The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

uafh frh that snAuoNcd hef iafN
and saw that her sses were open.
that ihes were small and black
and that they CLEANED al him.
Also en the upper llp was unmis-
taxable evidence Of shaved mus
taehe.
Clark dropped the woman. She al.
most fen 20 the floor People In the
crowd who had been ready 90 praise
hls acc 81 mercy and eourtssy ciaeu'
lated ln surprise
llc thought OF his handbag II
was safe. lie had locked u carefully
before leaving the hotel Now he
reflected there had been several sharp
tugs az this grip before De had ~.
leased tho woman. and from her 20.
ilon on bis arm hC felt aurc they
could not have come nom hcr-or
was IL him.
Clark. alarmed al the thought
that enemies were near, not
knowing Who wa. friend or foe,
aliEhied from tho street ear and
walked down 10 Neslsr way,
whcrc he turned up TO the police
station.
lie found the captain q detectives
musinE over the copy Of report that
had just been sent him By one OF his
men,
DashiuE into the room. all en-.
,husasm. Clark put the Erip on the
captains desk and started 10 Close
the door TO the office that they
might have privacy
The captain. with a sneerink smile
on his lips. mo,lonsd TO him 10 leave
the door ajar.
There i no need ~ further
privacy on this ease" he said.
"Nou are a fool and are trying
7 to make fool out of me-"
Clark was not taken back by this
lie smiled trlumphansly
= am a fool. chi" he Knocked. 4
have lied 10 your All right Look
al this. on my return 10 tho hoss
II found another flower and hav'
brought 4 to you, ! warn you 20 b
careful about putting lt 10 your noss
lest you lose consciousness az ana.
Please have one Of your men
In the room. explain thr matter
10 him. open that window and
then look inside this grip"
The captain stared al him in a.
constituent.
you are tho biggest IDIOT Il hal
ever been my misfortune 10 waste
lime on. DO declared However
as showdown 10 sou. atm goinl
70 humor you ia this respect"
he summoned detective and hal
him open the window Then b.
snnschsd the strip from the desk an
opened h.
Clark watched tho officers
face narrowly. lie saw him open
the grip. lie expected him 10
stare curiously at first. then start
back ss The powerful odor Of tire
mysterious flower assailed his
uostriis.
but no. He threw hack his hea
and laughed And then. amuBemeu
giving place 20 anger. lie aclxed "a
bag augriiy and flung i on the Zoo
Pointing 10 the door. he shoute'
Get OUT Of here' You arc a foo
There ts nothing In that grip
Clark. disniayed. picked W tho
grip and looked In H. The cap.
tain was right. There was no
Hover there. II was gone.
Where: How; Fly what means
had the flower bern extracted
d from that grip on the cart lie
4 had held tightly 10 II. lie no
o longer doubted the "faintinE
r LADY, was but n rusc 10 deprive
i him Of some part Of the evidence
IN hi. case. but he had held onto
! the grip turnout his encounter
; with this person.
Clark turned 20 the captain plea
ingiy. Tho old officer picked up 4
paper on tho desk and said
II have wasted the valuable tin
Of four good men on this fool case
yours this morning and then III
that there Is nothing out OF tho orr
! nary about the old house on Beacs
Illl except that II Ia empty and HI
been empty for years.
Neither do they make any
I head or tail Of your story about
the kidnapping and fight on the
highway last night. The road.
house you described Is run by u
for
harmless fellow. Ny men went
all thru Il. They found no Rem.
q ard and they found no Hindu.
= Now get out Of here before !
\. have you locked up rs queer"
h Clark saw that his fight for poll
af protection and investigation was 10
that the gang had out.witted HI
tagaln.
= IN some manner they had :
tracted the flower from his grip a
.. bad cleared the roadhouse Of all I
- things he had described. Renard. I
!, Hindu, all were gone and safely !
'r away. but his enemies tracked him
the open, on the streets in broad dS
T. light.
I. "All right" said Clark. lie
T. was humbIed and ashamed. lie
o. did not blame the captain. How
81 could the officer believe him
- when he told such nm unusual
,. story and produced no evidence
to substantiate II?
VI "AlI right" he said again, and !
the station, the laughter OF tho c.
- tain and his detectives ringing in
\ ears.
/ At the hotel Clark found Mari
sitting in the lobby. seemingly grca
agltated.
What lis the natter" he inquir
Some one has been paging 70
she said. II was afraid TO answ
SO I sat here and waited for you
como back"
How long ngo7" he asked.
Just few minutes"
Clark went 10 tho bell captain.
~ am Mr.. Clark" he said
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