A new inspiration seemed to fire him, altogether
dissimilar to the glow which he was wont to feel when plunging
into a dangerous phase of a professional case. He slowly drew
from his pocket the typed note-paper which had nestled in such
enviable intimacy with that courageous heart. The faint
fragrance of her exquisite flesh clung to it still. He held it
to his lips and kissed it. Then he stopped, to turn about and
look upward at the tall hostelry behind him. High up below the
renaissance cornice he beheld the lights glow forth in the rooms
which he knew were Helene's.
As he hurried to the club, he muttered angrily to himself: "I
have made one discovery, at least, in this unusual exploit. I
find that I have lost what common sense I possessed when I became
a Freshman at college!"
CHAPTER XVIII
ON THE RISING TIDE
A hurried message to the Holland Agency brought four plain
clothes men from the private reserve, under the leadership of
superintendent Cleary. Monty met them at the doorway of the club
house, wearing a rough and tumble suit.
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