Evening star., 1917-10-07

believe that; he'd ask her; she'd tel
him that It wasn't 40. He los
consciousness.
CHAPTER KIN.
The telephone In his bedroom awokt
Commissioner Herkomer from restles!
sleep. He had not retired until 2 o'clock
and at the time Of retiring he was nt
nearer the solution Of the kidnapping
mysteries than when Peter Perkins
had first brought him tho note signed
by Burton Conybear. Samuel Balch
Warnings attorney, had been unable te
give any Information about Warins
that would explain the latter's appar'
ent dealings with Conybear. True
Waring owned . bit Of real estate, but
he would hardly have mortgaged thai
without asking Balch's assistance ir
drawing the papers, and such assistance
had not been asked. -
Henderson. Conybear's private secre'
tary, had not returned to portsmouth
and could not be located in town. And
there was no further news Of Prender.
other missing nnanciers.
Fortunately the newspapers hAd learn
ed nothing OF the affair; at least, the
flrst editions that Herkomer had scan.
ned at headauarters at a quarter OF
that morning held nothing about the
matter. And Herkomer's late presence
at his once had been accounted for, to
the reporters satisfaction. by the
spectacular raid. headed by Lieut.. Dan
McGaw of the strong arm squad. upon
Herkomer had gone to bed with the
scant satisfaction that. although he
was facing a turning point In his am
bilious career. the press and pubic
knew nothing OF it--yet.
short space Of time It took for him to
reach over and grasp the telephone
Herkomer reviewed all that HAD nap
pened since Peter Perkins brought MIN
the creased ana wrinkled note. And
him dismay, his voice was alert ana
crisp a. he asked who called.
s'It's Kelcey speakin'. commissioner.
Legay and Dibblee< are dead"
Herkomer swung his legs out OF pea.
'ewhatT'
eyes. sir" Kelcey's voice held mix
ture Of excitement and regret. Ana
Warnings Jap servant, too:
Then they got Waring?
eNo, sir. You know Legay ana DID
sir. Well, I got down here to heada1ar,
ters an hour ago, and no report naq
come in from them during the night. !
thought that was funny, 90 teiepnoneu
the 30th street house. that oein, tne
nearest station. and told en- % rus1 1na =
once-over. We'll, commissioner, he got
the janitor. to let him in. and he nnds
q Jap-the janitcr said 1t was Werine
servant--and Legay ana Dipolee oexu.
Knitted. The whole 'three OF EN-. No
Son.t Know nothin' about It. Havin' him
brought to headquarters. but the man man
that went over from the house, says
he's ignorant Of anything: He pnoneu
that he's bringin' him In, though.
Right. TIL be down as soon % V
.somethin' else. commissioner" said
Keicev Quickly, Though the janttor
Of warnings place don't seem TO know
anythin'. the hallboy OF the apIItMen.
He iidn't get OF duty until this
mornin', and he saw the amnuiencSe
that was sent over from tho hospital
and he crossed over, and
"Get to 1t, Kelcey. admonasneo xae1-
sewer "Weil ~ III: seems like the boy Was
smokin' a cigarette on the street last
night and he saw Dibblee and Legay
sort Of hangin' around. he hves near
Dibblee, though he don't know nim 70
speak TO. and knew he was on the
force. SO he was kinda interested;
Wen. while they was hangin' around
along came a couple OF men ana en-.
tered the building. The boy says tnat
in about ave minutes pino.ee @ .nS a1o rom
where he was standin' he could see
that Dibblee was ringin' bell Then
they went in and he could ssni see
them enter the door Of grouno-noor
apartment--that's Warlngs. o.har ana +we ne
noen went In the same apartment after
rinrin, the bell And the other apart
ments in the building have been visite1
already and none of the tenants VIII
admit having four men. n OF TWO men,
"Weli, well?'' snapped Herkomer.
ssWhy, the boy knows Waring py
sight. and he says that neither OF the
first two men was him. And ne says
that the rst .tG two owslRsd EG%s 0as away " swift
That's all. sir. Nothin
else has come up" ,,.,.
well. 1t was eongh. mused Herkomef
as he swiftly dressed. Two policemenn
ana am the hasty evidence thus Tar gath
eSed, not murdered by Wafing. But
Waring was one, and only one.. GER
tainly, Of q gang Still, why should
that gang wish to. to ki ssaa "sr despairinSiy ss
The answer to this question and to
many others-wel1, he prayed that they
would come. But they would not come
TO him while he spraWled IN bed. He
dressed SWlIuy Auu Ul0oAAootON - -
rate that made his motherly old house.
keeper shake her head mournfuliy and
utter prognostications that contained
references to her late lameute4 hus-
band, who had dug his grave wish his
teeth. The telephone rang again as he
was leaving the house, and he turned
back impatiently.
NKelcey talkin', commissioner"
"Pm on my way downtown now," said
Don't sir. There's somethin' new come
lp. The Traders Loan just telephoned.
sir. A check was just presented for
,ashing there. 1t was dated yesterday.
md was for q hunded dollars"
Herkomer.
1--WE hadn't told them to. sir" Kelcey
defended himself. Your orders was
simply to round up Warnings bank ac-
count and tell the bank to notify Us II
/ check from him went through, and
% hold Waring himself on some pre-
ext or other"
Kelcey was right A bank wouldn't
hold a person who simply presented a
,heck without some definite reason
and Herkomer had not felt
Ike giving definite reasons Just now.
himself-that was different.
he police department would stand be!
lind 1t.
but II don't make no difference, COM
shouted Kelcey. His desire
or the dramatic had made him save his
limax. 1.-THE paying teller was no
,oob The check was a blank of an
'ther bank, with the Traders Loans
lame written In. And while the check
vas made out to cash. the teller hem