The Washington times., 1920-09-28
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leased as . Paraaouat-
Aircraft picture.
Directed by George d. Baker.
Screen Versios NoveIised
BY Jane Mclean.

n n RS. HASDOCK walked back to
V her room looking neither to
the right or left; her veil
was pulled over her features and IL
she had any suspicion that her ex-
husband was following her she did
not show II. Somehow the mere
possession OF the pistol made her
feel safer. Moe had warned her
to keep gun out OF sight. You
can't put IL over me. You got my
permit" he said.
To Harry the purchase OF the gun
meant more than she could possibly
have foreseen. 1t pointed the way
toward the fulnlment OF a plan he
had been mulling over for some
time. He smiled as he trailed along
after her to think how fool-proof
his scheme seemed to be.
Mrs Hasdock paused when she
reached the boarding house and
glanced about suspiciously. But
the streets were almost deserted
and she entered the front hall sure
she had not been seen.
Her next move was to secrete
the gun in a bureau drawer where
she could get at 1t easily. but wh.~
1t would not be an object of curl
osity. There remained the purchase
of the cartridges. She had deemed
1t wiser not to have the weapon
with her when she bought the am
munition. So now satisfied that
she had escaped observation she
ventured forth a second time and
this time Heliotrope Harry did not
follow her. He had no fear she
would get away; he read her mo-
tives almost as plainly as though
she had confded in him, but he
manged to improve the period Of
her absence.
SEEKS BIRTH CERTIFICATE
He was not above using a skele-
ton key and his old adeptness came
in useful when he opened her door
and slipped inside the room. His
motions there were rapid; he knew .
that somewhere she had concealed
the birth certificate; he knew that
ordinary prudence would have die
tated tho need of taking it to
safety deposit vault and he knew
that his former wife never bother
ed to think further ahead than her
nose.
He began to search the room and
his reward was a speedy discovery
of the coveted document wrapped
up in q duplicate Of the Sunday
newspaper supplement which Spike
had sent to him in prison.
Heliotrope Harry gave the yell
lowed paper the benefit Of a thor
ough examination and then fold
ing it thrust into an inside coat
pocket and laid the supplement
back in the drawer.
One other memento he abstracted
before leaving and that was the
letter he had written to Spike; he
smiled Erimly at the envelope with
a big blot ON it and the memory of
his days OF agony came back to
him As he thought of the answer
from the troubled Spike and the
Alice.
REMEMBERS PROMISE.
This was one Of the times to re-
member his promise to the governor
and he did remember it even as he
thought Of Joe's purchase of the
from the open drawer. Still smil-
ing he took the sprig Of heliotrope
ne wore in his lapel and inserted it
in the barrel of the revolver. Then
he slipped out of the room and
reaching the top floor unobserved,
waited patiently for the advent of
Spike.
1t was with unalloyed delight
that his old pal heard of the recov-
cry of the birth certificate.
Were going to get rid Of it here
and now" said Harry
That's right, Harry. tear 1t up
mo, there's a better way than
that-you can read torn pieces, but
you can't read ashes-Tm going to
burn 1t, Spike"
He took the paper from his pocket
with the blotted envelope. There's
the letter 1 wrote to you, Spike
the letter she stole. II 1t hadn't
been for that I'd never have gotten
out and she'd never have known