Tfl J vltT, "a'v , j . .v. - ., .Nvi.-ffflv "a'.-L.uir u. , . i. ' . ' ' - - , , w"Mv fMZmSiM i;JBAUJfJtULA.,Vt Frem New On By FJliAtfC L. PACKARD (AUTHOR Ot "TUB MIRACLE MAN") Ccpurieht, tttt, tv PubUe teietr Company Cv Mrn TIIIS' lIKaiNS TUB STORY TyftiMn . Tw" lm ,or BoeM. m recoup racing lettta. Il 5'v In prison, atubbernly kp f T' wi mouth hut. both te tn pellc lni ih Sid ran wh" are after thfc loot. itV cui h? knew that hl avarr en". S.111 b watch! when he rets out ""i,. flnHlr Sl'oleM the hlrtlrj- placa Whl1 menS" te Mlllm.n. a nrlaen mate 'i.iUf he trusts. alUieuirh almeat lm lm "Mfftely he cenvlpci hlmjelt that It """I ria move Relaaaed from prlaen. "wnlty l let through the el.v.r "".Jiiilni of the polleo by an old Italian Kmb tana leader; Nicole Caprlane, who WS.. It aprear that nave hm been nSa m an oxplosien. lereea. a aweat. "-"ItVlH. atrnnirely the dautchter of the in ii admiration for her womanly R.iSi! Bhe 1. i alclc of her fath.r'. Dae atarta for New V.rk te hunt up one, uae ueem. e !Tm he baa a letter from Nicole. Thla ,hem n "". aecret cod whleh la ".ffieS Te de" Wt-inn Hderaen when 'I,.? eM CapXnb'a dauahUr. T.r.ta, ?W ilili out ehe remenatratea. aroua areua f,1?har Winer te a nt of aneer. THE black eyes of the old mnn were elcnrnlnc with nn Insane light, his J ww werklnc In horrible centdr- lBi,t" He was out of the bed " -, HtrtmKllng wildly with her. ?&! K 1 mvlclf, will I? I would vni you-yeu-beforo I would let you "Mb; with my plans I It Is the old JfS? SNlSole Cnprinne of the J-". 'em seemed te swirl nreundher. rrfc.rlntch.Ine flngcra had relaxed, it : 5! .b J new who struggled and grasped r..b man's body nnd sheulde . . the men'B ppay ' i.;m him un. He lore te 'Zlii Mm tin. Ile wan very iicayy, iuu Sivy for her. no med te -be cernr- id her dewnwnru wuu iiu-uih. .." IftS'baek half across the bed. And she tinned ever him then, and fitnred at ?SEfer a Jens t,rae. trough her hands Kner. 8"at' Ml"" hor,rer cWe indlwr; a fear that robbed her of her uvtt i came nnd she Btaggerctl back ward end stumbled ever" the chair nt ,'Se bedside1, and clutched at it for sup sup bert. ..,..,. .i--,. kUKhn d d net BPCUK. 1M1-IKT -nuiiu ..i lefr. Ills bed for the Hist time in liTHcrJfXTadsC.iead.. That was the ;ic-e of the evens helming horror, nnd Srraral sting fear that obsessed her 'feiln. U beat upon her In rrmorecless iSSrS-horrer fear. Tlme did net rSIt; reality had passed nwny. Hhc xu in some great, be.mdlesH eid liiflaidlew. cept for that rtienge ring 11?. In her cari. And he put her hands lm 'te her cars te nhiv. out the Bound. Bat It persisted. It beomne clearer. It ffime a tangible thing. It was the Ola-It seemed te Impel her. She went ,iuteiatlcally te the halt, and, in n nafnbed sort of consciousness, went '$0111 the hall, and opened the ilcer, .rTt .t..i nt n .linrt. fat man. who 'itoed Ihore nnd chewed en the butt of 1 . elrtr that dangled from one corner of BPW thrcadbare garments, nnd who looked, moreover, a ditrepiitable tramp from hli nights In the boxcars, were only te invite suspicion nt nny ordinary stere where he might attempt te buy clothes. A second 'hand suit, therefore, of fairly credltable appearance, first re placed Nicole Caprlnue's discarded garments; later, nt a mere exclusive establishment still further east, la Chicago, te be 'exact, this was ex changed for the attire he new were while, here and there, he had stocked a dress-suit case with needed require ments. He had been deliberately lei surely In his progress cast ence he had felt it safe te dispense with his boxcar mede of travel and this, actually, ns n sort of deflance nnd challenge flung Br I aaaaaHnawiliHam9f LwAaal