Show RAN SO M II R Continued from yesterday The telephone ran rang again red answered It to hear a II very discomfited Officer Pooling state that Waring had slipped through his fingers I I didn't believe Sinsabaugh h. h sir The servant ervant who answered the door toM told mo me that Mr Ir Waring was vas dining with the lJ u hs but came caine out anti ami said there was a 1 mistake Mr Waring Waring War War- arIng ing halt hail Kon half haIr an hour ago and 1 I searched the hou house e. e and and ho he aint there theme sir elm Only guest was waa a u. mg jo l lAd lady dy The butler said salti Waring Varin hadn't l b en n there and there wasn't I any ny place set for him and th then n the servant ant that answered thedoor thedoor the thedoor door said Hald ho hI must of or been mistaken and wham I do 10 Mr sir Herkomer sighed Then he felt hIs spine stiffen bUtten William was oras wasa orasa a rising man III In the city's affairs attaint but lut the law was bigger than any Rny man Pooling was aJi a n painstaking officer Car Car- Carmichael michael was WRit no fool there was no question ques lion tion but that had been beeD In the time renon reason ronson ron rea home There was waif no no son on for h to lie about the tho time of departure unless hm h m William Sinsabaugh h was a SI most mORt daring financier who had rehabilitated himself after losing one fortune with amazing rapidity Could it be possible that that that- Ih why not hot No o more Impossible than that I Philip Waring was mixed up In lu the be bewildering bewildering be- be plot You watch the house Cooling Dooling If It Sinsabaugh goes out right anu away follow him and when you ou get Jet a chance phone here Ill I'll rush luau a n. relief r lIet so that Sinsabaugh baugh wont won't know that hos ho's being followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed right up to you ou lIe He hun hung up tho the telephone and pressed pressel the button To Uio Jie clerk who entered he said that ho wanted anted Sergeant Kelcey Kelcey Kel- Kel cey eel to come to him CHAPTER X A hand haud touch touching Ins Ins- him on tho the shoulder made Waring S' experience the time sensation must always nl bo be lurking close at hand for the fugitive criminal the crimInal tho sensation sensation sen ten of ot being wanted Ho lIo turned like a shot his right might hand clenched to meet tho the faco face of ot Billy Sinsabaugh Waring's hand relaxed and he forced an answering smile Jove Phil you act as though you jou OU expected someone to knife you In tho the back You started as M you ou were cre sadly in need of a drink And right here lucre is tho the place Gripping Waring's hand within his own o i mighty fist fiat Sinsabaugh impelled his friend toward time tile portals of the tho Exploration Exploration Exploration ration club dub In front of which he be had stopped Waring A drink would do no harm thought Waring With you Billy he ho exclaimed Together they entered tho tIlo club Glad CHad lad I caught you said And before I 1 forget It It my thanks for piloting Mrs Era Hill Bill Wife home homo Tor me Inc Some da day If you continue neglecting her In the shameful fashion that has be become become become be- be come your practice Mr 1 William m Sinsabaugh baugh I shall shaU pilot her away from the time Sinsabaugh mansion said Waring Well Well and and 1 Sinsabaugh eyed his drink knowingly knowingly It if you ever elope with my wife Phil Waring Ill I'll strUm strike you ort oft my list of ot acquaintances Devilish of you Billy Do you see sec me me Heres lIeres looking at you ou They They- set their glasses down baugh h looked the least bit embarrassed Phil I Firo awa away About that position I offered you a awhile awhile awhile while back bade Mrs Bill Wife told mo me this morning something of ot what you had been beeh t telling lIIng her yesterday yesterday very very crude I T thought talking about another man fifteen fifteen I teen minutes after I had been summoned for speeding from the railroad station to the house But let ler It pass Ho lie frowned Crowned heavily at Waring i Mrs Willy must be moro more careful or I you'll bo be shooting me laughed Waring Uh huh Well eU Phil Phi how about It I Many thanks old top tOIl and will m you jou OU I let a beggar starve In his own good goodway goodway way I II Told her so so Youre You're a a. stubborn jackass jackass Jackass Jack jack- I ass Phil Waring But Hut you cant can't get gt out i iI of it as easily as all aU that 1 Mrs William Sinsabaugh has been giving much I thought to you ou and well and well Ive I've tele tele- telephoned phoned your our apartment tJ three ree times and Mike said you OU were out somewhere and andI ando I didn't n dare go home without you Be Become so-I so come o on on Eh Sor Sorry it cant can't bo be done said Waring I How chipper we are Do you realize that Mrs Bill Wife told pie m m to come I home with you ou or not at all aU i smiled but he ho began bean Sorry Waring aring to itch with Impatience Billy Sinsabaugh baugh was one of the tho very best but but but- and sari Waring's eyes grew merry merry Waring W I had hall a most Important engagement f to 0 I seek himself and do murder The Tho merriment merriment mer mer- left his eyes