Show RAN SO M By ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE RoellE Continued d from Crom yesterday est rda CHAPTER XIII The telephone in his bedroom awoke Commissioner from tram a a. resU restless sleep lIe He had not retired until 2 5 o'clock and at the tho time of ot retiring ho he was no nearer tho the solution of at tho the mysteries mys cries teries than when Peter Perkins had first brought him the note nota slimed sIgned by Burton lurton Conybear Samuel Balch Waring's War War- arIn ar In ing's ings attorney had been heen unable to give any Information about Waring Varin that would explain the tho latter's tatters apparent dealings with will Conybear True Waring owned a bit of or real estate but he lie would hardly I have o mortgaged that without asking the assistance of ot Balch In I drawing the time pa papers rs anti and and such assistance had not been asked Henderson Conybear's private 6 secre secretary ue ta tar tary had not nol returned to Portsmouth II and nel could not he ha located In town And there was no further r news of ot mender mender- gnat gast Lamed and Clung Clurg the he theother theother other missing financiers Fortunat Fortunately ly the newspapers had bad learned nothing of ot the he affair at least tit the first tint editions that had scanned at headquarters at that morning held nothing about the he matter And late presence at his hI office office of of- fice ice bad been accounted for tor to the re reporters reporters' reporters reporters' re- re porters porters' satisfaction by the spectacular raid headed beaded by Lieutenant L Dan an McGaw of the strong arm squad upon Tex Oran Gran- villes ville's gambling house had gone gono to bed with the scant satisfaction that although he was facing a turning point in his hll ambitious career the press preal and public knew knew- nothing noth noth- ht tag ing of ot It It yet But Cut now now tills this morning In tn Inthe Inthe the short space of ot time It took for him to reach over ovar and grasp the telephone Herkomer reviewed all that tha had bad happened happened hap hap- since Peter Perkins brought him the th creased and wrinkled Tinkled note And al although iii- iii though bough the lightning review brought him dismay his voice was wu alert and crisp as aa he asked who called caned Its Hs Kelcey commissioner Legs Lejay and Dibblee are dead Herkomer swung his ht legs out of ot bed What hat hatT Yes y sir Ir Kelcey's voice held a mix mix- lure ture of excitement and regret And Waring Waring's Ja Jap servant too Then Waring Wann on they got ot No 0 sir dr You know Legay and Dib- Dib hiss hlee was sent nt to 10 apartment air sir Well Wail I got aOI down hers hern to headquarters head bead headquarters quarters an sn hour ago 0 and no report had In I. from froni then them during the night I thought that was war funny to so T ICI telephoned thon the Thirtieth street house that list hour this the nearest nat station and tOM told em to toI toni ni I h a man mean ever MM to In give lve place the lb once over or Well commissioner he hest st let Int t the Janitor to let him In and he lie fled finds a J Jap the the Janitor mid paid It was 1 WarIna's War War- Ar In legs Ina's M rY t L ray py and used dead ad Knifed The whole whose th three of em No weapon found on any of Vm cm JanIto Janitor Jan Jan- Ito dont don't know n about It lU ln him brought to headquarters but the theman man that hut went ent over from the lie house ss a he hs Ignorant of anything He lie that hes he's brine in him in In though Right rn LU be down as U soon as AI Ive I've had a bite bits bits- e el ales commissIoner ft fon r r. r Mid paid K quickly Though Tho h t the Janitor of ot Waring's place dont don't H seem m to know any- any thin the he bellboy haDbo of or the apartment the street d dot the does 8 the boy He didn't get pt off oft duty until S It thIs tM MOmIn mornIn mornIn morn morn- In and ami h he MW w the ambulance that was sent pent nl over ever from the and he h. nd nd over o P flat let to It U. K admonished Her Her- I keener kotner Impatiently Well 11 sir seems like the th bo boy bor was wall ln a cl cigarette on the lit street last lut night and anel he tI ItA saw naw nibble and aid I Legay I ort of ot hangin hanain around H lie 11 lives near ar Dibbles Dibble though 11 he dont know dont knOW him to toak I speak peak ak t to and Ie knew w he was II on the tome fore m he h. was w. rind Ind of ot Interested W. W Well while hilt th they was WAIl han hangin fn wrom around alon along rAm earn rAma a cowls tOle of nf if men and flIt entered th the building The Th- hoe bor fill that thAI In about n five minutes minute and tind l-e l leA y crossed over O after nr them and An from where whre he h. hewan wan A t hr I ouM see pee that Dibble UP WI a hell belt Then Th the they went nt In Inand inand and he be could still p ass e them enter the tb door of a 1 ground floor noor apartment that's apartment that's waring s. s And he ho says hes he's dead sure them other two men teen went In the same apartment after tho the bell belt And the other apartments In the building have been visited already and ana none of the tenants will admit having four Cour m men n. n or two men visit em last evento and and and- Well well snapped tI Wh Why tho boy knows Waring by sight and he says Rays that neither of ot the first tomen two to men was him And ho says that the first two come out In about ten en minutes and walked away swift scared eared like That ThatIs Is all alt sir air else has come conic up Well Veil ell It was enough mused Herkomer as al he swiftly dressed dreamed Two policemen and Waring's servant servant murdered murdered red And Andon on the hasty huty evidence thus far tar gathered not murdered murder d by Waring But Waring was as one and only one certainly of ot a rang zang Still why should that gang wish to kill Warine's Warines servant He lie shook his hili b head ad despairingly despairing Tho The answer to this question and to tn many others well others well he prayed that they would rome ome But they would not come ome to him while lie be sprawled In bed He dressed swiftly and breakfasted breakfasted break break- fasted at a