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Show lf. tt J? ifciMr5M& . ' ' . 4 i ' w? . f Sk. J,, .U .I eepw '- ! N be did elaborately and with success, And forthwith Maitlands cigarette Hang case was produced, with a flourish. telling himself humorously; "What a beautiful case!" Of the expense! Maitland pays. In an instant it was in her hands. which fact the weight in bis pocket "Beautiful! she iterated, inspecting was assurance. Maitland. . . . Anlstys thoughts the delicate tracery of the monogram verged off upon an Interesting tan- engravers art head bended forward, hat. gent. What was Maitland's motive in face shaded by the "You like it? You would care to arranging this meeting? It was that the twain were of one own It?" Anisty demanded, unsteadily. world the girl and the man of fash"I? The inflection of doubtful ion. But, whatever, her right of herwas a delight to the ear. "Oh! t broad-brimme- self-evide- A t DOC Buildings Associated with Abraham Lincoln sup-pi!s- e ... itage, she had renounced it, declassing think of accepting. I couldn't herself by yielding to thievish In- . . . Besides, 'I have no use for it." "Of course you aint are not that stincts, voluntarily placing herself on the level of Anlsty. Where she must sort. An hour back be could have remain, for ever. kicked himself for the grammatical HE continuous growing ln- There was comfort in that reflection. bunder; now he was wholly illuded; terest In the personality He glanced up to find her eyes bent in besides, she didn't seem to notice. career of Abraham Linand gravity upon him. She, too, it ap- i'But as a little token between us coln has had Its result, a to fallen had reverie. prey peared, She drew back, pushing the case projects of comparatively An absorbing across the cloth; "I couldn't dream Upon what subject? recent inception for the one, doubtless, since it' held her abI if "But Insist? of the various buildings ' preservation stracted despite her companions diyou Insist? . . . Why, I sup- which have been most significantly rect, unequivocally admiring stare. of . . , its awfully good pose identified with the martyr president The odd light was flickering again in you. She flashed him a maddening and his public activities. The Lincoln the cracksman's glace. She was then glance. homestead of Springfield, 111., has been more beautiful than aught that ever "You do me pro honor, he amendIn the past and is he had dreamed of. Such hair as was ed, hastily. Then, daringly; 1 dont carefully preserved to even receive care In the greater hers, woven seemingly of dull flames, ask much In exchange, only" future and latterly there has been inlambent, witching! And eyes beautishe "A suggested, cigarette?" augurated the movement to make a ful always, but never more so than at hastily. national park of the historic old great this moment, when filled with sweetly and diverted. He laughed, pleased farm In Kentucky where Lincoln was . . . Was pensive contemplation. "Thatll be enough now If youll light bora and where his boyhood was she reviewing the last 24 hours, dream- It for me. spent This involves the preservation ing of what had passed between her She glanced dubiously round the now of the log cabin in which Lincoln was Maitland? If and that silly fool, only almost deserted room; and a waiter and which Is,- - In a sense, the Anlsty could surmise what, they bad started forward as If animated by a born most Interesting of all the buildings said to each other, how long they had spring. Anlsty motioned him Imperi- associated with Lincoln. xc . --If an appearance unaltered from that of the period when Lincoln was a regular attendant there. The picturesque red brick church which might fittingly be called the had Important church of presidents ere Lincoln historical associations became a member, but It was the war president who supplied a yet deeper significance to Its traditions. The church was founded in 1803 and In the early days John Quincy Adams saved It from bankruptcy by advancing to the congregation the sum of 2,000. Other -- presidents who attended this church were Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson President Jackson, however, severed relations with the congregation In a huff as the result of a controversy relative to the famous Peggy ONeal who upset things generally at the national capital about that time. The dashing Peggy was a member of the church at the time, but the pastor was antagonistic to her and refused to recog-- , nlze her, whereat her champion Old Hickory left the church and never went back. The pew occupied by Abraham Lin coin and his family during the yean he served as president Is still reverently preserved at the New York Aven ue church. It is located on the middle aisle and well toward the front of if only she would no Go on, he coaxed; ously back. However,, these landmarks of LinAnd watched, flattered, one can see. career are few Indeed compared colns . a that extracted slim white the fingers to similar mementoes of our other the match from the stand and drew It Houses which hero president. great of down surface the prepared swiftly as military used Washington George the box, holding the flickering flame or . In which he lived, headquarters to the end of a white tube whose tip tarried over night, danced or visited lay between lips curved, scarlet, and are to be found In a number of differpouting. ent states, but only Illinois, Kentucky A pale wraith of smoke , There! and the District of Columbia have nofloated away on the air, table buildings associated with the and Anisty was vaguely conscious