Show i RANSOM 9 By A ARTHUR TH SOMERS SOMERS RO ROCHE 1 HE 1 11 1 Continued from i here es Ve here replied r Hut But I 1 It t you ou to ride downtown with wih me inc jj T nut ut got sot my Job hero here Corn Com COD CODy y Not or any more said sid ler- ler her her- J at very er kindly ThEr There There's a n nice little pSt IT flown at nt headquarters where you be- be 1 Come on flU itI voice was wae suddenly crl criep p and hard U mt stared at him But aut Herkomer qu see eec tt Its It's is i's s very vel Important se i that I Require acquire all al the Information t that its it's possible for Waring Is I's s acquire And I must acquire It In five five minutes minutes five five seconds second If po 10 pos pos- i Youre You're ou re In a mood mo to le lie H the mood mo to hear her the truth I change my mood mo a cell cel 1 may a yours Come on t Kelcey fOu knew the charac- charac d hd not erred In his hil description if t physically to toP Pt P- P Ir t down own Commissioner he Mid husT hus- hus hUI- hUI 10 He lie had been cen fooled had hati gt T been fooled ml nd told th truth the whole r tb h inch aw nothing nothing- but the truth lerko- lerko Herko- Herko Tho The contempt that he felt I t Winfel at the latter's later's recital he hid I- I Ian ian tn an low enough to commit blackmail t enough nough to be Immune to contempt H waste wate it I on him I 1 O I better stay sty around here I may it you ou was all al his hii hiI response toJ to 5 fel story stor Then hen he went upstairs J to come atO atoe at nd m.- m. honed to Kelcey oe e to the That matter at- at O to and fortified by l Kelcey's ast as- as t that he ho would be at the hotel hote 1 i SOOn oon as 53 the swiftest police pole automobile v C d convey him there Herkomer turned Jn I attention to the register the clerk cerk offering no objection 4 4 He Ire t found lound und the name Jacques There Thero e was no question in mind as to the truth of ot story A man a docs does not confess blackmail unless h he Is telling n the truth Jacques Pelle- Pelle tier was Philip hWI ti Waring And eG i h had said Id that the girl whom he lie had seen In In Waring's room rom had registered under tb the me of Doris Marchant Little as one may know of another's another's another's an an- others other's Lite life especially when the two are not riot Intimates not acquaintances even knew enough of Philip Waring td a 6 be quite certain that this was no Kr ger r b Intrigue quie In II which Waring had been beene e caught ht b by It I stood to reason that a a man playing the desperate game that tbt Waring vas ivas playing a game In width which millionaires had hal been and ILCI policemen and a Jap servant murdered mur- mur dered ered would not bo ho Indulging In liaisons Hi itt It the ver very moment when hi his crimes were nearing nering their climaxes Of course men differ But Waring's sort of man runs pretty dIre ty closely to form True Waring was Va 1 Hot flot ot running true to form In what bo ho had been lleen doing lately lateY but stIll all t tn-al tn all the more f NOr that had erred In his estimate et- et esti estt- mate of the situation For Waring Varin be belonged belonged be- be longed to the second class clas of criminals the class das that lead blameless lives elves the grand grad coup Is ready for execution such a criminal brain brainy an artist artst would not riot be mixed mind up In to a sordid af- af h- h hof of petticoats at this time if 1 t Then Ten why the girl She was no longer In the hot hotel 1 That much had bach hd told II him hi and ho lie hf verified this by asking the She had brought no baggage balage stat stat- ln A as she he she registered registered she had paid In advance for ro roher her room that room that her baggage and nd nd her maid would be along In an hour 01 orso r 0 The 1 night room rom clerk was wa not on duty but le he had told toki his Ills relief this much TRo bt To was not modern enough to have base floor clerks which accounted for Claires for ability to proceed unquestioned Jo to o loom room but but like alt all al hotels it I of pretty girls unattended pie Hence baggage n Miss 11 does s 6 Doris not aM arrive Marchant h on nn sched- sched hl had d en telephoned No o answer coming from r. r room rom a 1 clerk had gone up there un- un locked the lie door and ami found her gone And A porter had seen a a young oung lady answer- answer jg to to Miss description leave the hotel hotEl with Ith a gentleman genteman who anIn answered an- an ti to In the fh description unu n fl of Jacques unu n p Pelletier rho clerk winked at Herkomer Two I 0 of Tle em both em both without baggage changed baggage changed their minds about staying here That's all l. l Herkomer h heard ard the man but did not I heed ItEm him If Waring Varin had had a date hee hI I with a girl neither he nor lor the girl would l have hae gone to quite quie such roundabout methods fono o of keeping it Hotel parlors parlors- there here were a hundred semiprivate places where a couple ml might ht meet And accor accord fl tag fag to what the porter who had seen een the I couple leave had hd told the night clerk clerIc I Waring and the girl had loft left tho the thin ten tan minutes minute after the girl had I registered The girt girl gir then had come for Waring But why hadn't she he telephoned He Ire shrugged his hil shoulders