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'MIXt City, No. 12-1932. CHAPTER VIII Continued 10 Stanton's response was to ' roll over In his bed and breathe heavily. From that on Roberts troubles were his own until morning. On the way to breakfast Roberts had Stanton turn aside with him to the desk. "We were disturbed last night," ha said to the clerk. "I have reas on to question the explanation given by the disturber. We are In room five-ten. He Insisted It was room six-ten. He had a key. Who occu pies room six-ten?" The clerk hesitated as If about to refuse to give the information. Stanton perceived his reluctance and supported Roberts. "In the circumstances," said Stan ton, "It is a fair question. As Mr. Roberts says, we were disturbed and were not satisfied with the ex planation." "Have yon made any complaint Y' the clerk asked. "I have been on duty only a half-hour." "It Isn't necessary to make a complaint," com-plaint," said the lieutenant. "We Just want some. Information." The clerk decided to give it He looked at his board. "Room six-ten is occupied by Mrs. H. C. Carroll of Providence, and her daughter." "And room four-ten?" . The clerk turned again to his board. "Room four-ten by J. D. Adams, of Des Moines. That is Mr. Adams at the other end of the cigar counter." coun-ter." He indicated a man of slender slen-der build who was selecting a cigar. "Our visitor could not have had either room. He was fat He was or pretended to be, confused by drink." "Is It something the management manage-ment should take up?" the clerk asked. "No," said Stanton, "we are leaving leav-ing today. It was only an Incident but we were curious." "Just another thing," said Roberts. Rob-erts. "Lieutenant Stanton was moved yesterday from the room he was occupying what was It Stanton? Stan-ton? "Three-twelve." "To room five-ten. Would the reg ister still show him In three-twelve? Let's see If It does." He turned back the pages of the book and found the line where Stanton Stan-ton had registered. "Yes, It does. Who had room three-twelve after six o'clock?" "Mr. Peter L. Ashe of Albany," he said. "Ask Mr. Ashe, will you, when you see him, If he was aroused last night We are going In to breakfast break-fast Try to find out from him." "It seems to me I should know why I'm making Inquiries of our guests. If It Is a serious matter the manager should be informed." "If It's a matter of any Importance, Impor-tance, It's only to us," said Stanton, "or may be. It's not likely to be to the hotel or to anyone else. Ask Mr. Ashe. Or we'll do It If you don't want to. YouH have a better bet-ter opportunity." "If I see him I will," said the clerk. At breakfast Roberts explained that he had not registered his name but had assumed another. He was not on the books as himself. If the fat man had been a bird dog he would not have found Roberts, but he would have found Stanton. If the occupant of room three-twelve had any experience with a fat visitor visi-tor or Intruder It would make the incident at room five-ten understandable under-standable In only one fashion. Then youH admit" said Roberts, L"that they have begun. They've gone at It quick. The very night of the day they find me here." 'Tve been encouraging your Ideas too much,' said the .lieutenant "They're Improbable. The only reason Tve taken any of them In Is because I'm a bit fanciful myself. And Tve known the copper type which wont see at all with the mlnd'a eye. Eat your bacon and eggs, man. I don't want to take only a package of coffee and gin back home. Put a little food around your ribs." "You still think I'm yellow, dont you?" Tm not wasting much time thinking think-ing about It You probably know yourself better than I ever wilL But If half the things yon think are true happen to be true youH need botu nerve and luck to get through." Ill eet bv. . Tm going out Into the far Pacific. IT1 get a couple of Malay knife-men who will be mil lionaires In their own coin as long as Tm alive. A few flower girls to go alone with them. Some Chinese music and the Temple bells. Sixty thousand a year. It won't be o bad." When they came out of the dining room a bellboy asked them to speak to the clerk. "1 saw Mr. Ashe," said the clerk. H RnT he was called on the tele phone sow time after midnight and asked If he was Lieutenant Stan- He sald no and that wa all" That's satisfactory," said the Ueutenant "it explains all we need know. Thank you." "We'll pack and get out" said Roberts as they came to their room. Pretty plain what was up last night Your Dogberryg must have stuck with Blair and Ashley for about two minutes. I thought you were rather simple about that" "Mister, I'm always simple," said Stanton, it's my trusting nature. Did I mention the fact that Tm not a detective?" "You don't need to mention It Why don't you call up the police here and ask them what they mean?" "What they mean what?" "Where Blair and Ashley are? What do you think we're Interested in?" "I don't give a d n where Blair and Ashley are Just now." "Well, I do. There's a train up from Beacon on the other side of the river at ten. We're taking It We'll get started moving and keep moving." From then on until Stanton had him