of and life of the civil war personality from receiving the glowing cigarette The explanation Is found, president. a hand whose sheer perfection was but appeared two hands, long, supple, enhanced by the ripe curves of a strong, Immaculately white, graceful rounded forearm. . . . He inhaled and dexterous, as delicate of contour deeply, with satisfaction. as a woman's, yet lacking nothing of Undetected by him, the girl swiftly masculine vigor and modeling; hands a furtive handkerchief across passed A Detective, In Point of Fact, He. Said that wavered against the blackness, her lips. When he looked again she fumbling with the shining nickeled was smiling and the golden case had disk of a combination lock. , . . disappeared. The impression had been and re- . , She shook her head at him In mock mained one extraordinarily vivid. Bold man! she called him; Could her eyes have deceived her so? reproval. but the crudity of it was lost upon him, '."Thoughtful?" as she had believed it would be. The She nodded alertly, instantaneously moment had come for vigorous meas-ureamistress of self; and let her. gaze, she felt, guile having paved the serious yet half smiling, linger upon way. hia (the exact fractional shade of an toWhy do you call me that? st aht longer than had been, perhaps, To appear so openly running' the discreet. Then lashes drooped long of the detectives. , gauntlet tip ah' her' cheeks, and her color deepstartled. rEh? ened tail hut imperceptibly. - . ,0f course you saw, she Insisted, j, AhA man's breath halted, t&en came W : 'Saw t ; isro.r saw what? ATraStpiore. rapidly than before, He f , "Why. I am mis perhaps BAAt forward Impulsively. . . . The taken, but I thought you knew and girl sighed, ever so gently. Unrated to your likeness to Mr. Maitwas thoughtful. . . . Its all land. coevewwrieor-w- e eoeea -wiiwiLL co. so ktrange, you know. Anlsty frowned, collecting himself, HlS attitude was an eager question. bewildered. "What are SYNOPSIS. level and be himself, Dan Anlsty, you driving at, taean our meeting that way, last Handsome Dan, the professional, the anyhow? he demanded, roughly. moShe held his "Mad" Dan Maitland, on reaching hia fit mate for the girl. gase again, night New York Avenue Praabytarlan Church, Washington. "Didnt you see the detectives? I Hew York bachelor club, met an attracWhat was she saying? mentarily, and tive young woman at the door: Janitor should have thought your man would "Damn the waiter! quoth savagely have O' Hagan aaeured him no one had been "But you have lunched already! warned you. I noticed four lott- no doubt. In the fact that Lincoln waa the church, and bears a sliver plate within that day. Dan discovered a wom- with an Mr.' Anlsty to his inner man, sitting . pout. appealing on his desk, an's Anger prints In dust round the entrance, as I came in, neither a soldier who campaigned Inscribed with the name of Abraham back to facilitate the service of their ing no! he protested, earnestover a wide range of territory nor n Lincoln and the years of hls occualong with a letter from his attorney. Indeed, feared and Maitland dined with Bannerman, his at- ly. "I was meal conceive early eagerwealthy man who could afford the lux- pancy. The church has been refurmy out set Dan to for Greenfields, torney. "Why didnt you tell me, then? The girl placated him with an Insignished since Lincoln's time but this get his family Jewels. During his walk ness! and by 111 chance a friend of "I have just told you the reason. I ury of several homes. to the country seat, he met the young woman In gray, whom he had seen leav- mine insisted upon lunching with me. nificant remark which led both into a supposed you were In your disguise. Although the Mississippi valley historic pew was left undisturbed and maze of meaningless but infinitely distru-cureis distinctively and coning his bachelors' club. Her auto had I had only a cup of coffee and a roll. Thats go. The alarmed expres- holds the two most Important lifes spicuous broken down. He fixed it. By a ruse she He motioned to the' waiter, amid the modern appointIdentified with the early calling verting Inconsequences; diverting, at sion. gradually faded, although he re"lost" him. Maitland, on reaching home, ments of the church's stately Interior. least, to Anlsty, who held up his head, surprised lady In gray, oracking the safe him "Walter!" rather than "Oarcon! I sure am Maitland of Lincoln It is at the national capitroubled. She, apparently, containing his gams. Maitgiving her back look for look, jest for mained that intuitively we find the most Interesting The pew is readily recognizable from understanding tal that n took him for a satisto with the crook, Daniel continued he life," aired his jest, platitude for platitude (when the Maitland opened land would never have Aniety. group of buildings associated with hls all parts of the large edifices by rea-so- n r his safe, took therefrom the Jewels, and French In a public place, and that waiter was within hearing distance); faction. "Even the of the fact that It has a black, notable career as president of the gave them to her, first forming a part' he could not afford the And of course," she insinuated, delileast slip be- altogether, he felt, acquitting himself United States. The White House has walnut finish suggestive of mourning nershlp In crime. The real Dan Anlsty, cately, you have disposed of the been changed very materially since whereas all the other pews have the sought by police of the world, appeared fore a woman as keen as this. very creditably. on tne same mission. Maitland overcame