IIq touched ills lips with the tip of his tengue. "Mlllmsnl" lie said IrearfeeJy. "Yeu" down by his common sonse te that jeering prod with which Millman, and Mlllmftn h cynical rendezvous, plagued him in splte of himself. The evening of June 24 nt the St. Luclnn Hetel In New Yerk was of no particular in terest te him 1 It hnd taken him a week te reach Chicago. It was nlne dnjs new since he had left Nicole Cnpriane's house. Nine dnvHl He was new in New Yerk, standing here en ene of the station plntfermH nnd it wns the eve ning of the 24th of Junel He looked nt his watch, as he made his way te the main section of the sta tion. It wns 7:30. He deposited his drcss-sult case In the parcel-room, nnd went out te the street. Here, he asked a policeman te direct him te the 9t. Iiuclnn Hetel. He smiled n Uttle grimly ns he walked along. Tim much vaunted chal chal lcnge of his common sense had gdne down te rout and defeat, It seemtd. He wns en his wuy new te the Ht. Luclnn Hetel, nnd he would be there at 8 o'clock en the evening et June 21. He laughed outright nt himself, suddenly, mirthlessly. Well, why net? And why net be entirely honest with himself? Despite self-argument te the contrary, he knew all along that he would be nt the ren dezvous at the appointed time. He we a feel undoubtedly n feel. Noth ing could come e4 it except, possibly, te nfferd Millmnn, if Mlllmnti had elected te watch from eome nnfe van tage point In hiding, nn amusing spec tacle. He was n feel he offered nothing In defense of himself en that score. Hut, tee, ns far ns any results had been ob tained, he had been n feel te go search ing" the old plgecn-cetc for the money, when he had beforehand nlrcady per suaded himself In his own mind thnt the money was gene! It wns the same thing ever again new the elimina tion of, doubt, that would nlwnjt have crept insidiously into ins minus uie sub'stitutlen of doubt, howecr ill founded, for nn established certainty. He had felt better for that visit te the -1J -.Itrnnn.rniP! he WOtlld feel better, even at the expense of pampering again te fantastic doubts, for his visit te the St. T.uclnn Hetel tonight. Millman would net be there, any mere than the money hnd been in the plgeon-ceto; but, cntinlly, he, Dave Hcndewen, would hnve established thnt fact be yond the rench of any brain quibbling which, of Inte, had been, It bccmcd, se prene te affect him. He stepped again te ask directions from nn officer, nnd te nsk this time another question nit well a question prompted by a. somewhat unpleasant possibility which, having once decided te keep the rendezvous, he could net new ignore. Whnt kind of a place was this St. Luclnn Hetel? "One of the beet.." the officer an swered. "There you ere two blocks nhcad, and one te the left." Dave Hendorsen smiled with a sort of pntlcnt tolcrance nt hlmielf. The locality nlone should have been suffi cient answer te his question. It was net the Betting, very far from It, for n trap! His hand, that had unconsciously closed around the stock of his revolver In the side pocket of his coot, was withdrawn nnd swung new nt his side, ns he walked nleng again. He looked nt his watch once mere, ns he turned the corner Indicated. It wns five minutes te eight. A hnlf block nhend of him he saw the hotel. He walked slowly new the short (lis (lis tance remaining. "The St. Luclnn ,w ay ,, ' " - , - I "if,"' ' V,,.1L'L Hetel. Eight o'clock In the evening, .limn aith Tim words seemed te mock nt hlra new, nnd the gibe te sting. He hnd fallen for It. after all! ITa -mild rnll tilmci1f n fflfll attain If M wished, but what was the use et that? It was obvious that he wen a feel! Tin fnlr llkn nni. n hft