Somewhere In this I city Claire was undergoing cross examInation examination examination exam exam- at the hands of ot Bergson Got Cot to toddle along Billy he said Not ot for tor a moment did he lie think of ot confiding confiding confiding con con- In his friend h would listen exclaim loudly and take and take matera matters matters mat mat- era into his own hands hand That meant the police poUce Nothing doing Listen Phil Madre Madere Insists that you come up to dinner Did not you promise her yesterday that you would ld Waring aring had forgotten all about his promise Ye Yes but Jut something lisa has turned up Billy and and and- And AntI you ou think we win let you off oft eh eb I like 1 that i But T I Intended lt to BIlly forgotten all aU about it Dill Billy reproached Sinsabaugh And after Madge has dug up Miss Iss Claire Sorel niece ce of or some sortie eccentric old buck buek named Randall worth a a. pot of money money eh h. h what Is wrong old man hats her uncles uncle's name demanded Waring harshly Randall Randall Peter Peter Randall Expatriate A. A in Paris I belIeve What a It I Waring controlled his features as bet best bethe he could You say that Eh she lle 1 Is going to be at I your house tonight Sure Surer I Why Thy not I phoned Madge a a. while that I T hadn't been able to a ago o. o saying locate iou vou and she the said that she had found Miss Sorel at the and that Miss 8 Sorel was va coming to dinner all aU right and that I must locate you You see Sf Phil youve you've l been een so 80 blamed shy and offish since the Carey CareT lIal Haig Youre You're ion re smash that wo we dont don't trust you jou OU too frequent with your last minute minue e re re- re grets I There was some little truth In Sinsabaugh's muss muss- baughs baugh's remarks People urged Waring they Ihy refused to take no for an answer Waring had llad been compelled Or or or felt that he had bad been en which amounted 1 to the same thing to timing to accept many man invitations Invitation to send end regrets regret later Tt it WaS wan silly of oC him he knew and yet he be had bad ha l a SI stubborn stubborn stubborn stub stub- born pride that reeked not of silliness He lie was not the decently well to Phil oaring Waring snug any more and he be would not be become be- be affairs affairs affairs- come orne a hj at which If It he but knew l. It was one of Ot minor min rn the reanor though perhaps a why people still wanted him so badly It was wall impossible that the lime Claire of or orthe the live Part Paris restaurant of th the house bous on Camp amp avenue should be the Claire Sorel ore that hat wa wu Mr Mrs I Willy friend Tut nt t It wa was quite quit Imp Impossible that Waring Warin should b he be embarked upon w so amazing and lid desperate an adventure a all as ashe h he found himself I let t In In- for It was 55 sun more impossible that Burton Conybear Cony r should h he be the captive of a band of or criminal crim inal Yet these last two things had bad come coins to t p pit pass And It seemed that the first tint had haft also Are you sue SUIe that MI MIc Porel orel will be them 7 Has MA oladge heard from her to today today toen to- to day day T en n minutes minute before I phoned phoned and nd Hint was half batt an hour ajro ago Ma Made fI had hud her bel on th the phone at the PlUton a. Why Phil Waling Waring you ou old oM hider hide out In itt the I tall tail grans grass have 10 you seen lIeen Ills Sorel Do Doyon you yon know her Why Why h er I do aal said 1 Waring Vl I td ld Id I'd better run mutt home anti and dress iress and and and- Not Sot tonight This Is Informal to the last notch I made Madge promise that It would l be on m my may first night home with her In months You 10 come como as ns you ou ouI arc aro and ami you come now no dye do hear liter I. I t hear henr said Waring They melt left the th club and taxied Iy ly to tho time mansion Waring hardly h hearing aring on oti the tho short ride anything any uny- thing that said Bald For Kor his il mind bewildered enough had still more moors amazement to contend with How could tho the Claire of tIme the Camp house be going out to dine this Is evening after ter the lie events or of orno tho no past row few hours flours How lIow was wan it How could she sho Stave have been at tho half baft or three quarters tern tr of an hour ngo ago She had hal been at atthe tho the Camp avenue a house at nt that time AntI Ancl there thEro could not bo ho two Peter Randall Randalls Ran Ran- dalls dall using lUIng in Paris each ench with a a. niece named Claire That was stretching co co- Incidence enco too far fir to 0 believe that And the tho P I ft n. IL who vho had written tho the note noto that Waring aring had found on Carvajal must be bo Ieter eter Randall Handal for or P I R. R had sent Carvajal Carajal to Bergson and the tho Claire of this the Camp avenue house had llad said that her uncle had intended to send a n. man man manto manto to the chief of the mysterious menacing I society But he lie could hot these perplexities per per- now He lie would meet Miss Sorel in a few tew minutes he could wait walt until then Upstairs In Sinsabaugh's study WarIng War War- I In Ing asked permission to use the tho tele telo- I