Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-14
CHAPTER XXyIV.
The Pulling of Henson.

The Pulling of Henson.
Chris smiled with the air Of one who
is perfectly satisfied with her work.
For the present I fancy we have
done enough" she said. II want to go
to bed now, and want you both to do
will come down in the morning as If
nothing had happened. Tell Reginald
Hen5on, casually. that you have been
convinced that you have done DR.. Bell
a grave injustice, and give no kind OF
particulars. And please treat Mr..
Henson i'll the same fashion as before.
There is only one other thing"
Name it, and it is yours" Littimer
cried
Wen cut the margin off that print,
or. at any rate, turn the margin down,
fit it into the frame, and hang it up,
as if nothing had happened"
Littimer looked at Chris with puz-
zled expression for moment, and then
his features relaxed into a satyr-like
grin.
Capital" he said. II quite under
stand what you mean. And I must be
there to see, eh?-yes, I must be there
to see. 1 would not miss it for straw
berry leaves!"
The thing was done. and the picture
restored to its place. Bell drew Chris
| aside for moment.
DO you rise early in the morning.
he asked, meaningly.
Always" Chris replied. demurely.
| IT find the terrace charming before
breakfast Good night"
Bell was down betmes, despite the
fact that it was daylight before he was
in bed. Along the terrace looking over
the cliffs Chris was already walking,
great cluster Of red and yellow roses IN
her hand. She looked as fresh and
bright as if she and excitement We're
strangers. All the same, she seemed
to avoid Bells eyes.
''Isn't it lovely here?' she exclaimed.
"And these roses with the dew still up
on them Well. DR.. Bell, have you
made fresh discoveries?"
1T have discovered that Henson is
going to take his breakfast in bed"
Bell said, gravely. "Also, that he re-
quires a valet at half-past ten. At
| that time I hope to be in the corridor
with Lord Littimer and yourself. AL
so, have made a further discovery
"And what is that, DR.. Belle"
'That you and I have met before
once before when I attended you in
kind of official capacity, and when I
behaved in a distinctly discreditable
professional manner. DR.. Walker was
present. DR. Walker seems to have
| been singularly short-sighted"
TIL crosses fell from Chris's hands on
the path. Her face had grown very
pale, indeed: there was frightened,
appealing look in her eyes.
CDR. Bell" she gasped, "do you sup
! pose that anybody else knows--Hen-
son. for instance? And imagined that
I had utterly deceived him."
Bell smiled, meaningly.
st don't think you need have the
! slightest anxiety on that score" he
said. you see, Henson is comfortably
assured that you are dead and buried.
| Whereas, I know all about it. For
tunately for me, I became mixed up in
| this strange business in behalf of my
| friend, David Steel; indeed, but for
| Steel, 7 should probably have given
you away to our friend Walker"
''But. surely, you guessed that"
Not for the moment You see, it
| was only few minutes before that
! a flood Of interesting light had been let
| in upon Henson's character by your
sister to M, and my first idea was that
| Henson was poisoning you for some
! purpose of his own. Subsequently
! Steel told me all about that side of the
story on our way back to Brighton"
"But how did you penetrate my dis
| Guisc?"
"My dear young lady, have not pen
etrated your disguise. Your disguise
| is perfect-so quaint and darngly orig
| inal-and would deceive even HensOns
| eyes. ] guessed who you were directly
I found that you were taking a philan
| tkropic interest in our friend. 1t came
| to be by kind Of intuition, the knack
| that stood me in such good stead in my
| professional days When you said that
| you had been warned Of Hensons COM
| ing by telegram, 1 was certain"
'Then perhaps you guessed that Enid
sent me the telegram?'
'That was obvious. Also, it was OBJ
vious that Henson brought Frank Lit
| timer along"
ooh, he did. 1t was Franks mission
with revolver, and locked him in one
| of the bed rooms. 1t took all my cour-
age and good resolutions to prevent
me from betraying myself to the poor
| fellow"
"Rathar cruel of you. wasn't ito''
"Well, yes But ] wanted to make
! the exposure as complete as possible
When the time comes to strip Reginald
| Henson of his pretensions and fog him
from the family, the more evidence we
can pile up the better. But Frank is
not bad; he is merely weak, and ut
| terly in the power of that man. If we
| can only break the bonds Frank will be
a powerful factor on our side"
II dare say. But how was the Rem
| brandt stolen? Littiluer's, / mean"
1T was worked through an accom-
| plicc,' Chris explained. 1T had to be
done before you arrived. And there
was no better time than night for the
operation. / guessed that when Hen
| son drew the fact from me that liked