Show D WIL D By Harold M Mac MacGrath Grat r Copyright 1013 the tho Bobbs Bob Company SYNOPSIS rho The Inter t of ot Forbes Illustrator of ot t. t popular love lovo tortes la 18 aroused by br a a. l eau eau- young woman who passes hi his hI studio window She seems a new DeW typo and a aJio all as Jio lie Is h searching tor for a R. model ho Ito resolves to to follow Collow her and get set acquainted Just Jast HB as he decides decide to do so 10 o a n telephone call cull cornea comes and nd his friend Jillson In Ilo him to a poker party where deuc deuces 3 will bo be wild JI Ii accepts accept C but when hen he has Ping nn- vi talking bikIng the tho opportunity to follow Ihn th girl has son gone Ho Ile r rude d an un account SiC In tie the evening paper of or tl the ta operation operations of ot a 1 gentleman burglar whom wort orl has mystified tho ho po ro lice tko flo 31 o lea for tor tho the Dryden apart- apart m where his hili trl friend lives U and re- re solves Olves to surprise them at ut the card game same Hu rashes fusheR into the door of or an apartment 11 1 t on n the tho 1 floor and look Into the th muzzle of or a revolver rc held b by y a n masked i tuft man In e clothes This ThLe was waB at Sp S P. P m. m ln In n the meantime me An nn elderly l rich m man n and I his beautiful daughter r are making their l wa way to an office where here they have b teen been n asked d to meet mett someone R Kt et t 9 ti t t The o appointment IH la rot not kept and tho they learn It IL watt wan n fake They return to their V i. apartments In tho the Dryden undo und opening A 1 th j door find and th the ln living Jiving room Bafo had Leen L n opened and an antique Lox box containing letters lettera wn was ml mla mla- but buta I fK a Valuable bre Oriental ruby and 15 In 11 rai h overlooked NOW GO ON WITH THE TIlE STORY STORY- A few blocks over o tho the way D in a L dark and cavernous ca studio tu io a lonesome dachel was S baying at nt tho intermittent ting tine ling ling ling-ing ing n of ot tho the telephone Across the city eity thoro there stood a a. series of apartments which had bad never na been fashionable though many of the tho iu iu- habitants put up brave pretense for such reo recognition wherein herein the real estate agents reaped sundry profits By Byom some om the indifferent principally they were called caned flats In ono of these comfortably com Portably appointed with a n few really good r rugs gs on the floors and furniture which was has neither acrobatic nor offensive of of- c there lived a woman Sh Shwas Sho e was young youn and aud pretty prett in a faded wa nay ivay She was preparing for bed d and as she let lot down her hair the tho m many ny gra ray gray y threads cau caused cd a pucker er to come coma between behre be be- tween n her yes ores Her lIer expression was has placid but i it was the placidity of the tho crushed bpd and the beaten n not o 0 of tho resi re re- si signed wed From a brick house bouse in in iD another quarter quartel quarter ter tel of the tho town a quarter which had fallen under tho two edict of mobile fashion fashion fashion fash fash- ion along about war time a man stepped forth noi noiselessly and dis dis- I appeared into the ni night ht bc became ame a shadow amen among shadows IV A Pago rom Prom In the meantime Forbes was has invited by hy tho the burglar to come cowe in and Mt sit down Ho He entered the room thor thur- hypnotized Sit Sit t down own in in that chair there theft went sent on the th man in tho the mask indicating ing a fine fino Sheraton e that Forbes should give o i any particular attention attention at at- to t thu e make mako of oJ a chair Theros a good chap como come hoarse I ly I should hould hate Irate to give c j YOU ou r r. r crack I on tho the hea head If you keep per quiet an and do as youre you're told 1 shan shant t t ho bo forced to hurt you ou Now ow listen Jiten carefully Take Taku out your hand bani kerchief Top pocket overcoat o if you lease Now tie tic it over o your mouth That's tho the way Forbes was by no means a coward but bit tho the unexpectedness of the encounter encounter ter stunned him Ho He forgot that h he had over wanted anted to be an amateur d de do The Tho burglar rose roo to hi his fc feet fed t with astonishing 3 agility Foree orb watched hatched him under a malevolent en n fin IIo saw the man whir whip down from the tho wall a a. rare corn old priest s 8 stole stole- Put your our hands behind behin tho chair chai r and hold them there Tho automatics automatic's tho quickest thin thing in tho the world A moment later Into Forbes felt lt the rough cd edges ei of tho the stole tolo sink into his wrists The ends went in and out o otho of f tho spindles and the tho knot came un under unde er r his elbows Next tho the ban handkerchief was given a n precautionary twist Th The e embroider embroidery on the lowboy low was wa es s also forced into service c. c This l his ankles to the legs of at tho the chair Dont know what you OU came mo in for for you vou opened tho the door without knocking Never mind The burglar bur bur- filar glar slipped tho the pistol into into a pocket Now t ow dont don't worn worry orl Perhaps sometime before midnight tho the poop people o who live lire hero will como come to Your a assistance Then tho the ro rogue o Knelt before the safe safea again a ain and took out an nn exquisite Flor for Florentine entine jewel box He lie did not bother to try the tho lock lIe He was has evidently 6 pressed for Cor time Ito IIo simply wrapped it up in a newspaper tied it severely se with a string he be found in a 1 work basket bas bas- baket basket ket picked up his tools his hat bat and coat an and paused for a n moment on the threshold