Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04

s.She is I.os .4. i1al prelly, MT. Vane. and were she as lovely as Cleopatra it would not matter to me. My connec- tion with her ceased when she made her success" George quite forgot the presence of Mrs Ward and spoke ve- hemently. Cant you understand that man may do kind action without
 being biased by the beauty of Wom- an?''
 Some men can," said Mrs. Ward po- litely, 1'and am sure you are one, MT. Brendon. But suppose the woman'- "I don't suppose anything, Mrs. ! Ward. know Sonora Velez was poor. I helped her to attain to the { position she now holds because I en- { deavor to follow the preaching of Christ, and she is to me grateful
 friend There is no more and no less to be said,'' and, trifle rufhed, George turned on his heel to join Dorothy.
 seWell, I'm sure,' murmured Mrs. Ward, .sand in my own house too!'' Vano staggered There must be
 something in it,' he said. "she's too pretty
 So these two scandal mongers talked
 on, and George had only made matters worse by his explanation. However. he believed that he had nipped the
 scandal in the bud, and strolled into
 the next room with Dorothy to quiet
 his mind. Behind them they left Der
 toying himself
 ttDo you think Lord Darlington knows who you areY' asked Dorothy as she and George seated themselves l on divan.
 T am not sure, replied George. who
 did not want to tell her what he knew
 lest he should have to introduce the
 name of Lola Velez. 'T have an idea ] that he does.''
 Dorothy shook her head. sI don't think so. If he knows you he must be
 aware that you know him, and about the relationship, and would not speak so freely I think he Is taken with l you, George"
 l teWell, he has been putting me
 through my paces. I only hope that
 our chance meeting of tonight may l bear fruit What is Train doing herei Your mother only had him In her l house once before, and she does not l like him.
 l T can't make out why she asked
 him, 7 said Dorothy. "He is a dull l young man, though harmless enough.
 But my mother made point of asking l him to dinner
 I 'tHumph! wonder what that's for,''
 said Brendon, wrinkltng his brows for
 he knew well that Mrs. Ward did noth- ] ing without expecting an equivalent 1 return. Then he recollected her ques- lions about the crime and wondered If l she had invited Leonard so as to p1mp him.
 l And that is what she was doing at l the very moment Almost as soon as
 the lovers had disappeared into the ] yellow boudoir Lord Darlington had 1 taken his departure Re insisted that Vane should accompany him home, and l they left together. ! This was an excellent opportunity to find out what Mrs. Ward wanted to
 know. Taking Leonard's arm, she led him to chair some distance from the l door of the boudoir
 Now let us have nice long talk, dear MT. Train" she said. we can \ AGACTW O0ls R1WSA6hA4L OAStCASLk2Nl1.z N l tsI don't think 1t was very pleasant,' said Train unwilHngly.
 What an ungallant thing to say!'' fT mean to talk about crime'' ssIs most smusing-I mean instruc- l tive. Oh. yes, have read many ot
 those novels what do they call then, -detectfve novels. have often thought how nice it would be if one could really 1 try to find out who killed a person
 Now, in this case, MT. Train, am sure you heard something or saw some
 thing
 Upon my word, neither saw nol heard" protested Leonard. T was in l bed all the tiIne''
 But you must have heard the fall
 of the body or the shutting of the nool as the ahi" Mrs. Ward saw from the
 expression of Leonard's face that she had touched upon something. You
 did hear"
 No, noi" he stammered, wondering
 how he was to get out of confessing
 about the opening of the front door
 without appearing rude.
 Nonsense! Confessl Confess, you ! silly mani, But Leonard was too loyal. To lead her away from the point he asked 8 question. Mrs. Ward, that yellow hol- l ly?''
 l 'sYes. What about it?' She leaned l forward eagerly.
 Did you give sprig of 1t to any one l else?'' .
 l NO. I only gave a bit to my daugh- l ter, and she"
 "she gave it to Brendon. Yes, I know. But did Miss Ward give any of I it to third person?'' Certainly not. To do so she would
 have had to get it from me. But be- !