Show JC If I IiI iI iP t JE note Mr Peter P t r made one ODe big In til it hi re r-If r If he oer nU d to io retire he he joined the Double No per pcr- r- r force lu II com Conies conic en out of retirement t. t S. S It j 1 I. I true truC lie hI come COCA out In n II P Heir ew ewI I KUlu guIe Ill III Meld field of or lie lle IK Lw a different hut nut be he l I. I Mill un Peter Ruff fluff Ruff Just th the the- name tnt still the most moat ho how hD been Irth-en Irth to recent et fiction lind not 7 n nt that Ill adventure h nrc told br by the the- ma muter ter of of nil teller tellers of or nl tale tule f IT III l lie be r ten each atones lories each In UIt Here Her the ninth The truth entitled The Thirteenth Ea- Ea a counter allI appear r next neit Sunde Sunday Sunda Copyright igl 1912 t r y tb thi lIo d Literary Press 1 As OGRA GE an and arni Pet Peter r Baron do de Grost standing upon the of ot their hotel gazed gared out upon New York I-York and liked the thc look took of It Thc They landed Jandt d from the steamer a a. few before had already alread enjoyed tho luxury of ot a a. bath a R. visit vItt to an American barbers barber's and a n genuine cocktail I 1 see no reason e declared J why h we WC e should not take a weeks week's J holiday olida Pet Peter glancing up into the blue ak sky iky and nd down Into the tho faces of tho the well well- dressed and beautiful women who ho wore reaming up Fifth Firth avenue was wholly whon ot of the same me mind If It wo 0 return b by this afternoons afternoon's r amor r. r he remarked wo we shall have Bernadine for tor tora a fellow passenger Berj Ber- Ber j is annoyed with us ue just jut now I conf confuse confess that I 1 should feel teel more jat at In my ease oae with a l few thousand miles cf t the Atlantic between us Let Lct it be bo BO so 60 assented We 0 will explore this marvelous city Never r he add added d. d taking his companIons companIon's companions companion's companions companion's compan- compan ions ion's arm did I expect to see such 1 women AomEn save lave in m my own the tho mistress of or orAll All wll cities clUes So chic m my dear Baron and such a carriage We e will lunch J at t one of the fashionable 1 restaurants restaurant I and nd drive drle In th the th park afterwards First all however howe r. r we must take tako a stroll long this wonderful Fifth Firth avenue 1 The two men spent a morning after aCter own hearts The They lunched as as- well at Sherry's and drove e li after ards wards In Central park When they returned to the hotel range Sog-range was M-was vas in excellent S1 spirits P I 1 feel m my friend he announced that we are Lre going to have a 3 very en t pleasant sant and In some som respects a unique l' l 1 c le To meet friends and acquaint acquaint- nc must do In Iner Y s everywhere c as one er capital in Europe t Is of I course COUlS hut but there Is a monotony about it from which one i. i Is glad Ind sometimes T to escape We 0 lunch here hore an and we promenade In the thc places frequented by of a similar station to our own o-n-n. ind And behold we ve kno know no one Wo Yc aro J lookers looker's ook r on Perhaps for tor a n. long time 1 I It might gall gan For a A. brief period there f I I is a restfulness s about It Jt which pleases E I 1 me I If should have liked Peter your your- K mu ed an introduction to the lady I In the blue hat I You are arc n n. t gregarious animal So- So l Cr- Cr tand the he pleasures s of ot a little com para live ive Isolation with an Intellectual cora com corns corns- lon pa such as myself What the t devil U Is the m meaning meaning- of or this g c r hEY lIEl had r reached rached th their ir sitting room T. T 1 1 I and upon a small table stood fA a gr great at collection of or cards and note noted took them up helplessly one one on after the other reading the nam names 8 loud aloud Iou and them fall faU through his fingers Some were known n to him I the Ule note notes I In t th they n were all th all the thel J l hat what evening would woula the tho Mar Mar- de do and hl distinguished ffriend frIend care to dine lunch yacht golf olf f shoot go to the opera join a theatre J lart arty Of what clubs club would the they care I to to become m members What hat kind of I hospitality would be he most moet acceptable I ngo sank back In his chair t My J friend he exclaimed the they all an C to be an answered that answered that collection I there The visits have to b be returned pit It is magnificent this ho hospitality but what t can one do dor Peter looked at the pile of at correspondence correspondence correspondence corre- corre upon which eft inroad In- In road indeed scorned to ha have hav had but little JUtte effect One Ono could engage engBre a secretary of I cour course e. e he suggested d. doubtfully But Butle i the le visits Our weeks week's holiday Is fa gon gone u Not at all aU replied I 1 have ae an idea ft L The telephone bell ran rang Peter took Up the receiver and listened for tor a Q mom moi mo- mo i Jsn m nt He Jie turned to still It in hi his hand I You ou will Ill be pleased also to hear to e announced that there are half a lozen oxen ozen reporters waiting downstairs to Interview us So grange received the Information with pith Interest v- v Have l them sent ent up nt at once ho he every et one of them What all nolI at