behind the drawing room door In the car of the train they took in Albany his nervousness Increased. It had become acute Just before train time. He was certain that he had sight of Blair and Ashley In the station. CHAPTER IX Portraits by Roberts. TN THE drawing room Roberts at once locked the door and drew the curtains at the windows. He then opened his bag and took out a quart bottle of whisky. With It he went into the washroom and poured himself a half-glass of the liquor. After drinking It neat he gasped and coughed, but even In his nervousness nerv-ousness he remembered to play host He rinsed the glass and came out to offer It and the bottle to Stanton, who shook his head. "No? ... All right" said Roberts. Rob-erts. "We'll have lunch here In the room. We'll have all our meals here. Blair and Ashley are on the train. I'll need ail the breaks if I can get away from them. D n the luck that I had to run Into them at old man Darling's. Without that I'd have had a fair chance." It might seem that Roberts at this time was overemphasizing the probable consequences of this unfortunate unfor-tunate coincidence, however true they proved In the event Allowance, Allow-ance, however, must be made for all the motives animating the Turner will associates. Persons with Intimate Inti-mate knowledge of their characters gave more weight to distrust than to desire of money without at all overlooking the strength of the lat ter. As Malsle later says, it was a panic. Turner undoubtedly knew the men thoroughly. Possibly If Blair and Ashley had not encoun tered Roberts as they did in New-burgh New-burgh the temptation to do away with him might have been resist ible. This remains conjectural, but it is possible that without the meet ing at Mr. Darling's home tne mur ders might have been three and not six. "I'll ring for the porter," said Roberts. "Have him send a waiter. Whenever anyone comes I'm going into the washroom." "I'll eo through the train," said Stanton, "and see if they're on." "What good would that do?" "You'd be able to stop worrying In one case and really begin It In the other." "Never mind. I know they're on the train. They may or may not know I know It Let them guess. Til need all the breaks." After lunch Roberts slept on the much and Stanton read. When Roberts lazily aroused himself he played games of solitaire, ana en-Joyed en-Joyed his bottle, coaxing the lieutenant lieu-tenant to Join him In a two-handed game of cards or In drinks. "You're a dull John Law," he said. Hunt up your friends," said the lieutenant "We might Invite them In." 'That's an Idea. A truce. They'd keep it as long as they wanted to. -TCTinr did von fellows do to Tur ner? You might as well begin clean ing up that" "That seems to be preying on your mind. Nothing was done to Turner. Tur-ner. Incidents will happen In a rough life. We haven't lived In the parlor. Sometimes one man would get a little the worst of it and sometimes some-times another. No one would keep account of them. Turner wasn't the fellow to do It" "Just a great big boy." That's It" And the best two-fisted hater Tve ever heard of. Play your cards, or you'll have me knowing Tm simpler than I am." With dark and after dinner Roberts Rob-erts appeared almost at ease In his mind. His bottle explained some of his comfort The cloister sense-he sense-he again had the curtains drawn In the closed room of the speeding train was another reason for his lifting spirits. He was talkative, and the lieutenant thought something some-thing might come of that but very little did. t They"J pair for it" he said late In the evenin? In one of his few references ref-erences to his flight "but I may handle them yet They've always been paired, and It's a queer combination combi-nation at that I Be7rdJ"; derstand how they trusted each other. I dont believe they can. rfl never know why I haven't trapped Jnd shot them. Nothing but scruples can keep anyone from murder In New York or Chicago. It cant be detected. You know that Stanton. "You know murder can't be discovered dis-covered If sensible men hide it. Only mad men and fools are caught Everything favors concealment and prevents detection. The only thing that keeps a man's enemies alive is his own conscience. You know that I'll not be so sure of mine, with this conscienceless pursuit of me going on the way you see It "Blair is a public nuisance. I have seen enough of his life to hang him a dozen times. Once at Port Said a porter was surly. Blair cracked him on the chin, knocked him overboard, senseless, and leaned on the rail and grinned, watching the spot where he went under. "I saw htm In a TIa Juana can-tlna, can-tlna, not one of the American bars. take the knives away from two Mex icans and carve them. Then he shot a rurale in the leg, took his horse and, with Ashley behind him, got across the line. Ashley was laughing laugh-ing all the time as If It was a mu sical comedy or Charlie Chaplin. "He's a devlL So's Ashley. You said you fancied Ashley. In one fashion you might be right Blair's a fool about women, and Ashley Isn't He doesn't get himself tied up, and Blair does. He's crazy. And you'd think he was Irresistible. Maybe he is with the only kind