The Washington times., 1920-09-24

MN quainted with the boa riding
places in the theatrical dis
riot. She picked out one outside of
he usual course of travel. and, Civ
ng an assumed name. paid In ad-
snce for a small room in the rear
" the house. Prudence cautioned
er to go South at once, but the An
rews family still fingered, and a
>erverse fate urged the mother OF
lice Hale to linger also.
IL seemed impossible that she
ould be traced; she had her meals
brought to her room on the plea OF
llness. and she informed the land
Rdy that she was alone in New York
nd desired to rest quietly for q few
weeks.
volve q mystery out of this simple
tatement; she had to deal with too
many strange people to bother her
cad about this within or that. Be
ides. those who paid in advance
gere entitled to vagaries. Josephine
Iasdock. having settled herself in
er new home, concluded to lie low.
fhe first day slipped away and the
econd, the FIRST week and the sec
nd. She began to believesher Neme-
is had been thrown off the trail.
he became holder, and at last,
cavity yelled, she ventured forth to
he same hotel where she had first
sta blished herself, to await the ar
ival of her long-lost daughter.
| Unseen by Alice she saw not only
Ter, but Jimmie and Mabel and
labels father. She sat in the big
corridor and listened to their talk
nd craned her senses to learn
khen and where the marriage was
O be celebrated. But she discov-
red nothing new.
1t was in the corridor That Harry
aw her and patiently waiting,
xuiting in his good fortune, he
bllowed her back to the rooming
louise and saw her enter.
He resolved she should never
gain evade him, but he did not
bel alarmed while he was not 80
polish as to imagine that she would
by her cards on the table until
very one had become a trump, still
be early possession of the birth
ertificate now became the prime :
bject of his life.
That same evening accompanied
Spike Foley he rang tho bell OF
Us ex-wife's new abode and asked
br rooms. Each man carried q suit
ase---each seemed perfectly re-
pectable. Each was willing to
by in advance. The 1andlady as
{gned them to small rooms on the
bp floor and forgot them.
Later Spike took survey OF their
ew quarters. $50 she's here eh?'
Somewhere in the hONse-down
Glow I imagine, said Harry.
al ~ a.rI nj
aid Spike.
Indeed it was not very difficult
ven for him to discover that a
hiddle aged woman who wanted to
e left alone was occupying a room
N the second fioor-that she liked
er meals by herself and that when
he did venture forth she was heav-
y yelled.
The Identification of Mrs. Hasdock
las too easy to be exciting.
"All we've got to do 1T to watch"
hid Harry" when she goes out I've
bmething to do"
How we going to know"
Il read in book once that God
with the patient" said Hello
ope Harry. You go to work just
nc same as usual Spike; / won't
red you till night-whatever's go
lg to happen will happen at night;
GU can fix it so she won't see
ou."
so Spike Foley went to work I'M
bserved and Harry sat and watch
h. Tedious task this would have
rem once on time but not now.
e had spent too many hours in
lis solitary cell looking into dark
ess to mind a trifling few days
b weeks of waiting even from the
mited vantage point of hall bed
bonn.
There was this advantage in be-
'hg on the top floor; he could look
own over the balustrade and see
kho went out and who came in or