The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-02
They make me see

the Red Circle, Allen told MIN.
Come ON into the Office and have q
smoke. I want you to, drop these
cases for while and go to work on
the Gordon affair. The FarweH cor
'poration will pay heavy blood money
to get him back. You're the man
want on it.
"I,d like to do anything you ask
me- to, chief" he declared, sincerely,
"but ] can't handle this Gordon case.
Because I'm going to stick to the
Red Circle until solve it.
There was a. knock at the door. The
chiefs secretary came In from the
outside Office.
"The two men you sent down to
Surfton on the Gordon case are
| side. They'd like to see you at once
very important"
| Lamar reached for his hat. The
| chief interposed.
mo. / want you to stay and hear
| what they have to say. Maybe it will
arouse your interest sufficiently to
make you change your mind. Seno
them in, Harry"
/ The two detectives rushed into the
doorway, each desperately anxious TO
/ tell the exciting story.
Didn't get trace of him down
at Surfton," Boyle. the taller OF the
two burst out as he crossed the
threshold. .'Must have had a pal
down there who warned him.
"And we were coming back to town,
disguised with our luck" intercepted
Jacobs, when all of a sudden l look
out of the window and see this fellow
Gordon, standing plumb on the side
walk, as bold as you please. OF course
I~Brl and I got of that car in double
| quick time: but before we could steal
I'D on him Gordon sighted us and ,.-
"And made for an alleyway, the
| first detective broke in, jealousy. I'VE
chased him down the alleyway-it was
! one running alongside lumber yard.
We got a patrolman to stand guard
over the entrance to the yard while
we investigated farther down the
alley-but nothing doing"
| did you search the yard" asked
Lamar quietly.
Jaw, how can yeu search lumber
yard ?" scoffed Jacobs. "A guy could
have you playing hide-and-seek all
week in one of those things. We put
the patrolman there so he couldn't
make q getaway"
| The chief looked at Lamar.
| WELL" he asked slyly, docs it
change your mind?"
| Max shook his head.
"Sorry. But it doesn't. Good-by.
I'm not going back to the office just
| yet. I'm going to take brisk walk
Maybe when l get back some of these
| cobwebs will be cleared out Of my
head. I'm not going to walk past any
lumber yards, either" he added as a
/ parting shot.
I The four men-all interested in the
| man hunt for the little embezzler, Cor
! don-laughed heartily. If. only one OF
them had looked out OF the window
of the chiefs Office at that minute he
would have seen a weary. bedraggled
creature holding small, white card
| in his hand, wander past, looking for
an address. '---
| The weary, bedraggled creature was
Charles Gordon, fugitive attorney,
who, after a night spent on damp
park lawn, was seeking Max Lamar to
throw himself on his mercy.
The sight of a blue uniform with
brass buttons on the street corner
ahead of him made him dodge rapidly
into a convenient doorway. Heavy,
regular footsteps approached his hid
ing place-the measured pacing Of the
| patrolman on his beat, known SO well
| to evaders of embarrassing situations.
The blue, wellfed figure got abreast
1 90
| coast was clear
7 Gordon jumped from the doorway,
skirted the building, keeping close to
the wall, and turned the corner There
he drew a free breath and pushed his
hat back on his forehead.
The second large doorway from the
corner had BLACK Building" carved
in the stone up over the arch. Gordon
looked at the card in his hand.
The penc;led line under Lamar's
name read, "512 Black Building" He
walked through the huge glass door
and started to mount the stairs. A
man sneaking from the laws hands
does not trust himself to elevators
or rather people who run them.
| AT the top of the fourth fight he
turned down the hallway to his left
and looked for the door with that
number on it. He found 1.-THE door
slightly ajar.
Very cautiously Gordon pushed it
! wider.
A graceful woman, prettily gowned,
was seated in chair beside the desk,
with her back to him. The click of
the closing door made her jump up
and face him.
Gordon gasped. 1t was June Travis!
"Mr Gordon!" she exclaimed, look
ing around nervously. "Why did you
come here? How foolish Of you to