The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

/ NOW"NoWl Ou6 went u tHC
call-bell. pressed the button to
summon her maid. The girl APP
\ peared, trim, smiling.
i : Tell Bryan to have the car
here In fifteen minutes" said
Gail, and said 1t carelessly, to- her
own amazement. Then quietly,
with no haste. she waited while
Sylvie enveloped her in the long
sable coat. set her hat at Just the
right angle, fastened her gloves,
handed her the pillowy muff.
Drive very slowly, and near
the curbing," was Calls order to
the chauffeur. Keep going till /
signal you to STOP"
4 The car moved forward. Down
Seventy-second street, through
the Park and on the Eighth ave-
nue.; down the Avenue to Six
teenth street; across the Broad
way; thence on Forty-second
street to the Grand Central ter
minal. The car turned, went back
over the ground.
| Calls eyes, filled with desper-
ate questioning, gazed out on the
medley of faces. There was every
i face there but the kind she
sought. Yet Judge Allison had
said that he could find his double
In search of three blocks-his
double as regarded height,
weight, shape of head, color Of
eyes and hair, his double In these
and all of the characteristics that
could be conveyed by q descrip-
ton.
| At the corner of Forty-second
and Broadway the automobile
came to a full stop, held up with
a score of other vehicles by an
officer till the waiting pedrestians
were escorted across the crowded
thoroughfare.
Gail gazed out on the passing
faces. An instant's wild staring,
then she opened the door and al
most flung herself on the man
standing on the curbing directly
facing her. She pushed him with
in the limousine and sat down
pantingly beside him. The chauf-
feur. eyes on the officer, ears
!. deadened by the din of the jang-
ling traffic. drove on, unaware of
the scene so quickly enacted.
For a breathless moment Calls
! eyes traversed the face of the man
beside her. She took stock of his
features; of his shoulders; his
I body. Then
You are q gentleman" she ut
tered rapidly. And / am a wom-
, an in need. You can help me.
! can't tell you why. But-give me
! a day of your life. One day! On a
, hazard-for the sake of an I'M
l known child and--and--a moth
. err? Will you?"
3 The mans eyes rested on her
: in dazed way. He did not speak.
"Will your" she repeated
: tensely.
Q His hand reached up and
9 grasped his hat between waverina
q fingers. He laid 1t on his knee.
d Excuse me, dear" he STAN
: mered. 81 forgot 1 was in the
uOuSS.
n There was bewilderment in the
r eyes he fastened upon her. He
g knitted his brows. She saw that
: he did this in vain effort to
y think. 1t was apparent that he
Q did not understand her words.
: Gail looked at him closely.
i 1t came to her comprehension
I that the vague unwinking orbs
r and the lax mouth bespoke a
: stunned brain.
9 She placed the mans hat on
t his head. Keep 1t on" she urged,
her voice coaxing, as to a child.
e The man smiled in a tired way,
9 and let her envelop him in fur
I lined coat of George Circuits that
e she drew from beneath the seat.
8 She brought the collar up over
e his necktie. A long scrutinizing
d look at her work, then she drew
Q the stop-strap and waited.
s The chauffeur's face betrayed
K surprise as he saw the other oc-
cupant.
a "Mr. circuit got In when the cal
4 stopped few blocks back" she
r explained. II received telephone
message that he was wandering
a about the streets alone and not
}, not we'll. / was looking for him.
She stepped out. HE is--ill, out
J. of his head somewhat. Stand close
by the door and don't let him gel
out"
n She swept by him and into the
0 candy shop before which she had
t stopped the car.
2 The chauffeur smiled as hs
e guarded the door. So Mr.. Circuit
was I'LL" And his wife thought
; she needed to tell him. Ton
Bryan, who drove circuit home
9 after his nights debauchesl Tha
n is, when he went home. Yeti
n was unusual for him to be "ill'
/. at this hour. And he did lool
: strange, curiously unlike himself
e Bryan's gaze, unconsciously ques
o tioning, turned on Mrs. circuit a,
|. she appeared.
d The woman's being sickenet
It with fright. Judge Allison hst
o said that the easiest way to de
e ceive a fellow being was to leat
e him into deceiving himself; thai
&c a man Involuntary questions an
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