which brought me across the
ocean" his beautiful visitor went on.
before he had time 20 speak .au,l
'nhi. up my mind from what read
| There that YOU would he the man for
nc TO appeal to. But. Of course YOU
| can't understand what I'm talking
''p'a.. EOuiNlt send Ily name br
telephone. but am Mrs Fortescue
"hcii Vas scrt nteea and my husband
was iwcnty-thrcc. I merrisd an Eng
'Sninah who came to Canada in Tho
'1i'ioihatis service. We fell in low. at
hf"t S!Snt. and married.. against my
Peoples wish, when we'd known cach
"'her only month. He had to prom, :
Use mat we'd live in ms mother.
mouse, otherwise che wouldn't bac.
commented at all. and--.lhings didn't 20
"eii Win Us. J was n child. He was
rc"rceiy more than boy. w. boil,
'1a" pichty OF money. had been
'poii'h. ami he had Il stroni; win
,"pP"'.. TOO, We had hot ictnpcrs ,u,,
see nov. ten years after that rs M,
People never liked him. bccaus. they
"""teu ia" I" marry II Canadian. they
weren't exactly tdctful we auarreInd
vas encouraged to thwart him.
he" u. wanted me To leave home and
80: =" WIN him TO England refused
iHh We enar:rled = good deal more,
nj, 70 lake 81 long story short
We separated sur :
Aftnr ;nai spent all my time in
, trying to 'h!mk ia been wise un,u !