The Washington times., 1919-02-21

derson started to enter. said to him.
"That Chink didn't come In here. /
think saw him so into the Cosmos
Club"
Henderson hurried across to the
Cosmos Club, inQuirlng OF the door
man II a Chinaman had just come IN.
NO." replied the doorman, ct hap
pened to be standing at the door, q
moment ago, and saw a large China
man entering the War Risk Building
just across the street" Henderson
hurried over there, and on his way
was oVertaken by Headley with three
detectives from headquarters, who
had been sent by Inspector Grant.
They entered this vast building.
which was nearing completion. All
about on the floors were barrels of
cement and building material. There
were three stairways, two OF them
being q full block apart There
were innumerable avenues OF escape
from this vast building. These men
realized that searching in here for q
Chinaman was no easy matter.
In point OF fact. WI had eluded
them. as they found some two hours
later. He had indeed entered the
War Risk Building, but only to i'm
mediately 60 out walk around I
street, and summon a taxi at Fiji
teenth street. in front OF the hotel.
and hurry to the ivy covered. gray
house on Connecticut avenue, leaving
his chauffeur and car as a decoy in
front OF the Shoreham.
r + r IL
In the meantime, KimbalI had pro-
ceeded to the Raleight Hotel, there to
fnd Madeline In what can be describ-
In -
state" She was not only chagrined
because she had tainted She was an
cry because some one had said the
horrible words that had made her
faint. She was still more angry be-
cause Kimball had apparently and
without reason deserted her.
More than that. she had had con-
siderable time to let her anger in
crease, and as question after question
came to her mind she began to doubt
the man she had so shortly before
been willing to marry. His explana-
tions, when he arrived. did not partic-
ularly help the matter. He was
rather unfortunate in saying that he
felt he should go with Henderson be-
cause Henderson had the chart which
meant such vast fortune. She asked
him very icily II he thought more Of
all the money in the world than he
did of her.
The more he explained, the more
angry she became. She was blue,
stunned, and, most of
all. terribly angry. all at the same
time. She could not help thinking
Of a certain appealing, and almost
pathetic look that Knowles had given
her as they started down the aisle.
She had remembered the terrible
words, Il forbid It," which had so
stunned her as she stood at the altar,
and her last conscious recollection
was falling into his arms
When she had recovered conscious
ness and discovered that Kimbau was
not there, but that Knowles was, and
that he was all solicitude for her wei
fare, her mind became decidedly con-
fused as to the exact location Of her
heart. No matter how brave a man
may be in battle, or with what abil-
ity he may fly an airship, or navigate
a cruiser there are two situations
before which the bravest hero uuails.
One is when he sees a woman whom
he loves in tears, and the other Is
when he sees woman whom he
loves angry. The superior sex In this
situation always does exactly the
same thing. thus proving the absolute
equality of man-that is. they ALWAYS
lee.
Kimball accordingly beat the hest
retreat possible. He did SO with
Madeline stamping her foot and in
sisting that he let her alone. and
nothing would change that statement
from her: Let me alone! Let me
alone" She was NOT only angry, bur
also in tears.
The very room which she occupied |
had suddenly become distasteful To |
her. At the suggestion OF the friend |
~ nurse, who was still with her, she |
went down into the parlor. Th6I
nurse thought that IL she could get
, Wv from her room and sit there IN J