New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14

thirty-two or whereabouts, clean-shav.
en-. For a second he stood still ; then
instead Of advancing into the room. he
turned abruptly round and went out,
closing the door behind him.
Instantly Christopher sprang up.
"It's the a himself" were the words
that flashed into his head.
Out bOlted Christopher, and was
just In time to see a yellow automO-
bile swerving round the corner close
by.
Dinner was but half over and Chris
TOPPER was still hungry, yet there was
only n thought in his mind to
follow the yellow motor-car. He turned
to hand money to a staring waiter,
and say, Don't mind change" as MIR.
John Smith had done before on Il pre-
viOus emergency, when a leather-clad
chauffeur came running up, a dazed
look on his face.
swell, l neverr" this youth ex-
claimed inelegantly, as the automobile
disappeared round the corner. "Is he
out of his wits?"
"Is that your car" asked Chris
TOPPER.
"Yes," answered the chauffeur; sits
gone off without me-"
perhaps Pm going his way" said
Christopher. "If so, you can go on
with me, if you like, in my car. I'm
starting at m What's your en-
plOyer's name"
"FOrtescue," replied the chauffeur.
II don't know much about him. l only
got the job yesterday. He's shipping
his cara forty-horse-power Ressler-
from Dover to Calais by cargo boat
tonight"
Five minutes later Scarlet Runner
a off, and flying faster than the law
allows. When Scarlet Runner rushed
through Dover towards the quay, she
passed a yellow a standing in the
open doorway of a garage.
"That's she! I'd swear it," cried
the chauffeur; and Christopher stopped
in triumph. "We've done the trick !"
he said to himself.
But, though they had tracked the
car, they had lost tie man. The Ress-
Ter, 1t appeared, had had an &C.
cident. She had broken her change
speed lever not far from the garage
where Christopher found her standing,
and her owner had paid some men to
help him push her into her present po-
sition. He wished to catch the night
boat, he explained, for Calais, and
would leave money for the cars keep
and repairs. Later he would wire an
address and instructions.
Without another word Christopher
started the %throbbing Scarlet Runner
off towards the station, where, after
hurried explanations to the station
master, he got into telephone com
m%unicatiOn with the Daily Recorder,
and received instructions to follow the
escaping criminal across the Channel
at the newspapers expense, instantly,
and at any cost.
There wes q small tug which could
be hired, and Christopher chartered
her with little trouble or delay. He
reached Calais before daylight, and
went straight to the railway station
to learn, If he could, whether the man
he sought had been among the pass
engers in the bOat-train for Paris. But
there had been a crowd of Englishmen
and Americans, several of whom an
well enough to the description
given, so far as French porters and
ticket-takers could remember.
Christopher had brought the chauf-
feur across with him, thinking he
might be useful, and now he decided to |
leave the man in Calais to look about |
for his abscOnding master, and wire |
him (ChristOpher) at the Hotel Con-
Paris, If Fortescue were seen.
The first thing that Christopher did
on reaching his destination was to
to the Care du Nord and try to
whether a tall, slim, clean.
brOwn-faced, and brown-haired
of thirty-two, dressed in
light clothes, had arrived by the night
train from Calais. Here he met shrugs
Of the shoulders and the answer he
expected.
The next nov in the game was to
seek the aid Of a private detective,
the French police would only
interest themselves in such a quest
when applied to by their brothers on
he other side. That application would
come; but meanwhile Christopher in
ended to leave no stone unturned;
md it was not until he had done all
hat could be done by way of inter-
and kilograms that he went to
at the Continental, where he had
AIKEN a small suite of rooms.