The evening world., 1920-06-10

Il" said, 1T is no more than
Il" natural that, when there
are several men together
one or two may be superior to the
] others. As I have intimated. have
more than one iron in the FIRE at the
same time. 1 arm working TO get re-
suits as speedily as possible. And l
am judging you men rapidly"
Marget smiled at her. He took her
words to mean that he was ahead OF
the others In some regard
Gould you work alone--that is,
without the other boys7" Madam
asked.
How do you mean7"
Work with just met"
I've never worked with a mol" !"
Marget said, but guess that I
could work with you. all right.
Wed ought to be able to pull of some
good and profitable stunts"
well, / have one planned now,
Marget," she said. You'll have to
do the work. but the plans will be
completed beforehand, and perfect.
Do you want to do it?'
Marget grinned at her.
'T'm onl" he said.
Briefly Madam Madcap outlined her
plan. 1t was her desire to rob the
homo of Rufus Throclxmorton, q
wealthy lawyer who made his home
In the National Apartments. Throck-
morton's rooms were on the second
floor, and easy of access.
I'VE shall go there to-mght, to-
gether," said Madam Madcap. Il win
wait outside, and give the alarm II
any one approaches. You can enter
through the fire escape, while Mr.
Throckmorton is at dinner We Will
watch together until the time he
leaves the apartment"
Promptly at seven o'clock the two
met in the alleyway. Madam Mad
cap watched the front door Of the
apartment hotel until she saw the
form of the we'll known lawyer as
he departed for his evening meal
which he ate regularly at the Wal
dorf. Returning to the alleyway she
whistled softly, and Gentleman Joe"
swung lightly onto the lower rungs of
the FIRE escape ladder, and climbed to
the open window above. Balancing a
moment he dropped to the carpeted
floor Of the darkened room.
An electric switch clicked, a blaze
Of light fiared through the room, and
Gentlemen Joe found himself facing
two police officers with drawn re-
volvers. AS he turned desperately to
the window q silvery laugh fioatGd up
from the alley below. Then the Of
ficers leaped forward, and Morget
found himself handcuffed and help
less. He faced the policemen.
II don't get this" he said. What
is II, a plant2 Is the woman de-
tective-what's the idea of framing
The senior officer. a Sergeant,
tossed a foided slip Of paper across
the table.
You know as much as we do" he
said. 1--WE got this letter in the morn
inR's mail; didn't dare not to take tho
chance, so told Thockmorton TO
leave the apartment as usual, and
we'd stay here to guard the place
Marget read the typewriter letter
before him.
"IT you rant to get the goods on
Gentleman Joe MGrOet send too off,
GERS to the rooms Of Rufus ThrOck-
morton IN the NdttOndI Apartments at
seven o'clock tonight. Mdr0et Is pIGn-
ming to rob the apartment, aud voM can
get him 10 rights there.
MADAM MADCAP."
MAHKeI CuFbcua LWon puAHlou
look crossed his face.
"But don't get 1t yet" he said.
"What's the Jane got against me?"
SEARCH me-" said the Sergeant"
but we've sure got you with the
Roods-come on along"
Marget, thinking II over in a cell
that night would have been still
more puzzled II he could have known
that at that very moment Madam
Madcap was broaching the same
propOIition to Brute Wilger. Know
ing nothing of Marget's fate Wilger
gladly assented to the plan to rob an
upper west side apartment house,
and like Marget he found that the po-
lice had already been warned and
were waiting him there. The next
evening "Red" Riley met the same
fate. One by one Madam Madcap,
woman of mystery, was turning the
members OF her band over to the po-
nce. OF the entire gang, only one
member, Shifty Slade, remained.
While this was going on, however,
the Professor was so busy in caring
for Brone that he had little time to
wonder at the disappearance or the
other members of the gang. He him
self was not able TO leave the house,
for fear OF meeting Waldron. And
LUaL lChI was JhDNANNhs
after he had been attacked by the
Professor the night OF the Darcan
robbery, had sworn vengeance and
sworn also that he would solve the
mystery. He had watched the Dar-
can house carefully, and had him
self interviewed Dorcas DaIcan,
whom he found TO be a beautiful
young woman. Miss Darcan testi-
iied that she had been boupd and
chloroformed by a young woman OF
about her own age. Yet Waldron
was not satisfied. In the back of
his mind was one lurking auspic-
ion. Was DoncaS Darcan herself
Madam Madcap7 Was 1t some whlm
Of a rich giTd seeking new fields OF
excitement2
But whatever was Madam Madcap's
game, the game was almost over.
Gentleman Joe Marget was In fail,
as was Brute Wilger and Red Riley.
Only Hamilton Brone, caged and
deaDairinGs the PrOfossoE and ghifiW