nABBCd A mUCll- bedecked functionary nt the doorway, nnd found himself standing n menient Inter in the huge, luxuriously appointed rettliida of the hotel. He wqs net ecn recompensed by novelty, ns he stnrcd aimlessly about him. It was just the usual thing the rug-strewn, tiled fleer : the blaze of lights ; the hum of talk; the hurry of movement; the wlde, pnlm-dettcd corridors, whose tables were crowded with men nnd women In evening dress at nfter-dlnner coffee; the deep lounging chnlrs In his mere immediate vicinity ; the strains of an orchestra trying te make itself heard above the general hubbub. A clock from the hotel desk behind him began te chime the hour. He turned mechanically In that direction, his eyes seeking the timepiece nnd whirled -iwtfinniv nrennil ncaln. ns n hand fell .,,.,.,.-...., ---,. ,. . tii ipi.- nnnn ma sneuiucr. -no iiuiitui iw thought flnshcd swift na a lightning strode through his mind. Somewhere, somehow he had failed, and they had found him out, nnd The retunan, the lights, seemed te swirl befere him, nnd then te vanish utterly, nnd leave only n single figurc n nil nil rim Knnee. it flcure in ltnmncu- lnte evenlne clothes, n figure whose hand tightened Its shoulder-grip upon ii ft ii i i r i i r fi. W7M M .. "; . ,': r litm. a figure whose 61enr, gray eyes slnred into his and smiled. He touched his lips with the tip of his tongue. ... "iMIlFmnnl" he said hoarsely. "Yeu I" "Well," said Millman .easily, "this Is the St. Luclan Hettl; It's 8 o'clock, nnd June 24th who did jeu expect te meet here?" "Yeu," said Dave Hendersen and laughed unnaturally. Millmnn's gray eyes narrowed, nnd his fnce clouded suddenly. "What's the matter with you, Dnve?" he demanded she.rply. Dave Hendersen's hands, at his sides, were clenched. Millman this was Millman I Millman, whom he hadn't expected te meet here! Millman, whom he hnd premised himself he would track down It It took him a lifetime, nnd, ence found, would scttle with ns he would tcttle with a mad degl And Millman was here, smiling Inte his face I His mind groped out through a haze of bewllderment that robbed him of the power te rpasen; his tengue groped for words. It was as though he wcre dazed and groggy from a blew that had sent him mcntn'ly te his knees. He did net understand. "There's nothing the matter with me." he sold mechanically. He felt Millmnn's hand close en his arm. "Come en tip te my rooms," said Millman quiU'y. "It's a little public here. i't it?' Dnve Hendenwa did net disongnge his arm from the ether held, but IiIk hand slipped unestntAUmsly Inte his coat pocket. A rift eetmctl te come breaking through that brain fog, as he silently accempsnltd MUlman te the clenter. He hnd dismissed the probability of mich n thlnr. tint, n taw mlnntefl befOfO had even jeered at himself for censid ering Jt, but, In splte ei tne eminent respectability of the St. Luclan Hetel, in splte of Its fashion-crowded corri dors end lobby, the thought wns back new with redoubled force rtnd It enme through the process of elimination. If Millman was n creek, as he undoubt edly was, and had secured the money, as he undoubtedly had, why cfea should Millman be here? There seemed te be no ether war te account for Mill- man having kept the rendezvous. Strnnge things, queer things, had hap pened in hotels that wcre quite as enviable et reputation as the St. Lu clan perhaps It was even the safest place for such things te happen, from the perpetrator's standpoint! Ills lips worn tight new. Well, nt least, he was net walking blindfold into a trap 1 They had ascended In silence. He eyed Millman new In cool nppralsal, nS the elevator stepped, nnd the ether led the way nnd