of women he ever sees or is ever likely to see. It's a wonder he's come out of some of his cases. "They are all alike. For a month Blair will be obsessed with a girl. You would be sure It was for eternity. eter-nity. So would she. The great lover. If she's Omphale she thinks he's Hercules at the spinning wheel Oh, don't grin ; I know some music. I was an Anglican vicar once, what- Miimtftitmi He Seemed to Follow the Girl by Watching Ashley's Expression. ever that has to do with It He makes them think they are all Dell lahs. He likes violent ones. His favorite woman Is the tigress. He quits every one in about a month. It's a wonder he's alive. He laughs at them. I know perfectly well he must have killed some of them to keep himself from being killed. "You think I'm romancing. I saw a glrL half Spanish, half Riff, come up behind him In a Marseilles cafe with a half-foot knife blade. I was with some American naval officers off a cruiser, Ihe Nashville I think it was. Blair was sitting with Ashley. Ash-ley. Blair's back was to the girl, but Ashley was facing the girl and he saw her. He knew who she was and why she had the knife, but he gave her a break. The only warning warn-ing Blair got was a sort of anticipatory antici-patory grin on Ashley's face and the same sort of look in his eyes. That was sport for Ashley. Blair knew him well enough ta be warned that something amusing to Ashley was behind him. He knew that It might have been danger, or Just a fellow coming up to slap him on the back or knock his hat down over his ears and buy a bottle of wine. That would be champagne. That's always wine to Blair. He's a pig, but he's an old tusker of a wild boar. And It could be some-thlne some-thlne else behind blm, and It was. "I don't know how he did It but he seemed to follow the girt by watching Ashley's expression and he whirled Just as she struck. She -i,moVi and fainted. They said put v w afterward he had broken her arm. She was carried away. No one could blame Blair for what they saw, and it was nothing to the police what emotional suffering she might have had. To the Continental police that's hooey. Polling a knife's is something, but you've got to stick It In a heart to have a case for the police. Over here yon could have got a Jury to hold Blair while the gal sliced him. It might be a good system at that I wish to 0 d she had been a second quicker or that Ashley bad kept his d-n face straight He could have had his fun later. "When Blair sat down again he ordered some more drinks and began be-gan to cuss Ashley. Ashley Just laughed. The madder Blair got and the louder he cussed, the more fun i Ashley had. I wongui mere u vv murder yet Mi sey hand spread out on the table and there was a blue shadow between two of his lingers. He had one of those d n little single shot S's covered. Blair saw it If he bad made a pass It would have taken him right through the stomach and th. spine. So prettj soon he be gan te laugh, and Ashley took his nana oir the table. Thev knew ach other pretty welt They do yet iney sat there two hours, and every once In a while Ashley would lean back and laugh. He certalnli enjoyed that girl's visit. When they were comfortably drunk they went away arm In arm. That's Blair and Ashley." "You said Malsle was Tremblj's wife," said Stanton. "Did I?" "Well, maybe it was Blair said It Where's she living now? Chi cago?" "I dont know." 'There are some things I want you to know tomorrow. You're going go-ing over to talk to the state's attorney." I am, like h L And why? What am I charged with?" "Nothing. You're helping us part ly in return for helping you. And you re being decent to me. Who do you suppose would believe my story without something to show for It? You're that something." We'll see said Roberts. "Prob ably I sha'nt mind." I hope you won't partly for your own sake. I think It will be better for you. Now you can go Into the washroom, or you can come with me to the smoking room. I'm going to call the porter to make up the berths. If you stay here tell him what you want" "I'll stay here," said Roberts, "and ril take the upper berth. Ring three times when you come back. Then I'll know who it is." CHAPTER X Roberts' Bolts for Safely. I THEN Stanton awoke the M lowing morning there was no sound from Roberts in the upper berth. The train was an hour and a half s run from the La Salle Street station, and the lieutenant did not disturb his roommate but quietly set about dressing and shaving. Then he considered whether to have his breakfast without awaking and speaking to Roberts or to arouse him. He thought it best to arouse him. "Roberts," he called, "are you awake? Want to get up?" There was no answer, "Say, Roberts," he called again, Tm going to breakfast" There was no sound from the up per berth, and Stanton reached in to shake the sleeper. He could feel nothing but the bedclothes. That astonished him, and he stood up on the couch to look in the berth. Rob erts was not there. This was so completely beyond Stanton's understanding that he looked In the washroom on Impulse, although he himself had Just stepped out, of it Then he looked for Rob erts' bag. It also was cone, and the case was