Evening star., 1917-10-14

suspicious made him out to be, then it
was Sinsabaugh's duty to aid the po-
lice.
"Waring has done no wrong; he told
me as much" he said stubborniy And
I believe him, and will believe him.
But, under the circumstances, 1 can see
your side of it, the mighty suspicious
side of it. Mr.. Herkomer. And Phil
Phfrs level-headed enough. and honest
as the day, but he might, innocently
enough, have let himself in for some
thing. Yes. he was at my house last
night"
1t was not disloyalty to Phil that
!oosened his tongue: it was not the
fear that his business interests would
suffer by his detention here during the
panic. 1t was simply that, after all,
Herkomer represented the law, and
the law had made out a case plausible
enough to demand Sinsabaugh's aid
Sinsabaugh was a good friend, but he
was also good citizen, and citizen
ship rises above friendship-or should
How'd he get away?" demanded
Herkomer
side door"
Herkomer waved aside Sinsabaugh's
last nights denial to the police of
Warnings presence in the Sinsabaugh
mansion. The truth. not reasons for
previous evasion or falsehood, was
Further. Herkomer was a very human
person. He, too. would have shielded
friend from the police under similar
circumstances.
Leave his address?'
No. Said that he'd phone. Told me
that If heard anything not to believe
1t. And I don't" he added stoutly.
Then what were you doing at the
Plutonia. the hotel he went to?" ques-
toned Herkomer.
II didn't know he'd been there" said
Sinsabaueh hotly. angry at the ap-
parent lmputation that he lied
believe you" said Herkomer
quietly.
But -Sinsabaugh insisted on explana-
tion. we had another guest at dinner
last night. a Miss Claire SoreI, from
Paris-at least. her uncle. q Mr.. Peter
Randall. makes his home there, and
she's lived abroad a long time. NV
wife had met her, and SO she yas
asked to dinner. My wife wanted her
to meet Waring."
And Waring dined with you last
night?"
Rather cool of waring. Herkomer
the midst of the desperate matters in
which he was involved.
He did. He didn't want to come. but
when I mentioned Miss Sorers name he
seemed quite interested-she, too, when
they met. but it was a mutual error
Neither had met the other before, AL
though I think that each of them bad
heard of the other"
So?" Herkomer pricked up his ears
at this. He started to ask what Miss
Sorel looked like thinking for n sec.
ond that she might be the woman who
had been in Warnings room when Dan
Grimfel mulcted Waring of a hundred
dollars. But that was absurd. If she'd
been guest OF the hotel, as Miss SoreI
was. she'd not have needed to register
again. Indeed. she couldn't have done
such a thing. using another name.
And how did Miss Sorel leave your
house without the officers on watch
knowing it?"
81 guess your men only watched the
front door," grinned Sinsahaug.. .She
seemed little upset by the presence
of policemen; it made her nervous, and
so I let her out tho side door. too"
Herkomer shook his head desna,r-
ingly. But one doesn't get genius for
a wage Of eighteen hundred dollars or
less. Still. the men watching Sinsa
baugh's place ought to have had some
sense. But S.nsabaugh evidently knew
what was passing through the comriis-
sioners mind. and relieved his chaRrin
by the remark:
mot every one knows Of that side
entrance. Mr.. Herkomer. There are
times when a railroad man likes a prt-
vate conference without newsnaner
men knowing about 1t, you know
Herkomer nodded. 1t always relieved