threw open the deer te n sulte of rooms. There was quite n difference between the prison stripes of A bare few months age and the cxpen- slve nnd fashionably tailored evening cletnes or tenignti wen, Aiuimnn lmd always claimed no wns a gentlemnn, hadn't he? And he, Dave Hendersen, had believed him once I Hut that did net change anything. Millmnn wns no less n creek for that 1 Frem the mo ment MUlman had gene te thnt pigeon cote and hnd taken that money, he steed out foursquare as a creek, and Dave Hendersen felt his muscles tauten, and n chill sense of dlsmey seize sud denly upon him. There was still an other supposition ene that swept upon him new In n disconcerting flash Hup Hup pese Millman had net gene te thnt plgcon-cete, suppose it was net Mill mnn who hnd taken the money, stip stip stip pose thnt, nftcr nil, It hnd been found !. tfYiA aha aIba fttaf TWklntv ttif ltf stnnce, had stumbled upon it by chancal And, Instcna et Minman naving u, sup pose that It was gene, forever, without rlue te its whereabouts, beyond his. Dnve Hendersen's, reach! It was net Imrmaellitn -If wn tint, nven ltnnrebAblC. Ills brain was suddenly in turmoil no "i.J" rnn,in,nt peranha m th scarcely heard fllllltnan's werus, as inei Xn, Heotien of next uunday rubiie ntiier rumffi tie ( oer et me SUllC uc-l av. .s.Vi - V if, -r" '. MtfhaWMwH mmm pocket. "Vds 1icstfcl,mBPt let en Bcnsq ei properiiOTi i t t ? fit li -. j,Aiii iMtlaul 4 ntlifAf ""et u::rLm: ji "IB lAHKNTIlOOn A LOST ARTt? tlJ the itartllnc facta preaent MRM hind them "The family Is In the country for the summer months," said Millman .ii i, n amlln. nn lm waved his hand around the apartment; "and I have gene bacll te my em iinim Biriru j hnve been free te Indulge my habits of living here during thnt time. Instead of keeping ft town house open, tee. Sit down tlrere, Dnve. by the table, mid make yourself comfortable. It sounded plausible most plausible! Dnve Hendersen scowled. Acress his mind flashed that tVene In the priBeu library v,hen Millmnn had been plausl plausl ble before damnably plausible I 111" mind wns in n sort of riot new; hut, through the mnzc of doubt and chnes, there steed out clearly enough the mem ory et the hours, nnd dnyH. and weekser bl'ttcr resehe te "get" this man who new, offensively nt his case, nnd smil Inr. wns standing here before him. And then Dave Hendersen laughed n little net plcnsnntly. Well, he wns face te fnce with Mill mnn new. It would be n showdown nnjhew. Trap, or no trap. Millman would Bhew his hand. He would knew ...Viothei. Millmnn hnd cel. thnt tnenev. or whether somebody else had! He I would knew whether Millman was I straight or whether Millmnn was a creek 1 I He jerked his shoulders back ahnrplv , his fingers Hesed n little mero einl- , neusly en the revolver In bin lentl Jgg? emraiHiBiiMiiiiiiJW'a! Down rocs the price again! l.vfc Butter ttO ' " te I ' a 7i t.1 "a ,ii eV Jflil Today Sold only in our Stores w ', iaiiiit!;iiiiimii.iiiiii5ni!iiiiEiiiniiiii!iiiiii!iii a flrar thnt dangled f "My nnine's Mncllaln," snld UneKle 'HUnan glibly. "And I wnnt te see Nicole Cnprinne. Very Important You're his duughter, nren t you .' i She did net answer him. Her brain floundered In that pit of blnckness Inte which It hnd been plunged. She wns Mttitcely nwar of the mini s presence, , Ksrceiy nwnre iimt biiu wu niuinuus here In the doorway. '"'"Sny, you lock benred, you de; but there's nothing te be senred about." ild BoeUlo Skarvnn ingrntlatlnglj. "I just wnnt te sec Nicole Cnprinne for a few minutes. Yeu go nnd tell him n reporter wants te see him about that bomb explosion, and I'll gle him n Mite-up that'll be worth while." Bhc drew hack n little, forcing her self te bhnl'e her head. "Aw, sny go en new, there's a feed girl!" wheedled Beekie Skarvan. 