clearer. Stanton rang for the porter and opened the door. The porter was at work on a near-by section. "That was my ring," aald the lieu tenant He did not say George, "The man who was traveling with me Isn't In his berth. I thought he was asleep. His bag isn't in the room. Do you know anything about him?" "He got off at Elkhart" said the porter. "Didn't you know that?" The porter had no plantation Idiom which would require an at tempt at phonetics in type. He did not say "Captain" or "Boss." "No. I didn't know it" said th lieutenant "Nothing wrong, Is there?" the porter asked. "Nothing at alt If he wanted to get off it was bis business. II he didn't want to tell me that alsc was his affair. He probably made a sudden decision and didn't want to disturb me." "Have yod " the porter checked himself. "Have I what?" "What I started to say might not sound so good," said the porter smiling. "So I'll not say it I was thinking that your friend might have left a message with me for you and since be didn't" "Pd better see whether I have all my belongings? That's all right II didn't have enough to worry about and I guess he wouldn't want an; of them. IH go to breakfast" "Yes, sir," said the porter. By the time Stanton was seated In the dining car the whole episode had become amusing. His own part In It as much as any other. Ills ward had absconded. He was returnlni home with some fantastic stories and nothing else. He knew one ol the murderers and had talked tc blm, but was not able to lay a Cngei on him. He could not bring bin home, and it was a Wisconsin case even if anything ever could be made 8f It ne had been returning wltt a possible victim who had run awaj from him. He thought be knew why Rob erts bad bolted. The man was con vinced Blair and Ashley were on the train. He also was persuaded that they thought he dldnt know it Thej would expect bim to get off at the La Lalle Street station without anj suspicion that they were back ol him. Therefore it would be easj to deceive them, get off and make a dash by any route he wanted for the Pacific coast and his dive Into the obscurities of the Far East After breakfast Stanton sat In his room reconciling himself with amusement to his predicament 1 never said I was a detective, fci thought to himself as an answer U the whole thing. 170 BC CONTIAUKUJ Old and New Faith - Blended !n Japan When you understand Japan, heathendom" will never have quite the old significance again. The future fu-ture of Christianity there lies not above other faiths, but beside them, Intricately entwined. When Japan takes on the new, she never utterly neglects the old; and Just as Christianity made her own the ineradicable superstitions of ancient countries, so Buddhism and Christianity alike Incorporate cus toms and beliefs held too tenaciously to be rooted out. A friend has told me, out of long and Intimate experience with the Jap anese, the story of a young man of noble blood who very early became Christian, lie married the daugh ter of a samurai and she embraced her husband's faith. Years followed of happiness, then of deep anxiety and death. Their eldest child, a beautiful girl not seven years old, died after a de vast at Ing Illness. My friend, bound to the young couple by bonds of old and close affection, went to the house of ath. The stricken father met him t the door, the smile of welcome as ever on h! lips, while in silence he drew back the shofi of the inner room. There was the mother, kneeling, and beside her the dead child, white as the pear blossoms without In the child's right hand the mother had placed her Bible, and across her breast lay her father's sword, naked and shining. The Word of God was there to guide her to a better world. But while her spirit groped through mortal mor-tal confines the rustless blade of the samurai made everything of evil keep Its terrified distance. Ellery Sedg wick, In the Atlantic Monthly, Bandit, Look Outt Jean didn't want to go to Sunday school so mother was explaining to her that many times the boys and girls who turned out to be undesir able citizens and bandits were the children who did not go to Sunday school. Jean's eyes danced and she replied: ' Well, mother, If a bandit gets in our house I will take him to Sunday school lnstend of calling the police,' Letter Evil , He Do you pay our milkman by check? She No, Pd rather owe him than worry about the bank balance. Chi cago News. 1 4 w r John's Mother Praises Doctor There Isn't a moth er living who won't agree that no half sick child should be the subject for an experiment with medicines of uncertain uncer-tain merit When your child Is bilious, headachy, half-sick, feverish, restless, rest-less, with coated tongue, bad breath, no appetite or energy, you know that nine time out of ten it's a sign his little stomach and bowels need purging. purg-ing. And when you know that for over fifty year leading physicians have endorsed one preparation for this condition, there doesn't seem te be any reason for "trying" things. Rich, fruity California Fig Syrup clears the little stomach and boweli gently, harmlessly and In a hurry. It regulates the bowels, gives tone ana strength to them and to the stomach ; and