The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-20
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Guy Tells Lillian She Can Raise Chill
dren According to Won Gel
denstein's Wishes


she cried. "rve heard OF the placa,
Guy. It isn't a common opium den,
and Chang-Lung really Isn't the
proprietor. Nobody quite knows
who runs It It's a peculiar place.
and it's = mystery how It has es-
capped the police 50 long. 1t Isn't
only opium they sell there"
"Not only opiumT-
mo. Every kind Of injurious
drug. There are rooms set asids
for those who take morphia, Co
caine, chloral-everythtng that "
hurtfuL People who acquire such
habits can obtain all Ehey want
there. They may take II away or
use Il on the premises: they are not
allowed to kill themselves In the
house, though there's no other r.
striction-" zee
Good heavensr cried GuH -
founded. I'D never have thought
It possible This New York Of oura.
what shocking secrets II hoIdst But
how on earth, Lillian, do you know
about this placer"
-Tweedledum told me about n"
she replied.
-TweedIedum7 Then, It must -
the very spot, for saw him there.
He was lying on one OF the coucheS
fast asleep"
Il did not know he smoked opium.
He was accustomed to 90 TO that
house when he had an -absinthO
fit"-as he used to call ton him
He would stay there two or three
days till he threw II on. He told
me about the place when We were
at Adderley. How strange II seems
that you should have hit upon that
house out of all the thousands %
houses IN New York?"
II took II for an ordinary opium
den," said Guy, though was sur
prised to find Il 50 extraVaganely
Furnished, and to see that the man
were SO well dressed. There wer0
no women in the room I saw-d0
women go there, Lilian?"
yes" she answered Many a
them--for morphia mostly"
Il saw no one And / thought
Tweedledum was the only American
in the room As I said, he was
lying on a couch fast asleep. with
his collar thrown on, and wearing .
soft shirt buttoned over his chest
The Chinaman was the only pefson
in the room who really seemed
awake
Some of the other men looked
as II they were dead; they were
lying In the strangest attitudeA
There was one, a half-caste, who
was huddled together as II All bis
bones were broken
'Weli, you may imagine that !
was amazed q the sight, SO aston
ished, in fact, that I almost lost my
discretion. I stood with my face
glued to the window. though there
was danger of the Chinaman seeing
me at Pny moment. At one time ]
thought OF investigating still closer.
ringing at the front door, in fact,
and asking for Tweedledum-"
1T would have been mad" cried
Lillian; mad"
81 suppose 50. resisted the IN
clination, and, as the street seemed
clear, decided to steal off again
thought how anxiously you must
be expecting me. and knew that
ought not to delay. 1t was at that
moment that received my shock.
q shock that sent me career1ng
wildly over the railing and down
the street, anywhere to get gEU
from such q hateful place.
what was it?~ Lillian met hb
eyes anxiously.
Mysterious Face At WindO%
Just q face. A face that roSS
suddenly on the other side OF thS
window, only divided from mtns
by tia glass, such . CHASTITY, hoE-
rible face that I shall rememb~
1t as long as I live I was stn
peering into the room, you under
stand, and this facs RppSrA
without any warning, As II Il bad
been . ghost The man musS
have been crouchinS down whDs
1 could not see him, probably b.
ing on q couch beneath the win
dow, and happened to rise at th1c
moment But IL was awful. and
Il made my blood run cold
The eyes-they were sunk deg
IN their socketS-you could almost
have imagined the eye-holes OF .
skull-met mine fully. though
think they saw or appreciated my
presence. The cheeks were ghoSty
white and the bones prominent: the
hair was matted on the forehead
and seemed damp with sweat The
throat was bare. Can you imagine
such a sight, Lillian? Do you won
der that I took to my heels? II
was not the fear OF being diseoV-
cred; it was simply the terror Of
that awful face. And when ten
you-perhaps you won't believe mo
that knew the face
You knew that face?" Lillian rosa
and then sank back into her chatE-
~Who was it?-
81 can swear that I am not nh
taken. Besides. I saw him in tns
street on my way down. Ii waS
Harold Borradale-"
CHAPTER CIVIL
EstheFs FearA-
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