the same time timer Peter fc All All at t tho the same tim It must be answered Give Ghe them to un- un that it in is an affair of ot five mutes only i i The They camo came trooping Jn In welcomed them cordially t My Iy friend the tho Baron de Grost he hf explained Indicating Peter I am tho the arquin de Let Lot us know bat we can do to serve one you ou IOno One of at the men stepped forward i Vel Very glad to meet you Marquis and andOu andou ou Baron he lie said I l 1 wont won't bother you ou with an any t Introductions but I and the he company conwan hero represent the tho press pross C t New lew York Wo Vo should like Jike some sonio In In- In formation for our papers as ax to tho the ob object ob- ob oct of ot your our visit hero here and 1011 tho the pro 4 ble ible length of your OUt om stay Ita extended his hands hand t t. t t MY Y dear friend he exclaimed the object of ot our visit was war I thought thought hought already well known We e arc are aren n it our wa way to Mexico We leave to- to Igli My 1 friend the Baron Daron I Is Is a aou as Iou ou leno know a financier I J. J too have hac a HUe Ittle money mone to Invest Invent We Ye are arc going ut to meet some business s acquaintances acquaint acquaint- ances with a view lew to Inspecting nome Home lining Ining properties That Is absolutely absolute II 11 I can tell tilI you OU You Tou can understand f t course that bat fuller fulle information would SI l Impossible Why q that's quite natural Marquis J 1 h he spokesman of ottlie the reporters replied We Wc dont don't like IlkI the Id Idea a of your hue hUR- ilag out of New York like this thin hough 0 glanced at the clock T t In is unavoidable una he declared We Were y yr r re r relying upon you OU gentlemen to the fiLet fact b causi au I you ou will Ul s se e e. e dl a to the table that 0 have vp born 1 the th r Tf ot of a gratny grat great greaty U ny y cl 1 u h it ii Is IR Impossible r 1 u us to acknowledge properly If It It ItI 11 I give h you OU pl pleasure a ure to i PIe se c u uc upon Mr r I return you ou Trill bo pr very welcome the meantime you OU will vIll understand r t nl d' d haste hast W JT a a. few 1 cIvilities ci nn and the tho th Kai p 8 of oC the press took tolk thor departure Peter Peler look l at at his companion doubtfully IB te 11 re returned re- re turned from showing them nut t I 1 1 1 this t n ans that thal we h have hae c to cat catch h l today's dJs steamer after aCtor all he lie remarked lemark d answered red I have ha a plan We e will leave lea leafor for the HO depot where wherever it ma may bl be Afterwards you ou shall u use e that wonderful wonder wonder- ful skill of at yours ours of ot which I have haC heard 8 so 80 much to effect rome slight alight JI ht change chang in our appearance We 0 will then go goto to another hotel In another quarter QUI r of ot New lew York and take our our ourt weeks week's holiday Incognito What think of or that fo for an ln idea ideal v- v Not much Peter replied d. d It Isn't BO eo eM easy to to dodge the n newspapers and the press III in this thle country Bel Besides s. s al although although al al- though I 1 could manage n. myself Vcr very well you OU would b be an exceedingly awkward awkward awk awk- ward subject Your tall and elegant figure your our ne nose thE tho shape A of your our hands and feet give Ivo you youa a a. distinction lItin Uon which I should find It hard to conceit conceal concetti smiled You Youre are re a 1 remarkably rt ob observant er fel fellow fel- fel low Baron I 1 Quite your ur Still sun with a club toot foot eh h anc and instead of m my eyeglass Oh BO po doubt something could could- be managed sed Peter Interrupted Youre really In earn earnest cst about this are you ou Absolutely declared Come here herel I c c cHE B drew Peter to the window The They H HE were on the tho twelfth story and to toa a European there was waR 8 something magnificent in that tangled mass of buildings threaded by the elevated ele railway rail rall- Wa way with Its screaming trains th the clearness of ot the atmosphere and in th the white streets Directs below polished belts belt through h which the swarms of or people streamed d like Insects Imagine It all lit up ex ex- ex claimed calmEd The f sky k signs all aU ablaze the flashing flashing- of fire from those thos cable table wires th the lights 1 glittering from those thoc tall buildings building This Is 18 a R. wonderful place Baron Raron Wo We must mut see it Ring Ring- for Cor the tho bill Order Ord l' l one of those tho c magnificent omnibuses Pr Press ss tho the button too for forthe forthe or orthe the personage whom the they call the valet Perhaps with a a. little gentle JentIe persuasion h he hs could be he Induced to pack lack our clothes With his hi finger upon the bell Peter hesitated He too loved adventures hut but tho the gloom loom o of a presentiment had mom momentarily momentarily mo mo- m depressed e him We Ye are ara marked men remember So- So gran grange e he said An escapade of ot this bort means a certain amount Q of risk oven even In Sn New York laughed cau caught ht the midday steamer We e no enemies here that I know 0 of Peter pres pressed ed the button An Au nour or orso orso orso so later the tho Marquis do de and md Peter Pter Baron dc de Gro Grost t tool took thuir h- h leave leae of or