The detective made a step to follow Max, and suddenly halted. He looked back at the almost empty lobby, scratched his head, and then with equal suddenness and new determination hastened after the German to the entrance of the hotel.
Concealing himself behind one of the entrance pillars, he watched Max, under the blazing electric lights of the Tonty, disappear among the thinning crowd of taxicabs. But almost immediately the German re-appeared upon the darker opposite side of the street. McAdams allowed him two hundred feet start and then followed, assured that Max had not seen him. As often as Max turned a corner, the detective ran swiftly forward, halted, and allowed Max to regain the lead he had had in the beginning. But the theatre crowd had dispersed two hours
