The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-18

OF the police, 7 told Iouis that /
wasn't In or stickGp JOB or any
siugging He told me II was all right
and took me 70 GufTantjs restA rant
at Seventh Avenue and TNwc0ty fifth
Street / think.
There WAS "A. gentleman waiting
there for Us. He was a short slight
chap. about Jyseuty-etght ycars old.
lie was smooth faced and very we'll
dressed His clothes were we'll made.
We had some dinner for which this
gentleman paid.
Didn't Learn His Name.
I didn't learn his name J asked.
but Lo1ie told me to mind my own
business The gentleman asked ma
whether ] was going with Louie. ]
said / didn't know. Louie declared 1t
was all right and that ! would sn
along, The gentleman gave ma $50
and told me that / was Hired 10 pro-
teet him. We left Guffantis ana went
to the Knickerbocker Hotel. There
stood a big limousine with a brass
kewpie on. the radiator. never
thought to get the number Of the
license Anyway | was sa tisfcd They
told me- was not due for any rough
work and that after the job was done
l was 10 get $2oo more, Louie drove
the car,
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- 49,. 9hoths. -, 80
~, - Ia -, 'i',o Fu IN
him that was not going to use 1t for
anybody, But the strange gentleman
told me that all / needed To do was to
protect him. Louie told me that The
S,rahEe eehHea1lah haa pun ana lots
OF money ana that We couidnt get in
bad
Louie stopped the car IN front Of
a me, big Colonial house, There was
a Htfle AEn on the front didn't
read H. can go there any time,
lhoueh' Louie and the strange gentle
man toW me TO stand ny the car and
wait. ] lighted a cigarette and wait
ta tar about ten minutes while Louie
ana the gentlemen were IN the house.
NAta they came out they were
waking on either side or a big gray
+ halFed ana EfaE~monStached Fellow
! they called Doe
Doc carried. woman an his
arms She was young She was al
most UNCONSCIOUS and moaning Ike
chi!d. She wore earrings Of
diamonds and pearls and s'Rhet
''''N' - ''t't7 P'NNNt N7't u. J 'tlAt7il /
get very close view Of her face.
As matter of'fact. 7 did not want
To- began to get cold feet, told
Louie that ] wanted to quit the party.
was afraid of being made a goat
But Louie told !ne to shut up IL I
wanted 70 enjoy health. So with the
glTi spraWied out In the tonn@au be
tween IN" Gehtleman and me aud with
Louie and the Doc ont ia front, we
hurried back IN the machine To New
YORK. IT must have been about 10
O'Clock
The girl moaned all the way We
ran over Forty-second street tn the
Nofh RlYer and crossed the Ferry.
T Ne FaHssa Np- the West Shore for s@o
hours or So, When We slackened our
4 speed, J found that We were In West
Point.
We continued on for about ten
minutes. We stopped in front pf an
other hie house. house bigger and
inner than the one near New Rochelle
The gentleman hoped out. held
on to the girl She seemed TO revive
Il bit / thought that once she tried
10 speak, The gentleman let himself
IN the front door, with "A key The
doctor carried rhe girl inside ! went
with them. They laid the girl on a
couch. She was still moaning The
Stt"iib"l tol" rue 10 ger out AS
was going he slipped me $500 more
Ten minutes later we-Louic the
stranger and were on our way back
TO New York.
u got home about or i'm the
morning | bad $3.50 and had done
nothing the cops could grab nae for,
50 I did not worry.
The next night | went 10 Mat
thieu's saloon again. Louie was there
He said ned heen looking for me. He
said that he wanted me tc go back
Ia West Point again. wanted to
know who the girl was
You shoH3d worry Louie said.
You got your. money
! hut J insisted. So Louie said:
r don't know anything about her
condition, but she's Dorothy Arnold.
J on have heard OF bet. She's the Kid
that disappeared few months ago.
We'll I asked Louie then who the
strange gentleman was Louie told
me 10 shut up. that the gcntleman's
name was NOS 10 he known at all, and
that was 80 forget Dorothy Arnold,
That sounded reasonable to nae, so |
shut up. Il was none OF my husl-
ness.
( we went back to the Knicker-
booker and licked up the gentleman
"tfh has r''r { puie drove hack to West
Point, We al went In, The girl was