Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-01
Copyright, 1885, by Bachelor johnson Bachelor.
Continued from Tuesdays Starr
SYNOPSIS

Copyright, 1885, by Raeheller johnson Bacheller.)
Continued from Tuesdays Starr
SYNOPSIS
The junior member Of private firm of
detectives in New York becomes interested
In u deserted house. opposite which he hap
pens to take a room. While watching 1t
blinds of one of the windows are opened
suddenly. disclosing the figure of a small
man who waves his hand and disappears.
Three days later the detective receives
mysterious letter. appointing an hour to
call. He looks across at the deserted
house, shading his eyes with the letter.
Inc figure reappears and repeats its sig
| nal. That evening the detective arms him
self, pus he's open the iron gate of the de-
serted house and enters a dark passage
way. He Is ushered into a lighted room
by the same strange figure. Two men and
a handsome woman in evening dress re-
ceive him. all masked. He has been mis-
taken for an expected messenger. He pre-
tends that it has not been safe to bring
certain papers, and is commissioned to
visit the town Of p next day. As he Is
about to leave, a young girl arrives with a
warning. The masked lady fires at the de-
tective. He runs downstairs. and escapes
by the rear door into a yard. Climbing the
fence, he oyerheSrs the conSp1ratOrs who
mention Tuxedo and the name of a prom
inent man. He thinks that he recognizes
the voice of the lady, and concludes that
some great crime lS unQer way. Inc mouse
is Swallowed by other detectives, and he de-
cides to watch the train to P himself,
in disguise. The young girl enters the sta
tion--afso the lady disguised as a man.
The detective eludes the latter and takes
the train.
1 followed the girl into the car and seated
myself behind and near her. She had sunk
into the corner Of the seat In an attitude of
utter WEAKNESS and disbursement. I
owed her my life, no doubt. and felt for
her at the moment. besides gratitude. SIN
cere pity. Yet was on the point of asking
her to risk still more than she had already
done. There was no other way. 1 looked
around at our fellow passengers-the old
woman with her basket: boy who was au-
dibly sleeping; and young man who was
| seated in the front of the car. absorbed in
| a yellew-covered novel. There was not one
| whom L could suspect of watching us. 1
| went. therefore, without further hesitation,
to take the place in front of her. and. with
as much nonchalance as could command.
| asked her if she could tell me the name of
the man who had followed her into the sta
ton.
For moment she seemed startled. and
shrank still further back, but a glance at
my cloth seemed to reassure her.
Il saw no one," she replied II came quite
alone"
1t never occurred to me to doubt her
knew, whatever the character of those with
whom she had been associated that she al
Ieast.was innocent IAN unwilling tool in their
lands. told her, therefore, in as few words
as possible, who l was. and tried. first of
all, to thank her for what she had done for
me. while she was kind enough to express
pleasure in learning of my escape. then
went on to beg of her that, If she were in
trouble. 1 felt that she was to let me
L EXPLAINED "
connection with the House with Green
Blinds. and all hoped to accomplish with
the knowledge I had concerning it, She
listened quietly while / told her. and I saw
look of usefulness. of longing of resolve
grow in her great dark eyes. Finally it
came.
II will tell you what I know" she said,
and there were tears in her voice, though
her eyes were dry. There is no other
course. 1 had no hope of doing anything
but now you may be able to do what cam
not And she told me the following:
Her Name was Cutting, and with her
father-a widower-she lived at P The
winter before they had spent in Washing
ton. where. at reception given at the
" hfte House, her father first had met Mad
am OF the White ShoUlders-as I still must
call her. This woman was a stranger in the
cosmopolitan city. magnifcently hand
some woman. part French part Russian
and was said to be sister of one of the
members of the Russian legation. Her
beauty had created a sensation: Miss Cut
tlnS Iather mad FALLEN under Its spell. Mad
am seemed to exercise a strange influence
over him. He became strange moody ir-
rltable- He was often absent upon sudden
and unexplained journeys. from which he
returned detected and. apparently, frighten-
ed and desperate. The cause Miss Cutting
herself had never known until her own con-
nection with the affair began, but a few
weeks ago. AT that time new aid had been
needed by the gang of which she had since
become cOgniZant, and she, as one who
would not dare betray her own father, had
been chosen Since then she had been con-
stantly employed as a messenger between
the members of the organization whenever
a messenger had been needed.
For some weeks she had known that a
| plot Of ma gnitude had been silently hatch
| ing, but in what direction she could only
| conjecture. Her father had been silent and
careworn when at home, which was rarely
| She herself had been dispatched hither and
| yon, to deliver such messages as 1 had
heard, at any time Of day or night. She
| had not dared to rebel, for her fathers
| sake. From the messages which were
necessarily confided to her she had learned
| that the people with whom her father had
become entangled belonged to large So
ciety which had members and organizat lions
| in many countries. From kilograms and
| cables which she had been required to
send written in cipher, of which she had
| been able to acquire some knowledge, she
| had learned that the plot which was form
| ing in this country was duplicated in many
European ones, and that the conSummatioD
was near she feared from many signs
| which the designers had not been able to
! keep from her knowledge. Madam of the
| White Shoulders was here the leading
spirit. Her brother, Of the Russian lega-
| tIon Tin the description of whom 1 recog-
nized both the who had given the
| note to the messenger boy and he who had
| assisted Jackson in his search for me about
| the YARD. her chief assistant. The
| i d