That was unimportant The point was she he had I taken Waring away with wih her Where had fth abs Ih taken him l Kelcey elcey arrived as a Herkomer reached question Swiftly the commissioner queston told as what ho Ito had learned tod Well el theres there's a taxi tx starter suggested suggest suggest- ed cd the sergeant Herkomer nodded He lie le turned to the 4 deak k behind which now stood to the ma man man- agn of ot the hotel anxious for tor his hostelry's hostel hostel- ry's rys astr y reputation He lie mentioned his private vate vete e office f e and allowed I e him him- t tt t to be iea led there followed W e by Kelcey e there here was ws no necessity for taking the ger into his confidence and the tho Eiel missioner did not do so He Ue merely that he wished to learn where the two fleeting guests of tho the hotel had gone oe to The had bad a room in the te servants servants' quarter quater of the hotel hotel He Re came ce down do bristly as to beard and drilled as RS to eye but able and willing willingto to t tell tel what he knew of the departure of or Waring aring and the girl girl 7 They hey stepped Into a taxi like they was wasI In I a hurr hurry he said sid and the taxi went Sitt U U. That's all there was I al vas SOW you vou hear bear the address addren the they gave rhe Ae starter shook hok his head I dont don't 1 the they gave any The lady said sid thing h and t the gent e stuck his I head W r fn rn the 1119 door and d then t he climbed In the rest It of the way and the car started Win Wm Left Let Instructions before she he the hotel hotel That proves that it wasn't a date She Se came to get him mu tul d Herkomer aloud IU Who o drove dove the taxi Happen tappen to rec- rec Mm him asked Kelcey But t it was Herkomer 1 0 who caught the glint t In the te starters starter's eye Ie the te honest bluffness of his voice Tl to sir s some one was ws coming out r do door a guest sir air si and 1 I turned to toto Wp to ask ak if I h he wanted wante a taxi sir Mr Si V guest t eh You mean men a person 1 Ipat xu lives here here herek k yes Why er r nO yes no sir re fipo 9 y not sure queried Herkomer fh rOM same me kindly voice that n be had J hm he questioning tel kindly 11 as a the but butI z ted I a liar r. r why yes e sir I am sure It Ita a person that b lives lives here Hed He'd Heden hete here en dining t as 1 I t understood iI it he left through that i is nearest the reception Quite Ile a distance from the rca res- res t isn't It tt maybe mayb he b. was look In for a lady 4 40 4 I 1 know replied the starter w tone e was sulky now and a man manthe the truth would d h have had 0 no Tee rea- z sulkiness much did some Bre one Ofle give you yoo to story asked ase Herkomer f fl Ow much much say what dye think think think- I liar flar lr snapped Herkomer Out W It it now nw As Aa if I a starter tte wouldn't elt It It his bis bs business hume to know a guest Mt when be e And you Jou weren't 7 tw b. b Out e with U it i Authority works marvels marel The T ti taxi t- t could have blustered and ad bUKe A Ite even eve as a. Dan DD conk cle I i i de done Hut But behind Herkomer wai wa V majesty t of ot the law la with all al iti II a r. r mysterious tret threats elm eim Im I'm in a R hurry husry huy insisted HerAnd lice Her t And a as J had yielded l p M f n yielded I r didn't know there was any any- I kw r l I or- or A 1 I I I I I I We e wont won't bother with wih the excuses I please said Herkomer Well VeU the starter gulped it I was like Uke I said ald The lady and gent got into a ahod taxi hod only It only It wasn't the one that the lady had drove e up In and arId that shed she'd told to wait Just as she went into the hotel three wl men stepped out of ot a taxi that had followed steppe hers to the curb One of them spoke to the chauffeur that had driven the lad lady and handed banded him something lomeI some some- lome- lome thing and the chauffeur cranked up and drove off The other machine moved up upa I a Itte and the tho guy that had hd been with the chauffeur noticed me lookin on on wih kind of curious and he came caine up tome tome to tome me and he ht says las la's a little Ute Joke Starter r. r B Buy yourself ur a smoke o Anti And Is mighty unhealthy ea tl he s says And he slipped me twenty so so- so so And who was the first chauffeur Did you recognize him the him the one that drove droe the lady here I IThe The f starter was wal thoroughly cowed and I truthful truthful Yes sir he answered meek meek- Iy ly Ills His name was ma Monte meek meek-I sir Tha ts t's al all said The man manIff left Iff with wih a n sidelong gil glance nee at the hard face o of the manager Herkomer waited until the man had gone Then I 1 wouldn't discharge th the theman theman Jone man he ho said Twenty dollars dolar Is i a alot alot alot lot of mone money mone sometimes Tho The manager nodded Far lar be it from him hint to refuse a minor request from the commissioner reuse of police polee Herkomer turned to 10 Kelcey Anybody with lh you sou ou 1 Brought up a 1 couple of men sir the sergeant replied Well have havo them look up Jacques Pelletier Vel at the Anson There should hould be some for Waring's 8 taking that name and that address address Dubuque Find out Look up this Monte Find out where he picked up tho the girl I before bringing her here Yes sir And are you going to headquarters