| Show AM 00 0 PICTURES 8 ha by ff SYNOPSIS zw mail balork dan Malt lanil on reaching his hl jew york bachelor club met an live younk young wornall at the door janitor ondein Oni Olla ein aan as assured ared him no one had been within lra that da daiy diy lan don discovered discover ei a worn vom alks inner p prenta rrth in dust on his de ic I 1 dinjer lions with w th a L letter from rom tits hla attorney attorn P dined with lian nerman ills husat at hornen dan set net out for to ta ret iret his family jewels during lita walk to the country auntry beat li 11 met tho the young woman in krny gray whom he hail had vm v m leav trig iw tits liin out club HIT allt r auto hail had broken flown down lie ile fixed it by a ruse rung sho lost lol blin maitland Malt lanil on reath ronchi linc mc home lady in gray cracking the safo ta ining til chis gems slie bhe apparently took hlin him for a well known crook daniel nesty aalf opened his safe afe the jewels and vave tave thoin to her ort forming a part ners nera h p in crime the real dan A liaty dojk by police of it the world in the same mission ahalt and 0 overcame ove roami hip him I 1 lie ile met tile the girl outside the bouse wi ind clity sped on to new york vork in her noco fo IB I 1 fe anil hr tile ewels and bho m lie cromlie pr P nav aed 0 unok him that adny maitland Malt and land r received ez t pd x sir mr ananth introducing himself aa a to 70 the girl iti in gravo brav nattland latt land about to chow hirn tile lewla lewis W lot lost feild by it ft blow 90 I 1 rom dinuth cane the latter proad 0 bi anasty himself ant and ha ba tile e anis ania anistor ahu vil yas was tift blands nuble 1 u ua as tile latter the apt Maltin maltinos ds engagement with hn am girl tarl in gray llo ho bine her tho the terns gems after failing in love lit at ilist lekht thy svere to t avla and divide miltilde the not loot malt land revive anil and missing hla his engagement CHAPTER vill VIII continued very good sor son the janitor eniet had bad previous experiences with anhalt lands generosity in grateful o memory omory rn and shut his upa illis tightly in of reticence you wont regret it now tell me ine what Y you ou mean ilean by saying that yon yoi saw pw mo me go out at ono one this afternoon I 1 again the lood flood gates gatea wore lifton from tho the of explanations and protestations Slit land ext n isted tho the general crift of narrative and in the end beld up his hand tor for silence alle ce 1 I think I 1 understand now you any aay ho he hud bud changed to bly gray sulf darted into the tle bedroom lie he emerged with cl 1 I his state statement went I 1 I 1 gone sor or nn an 1 all l right nut dut with it i rueful smile anille ill tako tho the liberty of countermand ing mr order it J ho he should call again Ol ohagan lagan I 1 I 1 ver bertuch very much tuch want to so se blin i falth faith and a it d tl mesili will have a w or two to whisper whis cr inthe ear av v win sor bor announced ohagan almly im afraid the appo opportunity unity will be lac you may feinle flin le a hot tot bath now Ol donagan On agan lagan and put out my evenna ing clothes ill IH dinolt dino at tho the club to algat and m may y not bot bi brek and rising maitland Malt land approached a mirror before which he lingered for beveral tul catalo cataloguing guing hla his in lurks taken altogether together Dl they to little the ot at his wrists and ankles waa w i is sun s trac ra dually luilly there thera was wasa a slight il baht jojne rc a the 0 h liti rg uth wd a shadow of nt discoloration discolor atlon on hl hi ed trig that could b be concealed by brushing his hair hail la a anew way 1 I think I 1 shall do concluded conclude conc lud cd malt land 10 nd theres heros nothing to excite particular comment the but bun of the sore noes Is inside seven p m time 0 sald the short and thick thickset set man casually addressing no ho one in fit particular ile he shut the lid ild of his watch with a snap and returned tho the timepiece to his waistcoat pocket simultaneously he be surveyed both sides of 0 the short abort block between seventh and st nicholas 01 as avenues with one co e asive glance presumably lie he saw nothing of interest to him it was not a particularly interesting block for that matter though somewhat typical of the neighborhood bo the north side was lined with five story atory hat flat buildings their dingy rod red brick facades regularly broken by equally dingy brownstone stoops as to the ground hoor floor by open windows ns as to those above ah the e south side was mostly taken up ill by a towering white apartment hotel with an ostentatious orientations entrance ent ranco against one of whose polished tone stone pillars the short and thickset thick set sot man was lounging the sidewalks north and south swarmed with children of assorted agy ages playing with the ferocious en or argy characteristic of tho the young of harlem their bloodcurdling blood curdling cries and premature fourth of july fireworks ks created an appalling din to which he lic waver wever tho the more inore rn mature attire denizens huil had become callous through lone endurance beyond the party colored lights of 0 a drug store window on an seventh avenue the cAer arcs were costing casting a sickly radiance upon the bioty leaves of 0 the tree lined drive tile