Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-14
CHAPTER VI.

I left Evans as soon as could get
away. Time was flying and there were
many things for me to do before night
came Derby was due in a few minutes
and I was not quite sure how my confer
ence with him would come out. At any
rate I must keep him from Evans.
I hurried down to the telephone at the
drug store and called the sergeant at
central station, with whom ! had made
tentative arrangements. My instructions
were brief.
Have a couple Of men and a fast ma
chine opposite the Hill street station at
ten tonight. Somewhere across the street
have another man a motorcycle. will
stop across from the station at 1918 4
taxicab will drive up to where stand.
] will put a suitcase into the cab. When
It drives away I want both the automo-
bile and the motorcycle to follow tt"
1t was dusk when I returned to the
house. I looked carefully, but failed
to see any one in the street or in the
shadows on the corner. Either the men
who had been watching the place had
been called Off, or else they were keep
Ing well out OF sight. Again l won
they employees OF the Syndicate stationed
there TO aid me? Or were they working
on the other side? In the latter case
they might hinder my plans for the night
no, they were not interested in me, for
they made no attempt to follow me
from the house. went IN. Miss Bourke
was not in sight. I went to my room.
wrote a note and enclosed It in an en-
velope with some currency. was about
10 hunt again for Alstan when I heard
shot in the street-then another.
I hurried from my room. I saw Alstan
run from Evans room. Through the
door that she left open I saw the bank
er sitting on his bed--listening
Alstan ran down the stairs ahead of
me-. She stopped upon the porch but I
walked down to the gate. There was
no one In sight. Quite puzzled, I re-
turned TO the porch
II was sure those shots were IN the
street" 7 remarked to Alstan, who was
sitting on the porch railing.
Some proving burglar" she returned
carelessly. They're getting pretty thick
around here
The telephone tinkled and the girl
dropped quickly from her perch and
ran inside. She was at the instrument
only an luHtAut. W men Hn6 came out TO
me she was so changed that I hardly
knew her
ut was your friend, Derby she said.
her eyes hard as steel. IAN officer
stopped him" Something Of the human
wonder that / had noted before came
into her wondrous eye. what would
you have done had he reached your"
why" I laughed happily-"I would
have-stopped him"
you are a brave man." abe murmureo
softly. but with almost the sans breath
her manner changed and her head went
up with a jerk Enough OF this fool
ing." she snapped and l could feel the
world OF power back Of her speech
wed better understand each other
right now" Her voice dropped to
whisper. You are planning TO rob the
Metropolitan tonight"
All at once I saw the fptillty Of trying
to argue with this girl. I had intended
TO tell her in a business like way tnar
the game was up and that I wanted to
save her from the wreck Of the United
Syndicate. But now I knew that such
a course would be useless No matter
why she had protected me, knowing that
I was not what l pretended to be, she
was going to play tho game to the end
But there was a way--age- old. I drew
the note that I had prepared from my.
pocket. For once forgot to laugh
in my earnestness know my voice was
husky.
II don't know who you are, girl-it
doesn't matter. I Just know that you're