As for the girl, in the course of the loot?" "Lay a clean cloth and bring the him. He met the girl outside the house the days of the Lincoln administra- contrasting golden oak finish. He shook his head gloomily. "No and they sped on to New York In her au- bill of fare, he demanded, tempering next half or s an of hour As has been mentioned above Fords tion, but most of the other buildings to. He had the Jewels and she promised as yet. around which cluster memories of this theater yet stands, a fitting monument to meet him that day. Maitland received his lordly Instincts and 'adding the she demonstrated herself conclusively time, You dont remarkable man remain Her dismay was evident. a "Mr. Snaith. Introducing himself as a "please that men of Maitland's stamp a person of amazing resource, dey jusf to the last tragic chapter of Abraham detective. To shield the girl In gray, useAo inferiors. as they were in the stormy days of the Lincolns life. The building Is no veloping with admirable ingenuity a mean to say Maitland, about to show him the Jew"In my pocket. "A friend! els, supposedly lost, was felled by a blow early 60s.- Several of these struc- longer used as a playhouse and the tardily echoed the girl campaign planned on the spur of a from "Snalths" cane. The latter proved when the servant She "Oh! to the public. interior glanced stealthily tures are was gone. chance observation. The gentle manto be Anlsty himself and he secured the hap undergone extensive alterIn your pocket!" she whis- Every visitor to Washington has ations, but the exterior presents He laughed lightly, determined to nered and gems. Anlsty, who was Maitlands douwas aiound. crook pracble. masqueraded as the latter. The bo frank. "A And and If they stopped pointed out ' to him. Fords theater detective, iu point of taken captive before he realized It, pered. criminal kept Maitland's engagement with tically the same appearance that It " . you the girl In gray. fact, said he. And he enjoyed her sur- however willing he may have been. did on the night of that fateful 14th "I am Maitland. Enmeshed in a hundred uncompreof April. After the assassination of prise. CHAPTER VII. Continued.' "But: If they insisted on searching You have many such?" hended subtleties, he basked, purring, Lincoln, Fords theater was closed with It was very plain to a deductive She was round-eyeFor convenience one tries- to have the while she insinuated herself be- you. . . by order of the federal authorities and reasoner from the girls attitude to- one In each city, neath his guard and stripped him of apprehension. ' in 1866 - the government purchased ward him that she had fallen Into reHer perturbation was "Thats so! "And this? his entire armament of cunning, vigthe building. It was remodeled and lations of uncommon friendliness with "Oh, I have him fixed, all right. He ilance, Invention, suspicion, and dis- infectious. His Jaw dropped. adapted to the uses of the record and this Maitland, young as Anlsty be- confided to me all the latest develop- trust. "They would find the Jewels known pension division of the war departlieved their acquaintance to be. There ments and official Intentions with rement. While serving such purpose He relinquished them without a to be stolen Lad plainly been a flirtation where- gard to the Maitland arrest." "By God! he cried, savagely. it was on June 9, 1893, the scene of sigh, barely conscious of the spoliain lay the explanation of Maitland's "Dan! . Her eyes danced. Tell me! she tion. After all, she was of his trade, a second memorable tragedy. A col. "1 I beg your pardon. But . . forbearance; he had been fascinated demanded. Imperious; the emphasis of herself mired with guilt; she would lapse of the floors occurred and many by the' woman, had not hesitated to Intimacy Irresistible as she bent for- never dare betray him, the conse- what aln I to do? You are sure ? a. 1 'Vvfu j..1 y'ST government clerks were killed out take Anistya name (even as Anlsty ward, forearms on the cloth, slim quences to herself would be so dire McClusky himself Is on the nearest v. right or seriously injured. However, was then taking his) In order to pro- white hands clasped with tense imH i V"$v w the catastrophe did not carry down almost too much corner!" Besides, patently long their intimacy. "Phew! he whistled; and stared at to ruin that most significant memento, patience, eyes seeking his. so she admired him. He was her So much the better. Turn about course Maitland hero. Had she not more than hinted her, searchingly, through a lengthenWhy ' . . proscenium pillar next to which wag still fair play. Maitland had sown escaped. President Lincoln sat when he was that such was the that his ex ing pause. as Anisty; the real Anlsty would reap said she at length. No! "Dan . . . killed. This support has been preample, his exploits, had fired her to the harvest. Pretty women interested Fact. Scared the butler luto Yes?" served in place, properly marked, all emulation however weakly feminine? him deeply, though he saw little enough "There is a way." him; then, In a fit of pardonthese years. He saw her before him, dainty, of them, partly through motives- - of able rage, knocked that fool down and "Go on. him alluring, yet yielding, leading prudence, partly because of a refine- dashed out of the window presumLincoln Took Her to the Clrcue. "Last night, Dan she raised het desirable. And so long had t) ment of taste; women of the class of ably In pursuit of us. Up to a late 1 his "last to There died near Danville, 111., renight, eyes glorious starved for affection! this