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Show " v - - - - - . . . 1 i .:r . .. :r . . (?:,: t ::.n .t t. &. co. . t 1 t. t . ! ( :;: i- s c vi i - ! r " : ' t: i i.!..!: I... . . . . ; cf t.s cleil.s j . : ' ' ' d!scover tha r : t : r ; "AutomoUle X.o. U7," f ' (t "i c-fearei wl-vi a cri ' if T, ' .-T, : r. i,ur.!:y 1o'..-a c ' ; r t lirty-eeventij ftr-.t; t. .. $ al."rt , Vt"- Ire ti:'.:;n "lier rati.er I rotat'-y." he V o--t t himself, and ti.cn rc, t 1 t.u.e name, I.ilaa Lockwoc 1, everal tits. "I wonder won-der wfcat bef f.rst name Is." II Boon founi a social rc:' -ter at tr.e desk and looked-up I'r. Lockwood. "Ah, here It K" k i;ial-'l es-;rly. "'Lockwood, Mr. Etanley 1111. I'n. K. Si. Ny. ML ri. TF. Cy. fcc. Pnc. JU. II. '84, T. 67.' Cut where la iiary or Bu-san Bu-san or whatever they call his daughter?" daugh-ter?" The hotel cleric xplalne3 that Mr, Lockwood was tfce on of Gen. Lock-wood, Lock-wood, and a well-known young: man in oclety. "Then eh lan't Miss Lockwood after all," said Roland unconsciously. 'Tm afraid rot," replied th clerk with a smile. The Prlncs left th hotel and drove downtown. At the Empire bulldlngr he had no dlSculty in finding the office, but It was not so easy to secure se-cure admittance. After endurinr the Inspection of offlce-boys and clerks, he Anally reached Mr. Lockwood's outer office. "What !s the nature of your business, busi-ness, Mr. Scott V asked the secretary as he scrutinised the cardv "It Is well, It Is in retard to automobiles," auto-mobiles," the Prince replied, somewhat perplexed. He was not prepared for the question. - "I am very sorry to say that Mr. Lockwood has instructed mo not to admit ad-mit any more automobile agents. He really isn't in the market at presenL" ii ri i i. wm "::aii vn r-y--, r. r.?-v . i fit sta: I., o i Lat. Avsalt i ie et C-r our-. l:.'".rj on first steamer. L. -i vcy.. i." . 'Toor c 1 Ilarl!" lie smiled as tr.e r-:mr cf t'..a situation came to fci.n. "I wl.-h Mm Joy on his lonely Journey." As he left the bu".:;.-, he :-t rm lr.to a rr.an who 1 id t J 1 to I s Tat:. way cryir?, "Cab, t.rV" Ti.e c ij-ir.an ij-ir.an drew tati a few paces and lookei at i:olajii in astonlihmenL It is r.ot common f ir JYlncri to f f 1 arasried 1 e-fore e-fore cab drivers, tut lioland was far tli Instant f arrled. "You couldn't 'a' missed the bcaL sir," said the man. The cabman was evidently disturfcei over the wild ride he had taken for nothing. ' "You're not to blame," said the Prince apologetically. "You brought me here on time. You see I remembered some very important busings. You may take me back to the Waldorf.' After Roland had explained to the hotel clerk and a few chance acquaintances acquaint-ances that he had missed the boat for Europe, and stopped those of the trunks , which were to have followed on the next steamer, he started out aimlessly to find some trace of the unknown. Feeling . like a fool all the time, he yet found in himself a curious obstinacy, an inexplicable inexpli-cable persistence. The girl's face haunted haunt-ed him and -he felt he must see her again, lie pulled himself up and wondered won-dered what new sensation had possessed pos-sessed him. He had never before hesitated hesi-tated to follow the rational course when ca.-'Tiy vc;;U-'l c" 'i cr. as It ep-pvo.iO.ed ep-pvo.iO.ed 1 f.:t ti.i H-.r.-.s tickeninr. I e-;i f of c. ...t' t as It rolled i'fc.'L Two or three tiaras ha was sure t: t l.e saw t' e t' r red autoriobUe vMr'.:ri arour.J a Lend, fc'it lu eacn instance he -was vrorx. Throughout t norr'rj Hoiand wai.ted the streets of liew Yciic, lrrpotent and wretched. To be baf.ied Is to be expectant. The very elublvnets cf the tlrl made her fiof'.-atle. The charrln of a particularly fooish failure made him the more determined de-termined to succeed. Yet he could not endure hu own rldlculs, and la a mo ' ment cf derralr he engaged passage on the New York for the following day. Having settled the thlnx, he had peace for an hour or two. lie tried to laugh the matter off and sought diversion diver-sion in the cafe of the hctel. For a time he was almost happy. He would soon be back in Altenburg and the nameless beauty in New York would be forgotten. Then he overheard two men at the next table discussing automobiles automo-biles and the mania was again upon him. "Up to this moment," ho thought "I have only made a partial fool of myself, my-self, but to return home unsatisfied would be too complete a