New r York I lIE ch chose se a t hotel on Broadway I T THEY I within a i stono's throw of or Hectors Rectors Peter with whitened hair rim gold oJ I med spectacles slouch hat and fur fm coat oat passed easily enough for an En English maker of electrical Instruments while hUc shabbier and in rea ready made I American clothes clothe was sas transformed Into a Canadian having hn some connection connection tion lion with the theatrical business The They plunged into the tho heart of ot New ew ew York Ufo life and found the tho whole hole thing like a tonic The intense vitality of ho people peo peo- p pie e tho the pandemonium of at Broadway nt at midnight with its flaming naming Illuminations illuminations I Its eager crowd UK its Inimitable r restlessness fascinated them both So- So grange Indeed remembering the decadent decadent deca deca- dent languor o of the crowds of or pleasure seekers Ie ers thronging his hl own boulevards was waa never weary eary of watching these men and women Th They passed from the thes s streets r etH to the restaurants from the to the theatre out Into the streets again back to the restaurants nn and once more Into tho the streets So- So grange was wan like a glutton The mentIon mention men men- tion ton o of bed was tas h hateful to o him For lor three Jays days the thc they e existed without 1 a moment moment mo mo- ment of boredom I On the tile fourth evening Pe Peter tr found o deep In lu conversation con with I Ithe the he hea head porter In a few minutes jo he ho holed lell cd led Peter to one of the bars where they thC usually t took ok their th-lr cocktail My ly friend he announced tonight I have a t treat trat at for or you ou So far wo we C hn have looked ed on ott at lit the external nl nl-ht nl hi life of or New York Wonderful and thrilling It t has haM been too loo But there s the un underneath underneath un- un also Why no not noi 1 There Thero Is Isa Isa Isi a i vast polyglot population h hero lier r full fun of oC energy and life Ufe A A criminal class clas exists as 11 a a. matter of course Tonight we make our bow to It J And nd b by what means meant POt Peter Poter l I In In- In n- n Our friend the hall porter So So- So o- o grange continued has given me the card of an nn detective cx who will bo ho our escort Ho He calls for tor us ut ton tonight t or orather rather ather tomorrow morning at 1 Then behold t The won wand Is w wed waved ed the tho theand theland thol l land and of ad adventures opens before U ur us Peter runt dI d. d I don t want to damp your our enthusiasm sam my Canadian friend he said I but the sort o of adventures you vou ma may meet with tonight are arc scarcely likely ne h to fire your our romantic nature I know a i little about what thc they call this un- un world In New cw York H It will probably resolve e Itself into n a visit to chinatown where we shall find the tho usual ual dummies taking opium and nud quite prepared to talk bout it for the tho tip ip Aft After r that we we shall visit Isit a 8 few fe low ow dancing be shown hon the tho scene cene of at several eral murders and the thing Is done You are a cynic declared You would throw cold water upon any enterprise Anyway Anway our Ile is coming We e must make use o of him for tor forI torI I o hao engaged to pa pay him Well go RO where you ou like Peter Pote assented assented assented as as- so lon long as wo we dine on a L too root roof garden Jarden This beastly fur coat keeps mc me men Sn In n a state of oC chronic perspiration Never mind said consolingly consolingly con con- h Its most effective o A roof garden burden h by all means And recollect Peter Poter Insisted d I bar Chinatown Weve We've ye both of u us seen beon the tue ther thereal r real aJ thing thinK and theres there's nothing real about what the they sho show you here Chinatown Is erased from our program pro pro- gram Iram So ran c agreed We e go now nos' to o dine Remind me me Baron that I 1 Inquire for tor those strange c dl dishes hes ot which one hears hears henrs dUck green gleen corn strawberry shortcake shortcake shortcake short short- cake Peter Peler smiled grimly now How Ilko 10 a I Frenchman he lie ox- ox claimed to take no account of seasons sea eta sons eons Never icer r c mind marquis you shall shaH give ho your our order and I will sketch the waiters waiter's face B By the bye be if tr youre you're In earnest arne t about this expedition tonight Put jut your OUI revolver re in your OUT But were we're going with an ox detect I lye So aug replied Ono ne never ne er ln knows 0 Peter said gald carelee care care- I lee C sly st c rHEt HE dined close to the stone stone pallI pall pall- T THEY Sen New Yorks York's 5 most mod I ading- ading of one one- of famous roof root gardens So ran e or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered an Imm Immense nse dinner but spent pent of his time gazing downwards They Tho were higher up than at the hotel and th thY h y could 8 see C across the tan tangled lcd maze mono or of lights light ev even n to the rh river r. r across which the he cat cat terr ferry boats bosts speeding all ho tho while while hugo huge creatures 1 of ot stream J tn luJ ng fire and nod whistling sirens The air ar the they sat nat at was wan pure and crisp criMp There waa Was no no tog for o no smoke moke to cloud th ho |