The evening world., 1916-09-28

had neglected 90 shut I, tightly when
she admitted Tanner and Florence and
u a Swune b
one Of the idiotic impulses that In
feet the brains OF otherwise sane
men. when they ar~ In love. now
came 10 Clayton. Without ringing
the he'll he slipped uoiSeloSsly into
the apartment, closing the door he
hind him. and made his way - the
living room. Nanya was not there
lie passed through the curtains into
an alcovc beyond and drrN the cur
t0ips together behind him. standing
there. he opened his mouth 20 call
Nanya. preparing to enjoy her sur
prise al hearing his voice without
seeing him
His lips parted. but no word WAS
spoken. For. AT that instant, the
dooresll rang. Clayton heard NSnyAs
ltght step In h hall. He heard her
open tho front door and. with an
exclamation os dcl,shted welcome.
lead a visitor into the living room
CLAYTON pesrcd through a tiny gap
in the curtain. Nsnya was entering
the living room. talking with gay AMI
nation 20 an overdrcssed. animal
faced mar who stared az her n evil
LEI worship
throb OF no; jealousy tore
through Claytor's heart. C1eucNtuS
hts fists ne took a step forward. HIS
hands went up 20 tear aside y cur
tains and 20 reveal htmsei 20 the
woman and her sdmirer.
Just then 4 tap on h shoulder rrsce
CLAYTON spin about. Tie had u
himself alone In the tiny, dim-lt; al
cove. hut. as Ne turned he saw a ma
who had appeared seeuiuglN nom no
where, and who was pcertnE rNetlN
into his ewes
CLAYTON sought 90 speak. 90 demand
IN, reason ~ the others mysterious
presence there Bu,. for som reason,
ne Was dumb tie tried ~ moNr fu'
his BODY would not respond to the
call OF his Will. He tried 90 make u
the details 90 the shsdOwy face ~
close TO his own. But all ~ cult
clearly sec was \ pair 10 the s'ransrSt
eyes he ever had bsheld-eycs that
were boring deep, deep deep, into his
yVry soul-eyes which. a. CLAYTON
gaxed sp~lleound al them, seemed -
f,are with u ,tery crimson glow. FOR
A moment. the artists will-powrr tried
10 combat the grip that the
ewes were setting Gpor him, tut ne
felt himself hopeless ard weakly gave
up the struggle. And now this lam
ing-eyeI stranger MAS saving some
lnllS ~ HiAlA AANAAs " ~ ANNNN N
Robert CLAYTON fell asleep
Harold stanley. mounting the STEPS
ot the apartment house, heard himself
addressed. civtllN enough, nv a MAJ ~
hind him. lie turned and CccOgntect
Award. one % parrtsh's assistants. A
plaiu-clShc detective who had o'cu
working for some weeks On the Grim
SON Stain case
Good afternoon. Mr.. Stanley" the
A ~ L.
That wits a pretty nTyce slap YOU
handed my chief IN the Examiner
this morning. d.
They both wheeled and with one
impu,sed dashed into the house
For, in the middle 81 Alward's words
A heavy clltore rvNclVor had been
hired. almost directly above their
beads
: That's from Vanya Toscs's apart
meut. the second floor frout'
, thought stanley 1s he dashed W ths
single night ot stairs Al n PAIN
clothesmSn's side, The window WAS
pen.
\ policeman. from farther dowu
, the block. had heard the shot. AM
followed at their heels,
. uaroN reached the lat door frs
He wr,vlched the handle. The doN'
e vas urjeckrd, u swUns tnwtri a
: MIS- pressure. the AR MAS tON a
: powder reek. TN the lNtux rOou
door. FACE upward, - v0w'ri rruNto,
n Lambert. a bullet wound through hi
: head SeUSClsSS sut Just IN from
- Of the SlcONe curtains Law Roeev
= Clayton. lbs clothing WAS Swry
: one hand clutched a revolver stan
. ley bent over him, and Inward an
: tho policeman knelt beside Lambert
d LISTENING to clay,on's heart. stan
o ley found the artist was skill living
No wound MAS On his body, II
seemed more like a man who wa
" fast asleep than the victim -
y SwOon.
=, Presently Award rose from Ian
hcrt's side amt crossed NNVr 'n NNNN
ton TNAiuS n revolver t-'N a
Fro urtlSt's uerNVlVsS uusVrS ne "broNr
AZ u. one cArtrdsv only had bvvl nr't
. THAT sssnA ~ ssIls - &s