Forbes could see the sparkle sparkle spar spar- kle klo of his eyes cres through h tho the holes holos inthe in tho the mask Ho lie also saw that there thero wa was wasa aa a slight ht gash ash across the tho knuckles of the mans man's left hand h U Sorry to leave lenyo you vou on in this fix I IThe The man bowed briefly and wont went w nt out Forbes heard the j snap nap of tho the t button In Instantly ho lie W was S in tots total darkness Then bo ho heard the tho click of the bolt He lie was as now locked in Presently Pr Pres Presently his brain resumed its functions functions- he ho be began au to think in little sparks o of or thou thought ht as 15 if permitting electric fluid to enter a u wire by degrees jerkily For tho the last ten minutes ho ha had been as completely hypnotized as if ho he had been staring for hours ours into a Swamis Swami's crystal His first coherent thought I was one of ot those best left unspoken He lie had hail entered picturing in his l mind a n familiar scene six familiar faces and this instead l It would h have ve hypnotized any one A blockhead A sheep To havo have allowed allowed al ale lowed himself himsel to be trussed up this way without a single struggle without with with- without out a word A A. fine detective el He lie strained at his hia t hands and then thon at his ankles 8 but Lut desisted when tho the chair threatened to topple o over or r On tho the floor ho he would bo absolutely helpless So he ho sat thero in the dark mouthing at nt his handkerchief and trying to got go his teeth into it The Tho man had a freshly skinned knuckle Ho He would remember that when tho the police came Ho lio would never no bo ho able to re recall ll tho the voice so effectually ally muffled behind tho the curtain of the them m mask mash sk In o evening dress too and wore it to the manner born here in little old oM Now And then it camo came upon him with tho the of sunrise sun sun- rise rise Tho The mysterious bur burglar l r of the newspapers Ho lie recollected son some of tho the drawings s ho ha had made of heroes in durance vile ironically recollected them alan along with the balderdash the they were supposed to illustrate Why ha hadn't nt he be flung himself over backward I while tho ho fellow was tying trin his hands to together r Ho lIo was has no infant ho was athletic strong strone as 31 the average O m man n a of his height ht and aad weight ht Ho no might havo have got ot of tho under hand Oh rot It t was all nIl vcr very well oil to think of ot the things to do when hen it was too late latee Any battle battlo could be won if Jt you Oll fought it backward Ho He bo began n to swear n again ain guttural sounds which started in iu his throat and ended ba in his hi nose noso Dash the door boy to have bavo YO given him the tho wrong floor Somewhere Somo up above or down below they were waiting for him the cards were wera purring tho the chips clicking musicale musically a against one another Deuces wild If U you ou held a 3 king kini and mcl queen of nn any suit to together ether with three deuces you could call it four queens or four Kings kins or a royal just juet as you pleased Open on anything no wear weary waiting for jacks or bettor something doing every minute It never nc occurred to him that the thc bur burglar Jar had already saved ed him about 50 O And Anti when the occupants of ot this room returned they would ouId doubtless and with reason reMon hand band him o over or r to the police and tho the deuce wild indeed would bo be to pa pay pay- Moreover oreon he ho woul never hear bear the last Inn of it He Ile who h ha never t r loft left himself open to r would be the laughing stock tock of oC th town Numbness crept into his arms arias and andlen legs n 1 Ho no could auld not shift ebitt the b andker- andker handkerchief chief a n solitary inch not a 1 fraction of ot an nn inch Occasionally lie lH heard I sounds tho the lift door closing Jo n some owe one I going cp up or down the stairs stair the rattle j of a CIC elevated d train tho the hook honk o of f I an auto Ruto horn in tho tha street l below olow Beautiful situation for J J. J Mortimer t I l Forbes famous Illustrator Hour flours nn sus j C I Il hours and hours hour va passed soo 1 at t l least eo ro it to him Of course c it was jut I his bis lack luck to driko a place where the f i people kept un hours hour lIe He would not b bo be able to work nork for day a- a The fhe RO ol t I thread of the stole cut cat like a If ranor edge d c. c The b beggar might have hn JEt left the tbt th lights on so ao that he rooM could have bae found some OlDe amusement in staring at tho the fur for furnishings S and ond speculating ss as to tW the UI taste of ot tho the absent aura But Dut to sit Mt l I in Jn pare darkness for lor the blinds wren wee down clown i his hi nerves all from rom his lis listening toning and waiting hi Ms lungs nn u hinR for t the c want of a cJ deep I it breath breath Jt wa trot at all 11 might unpleasant tin pica Mint Thank vent heaven Some rue cue trac tarn tar in ing a Q key in tho too lock leek The They lull ball sours t at last lad He Ile found bims a blinking blinkin into iAlo the Ji ht Over Oyer the tile threshold d came camo an as elderly an n n and a n ayoung young oun woman omD om D. D Good Goal tl heavens dad she li 7 1 woman t. t For Forbes boa said Nud nothing bet bis JAb e errs s threatened to fall out of his bis head For Forthe Forthe Forthe the young woman was DS no l less s a 1 pcr person on than she of tho the copper beech hair r and her face faco was as IS sa sad all and beautiful as Bellini's Bellinis 5 Madonna in that rickety old oM church bv by the side of that smelly melly old canal in S To be continued 11 tomorrow |