The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-03
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Gun had been crying AS "a matter
- q fact. she was weeping now.
InxfIy sht WAS tDdrav0riHE 90 hsaH
irlr emotion Indeed emotion ,s uoI
the WORT Ter that word ogunntrs a
certain agitation that Was lacking Boa
lslF manner
sheer hopt'tsyness was written
trnan her faee-that despair az youth
e. infinitely m0rr tragic than me
acsrair az agc. And she Was patGrt.
traliy YOUNG lu years perhaps she
l,ad reached maturity but hCrs was
the type ~ fCe that mirrors the inr
slocencr of childhood Nethrr time
nor experience can ever ugg such
folk
But even these can suffer Per
laps Indeed. they suffer more than
fhr calloueri o. soul a cynical
Noistor ~ tbe laws 10 man. wanted
20 80 over and pax her hand and
asiIe away her tears.
Z smiled as I pictured myself do.ng
this Her young escort would doubt
less resent such an action. Tor ! have
not reached the age when I may Ntur
turr such brutyoirnce. ] am young
NOT as young as the youth who ar-
companird her. but san % uu ugg
when women some times glance mF
way Partly, too, my smile was sNr
tonic. I was not the person 90 offer
chiyalr0us sympathy Go weeping
maidcns. with or without escort
AZ this very moment the police %
New York wcrv searching for me
As have rtcuuntrd bon a previous
chapter. ono Swtie Thomasssn. "a
brutal muuIcrrr. had been killed Boo
ms apartment by The white Eagle.
that great freuchman whom I would
rank as the foremost criminal genius
81 his time. did not truth compel me
70 admit that have defeated him on
numerous occasions,
The newspapers were filled with
accounts OF the finding % Thomas
stn's body. and with tales Of the exc
traordinary efforts police were max.
ing 10 find Robert Stiekney. the ten-
ant % tho apartment, Indeed. the
newspapers did not condemn stick.
ney. They said that he had rendered
"A service 90 society In Kidding Il %
Thomasseu. Nevertheless the police
naturally desired 20 interview Mr..
Stickncy And II Nlr, Stickucy were
captured BY the police. u would
transpirc. possibly that be was a
guntlcmIn Of fortune. who had be,
come d professional despo,ler % the
too numerous protitecrs which the
war had created.
Now I. John Ainslcy. had no wish
10 disclose my Identity. my means Of
livelihood. In fact, that means Of
livelihood. I hoped. had been nhan-
doned. I had made my stake. in
tended TO sail for Australia, In a
couple OF years I would return.
would 20 20 that native town ot mine
where tho Ainsley were known and
respected. and would take up again
the ne that I had led before the war
and the crash OF my fortunes.
Five days had elapsed since the
discover OK Thomassen's body. And
during those five days 1 had secluded
myself In the rooms which | hnt
taken In n modest hotel.
But I was always "A restless person
Tomorrow, at IN the morning. the
Celeste sailed from her dock for
Sydney. Ny baggage was already In
my stateroom. Il would have been
a simple matter for me. having paid
my hotel bin. TO step into a taxi. drive
downtown and across Brooklyn
bridge TO the steamer.
But would not see New York
again for at least two years. II
would take mo that long 30 so estab-
Iish myself in Australia that n, IN
the years 70 como. some ono should
ask II John Ainslcy really had made
a fortune in the island continent. 8,
would DO possible 10 point 10 back
ground Of trading or speculation.
I felt homescmsss before I had
left my country's soil. / wanted tc
drink In. for the last time. the vita
air Of Manhattan. to see the hurryine
people. And 50. despite the fact that
policemen were armed with a descrip.
ton Of Robert Stickney. John Ainsley
dined at the Trevor
II WIS a time when I should have