headquarters head head- I quarters sir Herkomer shook his head Im Im going to call on Sinsabaugh It J to me meI I cal that he may be able to give me mo some In in- in I formation He lie to the manager who had spoke le earshot I drawn apart beyond Its hardly necessary to tell tel you OU that what Js youve you've overheard this morning moring Isto is isto isto to be kept quiet I 1 have my hotel to think of sir was I the reply I 1 am not anxious for tor newspaper news news- nes- nes paper notoriety My guests are not the t I sort that I Quite Quie so agree agreed l. l Herkomer He lie HeI nodded an and so left the office orce with Kelcey A page laze passed lef by droning Tel I for Mr Mr on the phone Herkomer stopped the boy and verified hi his hearing The telephone was for him I He lie went to a booth wonderingly It I was Malcolm president of the third Seventy-third National bank and his voice was the I voice olce of a man In agony Herkomer r Thank h God I 1 had the H go d I damned ce devils devil's own time lm getting t your ou headquarters to tell tel m nid 5 where you OU were but now Herkomer heard a I gusty usty sigh of relief It was so different from what might have been blen I expected from the suave and debonair debonair debonair deb deb- Malcolm that he was shocked wrong he lie demanded You haven't seen a ticker Its It's Is I's hardly time for the papers to have It I though they ther will wl In a minute or two Have what The news of what's going on In Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet Val street in Boston In Philadelphia Philadelphia all al all over the country I What roared Herkomer The worst bear market In history Worse than when tho the great war broke ors out Everything being thrown overboard By God they're there crying the first extras now now It I means ruin ruin for the whole country Herkomer unless Pull Pul yourself together Malcolm adI advised advised ad ad- I Herkomer What can cn I 1 do Do You Tou can find Burton Conybear if I youre you're anything at all al of a commissioner commis cominis- 1 I I Find him So the cat was out of the bag already Why Why where where Is he I for you OU to find out But flut Ive I've heard that hes he's and if he Is I want to know It I for for my my God Herkomer he got over fifty millions out of my vaults this morning and and theres there's theres the lie biggest biggest biggest big big- gest panic on record And a banker I know out on Long island Just telephoned that hed he'd seen leen a letter leter written by Conybear Conybear Cony- Cony bear bar saying that he was wal and and He lie saw It cried Herkomer Well Wel he heard of It I and didn't take any nY stock In It I until a few minutes ago when he not got news of or the panic and and and- what are ae you going to do 10 Herkomer Im coming down to see you you you-at at once Iv kvas as Im the commissioners commissioner's reply And Inthe in inI inthe the meantime keep your mouth shut Strong language to use to a decent chap like Malcolm but necessary thought He lIe le told Kelcey Keley to report tb t him at headquarters as soon as possible and ran out to his car For the moment he forgot about Sinsabaugh CHAPTER HA XIV IV I I IA A policeman peremptorily stopped ler- ler komer at Twenty-third Twenty street I spose you think forty miles mies Is crawlin he asked Then his Jaw jaw dropped as he recognized the com com- missioner me Inc sir air he beganI began I I didn't know Jump In here Herkomer cut him short I dont don't want any other fools holding me up Not that you didn't dor do your duty he a added d hastily r as the l Of officer officer li r flushed 6 at the epithet I Its s all right Jump In Hereafter In nearsighted policemen not recognizing their chief and not granting him the right of way over all aU traffic would yield to the blue uniform of the traffic officer As for the crosstown corner corner cor cor- ner ncr whence Herkomer had dragged the guardian of the law well law wel lw-wel well Twenty-third Twenty street treet must look after Itself Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet Val street needed the commissioner more street needed a police than Tent Twenty third man But as Herkomer thought of Wall Vali Wallstreet's Val streets street's needs it occurred to him that headquarters should know his presence But he dismissed this idea Headquarters could watt wait He could coull tb do 10 nothing there as yet yet unless wal unless of course coune panic degenerated de degenerated de- de generated Into riot and even so his subordinates subordinate subordinates sub- sub j ordinates ordinate could cope with wih anything like I I tha that t He lie WS WIS in the financial district now his garbed blue companion was standing up In the machine hoarsely horsely bawling for forthe forthe or orthe the right of or way which was given Yet of the scores of or thousands on the streets and sidewalks hard hardly I one gave a glance toward the racing machine they were too to intent on their thoughts their fears to which newsboys gave gs shouting expression expression ex ex- ex- ex I Panle l on Wall Val street Panic on Wall Vall Wallstreet Val street I Stay by the car cr Herkomer comI commanded com corn Sty the officers as he drew up be before before be- be He lIe I fore the third Seventy National alighted and ran rail U up the steps to be met I |