n. rate that made mado his motherly old housekeeper shake her head Nid mournfully mournfully mourn mourn- fully tully and utter prognostications that contained con con- tamed references to 10 her late lamented husband who had dug his grieve grave with his hla teeth The Tho tele telephone hone rang again as aa he was leaving the tho house hous and he turned back Impatiently Kelcey Commissioner r Im on my way downtown now now said Herkomer Dont stir Theres There's new come up The Loan just telephoned tele ide- phoned sir A check was waa Just presented for cashing there It was dated yesterday yester yester- day and was wan for tor a hundred dollars I Are they holding the man cried Herkomer Ve We hadn't told them to to sir Kelcey defended himself elt Your orders was simply ply to round up Waring's bank account account account ac ac- ac- ac count and tell the tho bank to notify us UI If a 1 check from Crom him went through th and to hold Waring himself on romo me mo pretext or other Kelcey was U right A bank wouldn't check hold bold k a without person 1 some who definite simply re- re reason presented there there- a for tor and lI Herkomer r hadnot felt like log ing definite reasons Just jutt now Waring himself that himself that was wu different Waring's bank had been Informed that the tho police d department would stand behind It It Hut It dont don't make no difference Com Com- missioner loner shouted Rele Kelcey lila His de desire demra re for tor the dramatic had bad made him save vo his hili climax The paying pitying teller was 8 no boob boot The cheek check was al a blank of ot another bank with the Traders Traders' Loan name written nten In In And while white the check was made out to toca ca cash caf h. h the teller hemmed an and ana hawed an and Mid said this was a bit unusual and weli well anyway he herot got rot the guy to write hi his name on It It and then he lie phoned the bank I whoM who name was waa scratched out an and and and- why 11 I t know the guy who presented It It Dan And Ant the paying nc t teller II I didn't have bar to tell t ll me m. h where he worked neither r. r Hes He's house houiM detective at the and a fine nn second story ay man I he is Is III too The Or wouldn't stand for tome some of ot the coarse stuff h he h. pull pulled and how he h. landed th the Job hes he's got pt Is Ie a mystery to me Anyway Coor Coo tm r missioner ra tt It looks like I he seen n W WAnd wat lest last night and If he did didAvid did did- And Avid you TOU think he hes he's at th 0 the now DOW I made sure of 01 that before baler I t phoned phed you Ou sir r I telephoned the hotel hote ant and he h. rot JOt ot In JI just t M aa I 1 was talkIe to the th cle i not got him on the wire and an I t told him that Herko Homer Herkomer would Id h be to ass fee him Mm and to for lor him to hang hanc around until he heard hans fr from me n Hut be maya take alarm a and and and- f elory guffawed I know that bird Commissioner He's Hes Hea as ag crooked as tams rams horn and no t than h. h a a Run Runt Say sy hes he's awu blood canary eary now If be b. done an and too lICa seared d I to move moY hell he'll be iti for you corn Com 1 hUh hung up-tal up fairly Up-fairly rn MIll to the I car awaiting him It was wa C a I er nervous I somewhat different trove from the J I that had talked in Ih Phil I War Waring who ho met Commissioner mer at the d y of 01 the lb 1 1 mer mar did not have hae to flak for the man approached saluting clumsily j before the tho Commissioner COn r could speak to the clerk clerIc I Ithe You wanted ft n. little talk tatk with me roe Commissioner said Youre eh tb The man that cashed a check drawn by Philip Waring I this morning Shah Sh eyes pleaded The Time curious clerk recognizing Herkomer the the I commissioner was no stranger to the hotel ho ho- tel tel drew drew a little nearer you I come com down to the grill grin Commissioner There Therl nobody there this time lime o mornin Herkomer nodded He lie lied no particular lar desire delre to have his conversation over over- heard Welt Well Ven he said ald as 88 with the house e de detective detective detective de- de he sat eat down at a R. table In the grillroom He ne waved away ay a R. hovering i waiter Ysee Commissioner began a noisy noly bunch up at the ehe desk and I thought o maybe you rou ml might ht have I ehl private private private- t I have When did Waring give you ou that check I was waa of the evasive evasUe kind the kind that believe that words hide mean mean- i Ing log But ho he could not be n R house detective de do In a n. hotel like the J without without with with- i out gathering unto himself elf some come knowledge of human nature Ho Ito saw lIaw that lIt Herkomer was In to no mood to be trifled with And yet et he could not nOl for forthe on I Ith th the of him see sc why the commissioner of ot police should take an Interest in the check given alven to a house houle detective b by a aswell aswell swell young oun pI plute piute ute as Inwardly denominated Waring Unless Waring had bad told time the police that he had been n blackm blackmailed lI d But Hut that wasn't probable the tol pollee e commissioner loller himself would hardly handle personally a case of ot black black- mall mail could think rapidly enough lie He would Mould be wise not to give away until he had to Why he gave ae It to m me lust last night Commissioner answered the house hooN de detective detective de- de f fossil easily What time last night asked Herko- Herko mtr mer Oh I 1 guess It was about 9 And what hat did Waring give gUe you roo the cheek check for for Well Well shrugged his hi shoulders dens ders and nodded his hla head from sid aide to side I I aint on trial am I I. I Commissioner Commie Commis abner What do you TOU mean demanded lien Her komer kome Why Commissioner there litre aint Int any harm in a couple of gentlemen a R harmless little bet with sills Uh each other Is there Not sot at all That's how bow It happened ehr hr Yes sir lie He eyed ed the commissioner with veiled contempt for tor Herkomer was rising from the table as though satis I fl fled fied d. d That alt all Commissioner r Que questioned To be he continued tomorrow I |