The Washington times., 1916-09-10


walked into the fourth dimension?
She rushed UP to the proprietor with
a breathless. quick! I'm followed"
and then departed after him into the
rear room. On the floor lay a large rug
Of woven ragn. This the proprietor
pulled away, disclosing 4 tran door-the
very one down which found myself
cropping my way twenty-four hours
And as Jimmy readily guessed when
Madam Gaillard stepped into the fourth
dimension" she really climbed down the
ladder-like stairs leading from the kitch.
en- OF the little Inn to Its basement. She
their ugly trade. The basement room
was the counterfeiters' den.
Here one OF the gang was taking
freshly printed u bills from the hand
press, a second was carefully trimming
their edges with a sharp knife and a
third was packing the money into boxes.
to be addressed with Jeans labels and
sent tn members OF the branches and
ran,ihcations OF this counterfeiting gang
all over the country.
lighted by windows, and had two doors
One led back to the restaurant. Through
this Madam Gallard came and greeted
her evil-faced co-workers. Then she
crossed the room and went out through
the second door.
Ahead OF her lay a dark passage
at the foot of some stone steps. MAZDA m
Galllard hurried across the passage and
up the stone steps. A moment later a
terrified girl looked up into the evil
face Of her employer.
And then followed the hopeless chase
which led to Jean Moore's capture. Her
punishment was not to be quick. mer-
ciful death. but rather imprisonment in
hear strange sounds Of press working.
She Reproaches Herself.
The poor girl reproached herself Bit
terly for the curiosity which had. swept
her into that den Of mystery and the
evil power Of Madam Gaillard.
Although the girl did not know this.
IL was just twenty-four. hours after
her capture that John Miles walked
up the steps OF the bungalow and
rang the bell.
When Jimmy and went into the
| restaurant and John rang the bell
OF the cottage across the street he
walked for the time being out Of our
ken. But this 10 what was happen
ing to him: The negro servant came
admitting him: Amt All done tole
| you she amt here"
In the meantime Madam Gaillard
had gone down the stairway leading
to the subterranean duo Of rooms IN m
in the other OF which the counter
| feiters were at work. As she passed
| through Jeans prison chamber the
girl leaped to her feet and pleaded
with her; But the ssss syil,tsess old old
and hurried into the next room.
Jean felt a sudden renewal Of en-
ergy. Curiosity had gotten her into
trouble-perh.ps cSrio.ity uric dty...6 might ign.
to the door and pressed her ear
against 1t. Suddenly she heard words
which gave her new hope. man
voice was crying in great agitation
Miles Is at your door" Jean trem :
after ali. She wondered vaguely
why some one from the other side OF
the road should be telling Madam
Gaillard that John was at her house
The Voice Identified.
The geography of that subterranean
world Of which she was now part was
not clear TO Jean. But directly John
went UT the steps of the bungalow. the
proprietor Of the little inn where jim
my and / were being so completely tB-
nored rushed back to the kitchen,
through the trap door and down the
stairway to give warning 10 Madam
Gaillard.
A second later the door where che
was playing eavesdropper jerked open
and Madam Gaillard came in with such
haste and violence that Jean staggered
to her knees and almost fell headlonG
into the room beyond.
Madam Gaillsrd paid no attention "a
the. girl. but hurried across the room
she had first brought Jean as pris.
| cner, The girl staggered back to the
chair on which she had been sittins
and began sobbins-partly in hope, part
Madam Gailiard proceeded back te
her bungalow Via the secret panel II
the wall. On the steps Of her cottage
stood John Miles. She approached hin
but for ali his queries as to Jean Moor,
she had nothing but a patient smile an,
a shake Of her head. At last younl
Miles shouted anErily. III you don
produce her at once I'll 20 for tho po
Madam Gaillard made a deprecatini
gesture and fell back a step or two
as II In alright. John turned argril'
toward the door. II was clear to hin
Suddenly t heavy fiss srought 'n itsei
with crashing impact against the has
OF his skull, He fell to the groun
senseiess. His assailant nonchaisnti
later n wig followed the dress an
Madam Gaillard stood revealed--a mar
He seized Miles in his arms and strod
off down the hall.
AS came down the stairway tel
minutes after the events OF which
told you yesterday, ! was rememberin
something Jimmy had said to me whil
prietor ~as SO strangely inatte'itiv,
"I'd give a lot to know where tina
. woman went last evening"
From the opposite end OF the pa assag &c
way ana OF .ht cna'i OF even's wnich
ravel, the metamorphosed Madam
Gaillard had. a few minutes before. be
gun pilgrimage toward reckonin
with unsuspected forces.
II WAS we'll for us and eytremelv IN