Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-09-11
BY Fred M. &,hhe
CHArrER Nlu. ,Continued.,

a sudden light of rage lit UP Hen
sons blue eyes. He caught Enid almost
roughly by The shoulders and pushed
her into the drawing room. There was
something coming, she knew. 1t was a
relief. q minute o. TWO later. to he1,
Williams whistle as he crossed the
court yard. Henson Knew nothing OF
Nan S:eek'S presence. Tor was he like
" 10 90 SO row.
You are forgetting yourself" Enid
said. "Row iale YOU touch me like
,hat?"
"Rv Heavens Henson Whispered.
veheme:.1:::'. when I consider how l
have been fooled by YOU wonder that
do not strike the life out OF You. Where
is Your sister,
Enid assumed an all. OF puzzled sur
prise. She raised he:' eyebrows. coldly.
But it needed no Very brilliant inte!li-
gence 10 tell HEY that Henson had dis
covered something.
Il had only one sister" she said. land
SHE is"
Dead, Tot. No more dead than
am. Y nice little scheme you had put
up together with that stribblins ass.
David Steel. But Steel is going to get
a lesson not to Interfere in my affairs.
and You are going TO get one, also.
Where is Your sister,
Despite his bullying triumph. thee
was something nervous and anxious
about the tone of the question. II was
rot quite like Henson TO let his adver-
saIy ses that he had scored Z poinL
Bur since thu AFT sir OF the dogs Henson
had not been quite his old self. 1t was
easy 10 SEA that he had found out a
great deal. but he had not found out
where Chris was vet.
Il know nothing said Enid. Il shall
answer no questions.'
Very well. Bu- I shall find out. A.
c.oent rut me- on the trail first. and
Save been to Sea that man Walker. He
never saw Your sister after her death.
nor did the Undertaken. And I might
have met my death at the fangs of that
dog You PUT upon me. What a fool
Walker was.
Enid looked up a little anXiousl.-.
Had Walker said anything about a sec
ond OPINION? Had he betrayed to Hen
son the fact that he had been backed up
by HaIherly Bell Because they had
beer, TO deal Of trouble to conceal the
fact that Bell had been in the house,
DR.. Walker SHOULD have called in
another opinion" she said. nlockinslv.
The man was too corrected for TN IT.
and YOU know it." He, son growl Il:
and finel:. You PLAYED upon his vanity"
Enid was satisfied. Walker had evi-
dartls' said nothing about Bell: ana
Henson, though he had Just come from
Lit,in?"r. knew nothing about Chris.
You have made a statement she
said. an in reply I say nothing. You
have chosen TO assume that my sister is
still aliva Well. it is a free country,
and you are at liberty to think as you
please. If we had anything TO gain by
She course You suggest
Anything to gain" Henson burst
out. ansrily. "Everything to gain. One
whom I deemed 10 be dead is free to
follow me. to pry into my affairs. to rob
me. That was part OF Steels precious
scheme. I presume. If you and your
sister AMI. Miss Gates hadn't talked so
loudly that DAY. in the garden, I might
not"
Have listened" said Enid. coldly.
Ears like hare and head like a cat.
But YOU don't know everything. and you
never Will. You scoundrel You creep
ing. era Wing scoundrel. If I only dared
to speak. If I cared less for the honor
Of this unhappy family"
If you could only get the ring said
Henson. With malicious sheer. But
the ring is gone. Tie ruby lies at the
notion of the North Sea"
Some passionate. needless words rose
to Ends Ups. bat she checked them.
All she could Go now was to watch and
wait until darkness. Van Sneck must
be gotten out Of the way before any
thing else was done. She did not dare
to use the telephone yet, though she
had made up her mind to ask Steel to
come over and take Van Sneck away.
Later on she could send the message.
Van Sneck had eaten a fairly-good
meal. so Williams said. and had fallen
into q heavy sleep. There was nothing
for it but 70 wait and watch. Dinner
came in due course. with Mrs. Henson.
ragged and unkenpt, as usual. taking
no notice Of Henson. who watched her
furtively during the meal. Enid escaped
to her own room directly afterwards.
and Henson followed his hostess to the
drawing room.
Once there. his manne~ changed en-
tirely. His lips grew firm. his eyes
We're like points of steel. Mrs Henson
was pacing the dusty floor. muttering
and grooming to herself. Henson touched
her arm. at the same time holding sor:e
el:ttering object before her eyes. 1t
was massive ruby ring with four
black pearls on either side.
Look here" he whispered. do You
recognize ito Have YOU seen it be-
Scre?"
A pitiful. waiting cry came from Mrs.
Henson's lips She was trembling from
head to foot with a strange agitation.
She gazed It the ring as a thirsty man
in a desert might have looked at
draught Of cold spring water. She
stretched out her hand. but Henson
drew back.
II thought you had not forgotten" he
smiled. 1t means much to your honor
peace. happiness-your son restored TO
his proper place in the world. Last
time l was here l wanted money a
mere hagatelle to you. Now I want
100000"
NO. no. Mrs. Henson cried. You
Will ruin me e1O,0 600. What do you 50
with all this money? You profess 20
give il to charity. But I know better.