Evening star., 1923-08-22
By Herbert Footner
Copyright By asots. II. por.h conpa

door OF the building which led to the
side street. The Stickney Arms, as has
already been described, fronted on a
narrow roadway which was terraced
above the drive proper. There was
| sloping sward between roadway and
. drive. which was set out with clumps
| of ornamental shrubbery. One such
| clump across the road from the main
entrance offered Greg an ideal obser-
! walton post.
First he took Frank to the two cabs
and the waiting men. This boy Is
! one of u.s." Re said. Let him wait
with you until I give you signal.
| Get in the cabs out of sight"
| BY roundabout course Greg made
his way to his place of conceal ment.
i Presently the cab ordered by de So
| cotra drove up. A moment or TWO
later a little procession appeared in
the corridor: de Socotra tenderly sup
| porting Amy on one side, and a
| did she come from?" thought Greg.
| Two haliboys laden with rugs, vallses'
J etc. brought up the rear.
As they drew closer, in the nurse
some. hard features of Bianca- or
course,' he thought DE Socotra
would never trust Amy in an institu-
! tion without his own personal spy TO
satisfaction. This meant that they were
! leaving the innocent Sonora de Socotra
alone in the apartment. making his
task a hundred times easier. All the
luck was not against him tonight.
He let them drive away without
making any signal to his men. Since
he knew where they We're going, there
| was no special hurry. The cab turned
into the drive and headed down town.
| Greg Joined his expectant men and
issued his instructions.
Frank, you go back to Nina and tell
her they're all gone out except the old
| lady. She must be pretty near dis
tracted by what's HAPPENED; she Shell be be
company. Tell Nina to go right up
stairs on the pretext of getting her
things. Tell her I'm sending In one
of my men who will claim to be the
in and help him. BY the way. what
is the name of the people who own
| that apartment?
| "Merriweather."
! Good. Blossom will say that Mr..
| Merriweather made an arrangement to
have the piano inspected monthly. And
he can explain the lateness OF his call
| by saying-let me see-I have it,
| Blossom will say that his baby is
going to be christened tomorrow. and
that he can get a day off. Nothing
like a little touch of LONELINESS to
make story carry"
| Il get you," said Frank.
I
/ black book was dropped in the top of
! the piano and fell down behind the
sounding-board. Your job is to recover
II. Work quickly, because de Socotra
may not be away long. When you get
! it you're TO hustle home. and tell Bes-
/ sic TO put in safe place. Oh, yes,
| and take the girl Nina down there
with you. and give her in Bessie S
| care"
"Will Pa wait for me?" asked Bios
som.
| mo. take the subway home. / need
| both cabs. Go on with you. Frank
| will show you the ropes"
! Blossom and Frank made their way
/ toward the basement entrance.
| To the remaining two Greg went
on: DE Socotra has gone TO III West
SD street. Pa, your job is to trail
| him as before. You're to come west
through SD, and stop little way
beyond Al. Very likely his cab will
| be waiting for him. You're TO fol-
| low him wherever he goes and report
| by telephone through the drug store
| At o'clock. I'll arrange with the
| druggist to keep open late. Hickey.
| you take me through SD travelling
| east"
| Eighty-third street east of Amster-
| dam proved to be a block of medium :
| sized private dwellings, as much alike
as peas in an interminable pod