phone An explanation of Ot his absence from the apartment was waif really due duo Mike I lila his Japanese Also It would bo be Just as aswell aswell well to give te Mike a hint necessarily because of ot Sinsabaugh's presence as to the use of ot discretion should any inquiries be bo made mallo for tor Mr Ir Philip Waring I But central reported to him that she sheI raise 1 his apartment a and WarIng War War- I f 1 fI ta fag Ing after a final futile u protest t as t to his daytime garb descended to the drawIng draw- draw In lug Ing room with Billy Madge r s Sinsabaugh Ih and a young woman woman wom worn I an were awaiting them Waring VarIn heard himself Introduced he felt himself bowIn bowing bow bow- I In ing mi over the hand that the young woman oman who answered to the name of Sorel orel ex extended extended ex- ex tended toward him hint And then ho Sue was uttering some somo commonplace but what the words worde were he lie could not have havo told Miss hiss SoreS Sorel and the girl 1111 whom he ho bad Imd last seen in tho the company of Simon Bergeon Bergson Berg- Berg son Ion must be the same person It was t thoroughly Incredible that It should prove otherwise l wan wall stretched fo to I the last notch If there thero were Iere two Peter Randalls dall anti and two nieces nIece II named Claire I Keyed Keerl up firmly of the belief bellet that ten minutes alone with Claire would I solve sol the tho mystery would freo free Conybear would round up Bergson would restore j him mm him his pilfered fortune reaction was wall I too great gleat For tho time tall girl with the 1 bloom of ot youth gone from her was not Jot Claire Mechanically he proceeded led to the tho dinIng din din- Ing room loom Seated ho lie rallied himself Mrs Irs Willy Sinsabaugh was as nothing If It not open She threw the two at each oth others other's rs r's heads without a It pre pretense ten at nt disguisIng disguising disguising dis dis- dis- dis guising her matchmaking Intentions And big biB blundering Sinsabaugh who was sync eo so clover at nt business but such a puppet In tho the hands of Ot hi his butterfly wife Ife yielded yield ed etl to Midges lles desire Ho lie began telling her of his I trip to Chicago a and n Waring I nl f. f eyed the girl across the tho table bl from O hint him It was not Mrs Irs Willys Willy's Intention to make the conversation general and thought though Waring could have cheerfully spanked his lilt hostess she was after all his lila hostess You have havo been In New York some sometime sometime time Miss Mis Sorel he said Not of Ot recent years sh sIte silo answered You se see I have havo been in a II convent so BO many years ears in tn France Moro More coincidence The Claire that Waring know knew lied had been brought up In a French Frenchi convent Indeed sail Bald Waring Yes Had It not been for m my great reat I good fortune fortuno In meeting Mrs Sinsabaugh Sinea- Sinea baugh porno somo months o ego ogo o In Paris I should not have havo an acquaintance In this countr country No relatives Distant And not near New York Mrs Willy one ono car ear cocked to overhear what they might say entered Into the conversation o r ron liars here Yes Phil Ihil T I met this dear girl nt at the time I Russian embassy y at nt a tea and sho ahe told m me mA that Ih she h wanted to visit America America- small won wonder er her I her uncle wn wait definitely tle j and ancl I told tulti Item her to como conto over and would find friend for tor her ller I u how highly I regard you OU J Philip 1 that you ou are Lire the first t I find forS I ITh Th The color olor receded from fron lIi l i fat face Waring had como come to th thea flon tion that her rather high coio color J i not hot natural Somehow ho lie liens t this hIs girl Irl was wM not exactly tho the sort that airs Willy would H Subconsciously ho he had come conic to 10 u th elusion influenced perhaps by tj tl that she site rouged quite boldly i But he ha was wrong wron she did not nol notHer Her faco taco wa was wait now as pale as fit wa deed she seemed startled and and enough h a trifle younger than J mentally put hor her down as ns beIng beIng- as a though her faco taco schooled to toj expressions took tool on r a hardness when trIton she sho gave wa way to a a. natura natum tion lion vanished At least if It l entirely vanish the rigidity o of 06 don flon that had made mad her seem w we She Khe didn't look over eve t. t as she leaned across tho time table I I Im I'm I Im I'm FOrry sorry but when but when Jw Introduced Introduced Pm Im I'm stupid at s l ie Your name nante is Is Philip Philip Waring J Why hy yes s 's said Waring funny exclaimed When I told Waring your our nan acted as though Id I'd struck bl him now lion you ou seemed all ail fus fussed erl up II Phils Phil's name is what It Is ix Yes I thought he ho was nam named In lug inc said the tho girl I Mrs Irs Willy looked from one to th Ui of ot them Well V what does It al she naked asked wonderingly III j But Miss MiLl Sorel haL had l' l regained nj t control Why did Ud I make a SI die dia myself Its It's nothing but t but T distant cousin an I. I 1 H same name naino I. I and and f 1 r r was was rather mathie gfa To Lo ii lie continued tomo tomorrow |