The Washington times., 1916-09-03

bEA RICE FAIRFAX.
West. The soul Of Mimosa San eluded
us.
Il don't remember" said the S,rI.
oh. come. Miss Mimosa San, you
must remember. I should think a GER
tain little Japanese girl might win a
pretty gold piece for remembering"
coaxed Jimmy.
But Mimosa San only shook her head.
don't remember. I like to oblige any
friend. Honorable Missus Fairfax-but
your New York SO big ] never find my
way same place two time. sorry--I
discreetly sorry"
She escorted US to the entrance of the
tearoom with punctilious politeness. un-
colored b yany show Of the vivid, eager
personality which had ieaped to greet
us at our coming.
Miss Fairfax, would you mind TAX
Ing the check-i've got to hurry back
to the paper" said Jimmy, and, under
cover Of Min,osa Sans interest in the
! way In which Western men treated
III she goes out. follow her. and
meet me at Moran's"
Moran Is the proprietor Of the bes,
detective agency In New York. He IL a
}ovial; amiable soul whose looks belle
But Moran belied himself as I know
him. In the case OF the Nippon Tea Gar
den. He wasn't amiable about our
share OF II. nor was he particularly Keen
| anout bis share Of 1.-THE handing OF
: When 1t Was Too Late.
| To 20 on with my story. Jimmy left
mc.. to all appearances. cavaiieriy. and
l paid the check and escorted myself
out OF the Nippon Tea Garden. It Is
under other management now. but
never shnll return. The Nippon Tea
Garden was the settling for Mimosa
I San. She will never revisit it-nor will I.
/ j found a taxi at the very entrance
and ! hid myself In Its dark upholstered
depths.
After. a few minutes out came a
little Mimosa at once. In spite Of her
Intellectual disguise. and ordered the
taxi driver to follow her.
slowly my little lady Of Nippon
waiked WA, sd,,nSG down the street Slowly my
It was a blind lead. The girl might
be aware or my presence-she might
be deliberately guiding me away from
: In the mysterious chase which Jimmy
had asked me to undertake. Why was
! following Mimosa San?
: What message had come over the
that ~rss any Word Vt :f'Rss Rsso hsssS s.s.S
could send his neglected sweetheart
would be sufficiently persuasive to
swing her from her Jealousy Of him
@,,r to a sHSasG ;o1asG attitude of guarded en-
l wondered vaguely what news val
ue the story could have for Jimmy
and why he had SUDDENLY gone in
search Of our faithful ally. Detective
stopped fGGEsa front q a an last M%sss
buiiding-psrhaps this would prove
to: to be the %spsrtment-nat" of which
paid my driver. and cautiously
on foot crept after the little Japa-
nese girl. Once In the apartment
building. she climbed the stairs. and
I meekly followed after. At last she
ing. rang the doorbell. and a second
later she was admitted.
| Whereupon I did the only thing
there was for a totally mystified
to a telephone booth and called Mo.
rams. Then l gave Jimmie the ad
dress and number of the apartment,
In which Mimosa San had sought ref,
"We'n be there in a jiry-twent,
minutes or half an hour at the out.
side. You hold the fort, Miss Fair.
fax" came back Jimmy's blithe voic,
over the telephone.
Beatrice Watches.
Then, treating me cavalierly for tn,
second time that day, he hung up tn,
receiver 1t was all very we'll fol
Jimmy to tell me to hold the fort
but just exactly how was to hole
At one side of It was a dark alley,
gray will was a zis-Ias OF are-es
capes. Beneath one of them stood {
huge Limousine. There was gap o.