Evening star., 1925-11-28

| stop inside her for second. then
she found herself breathing deeply.
walking swifter. all OF sudden In
| tent on getting where she was going.
She had forgotten the crowded
streets. the cars and the people. the
lamps becoming brighter and brighter,
AS the sun of early Winter vanished
from above the high buildings. She
| had forgotten everything except the
desire 10 get to her destination.
She felt hunted You have to be a
girl. and a decent girl, to know what
| that feeling is. Never In her life had
! she directly fiirte with a man on the
| street, but this was not the first time
that her eyes, like stars. had attracted
! attention..
She came To the corner. where a
| stream OF pedestrians was held up by
heavier now of automobiles. Jam.
ming her slight form In between two
elderly ladies. Mary Rogue prepared
| to he among the first to break across
| the street
Almost imperceptibly she glanced
around. She knew what she would
| see. and she saw ii. IT was the King
| slanty eyed, almost at her elbow He
could have reached out that yellow
| ca ne and taken her arm i'm it's huge
crook.
| Mary da rted across between two
automobiles. giving him the slip for
the time being. She slid along +
| street as il shot ont OF a gun her
small slippers rapDing the pavement
| i'll 18-inch steps. She could hear the
| clang of street ears. the honk of an
| tomohiles. the chance conversation OF
| pa ssersby.
Il took the engine apart and
! found--'
She heard the big man tell tha,
| 10 the little man. as they went past
/ She kept wondering what he found
! He took the engine apart. and founo
she wondered what he found. How
foolish. she said 10 herself. for me
to wonder about il.
Yet ii some way or other seemed to
give her confidence. She was not fan
from her office now. Every humar
relation seemed helpful. hopeful. ms
| she fled like :. little hunted beast ir
the huge peopied forest of Washing
| ton.
Darling into her building. Mary
| Rogue rang for the elevator. She
| dared not turn around until she was
safely through the door. Then. slyly
she shot a glance to the left-full into
the siinky eyes OF the King. standing
| there mOtlOnleSS In Inc corner OF tne
car his big derby held in mock defer
ence in front of his huge checked coat
! lie gave her one of his killing
| glances. which 40 frightened Mary
! Rogue that her heart went pitty-pat
! 1t had been better out on the street
! than in here with him. He would fol-
! low her anywhere. Even into her OF
! fee she thought which she would un
! lock He would realize she was alone
/ and would calmly walk in behind her
1 The elevator man knew her floor o
| course and stopped a, il without bid
ding. The King OF + Street waited
obseauiOusly until Mary got out. ther
stepped out quickly behind her
| Mary thought fast. II she went tc
/ he. Office, around the bend in the cor
| ridor the brute would know where she
worked for ever. She could never fee
| fe gain.
Before the elevator conductor coulG
get the iron door shut. Mary hurled
| herself through the opening
Go down. quick she hreathed &c
| the startled man.
| The King. caught off his guard
! stood stock still in the corridor with
| the yellow light from high cha nde
| lier bathing his pale cast-iron hair
| showing up the too large checks in his
| too large overcoat.
/ The elevator dropped. The King
| punched the bell furiously. one. two
three. my times. but the car kept on
! downward, Mary ROGUE had fooled
/ the King OF + Street. nd that wa how
| IL happened her Office Iptnaine dark
that night.