The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-25
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CONTINUED Prom Yesterday
In two minutes he was rolling out
of tho garage. snscono~d In the BODY
OF a luxurious and high powered tour.
ing machine which h. strongly sus-
pccted to be somebody's private car
lawicssiy farmed out Will. its owner
slept
The twilight was now stronger. II
sim DUH and as cold as the air Il col.
ored. rendering =. sybarits grateful
for Peter k.nny's inverness az the
car surEed spiritedly up the deserted
avenue. It's disdain for speed regula.
tons ignored by the string OF yawn.
Ing peg-post cops-aiEnost the only
human beings in sight.
Town was indeed deep sunk in le,h.
argy at that small hour. the trad.
tionai milk wagon itself seemed 90
have been caught mapping. with one
consent residence and shop and sky.
scraping hotel biinked alphabetically
at tho nyinx car. then ono. IN or .
turned and slept. Even the Bizarrc
had forgotten +. Sybarite-showed at
least no recognition as ne ssurricd
past
A curious sense Of Illusion troubled
the littls man. Tho giamor Of tho
night was gone and with II all that
had lent semblance OF pIausibiiity 10
his incredible. career, daylight forced
all back into confused and distorted
perspective. like the pageant Of some
fantastic and disordered dream un.
certainly recalled long hours after
waking.
AZ for himself. In his absurd at
tire and bound upon his ambiguous
errand. he was all out Of the pic
ture-h orribly suggestive OF an
added sparrow who had stayed up
all night on purpose to cheat some
legitimately early bird out OF chi
merical first worm.
Seif.conscious and III at ease. he
presented himself to the amused in.
spection Of the night force in the OF.
fee of the Plaza. made his hating In
quiry, and received the disconccrting
assurance that Miss Blcssipgton. tho
a known and valued patron OF the
house. was not then it's guest
Convinced, as he had been from
the moment that the words two
thirty" falling from the lips OF the
Bizarre's house detective. had made
hi-n alive to his terrible oversight.
that this would be the outcome at
the Plaza, he turned away. sobercd.
outwitted. and miserabiy at a loss 70
guess what next to do.
Gioomily he paused with a hand on
the open door Of his car. thoughts
profoundly disturbed and unsettled.
for so long that the operator grew
restless.
Where next. sir7" he asked.
Walt" said +. Sybarite. In a man
ner OF abstraction that did him no In.
justice: and entering the car. nechan-
ically shut the door and sat down.
permitting his gaze to range absontly
among the dusky distances OF Cen.
trail Park: where thru the netted.
lcsf'ess branches. the lamps I h n I
march the winding pathways glim.
mered like a hundred tiny moons OF
gold lost in SOME vast purple well.
Should he appeal to the police
His soiicitude for the girl forbade
him such recourse save as last re-
sort. Publicity must be avoided un-
I'll the time when. all else having
failed. IL alone held out some little
promise of assistance.
But--adrift and blind upon un.
charted seas Of uncertainty'--what
10 dor
Suddenly IL became plain TO h IN
that IL in truth IL was with her ms
he feared. at least two persons knew
what had become OF the glrl--two
persons aside from himself and her
! hired kidnappers: Brian shavnon and
pavarh his son