The Washington times., 1920-09-15

the door.
You're through. Moe: good by,
Not my fault II you pass up a good
thing. but you're not the only one.
No hard feelings, but don't come
crying round later on"
A CHANGE or HEART.
You're all right. joe" Moe de-
elared In a sudden tit OF admiration
I'm with you. III write you tho
check II youn came to the shop
I'm no piker."
They clasped hands on the bar
gain. You're 4 smart woman, joe"
Moe said.
i've got 10 be-" she answered as
she went out with the money lend
Spike Foley lost no time in get
ting into his own room and once
there IL took him some minutes TO
marshal his thoughts
There was no doubt that Joe Has
dock had guessed the secret of her
daughters identity-she was eyi-
IDENTIFY going to wait till the girl
was married and then presenting
the report of Heliotrcpe Harry and
her own TO demand that she be re-
ceived into the Andrews family or
paid so much to keep her danger-
Gus secret from the public.
IT was only right that her e
husband should know, and Spik
wrote fully inclosing the supple
ment page containing the accounty
Of the lady princess.
Spike had his own ideas about the
fate due to Joe Hasdock-person-
ally he would have broken his vow
never TO do evil again il he could
have put her out OF the way with
out discovery, but he felt after all
IL was Harry's affair first and he
waited for advice
Ii was fortunate for Spike and
for his old chum too that the prison
where the latter was serving his
life sentence had come under the
rule of a warden who believed that
no man is ever down and out. War
den Pyne went by the name Of
Square Mike" among the convicts,
a tribute that revealed his charac-
ter in a word.
Spikes letter passed under his
eye. but he had watched Heliotrope
Harry and commented more than
once on his good behavier. so he did
not open the note but passed it
along.
Moveover, he was feeling pleased
because the Governor had promised
. to visit the prison and, inspect the
system, which was producing re-
suits wholly unlike the old regime
of oppression and browbeating.
, Heliotrope Harry received Spikes
enclosure with pleasure--it WIS q
real joy 10 him to read of'the COM
ing wedding OF alice to a young
man with all the advantages OF
wealth and education. Then he
read what Spike had written:
Dear Heliotrope:
Joe's got the dope from the en-
closed and she's going to it. That
scoundrel Moe Simon is stalking her
to a front. What will | do? say
the word and TI-you know.
SPIKE :
Blackness fell over HeiIotrops
Harry as the letter dropped rom
) his hand, and then the spirit o. re-
venge, the spirit that prompts the
animal to fight for its young. seIzeG
his soul and he ragged. Throwing
himself against the bars he yelled
like creature bereit of reason.
One thing he wanted in this
world. and that was his freedom.
He wanted to get out--he wanted
to get at Joe Hasdock and put an
end forever to any remote posi-
bility that she would tell the world
who Alice Hale was and who her
parents were.
He clawed at the bars. pulling at
them in a spasm of uncontrolled
fury his raspng voice, raised in
shrieking staccato, sent the guards
hurrying. and to all their questions
ne yelled the more and demanded
to be let out.
ITO Re Continued TOmOrrOw.