The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-28
ROMANCE AND ADVENTURES
PURSUE ME- ENE> IN
MODERN OFFICE
BUILDING

maiern office building Is about
tho last place on earth for no.
mantle adventure This wnn my
comforting thought aA entofcd the
Lorimer building next day. Here.
at least. ! am secure" assured my.
self. for | had become half sick with
the dread OF an unseen purauer.
And here am about as far away
from danger as mind can imasiner'
This famous building. which GOV.
ers a city block each way. IL "A mon.
ument to tho energy and genius Of
the Hon. James H. Iorimer. ft is
covered with glazed white tile. In.
side and outside. and IL gets It's bath
oftenor than some humans. The
top floors. with windows looking
over half the county. are given over
exclusively 10 the offices OF the f.or.
inner Chemical company. Private en-.
press elevators serve these two up.
per floors.
A very eontcnted lot Of men and
women make up the Lorimer offic.
force. As Christmas approached.
with It's prospect Of bonuses that IL
Daady'a system OF dividing war divi.
dsnda with his Employed. this cheer
Eel bunch worked early and late get.
ting It's reports In shap. "a finish off
quickly Just before the New Year
Hut this year IA. best laid schemes
OF this great munitions company
might have gone agico tsii on ao-
count u n strike which tied up the
street raliruadpl, except for tho fact
that tho president Of the Lorimer
company wouldn't let even an earth.
quake disturb tho routine OF his Of
fees Daddy hired autos and used
the Lorimer ears To get his employees
back and forth Go work.
on IN. iant night Of tho strike.
was unusually mubdued and tired
FILING. II done properly. IN much
more strenuous occupation than
moat persons think. Moreover. that
mysterious horror OF being followed
was getting on my nerves. several
times | had started 10 burn tho pa
per In my rinE. then simply re
fused 10 humor or 10 be ruled BY
the impulse.
IL was a Saturday night. and a
score OF tho staff had bccn taken TO
dine at a hotel. and. thereafter. had
worked hio-mo late that nobody
car~d to risk losing an auto ride
home.
A tho filing clerk. with a pile Of
stuff To put away. was the last TO
lock my desk entered the dress
ing room just an the other girls were
hurr,tng out % II. intent on catch.
Ing the waiting autos. snatchcd
my hat and wraps and followed
them. but the elevator had dropped
down before could catch Il.
Thus. was left quite alone on
the top floor OF this ao'niory sfrue.
tur~. The cleaning women work
there Sundays. INSTEAD OF Saturday
nights. felt creepy as 10 my akin
and jumpy an 90 my nerves. but stili
did not care to run down those
endless flights Of stairs.
At last tho white hight flashed as
the elevator started up again. I
stepped In quickly when tho car
stopped. for I hated TO keep an auto
load Of tired girls waiting for me
in the cold Of tho December evening.
But. ms l stepped into tho car. the
opcra'or stripped out Of ~ lie was
not the day man. whom ! knew
we'll. lie turned and blocked the
entrance. then he faced me. and his
smile was insolcnt
You ought to remember me-" he
said.
on HIS left cheek was the scar of a
slash running from mouth 20 ear
He was the man whom Eloisc had
described with such awful horror.
but. moro than that. worse than
that. he had been the chef and the
waiter at the luncheon I had shared
with the U.boat's commander at the
bottom Of the sea-
ITO he Continued