New Britain herald., 1926-03-20

VI h H'uH "oh'cu " scc tidl lNtH out here"
 Your friend might as well live 6. the north pole as out here," obser'. cd the conductor, His humor wos none too good. He opened tho door with bang and let Jimmy out
 Tho fog had closed SO dcnsely that DIvls' rapidly walking figure was on indistincuishable blur lip the stree,
 Jimmy saw that he was in sparSely settled district Houses. those that could be seen in the fog. Sy murk--%cre few and far be- tween. No paved streets .. clnder paths instead Of sidewalks.
 Ahead Of him, Just barely discern tble, was Divls still walking. Then keeping q safe distance between thom Jimmy followed the Jim tlgurp up tho street.
 1T the car ride had seemed tc Jim my to last for hours, tho WaIk seemed ages, Stretches bo,w "n houses grew longer and longer.
 The damp air was raw. He shil- cred, and buttoned his overcoat tightly around his throat. But hc was cold not alone from the chill atmosphere but from his surround ings. TO be trailing Divis down this lonely path. , . What was iV be the outcomcH
 He walked noisc!essly. on rubber heels, but unconsciously he length encd his stride, A minute or two | later he checked himself, seeing that the distance between him and thn man he was following had narrowed. He was afraid that Divs might suddenly turn around and wait. . Then what? He felt sure that DiNs was armed. "a. Baery ColYn had told him that Mary had broken off with S"m Church. He reyolyed it in his mind and found the thought pleasant .
 But Mary had said she had writ ten him a letter. What could have happened 10 il? . And Barry and she still cared for him. He felt singularly uplifted---and then ho came down to earth again.
 He shock his head. muttered: Must keep my mind on what I'm doing. That can all wait. Won der where in the devil this Dlvis i8 going. Hes taking me way out in the country
 The disconcerting thought struck him that perhaps Divis might have 1,i oft n merely leading him on to some trap.
 He said, trying to allay that sud
 den fear: That's crazy ideo. Mustn't lose my nerve. This fcllo" would be scareder than J am If ho knew l was following him"
 And still Divis walked on.
 The fog grew thicker. Jimmy a.
 lowed himself to approach 8 great deal nearer. Once Divis stopped, and Jimmy had a horrifying moment. FG
 dropped suddenly to the ground,
 flattcned himself out on the cinder
 path.
 But Divis did not turn around. H.
 had only stopped Co shift bundle
 from one arm to the other. Jimmy noted with relief that he was striking out ahead once more.
 Along a parallel street a block taway Jimmy could zee dimly an
 automobile shooting along at 9
 furious rate and pumping crah!Y over the uneven roai. He wondered what mission it's passenger or pas sengers could be on to warrant such reckless speed.
 Diys observed the auto, too Tn roar of it's motor seemed strangely far away in the fog, although only
 6 short block separated them. Jimmy
 SEW Divis stop again, his head nor- ling slowly as he followed the cal with his eyes.
 Jimmy thought: "Woudtr what Mary thought, seeing mo run ava!
 like that? Looked as if l were try ing to avoid her Must clear
 that up soon's I get back. :. Wonder what Barry thought? Coed old Barry. Wish hc wcrn here" He felt the need oE someone nea, him. Not help, so much, aS companlonship. He debated briefly on the advisability Of entering our Of the houses that he passed so in- frequently. explaining his plight ali! asking for someone to come WIta
 him with gun.
 But he put the thought asid' Might lose him." he said. "OnIy E thing to dos 10 stick 10 him 10 se'. r where he's going. Thousand dollars , to one now he's going to sec c'Jen- ? sen. Maybe they've got Olga. '.
 God, what q lonely place. Hide any [ body here. Nobody within hailln@ r distance all day long" ] Jimmy fattened himself on tn
 ground, but again 1t was only Co shift a bundle.
 7 Must be hoavy," Jimmy said. r ."Wondcr what's in 1t? Lord, if only Q somebody were hereditary, Opay' Q anybody"
 , Straight ahead, and some distanco
  . dimly. AS be drew nearer, Jimmy Q could see that 1t came from thf
 basement Of house whose outline ,, he could barely make out in tn screen-like fog.
 There was no glint 10 the lish' :, as there had been to those in som n Of the houses he had passed. Jlm = my concluded it must be shining ,. from behind a drawn shade. [. And then he saw his man turT e sharply to the left. Dropping do"i
 to the ground once more, he saN T Divis. head still straight aheaG
 walk toward the house with the din - light.
 Glowing a little bolder, he got i( g his feet and trotted. sure that h' c was unobserved. t It was & long walk from the c'h
 der path to the front door or tn' n house an interminably long walk