Evening star., 1925-05-03

| ing on the other side, and young
couple were looking on with keen
| interest.
my name is Amy Kinlake," the
| girl faltered. II was on my way
| home. A taxi overlook me-just here.
A man got our and came toward me.
| Suddenly he seized me and pressed a
| handkerchief against my mouth. There
was horrible mell-and-and-"
go on. miss, if you can"
'I couldn't move. / felt numb" she
continued. II think he must have
| lifted me into the taxicab when j gave
a little scream. He pushed me away
| taXlcab drove on.
(which way did it go?" the police
man asked.
ut turned the corner into La.
| burnum road a moment ago"
"Can you describe the man." the
| doctor inquired. Il saw him myself.
but l should like your description" "
The girl was looking toward the
| corner where the taxicab had disap-
| peared. A man was walking along
with sbrisk. even footsteps. AS he
| came near she shrieked.
There he is!' she cried.
| The policeman stepped forward
I'D like a word with you, sir" he
said.
What's the matter?" the newcomer
demanded.
That's the man. the girl exclaim-
ed Historically.
"Why he has returned I don't
know" the doctor added to the police
man in an undertone, but I'm Ger
tain that's the man"
Youth have TO go to the station
with me-" the policeman told him.
watching for any suspicious move
ment.
May l ask the charger"
AN assault upon this young lady"
Absurd was the contemptuous
| rejoinder. MY name is Daniel
Rookie, and 1 am well known at the
foreign office. ! have just left Prof
Mayer's house at the corner"
Then Windergate appeared out Of
the gloom.
Il want this man. he announced
You know me, constable.
That's all right, sir"
The rescued man appeared a little
Stupefied, but it was not until he
was in Windergates car that he
opened his mouth.
What is the meaning of thiS?" he
demanded.
"A plant of a sort" was the brief
reply. "Ill tell you all about it now.
IL =
story at your office which set me
thinking. We're up against our old
enemy again, and 1 tell you he's the
most dangerous thing l ever struck,
and the cleverest. He's studied you
to some purpose. made up so that
no two people could tell you apart.
Even my own men have been baff1ed.
He came to Your office with the in
tention of killing you. shot that fel-
low Kasters, thinking he was you.
and walked calmly out of the place.
You arrived five minutes later, and
that lift girl would have sworn till
her dying day that you'd only left the
fiat a short time ago. See the idea?
Since then you've been shadowed.
We knew you were dining at Prof.
Mayors and that you would be com
ing this way before long. Londe might
have really wanted to abduct the girl.
Anyhow, he did 1t, made up so that
any one in the world would have
sworn you were the assailant, threw
the girl out when he saw that he
couldn't get away with her and made
off for safety"
Where are we going to now?"
THE Marylebone police station.
We arrested the driver of his taxi
cab while he got out and walked 10
the corner of the street and put one
of our men on the box. We've tele-
phoned for constables to surround the
cab directly it arrives"
why didn't you tell me what was
going on, before?"
because you'd have spoiled the
game by always looking out for him,
WinderGate answered. Besides, IL
was a police job, not yours. We
needed you for a stalking horse. All
in YOUR own interests, Rocke. The
humor of it is-if it can be called
humor-that your other self made ad-
vances to the lift girl which you
failed to carry out. Hence her visit
to your office"
Little hussy, But that fellow
Londe-he1l tumble to it for certain.
He'll get out of the cab before 1t
reaches the police station
"He won't do much good. Winder-
gate replied. II had two plainclothes
men on motor bicycles, one each side
of the cab. He hasn't one chance in
so of getting away"
His companion glanced out of the
window.
Neither have you" he answered,
driving the knife which he had sud
denly drawn from his pocket between
the detectives shoulders.
x x II
DANIEL ROOKIE was Windergate's
~ first visitor. The latter was sit
ting up in bed wasted, but con-
valescent. :,
1.-THE lunatics done us again,
windergate groaned. Nearly did for
me, too"
asked curiously.
"Not the slightest. ] was as GER
tain that it was you who strolled up
and whom l took away from the
crowd as I am about you at the pres
ont moment. You see what hap
nnneda Simnle but amazingly daring.
.oTbe fellow had been SnadoWlng
Won for a fortnight" Windergate pro-
ceeded. "He must have known you
were dining at the professors, must
have known what time you were ilkely
IN leave. He was in earnest ABOUT
the GIRL. all right When he found he
couIdn't bring that off he made Tor
his taxi. He saw that the driver mao
been changed. and tumbled 10 the
whole thing, of course. Told hiiil 10
sion at the professors and wait Tor
a few minutes. We'd ordered the
chauffeur to go anywhere he was di-
rected first, so long as he wound up
at Marylebone police station.
"I,onde walked up that f1agged pain
to the professors and hid behind
shrub. In five minutes you We're out.
You thought the professor had sent
for a taxi and stepped into it at
once. They drove you to the police
station, as per instructions. Londe
comes out of the garden, bangs the
professors gate behind him and walks
casually up to us. 1t was the most
audacious thing 1 have ever heard OF.
I never doubted him for moment.
His voice seemed a bit thick, but j