helps to give your child new strength, energy and vitality. Thou sands of Western mothers praise It Mrs. Joseph W. Hilt 4300 Bedford Ave, Omaha, Nebraska, says: "I'll never forget the doctor who got me to give my baby boy, John, California, Fig Syrup. Nothing else seemed to help hie weak bowels. That waa when he was Just a baby. He suffered suf-fered a good deal before I gave him Fig Syrup, but It stopped his trouble quick. I have used It with him for colds and little upset spells ver since. I consider him a Fix Syrup boy." Insist on the genuine article. See that the carton bears the word "California." "Cali-fornia." Over four million bottlea used a year. Flrtt Name Unknown Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr., Boston and Worcester attorney, was examining a French-Canadian witness a few days ago. 4 "My name Is Beauvals," he said, la answer to the usual opening question. ques-tion. ; "And what Is your first name?"-asked name?"-asked Mr. Dempsey. To a flabbergnsted attorney and court he replied, "I dont know." "You dont know your first name?" asked Dempsey. "No, It was this way. We were twins up In Canada, and our name were Pete and Joe. Well, one of us died. My mother says It's me. My father says it's htm. So I don't know whether I'm Pete or Joe." Boston Globe, Young BODIES aDEMAND it! rfY Tas bodice of all growing children require certain CMential f vitamins. Important among theae are Vitamin A and D, both of which are found abundantly in Scott i Emultioa of VUU MTU ftil 1 i ' J . Mil 14111. IHllMM, . well resist common colJ-in-the-head. "D" aids children la growth and in the development of bones and tect. In this emulsified form, cod liver oil is easy and pleasant for young and old to take. Scott & Bowne, Bloomucld, N. J. Sak Repre sentative, tiaroia r. iutcnte u., inc., new iotic Ft' n LlRCM Swtt S Sown rwf M yrngraw "Advtrtp v4fA trow iMekntr1 n Sunday mqki mt T;M p. m. wr tht (W.ii4 OMt-to-Ootl Nttwmk and tiiaiiimt KUHL fiail Cum Evening Dres "Yes, we are going cruising In the South seas." "But why the elaborate outfit, girller "We expect to visit the Society Is lands." Or aa Automobile) Commercial Traveler The Idea of fcrever Is so vast that men scarcely comprehend It 1 Listener What? Have you never paid installments on a piano? (Pages Gales, Yverdon.) An odd type of advertisement Is found In the sidewalk of an uptown cross street at a point not far from Broadway. Imbedded In one square slab of concrete are a number of keys, put there while the material was soft The pedestrian, walking over It Is thus mode aware that he is passing a hardware store. Extensive Coast Line The shore length of Maine, due to numerous bays, is 2,000 miles, though a direct line drawn from Us extremities would be about a tenth of Its real length. California has an enormous coast line. It Is approximately ap-proximately 3,587 miles, or somewhat some-what less than one-fifth of the whole coast line of the United States. Aa Alibi A colored gentleman arrested for chicken stealing told the Judge: "Man wife told me I'd look better wif a feather In man hatband, so Ah found a feather, picks it up; an Judge, believe It or not Ah never discovered till Ah got home dat a chicken war at de end o' dat feather." Bird-Banding Old The practice of bird banding goes back to 170S at least In the win ter of that year some people who were bunting in Sussex county, England, Eng-land, killed a cormorant Around its neck was a silver band on which were engraved the arms of the king of Denmark. Burning Coal Mine There are many, burning coal mines. The most famous is the an thracite mine at Summit Hilt Pa- whlcb has been burning since 1S00. A coal deposit near Brownsville, Pa Is said to have been burning since before the Civil war. Eipanding Lako The Salton sea is a lake In the wide Colorado desert or imperial valley. In southeastern California. Under 'ordinary conditions it is a salt marsh covered In places by shal low lakes about 80 miles long, 12 miles wide and 280 feet below the sea level At times of freshets the lakes expand Into a watery body covering cov-ering from 40,000 to 50,000 acres. Original "Baraane The word bureau Is French and literally means an office, dek or writing table. The word is derived de-rived from the old French "burel," which was originally a kind of brownish material with which writ ing tables were covered, hence the word has come to be used of an office where business Is transacted. National "Carden, Worcestershire is called the garden gar-den of England on account of its scenery, Touralne the garden of France on account of its fertility, Sicily the garden of Italy on account ac-count of its climate and Italy is called the garden of Europe on account ac-count of its scenery, fertility and climate. , Our Nam Was Mud "Science tells us now that life began in a few puddles of hot water, in a polar depression." We're beginning be-ginning to see the light Our first ancestor was a mud pie. Toledo Blade, , Just a Tbonght Is the world all grown up? Is childhood dead? Or is there not in the bosom of the wisest and best , some of the child's heart left to respond re-spond to Its earliest enchantments?. Charles Lamb. j |