Evening star., 1896-12-05

discharged her. She made 20 demur ard
showed no trace of dissa tisfaction. She
asked for a letter of recommendation. This
was probably to see If l would be:ray any
dislncl:nation to vouch for her character.
which would, of course, have shown that
knew more Of her than had let on. | gave
her most f1attering letter. Sne landed
me spontaneously the key of the ap irtment
and went her way. of course she Lad lad
another key made before this and that is
the one she gave you. There may he more
out: l had better have the lock changed.
Well. concluded the prince blowing
carefully another round cloud OF smoke
from his mouth. Il have not seen the fair
Olga Since l engaged one of the keerest
detectives | could get to shadow her con-
stantly and report to ME every evening at
II O'Clock. first, that he should not be OBJ
served. ana secondly. that this little devil,
VINO IS more cunning than a dozen ietec-
uNes. might not work some game late.
Considering what he must haze observed
today. L am surprised that he should not
have been here before this. Now We have
got something definite to hold her on. \
clear case. la TACT. 1 am anxious to see him
to find out the promptest way Of getting her
arrested But Il is only ii O'Clock. There
he is now. ] fancy" he exclaimed, with
more animation than he had yet shown, as
a knock was heard at the door. TN tell
you. Go inside the bed room there and
stand Just out of sight l would like to see
how he will tell the story of today as COM
pared with your version. I've never had d
chance to test him thoroughly before"
Goodenough felt that another disagree
able role, that of oavesdropper was being
assigned him, and once more his kindness
led h,m to accept ii. Some consideration is
due to man whom you have nearly blown
to pieces.
He had barely placed himself out of sight
when Prince MalatofSky unlocked the door
leading into the passa.,.. way and nuGg at
widely open. He had hardly done so be
fore tall, spare man, VINO had first dart
ed d swift glance around the room, spranG
Oh fim with the greatest fury. ciutchi9g his
throat in his fingers At the same tine he
put sinewy leg behind the princes and
flung him Violently 10 the floor
At the first sound OF the afTray Good
enough started into the sitting room. He
was just in time to see the dark man raise
his right hand with knife in il above the
fallen prince. Goodenough sprang forward
ana grasped this upAfted hand with both
his own before it could deScead-
The dark man. who seemed naily dcs-
perate, foilcd in his attempt, sprang to his
feet like cat and finding that he could not
wrench his right hand from the Others
hold, let drive a terrific blow with his lef;
which caught Goolenough straight between
the eyes.
1t knocked him senseless. Al the same
moment there was the sharp crack Of a
pistol.
When he came to, he found himself
stretched on the bed with Prince Mala-
tofsky at his side calmly applying a towel
wet with ice water TO his head. He looked
around. dazed, trying to recall the events
which had preceded his lapse of conscious
ness
Good" said the prince in his COOL en-
couraging voice. You will be all right
now. No greater harm than a big bump
between your eyes and l have sent mes
senger hoy down to Delmonico's with a
note to the chef to kindly send me a ia "
steak, That will kelp TO mend your coun-
tenance." He passed IA small vinaisrct;c.
such women use, under Goode:i gh 5
nose while saying this, and the pungent
salts helped to clear his head. What a
pleasant evening this has been for you, i
seem to be the favorite of fortune tonight
and you the victim. Thank you for SAVING
my life just now. That may be some con-
ISOLATION after your previous efforts in my
direction. Are you all right?
Yes" said Goodenough, though he was
feeling all wrong, his brain throbbing ana
a dull pain in his head. But the-that
man. Where is he? That was the fellow
who was with her tonight Look out for
him
My dear fellow, L have looked out for