failure." He resolved to see the girl in spite of fate. If he should stop now, after letting let-ting von Meyer sail away alone, he would deserve to be a prisoner in Altenburg Alten-burg for tho rest of his days. Once more in his room, it suddenly cccurred to him that some oua might hftv rt.tlced the number of th automobile, automo-bile, and he wondered that he had not thought of it before. "Boy," he aid to thss, AaA ttrhn ea v ai tvafa tka sk 11 Y ana me secretary moved toward the door. "Take my card to Mr. Lockwood." said the Prince with an air of authority. author-ity. "I have business with him which I do not care to explain to any one else.". The tone of his voice was not to be questioned. It moved the secretary to courtesy. Without further, hesitation he showed him into the inner office where Mr. Lockwood was examining his mall. He was not more than 30, and sufficiently well-built, but the Prince did not like him. Ha was quite sure of that on the instanL His card was presented by the secretary secre-tary with a word or two of explanation. explana-tion. Lockwood looked up with a supercilious su-percilious expression, which faded a little lit-tle at sight of the stalwart figure with-in with-in the doorway. (To Be Continued.) lt became evident. But he finally gave up trying to Justify himself. After all, it was only a harmless adventure and he meant to enjoy 1L The big red automobile had disappeared disap-peared from Washington square, and inquiries failed to throw any light upon the Identity of the owner. A tour of the neighboring repair shops produced as small an effecL , It began to seem a hopeless quest, and after searching all 'the afternoon, .Roland returned dejected to the hotel, with a very poor opinion of himself. Yet there was some witchery witch-ery in the girl which he could not thake out of his mind.. He told hunaelt that she was no mora' beautiful than other whom he had seen in the West und South, and he wondered what there was in her smile that it should persist in she waa no more beautiful than others troublesome smiles easily enough. Doubtless tomorrow h- would forget this. In the evening he went to the opera and scanned the boxes with Ms glasses In. the faint, hope of finding the face that bothered him. He was disappointed, disappoint-ed, and returned to the hotel in a mood of QlscouragemenL Roland slept soundly that night, but he woke In the morning with the feeling feel-ing that something . was on his mind. When it came back into his consciousness conscious-ness he found that the night had not solved his difficulty. At breakfast be remembered the newspapers ar.d sent the waiter for copies of all of them. For two hours he delved among the columns unavalllngly. The inold-nt of the red automobile had escaped the reporters.' re-porters.' Then Roland said uncompll- mentary things about American Journ allsm. He fumed in hie native lan-guago lan-guago and, took a walk through the park. Not a carriage escaped him. He - " ".v. Ml... luv V.., A ..111 you to find me the cabman who took me to the boat the other day. He is stationed at Washington square. Ask for the driver who drove Mr. Scott on Saturday to the Deutschland'a pier." While the boy was away Roland tried to quiet himself with some magazines, but he could not keep his turbulent mind upon them. The excitement of the chase was too much for his boasted self-control. About half an hour had passed when there was a knock at the door and the cabman entered. "Ah," said the Prince. "I want to talk to you for a few minutes. Do you know the name of the owner of the automobile au-tomobile we saw the other day?" "No, sir," replied the man. "I supposed sup-posed the ladles were friends of yours. I thought you knew 'em all along." V'Well, I don'L but I want to. That is, I want to buy a machine like theirs. You don't happen to remember the make, do you, or the number?" "I don't know the make, but the number num-ber on the back was 917." "You are surer "Yes, sir." said the cabman, "I remember re-member it well." . "That is all, then. Thank you." And the Jehu bowed his way out, pocketing a crisp bUL When, he was gone, Roland felt a sense of relief thatvhe had not known since the search began. He at last held the key to the mystery. The rest would be easy. 0 7 .". . , ciiAPTia n ' "7 ' " 7 . 2rs. Stanley Lockwood. . The Prince awoke at daylight after a night of dreams. At first he had seemed 1 to be in a yawl, frantically trying to |
