The Washington times., 1918-06-20
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Basil Fleetwood Relates a Story That
Strangely Comedies With Esther
Nocturnal Adventure

shs had met Bash Fleetwood be-
foFe-ther8 was after all nCshtng
in all this 60 arouse real Huspi1ion-
How fanefful she was! What pos
sibls eonneetion could there be DO
tween this mans adventure and her
owns The idea was TO absuSd-
DessrIpaion Taller VIII GriHstead.
Yet the description just given
might have passed. for Grimstead.
Esther laughed nervously. Tour
story interests me-" she said; Tell
me-what sort of night Il was"
Gold and wet" he replied. vt
was raining heavily when the
motor stopped at my door. 1 don't
think Il ceased raining that night"
Esther drew . deep. breath. There
hEG been no heavy rain the night
or her drive e. Aaderlsy. There
Was fog in New Tork-she remem-
bored Il weil-but outside there had
been moonlight In a stormy sky.
PLEASE 20 on" she said.
Basil continued his story, still
wondering At her curious questions,
and At her pale, excited face.
the 6trAage man rang the door
bell, leaving the motor putting cut,
side. I answered At the door, for
my servant had gone to bed"
what time was itP interrupted
Esther.
aWeH, Efth slevsn-nearsr mid
night. should think" Basil
iaughedg HHQW interested you are
IN details, Mrs. Borradale."
Esther laughed. too, and made
some excuse II was evident now
that she had been following q
wrong scent altogether.
The stranger came In" continued
Bash, ''hnd / showed him into my
consulting room. He'was very wet,
but he would not remove his heavy
Mackiutoah nor take his mask from
his face. with those great goggles
over his eyes DO seemed a curious
visitor 10 have, can assure you. He
Hpoks very bru8qnely.
"rTOu are DR.. FlostWoodT 49,
Yea I Answered. anything but
Impressed By his manner.
A MysteFisas Messenger.
"'DT. French recommended me to
COM on to you. ] have driven some
distance in order TO fetch DR..
French, but he tells me he is not
a surgeon. Il is for a surgical case
that ! want assistance gentle
man Who has met with an accident.
Your presence may be required for
Q Considerable time he answered.
TWehty-fOur hours, perhaps. ! under
stand you are not a very busy man
am willing to pay Well-S260, and
another $3.50 IL you are detained
longer than the time I have men
toned What DO you say? There Is
no time TO be LOST
Tho bait was tempting. was
earning very little money at that
time, and $3.50 meant much to me-
''-Au rfght,tsI. sad, laconicSily IN
coma
HE diyed his hand into an inner
pocket Here is the money he
said. I'll pay you in, advance He
laid some notes on the table. There
put IT away and get ready. You'll
need q heavy mackintosh-I can
provide everything else. Oh. don't
forget q change Of clothes. Take q
handbag. You'll want your surgi-
cal case. too. There's a bad wound
TO be stitched
Il went upstairs and made my
self ready. The man waited below.
/ could hear him walking impatI-
emily up and down the room. I
packed 4 bag and took all the sur
gical appliances OF which I might
have need.
when I came down found the
man attending to the car. Are
you ready he called 20 me. Yes
Then jump In he started the Gu-
tomobile at once. o.
WOud Answer Ne QueEfIOns.
q soon lost my impression OF d.
rection, though / am certain that
we ran. for a little way at least,
upon the New York road. We
Travelled at great speed, for the
roads were deserted at that time
OF night, and there, was nothing to
impede us. We turned and turned
again; think It must have been
with the intention OF confusion my
sense. 81 locality, L asked a few
questions about my prospective pa
tlsut, but the. answers I received
were monoByllables; my companion
devoted all his attention TO the car,
a. in any case conversation was
not easy against cutting wind and
driving rain.
After an hour, or an hour and a
half, we turned suddenly on = main
road up a rather narrow and rutty
track. evidently little used. Just in
front there was a dense wood. which
covered a considerable space and
terminated at the road: on the
other side were open FIELDS. About
half a mile down the track we came
upon 4 high brick wall, evidently
surrounding an isolated house, and
here, at q narrow doorway, the ear
came 10 a halt Ny companion got
down and opened the door with a
key. Almost Immediately another
man appeared and took charge Of
the car. I don't know where he
took It 70.
Presents . spOOky Scene.
There was q sort OF garden with
In the wall, but could see little Of
II that night, for. though the rain
was no longer beating down 20
heavily, Il was very dark wGs
conscious Of . path between plota
OF rank grass, and Of tall trOoa
which TuStled insthe wind and from
which great drops Of moisture fell.
The path was BtFSWn With damp,
deeaytnE leaves. In trent I could
Just mako cut the outline Of q
house, There Waa- gomSthiuE esrIa
and uneannY a60ut the whole g0SnO,
and ! felt really SoFTy that had
coma"
suddenly Dasn YISstweod hroks
on. DO ] WoTTY you with too
mueh estafii" ho asked. "Fh0 whole
series Of events Impressed me %
hat perhaps dwell oTsFnaueh upon
them. oan Sc sVsFythihE today
Just e. distinatiy g when u hap.