The Washington times., 1919-03-03

Ition, the experiment was discon-
tinued, and the chart placed In the
safe. The four workers left the bu-
reau, entered a Limousine, and in
short time arrived at the Raleigh
we'll satisfied with their days work.
After dinner, which was rather late,
the three admirers saw to 1t that
Madeline was provided with every
comfort.
She had not been molested for some
time, and IL was believed now was
propitious time to attend to a few
matters demanding attention. The
three men compared notes. It was
concluded that the duties Of Captain
Henderson and Lieutenant Ktmball
/ were the most pressing. These two
officers, with great reluctance, left
Madeline in the majors charge.
The young lady was accustomed to
! liberty, plenty of fresh air and the
four walls got on her nerves. She
did not relish the restraint and asked
| the major whether there was not
place for a little diversion of some
kind to remove the monotony. But,
protested Archie, where can we go
and be safe what, no safe place
in this beautiful city?" queried the
girl. She shared the feeling Of the
! lonesome war. worker.
These had been stirring times for
/ the staid old city of Washington.
! Time had been when the city pur-
sued the even tenor Of it's ways with
out anything causing very much
! hustle, but with the advent of the
war and it's numerous war workers
both in uniform and out, things be-
! gan to change. Rooms were scarce.
cars and lunch rooms were over
crowded and things in general took
| on a different hue.
With so many strangers full OF
new and old ideas, brought from
/ other cities, il was but natural that
! some new forms OF amusement should
crop up. These made themselves
4, known in the so-called Greenwich
village places like the Silver Sea
| Horse and the Krazy Kat, nice cob
| webby places with futurist pictures
on the walls, small wooden tables.
| rickety chairs and candles for light,
Here the ladies can enjoy a cigarette
| over a cup OF tea or coffee with,
| cakes or ginger bread while their
| escorts talk art music, or literature
to Peggy or. Poll or some other
young artist or dancer.
| Places where the cares of running
| the war could be laid aside by the
army or naval officer or the cares
OF running the country would not
weigh so heavily upon some MEM
Der OF Congress. And II was whis-
| pered about. that IL one was Gin on
! the know a little wine might even
| be procured in some OF these places
in dry Washington.
1t is too late for the theater,
| movies too slow, no cabarets, and so
far as I can see there is nothing in
view except the "Krazy Kat" replied
Archie. "but let's go. you and /. let
us enjoy ourselves together for
short time somewhere" responded
Madeline.
So It was arranged, and about an
hour later they were drawing to
stop near Thomas Circle. After wan
dering around in several blind alleys
and trying several garage and stable
doors In 7endeavoring to find the
place, they were attracted by a Sound
of laughter on the second floor of
! stable, and, pushing open a swinging
door, crossing a lumber-littered room,
and climbing a narrow winding stair
case, they found themselves in the
midst OF a smoke-filled, dimly light
ed room that was fairly well filled
with laughing. noisy people, who
seemed to be having just the best
time in the world, with no one to see
and no one to care who saw.
Madeline and Archie sat down to
one of the small tables and, ordering
some coffee and gingerbread, pre-
pared for an evening OF fun. Made
line, as she looked around the room,
which was thick with smoke. both
men and women smoking, and very
dimly lighted by candles stuGk in
empty beer and wfiskey bottles, saw
at a corner table across the room
Fuller. Mrs. Thayer. and Snyder, ear
nestly engaged in conversation. What
on earth had brought them here?
She pointed them out to Archie, but
as he did not seem to be alarmed she
promptly forgot them and gave her
attention to the other people around
her.
Lieutenant KimbalI and Captain
Henderson had, in the meanwhile.
been trying to locate Madeline and
Archie by means of their radioscopes,
and after they had found them at
once started for the Krazy Kat to
joiI. AID to surprise them.
AS the evening wore on the Krazy
Kat patrons became noisier and more
hilarious. and in some Of the corners one
could hear the pop of a cork being
drawn and the gurgle Of liquids pouring
from a bottle. Some Of those present
had brought in some Baltimore ! Joy
Juice" and were preparing for a large
evening
About this time Captain Henderson
and Lieutenant Kimball came up the
rickety stairway and, spying out Made
line and Archie, Joined them. Snyder,
Fuller, and Mrs. Thayer had Joined a
party where the fun was at its height
All the candles in their vicinity were
blown out Others took the hint and
soon all were out except two. Every
thing was shrouded I'm darkness.
The persons that were moving about
looked like specters in the light of the
two remaining candles. Suddenly a shot
ran out and flash of fire lighted up
the room while the smell OF burnt gun
powder mingled with the screams Of
the ladies. Some one was shooting a
revolver. Almost at once the room was
flooded with an intense white glare that
came from two monster flashlights held
in the left hands of two men who stood
at the head of the stairway.
In their right hands they held very
business-like revolvers and calmly an
nounced THE house is pinched." Con-
fusion reigned, and as the clang of a
patrol bell sounded outside the crowd
gathered together and went down in sin
gle file and climbed into the waiting
wagons. All were hauled to the police
station, and here most of the offenders
were released upon personal bonds, but