The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-19
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
AN ABSORBING STORY OF EARLY Welded LEE

hurt you to come out and tho
Is not = place for Mrs. Harrison,
Ralph Lacy commanded.
.'Taint much for 8 fack-
but it had to do me. It's MI they
gimuie. Don't know why I
should stand ~ them a. has.
left me to dieeven 50 Be it teey
amt got no more to give. Hats
desert . sinking ship. I'm
lessn' 4 rat now
The gaunt man coughed again,
racking bitterly in the wind. and
Ralph Lacy dragged or his coat
and wrapped him in ii. Then We
went back 20 the limousine which
struck an incongruous note e.
luxury in the sordid ugliness ali
about. Lyons switched on the
lights and connected an electric
footwarmer. The gaunt man sat
back among the cushions Of the
tonneau, and while he covered
there Ralph Lacy poured hot COT.
fee from bottle and gave him
warming drink. Then he aid.
dressed the man quietly:
Jennings. tomorrow IN send
for you. You'll have warrn clothes
and year in nice house far up
in the pine and baIsam country.
You'll be taken care 81 until
you'll wen again. Nothing to
worry about. The only string tied
to this il that you speak out with
absolute honesty to this lady.
VIII you?''
'.To Mis- Harrison? Sure. re-
piled the man called Jennings
amazingly.
All right. here's something to
seal the bargain, and q bin
passed from Ralph Lacy's hands
to those Of the human skeleton
watching him with avid eyes.
There's more where that came
from. NoW-telI rs. who hired
You to stand guard over every
bit Of mail or message that went
In or out Of Mr.. Harrison's
Officer
81 don't know his name" re-
piled Jennings '.But I'd know
him IL I didn't see him any
nearer than China. he were tan
and Indian dark. His nose were
long and poking into other folks
business. And his mouth had
sidewise twist and were as dark
as il it had been hit in . fight
like red bruise pushing on his
teeth which were long.
"Dicl WestF' I gasped. sink
ing back with q sudden hope that
we were hot on our enemy's
trail.
Didn't hear him named by any
name, ma'am," declared the gaunt
Jennings, leaning against the
luxurious upholstery Of Tony's
car. and continuing after his own
fashion with the story OF the man
who'd hired him to act as spy
in Jim's Office building. But I'd
know him wherever saw him.
There was something about that
queer twisted dark mouth OF his
no one would be likely to forget.
He spoke out Of the corner OF 1t.
leaning 1t hard against his teeth.
But as was saying, didn't hear
him called by no name, includin'
the one you just spoke"
WAS he alone when he came
to your" asked Ralph Lacy with
a carelessness I recognised as
studied.
No. he wasn't what you'd call
Alone" said the man. laughing
for the first time since we'd come
to this tumble-down, out-of-the-
way hovel of his. ''He had man
with him, though right at first I
didn't notice him much. Guess
took him for a shadow"
Can you describe him?" de-
manded Ralph Lacy. shutting off
the garrulousness that came. un-
doubtedly, from. loneliness.
mot so good as the first man.
though / saw him more. II you
called the first man kind Of
long, slim greyhound you might,
say the second was a rat terrier"
you're mighty clever at read
ing the outsides of folks said
Ralph Lacy appreciatively. "Can
you do as well with the works
that make the machinery whirr2"
A New Dignity.
"Say-s'posin' they find out
about your comm here? S'posin'
they get track of my peaching on
them? Can you think how tn set
mine for this? I guess II / wake
up and don't find my throat
cut I'm a darn sight luckier than
you expect"
You're rightr' said Ralph
Lacy crisply. Lyons. what do
you say to our moving Jennings
right in with us tonight? We
ought to get him started for a
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