conquest-by-proxwere out of hour he hadn't returned, and police he, Anisty, I woman who, in her younger a you. trusted cently be am sure must "I a for you dying reach of the enemy of society. That opinion Is divided as to whether Malt n His face hardened ever so slightly; days, learned to love Abraham smoke." Is, under ordinary circumstances. This land arrested Anlsty, and Anlsty got took thought the tense as a father, and who met in a he when yet He awoke "Beg pardon!" abruptly, lines one, on the contrary, was not; what- away, or vice versa. most peculiar manner. He saw her about hiseyes and mouth softever she was or had been, however She clasped her hands to Hud himself twirling the sharp-rbbe- ened. And she drew a deep breath, Ptwtoeoprrlgbt by Wbldoo Vtwoutt. "Excellent! crying one day because she could not of stem his empty glass. successful a crackswoman she might noiselessly, a gay little gesture. won. all but a circus in that city. He had she attend that of Lincolns Church, knowing Interior he stared into this, as be, her cultivation and breeding were So, whatever the outcome, one thing took her by the hand and "I trusted you, she continued softpromptly a there clue to what though seeking as as apparent her beauty; and quite is certain: Higgins will presently be what that means? where Lincoln was struck down by together they walked to Danville and know "Do ly you had been about. talking they Hazily as attractive. Beeking another berth." the hand of the assassin, and the saw the show. he understood that ,they had been I trusted you. A criminal is necessarily first a gam-bieShe lifted her brows prettily. CONTINUED.) BE The woman wad'Mrs. Anna Pierce. (TO brick house opposite to which plain close the upon shoals drifting perilous a votary of Chance; and the with the rising inflection. man was and removed She lived on a farm in her younger wounded the of intimate personalities. What had blind goddess had always been very "The butler. Didnt you hear?" New Illuminating System. where he died. However, there are days, and the family had but little What he told had he her? not? kind to Mr. Anisty, He felt that here Eyes wondering, sue moved her head A new system of illumination is of- other buildings yet more Interesting money. Circuses were not every-daNo matter. It was clearly to be seen again she was favoring him. Maitland slowly from side to side. "Hear what? fered by the discovery of Prof. Blau In some respects which are almost un- occurrences, and when one came to he had eliminated from this girl's life; list her regard for him had waxed of Germany, which Is a liquid Illum- known to sight-seer"I fancied that you had waited the city the family eupply of cash had Maitland had failed to keep his en- moment on the veranda," he finessed. rather than waned as a result of their inating gas to be delivered at the la Lincolns been exhausted. The little girl sat on these One among had conversation. but Prominent to look was I gagement, and so would never again too "Oh, quite frightened. houses of customers at regular periods the front doorstep and was bemoanbe called upon to play the part of He took this for a complete denial. Into her eyes to be reassured as to in much the same manner as coal oil church. A large portion of the public had the impression that ing her disappointment when Lincoln, burglar with her Interest for incentive Better and better! He had actually that. One dtd look, breathing heavily. and other commodities are delivered at has always was hot much of a church walking down the middle of the road, Lincoln and guerdon. Anisty himself could feared she had eavesdropped, how- . . , What an Ingenuous child it the present time. A cylinas was hls wont, saw her in her sad take up where Maitland hadleft off. ever warrantably; and Maitland's was, to show him her heart so freelv! der of gas Is sufficient to supply a goer and Indeed the edifice known as Avenue Presbyterian plight. York New the Easily enough. The difficulties were authoritative way with the servants He wondered that this should be bo, power light for four months Get on your new dress and 1 will Insignificant; he had only to play up had been too convincingly natural to fading It none the less a just and if used four hours a day. The means church In Washington Is the only ' take you. he said, and while she of associated to worship intimately to Maitlands standardfor a while, to have deceived a woman of her keen g. aceful tribute his fascinations. of connection between the burner and place clothes on the her he sat This old church changed be Maitland with all that gentleman's wits. stately She repeated her arch query. She the reservoir is through a fine tube with Lincoln. and front a with less small step than three blocks played stands which educational advantages, and social, There followed a lull while Anisty was sure be wanted to smoke. no thicker than an electric light wire brother of the girl. then gradually drop back to hia own was ordering the luncheon; something trom the White House presents Indeed he did If she would permit ? and just as flexible. been acquainted; give him a hint, a leading word! If he could have read her mind, have seen behind the film of thought that clouded her eyes, one fears Mr. Anlsty might have lost appetite for an excellent luncheon. For Bhe was studying his hands, her memory harking back to the moment when she had stood beside the safe, holding the bulls-dye- . In the blackness of that hour a disk of light shone out luridly against the tapestry of memory. 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