'The pnnrr sent me here, and I've get te see him. There's nothing for you te leek se white about. I'm only a re porter. I nln't going te hurt him M?" Teresa shUcrcd. Hew cold the night was I Tliie mnn here what wns It he had said? That he wnnted te see Nicole Caprlane? Strange thnt words came lth bucli curious difliculty te her tenjue us though, somehow, she hnd been dumb nil her life, nnd wns up calc ine new for the first time. ''NlceiO Caprlane Is dead," she raid tnd closed the deer in BoeUlo Skur Tin's face. CHAPTER XIV The Rendezvous The metnmorphesis in Dave Homier Hemier eon's nppenrance since the night, nlne daja nge, when he hnd 'oft Snn Traii Traii flsce and Nicole Caprinne's house, hnd been, by necessity, gindunl; it had ut tnlned its finished stnte new, na he Hepped from u train te ene of the aub Vvel Mntleu plntfermi in the city of New Yerk. Then he hnd been nttiied In ene of the old Italian's cast -off and ill-fitting eults, nn object neither tee rcipectiible nur preventable, new the ttlde-bilmmrd soft" lint wns new and soed, ninl the dark tweed suit, of x pentUe material, wns that of a woll well woll ireomel mnn. It hud taken time nil this Ner hnd it been entirely slmir of ntcompUsli ntcempUsli ttjnt, in spite of the nmple funde re cched from Squnre Jehn Kelly, funds that nnu, wary of uniiery .coiners Inte which a certlin business that he lad On linml inl"ht IfMiil him lirrn In New Yerk, he had tnken the precnullenl ie tecrete nueut his person In a money belt hepi-atli his underclothing. ua h 1 .onrcely needed old Nicole fanrlane'a wnriilntf te lm rnrnful. Ilnui. Hendersen had net changed se much in fie ;cnru in prIen that he could take liberties with the risk of recognition In tint section of the country where, In the Jnjs before, he hnd been se umilinr llcure en the le.-nl rnco rnce tracks. He hnd mnde his wny out of Callfernl , mil imibldcrnbl.v bejeud .'Miferni i, In the same wn Hint, ence bffeie, In' hnd ntUnipted te dude the polite and en which feuner occasion would hn surceedid, he wss quit"' atli.fi(l had It net been for the wound thnt had liinllj lobbed him of con cen con Mleiisnci, nnd placid hint at their mcrej t He lind trneled during three nights, jni only nt night, In boxcars, nnd en irelgh t tinliis, Mealliii' hi wny. Hut thire liiul hi'i'n no liuriy. Tlie night of tlie UUh of June, the ilftte of the rpnlcvuiis thnt Mlllniun hnd given him, ml net ln-n veiy fur off, nnd though had -ilunys obtrtitleil Itself upon him JDfl neir allowed itself te be forgotten "eni thP menient he hnd heard It from uillmnn s lips, he hnd lenslstently told mmscif thut tin- Ulth of June wns n tensjilernllmi te le ontliely dlsrogni'd dlsregni'd a. Sume Millmnn wus a tliief nnd hud leub n-rto-ve,) nii uu renikv mix JMblaiantlj n hU It eMul eul nn a : tmt ei ji-eilnj, irimluil Imib w III """ii MH ,, t tunes, out of the i -... r ,-, ,,i. i ipeiin, yrini in mil "ileualv, priHlded mid mail., dcvll'i, Siyert if him Mc had no ceiiiitii with t Millman In due time- two heml .nn?.r.'i? "rl" nnt blB c"Rl', or wide K1 parf'1 f J'10.40"1 "' " bt the 2 ld be bj l.l, net Millmnn's, "PPelntiiK nt. And then lie hnd paused out of the mero cnlllll ,,,, ,, j nfc'"' ,lu''. ev"" """'. Il0 lieil ,"'ii net Iiiiiii eh I)ae Ileud ,miii win "'a the npfiii,.,, .. ii...... i ,. u,. h. i'im unity j.vuiir i lid ?.il " ' m,t",r ,0 '", ,,il,ld v ' e r.!S',"l!n " han.ns; if iiuthint. no I'.ff "l 0:i the Kllle nf'pKh-einn viui. ?rtrrvw!yvr ?r ASCO 'i in i1 intSrTf I ,t fl STORES CO. 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