the avenue itself vas wn s crowded with motor cars and horto drawn pleasure vehicles mostly bound uptown Own their occupants seeking the cooler alra and nd wider spaces to be ba found beyond the harlem liver and along tile tho speedway A few blocks to alo west Cath cathedral idral heights bulked like a great wall wrapped lu in purple shadows aws its jagged contour stark against nn ven in sky of alivo old rose the short and aad thick net met body however h seem d tol ave ya ato particular ap pre clation oil of tho the A f baturo as n exhibited by west est quo one hundred and eighteenth street on a summers evening it lie could apparently have bavo desired a cooling breze breeze torn for after a 1110 MOnt tB a doubtful timi alou he unbuttoned unbutton ad hla his WRIst waistcoat cOat and heaved a sigh ot of relief thun carefully obit omitting ting tte the wit butt of a dead cigar one clie corner ot of hit hi ott mouth to the ol 01 her whre wh ife it was wag at al most hidden by the ting ot of his bis black a ml draw iti tawn 0 over ver his eye the brim of at a ril u 1 Y p u law lin bo I ruit fin hand litti into th tho po 4 I 1 eta e a of ills his shabby trousers rs and loun annh me tl polished millir cill ir c dell ea mor energetically eti caily than before it t that were iZZ possible Ible an unromantic apathetic figure fitting so naturally into hla his sur roun soundings dings as aa to demand no second look oven even from rom the most yet one seeming to possess a magnetic attraction for or the eyes ot of tho the callboy of tu UA 6 apar apartment truent hotel who acquainted by and hearsay with the stout gen clemans tl emans identity and calling bent upon him a steadfast stead ft and adoring regard as well as aa for the policeman W who 0 lorded corded it on the st nicholas ave niia orner corner in fro front i nt of the real estate ollic oclee and who from time to time shifted bla contemplation from the in unite bilte spaces ot of tho the heavens the better to exchange a furtive nod with the idler in the hotel doorway I 1 presently at no great lapse laps ot of time loer after the short and thickset thick set man had bad stowed away hI hta swatch watch out ont ot of tho the thronged thron ged sidewalks of seventh avenue i man appeared walking west on the orth side of 0 the street and reviewing carelessly the numbers on the Il lumin aled fanlights fan lights a tall man mail dressed all in fit gray and swinging a thin walking stick the th short thickset thick set person assumed a mien of more intense abstraction on than ever the tall nian man in gray paused indefinitely indell before the brownstone brown sEone stoop 0 t the house numbered 1 20 then sprung swung up tip the th estepa steps and into the vestibule hero he be halted baited bending over to scrutinize the names on oil the letter boxes the short thickset thick set sot man reluctantly dot detached ached himself from his polished pillar and waddled ungracefully across the street the policeman on the corne seemed ard suddenly denly hite interested rested in seventh avenue nefer and walked in that direction the gray man having baying vainly do dc opheres all the names on one side ot 0 the vestibule straightened up and turned his bis attention to the opposite wall either unconscious of or indifferent to the shuttle shuffle ot of feet beet on the stoop behind him the tha short thickset thick set man removed one hand from a pocket t and tapped the gray man gently on tho the shoW shoulder der Lo lookha Look okla ln for mccabe anisey t he inquired genially the gray eray man turned slowly exhibiting a countenance blank with astonishment ish lift ment nent beg pardon he be drawled and then with a dawning gleam ot of reco til tion in his eyes why good evening hackey chati i brings you up this way the short thickset thick set man permitted his jaw to droop and his eyes to protrude for some borne fecondo cecon ds oh ha be said in a tone ot of great disgust heill belli lie he pulled himself together with an effort excuse me mr maitland Malt land he stammered 1 I loolen tor for yeh yeb to the contrary I 1 gather from your greeting you were expecting our friend mr air AnI anisey sty and the gray man smiled hickey smiled in sympathy but with less evident feldsh bellshot jell shot of the situations humor right he be admitted got a tip from tho the office this evening that anesty anasty would be here at seyen seven lookin for A party named mccabe I 1 guess its a burn tip all right but ot of course I 1 got to look late into it alost assuredly the gray gral r man bent and inspected the names again 1 I am hunting bunting up an old friend be explained 0 cp bained carelessly a man named simmons know knew him in college down on his luck wrote ciote me yesterday there lie he Is fourth floor east ill see you iou when I 1 come down I 1 hope mr 11 leley the automatic lock clicked and the he door swung open 04 gray man passing through and up the stairs I 1 lickey ostentatiously ignoring tho the existence of the policeman returned to Ms his post of observation at eight he was still there looking bored at he be was still there wearing a puzzled expression at nine lie he called the adoring hall boy gave hlin him a quarter quarter with minute instructions and saw him disappear anto the hallway ot of no three minutes