Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-01
.,s CHARTS THE STORY

rhi' -, bceu cracked. Ambrose,
4 safe haS OI Joe lie Brun, gdngster
itieofitei U' rim or tcithom evidence,
and cro0hI sne'yn" m" that tciH fdSten
plan on Robert Ashc, 0fheriCise
me coers" cr,mv y " Polly lie Brun IN
"bddVE"ggco NJ the scheme and rcreds
forms ~ h'|o tor him. which he does not
her ovo Ashe could rob safe or
rec,proO .ocket, He rds a criminal
PicS ponJoi n kief but gentle
but no "iyauger disguised to, the
ndn' oFcrS n Ambrose a rcrard Of
5000 i hc can ,,lpoI pTIodthhSGt thot ,eili sH"sT send
sga'Tts' a., !" prison for ten years: it'i potily,
SSGgrined at Ashes LACY. lacs o. Il "gp,bbr 4 y, brose
ton Of hcr ,otCi S%VSSJO SSJO 600 and turn
ray 0oOc 10 ~ Mrs. Rachel Stcthhcrit IS
10 rcar hcr '1mSJ"P nmS "PoiiM little Polly
,Scial function, g"q phh;S 1J;S' sbo II he
Lc b'nm, nmn,vH no act il for her. AShe
poE, the diamond tor ono my".mJi J
Tnm " tSe grdss. He escapes amid
jGns !" sbots and AMBROSE in purSnit;
iprriring at the S'nctdr en.c.ags
hOuse-'a id;,s XIII ~ 10 Miss Sutclif,
yea, .d,;rce a Of Mrs. Stcthcril, asking
lie use of the ictcpnone, i, detedtire's
70 III" mv f,' and is about 10 get d,rdy
:" The Suiclif borroircd macH,no ,n
chen, just turning N n', Jr""b ;mo in, I ,rere
rdlk, NOT W'g gJuo, J fLe man note
mu" , tor me muller drdiCH up
about his hrodt, wy "b "Stoiberu
oihcr, mar h,S. o,c :" cried the 1irl.
h'' ,r co>TtNI,ES
MD ""''" -. .,,
U0C'Lb cXplaln no" ,.s
L matter IS! h''eauS ao,,,dr,,
in down the sta.'s' i, ,, ,oror
top? May caII u '""""
ov?"
tro ron through the garden, about
Nv . ,ho bousc to the garage.
corner u '"' ,1 - man r,,.
nd as he went hc nc"'u
no after him.
- bod .hc car out, the motor
ue0's s' 49,. rho uniformed
umming eagerly i"e ,,,, ''io Nv
aid, her hands clasped, was trempiing
~, .bo excitement of the chase. Ashc
:..o ,ho tonncau. CRYING
lped lu'o '"'
arply,
cent her loose.
.uo,, an Ccoryc - The voice.
iio'u '"' s Al,
arper thah AsHc D. c"''lc A'o'ii '"' '''a"
the muffcr. There a mistake
,c "
,.,r,.-,.. 80 ,,is,oLc " oronrod Ashe.
l"eIc "o "',''""V' 9'''rp'1 ~, ,
cogni1lng clearly enough thc uahger
delay. "A crime has been commit
and tho criminal will make a clean
=, .,.. a.o,I horo all ri,b+ -
AWAY " W. ''''t ."
csperatcly he played his ono caru' MS
It a high trump or n joker which had
ept into his deck he threw back his
at so that both men might see the
ckcled emblem. II am ~
"Oh, | know who you are" came the
lick rejoinder. And the thief won t
away at all The police know right
here TO lay their hands on him. l
=. want to talk with YOU. Damn
~ as the maid came closer to listen
d George turned half around to stare
puzzled fashion Drive around the
ark. :"
He jumped In. slammed the door
ter him, and George turned the big
out toward the street. Ashe, no
IS puzzled than George, but believing
msef ready for whatever might come,
pt 9t his I,sdEu muscles on the alert his mind
Even as the car lcapcd forward the
an at Ashes elbow began to speak
lrricdly, his voice too low for George
hear.
"Do as say" he said bluntly. "and
Lieutenant Ambrose. Which is III"
What do you mcan:" demanded
he,
I'm Justin Haddor." said the other
ruptly. Remember the name. Jus.
Haddou. Lawyer. Retained by
lchcl StethCril. You are Robert Ashe,
own as Ladytingcrs. You've got to
We new name if you do as l tell
u. Since you are a thief, I'll name
U, Steele. You can choose your own
ZEN name
Thanks, returned Ashe coolly.
Il choose Damascus. Damascus
Ccle always did sound well to me.
And. when we're great friends,
can call me Dam Steele for short -
While we've never met until this
crnoon,' went on Haddon swiftly.
on are my new secretary. A com.
friend d" Charlie Brewer, of
cramGcnto gave you a letter
1T happens" said Ashc, mystified,
sensing chance for safety in oblig-
lladdon, that I've told the young
y back there that my name was Am.
oSe aud that IN on the force in the
y,
Hell 80 muttcrcd Haddon. For II
IC, while the machine raced on, he
hunchcd over, staring fixcdly at
d up.
You ar" a friend of the chief in San
anclsco, he said. 'In an amateur
way you are intcrpstnd In crin,o