es later the boy was back breathless but enthusiastic simmons he explained between gasps says she ahe aint never heard of nobody named maitland Malt land somebody rang liar her boll bell a while ago an apologized for di lier her sald said ud wanted tho the folks on the top floor I 1 duoss yet yer man inan went accost the t r och thorn them houses lo Is all connected and yuh cn wak clear from tile the corner here tuti tuh halt half way up tuh tub nineteenth street on sain nicholas avenon vh uh huh laconically returned the detective thanks anil and turning on tia his beel walked westward the policeman cros crossed seii the street to detain him tor for a moments chat 1 I 9 guess oss its nil all off jim am hickey told jilin some one must list vo upped tipped thaC thai crook off anyway I 1 aint coln to wait no na longer 1 I 1 neither agreed the formed member say chos yet yei arrend yell yeh was war tuh fish while etzo OOT oh a trien frien of mine yeh have no call to git thou then jim awl and heckey proceeded wo ws Award a listless and preoccupied led trian nian by the dafft il eye of him hut when ho he enier emerged wed into the glare or of eighth av avenue his face aco was waa unusually red wilier may have been duo to tile the heat beat an juil before boarding a downtown n sv face ace car oh he enunciated enunciate d with gus gaii to hall tf obe n m NU until the rich any and mellow chime tad b 1 ergo into the stillness did the ingriid er arre eg aln daw breath com coin ns ng as it had the t 8 vary varr moment th thai lle buor di or hail bid url clisly behind 1 rr rl c e demal st 1 9 kly ha had to tr r 11 hit av a ii teo lell 1 I acore hk i da HK to n ilia wild of at first g her mart eart still with terror then thea urging I 1 into nto hut but these as drew on by the lull met methodic hodle tick licit ing 19 ot of the clo ell U quieted and at length she mus ed courage to move from tho the door a against alast which she jibe h had ad flattened herself one hand clutch clutching lag tho the knob ready M pull it open and dy by upon uon the first ag aggressive dessive sound in tho the interval ner er eyes had become accustomed to the he darkness the study door sk a pale paia oblong on her right light tier left itt and a little toward the rw IM r ot abe he flat the door of Matt lands ard 3rd chamber stood ajar to this sho she tiptoed standing upon the threshold and listening with every liber fiber ot of hr her being no ko sounds sound sas as ot of tho the regular respiration of a sleeper warning hor slie she at length peered stealthily within simultaneously she bhe pressed tho ahe button of an electric hand lamp its circumscribed blaze wavered over pillows and counterpane spotless and undisturbed then for the first time lime she breathed freely convinced that she had been right in surmising that maitland Malt land aou would lie not leguin that aang ight I 1 Sine evening she had bad watched tho the house irom from the window of a top floor hall bedroom in the boarding house opposite shortly beford seven she had seen maitland Malt lund stiff and uncompromising in rigorous evening dress leave in a cab since then only once had a light appeared in his rooms at about half after nine the janitor had bad appeared in the study turning up the gas and going to the telephone whatever the nature of the communication received the girl had bad taken it to indicate that maitland Malt land had decided to spend the night elsewhere tor for the study light had bad burned for some ten minutes during which the janitor could occasionally be seen moving mysteriously about and something later bearing a suitcase he had left the ho house and shuffled rapidly eastward to madison avenue so she felt convinced that she had all the small hours before her secure front frem interruption and this time she told herself she purposed making assurance doubly sure sure but first to guard against discovery from the street turning back bach through the hall hail she dispensed with the hand lamp entering the darkened study here all 11 windows I 1 had been closed and the outer shades drawn Olt Olli agans last act before leaving with the suitcase suit sult case additional proof that maitland Malt land was not expected back that night for the temperature pera ture was high the air la in the closed room stifling crossing to the windows the girl drew diew down the dark green greci inner shades and closed the folding wooden shutters over them and was conscious of a deepened deep eneil sense of security next going to the telephone lione bhe 00 removed there the receiver celver ican the hook and let it hang at the full length of the cord la the dead silence the small voice of central was clearly articulate what rumber hello what number followed by the grum grumbling blin of the armature as aa the operator tried fruitlessly to ring the deconne ds disconnected conne acted bell the girl smiled faintly a ware that there thera would now be no interruption from an inopportune c call all there remained as a final precaution u only a grand tour of tho flat fla t which she made expeditiously passing and noiselessly one contemplating midnight raids does not attire onea self in silks and starched th things inga from room to room loom all comfortably empty satisfied at last she found herself again in the he |
