The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-16

/ She went 10 the door and, STOPPING,
/ peeped through the keyhole, peeripg long.
Suddenly she rose up and fell sharply
back. II saw hinli she painted, ] don
know him at all He IS az the keynote
now, trying 10 sec and % listen
Cressingham caught up towel and
! flung II over the knob. At any rate, We
/ car block h.m there be muttered,
| frowning himself, Tor no man likes being
spied on
Madame clasped her hands. I see the
whole plot p she muttered; that fellow
has q bomb. and soon. perhaps, he will
I fix il 10 destroy us and escape himself
Her terror was so evidently unaffected
that Cressingham felt it his duty to
soothe her
I can relieve your mind as to that, 3"
/ he said. "The man has brought nothing
with him neither bag nor baggage, and
! his master ordersd him not 10 leave the
room on any pretext whatever until he
came himself - carry you away"
! But why, Why would he bring me
here:"
| I don't know; perhaps you NC mistaken
the man KATE, aud It may not be the
I one you think All. his voice! it comes
/ to me now. He spoke TO me in broken
! English. and 50 hUskily one could hardly
understand hin-but u the man out there
/ he spoke - fluent Russian"
/ Madame's face began 70 lock dazed.
One thing. she whispered suddenly,
surely you must have noticed. Was be
stout OF build end did he roll his rs ire
mendously?"
Yes"
IT'S Kaputsky. then. What can It oil
mean? ! only got cable from him yes
terday."
Perhaps the cable was a mistake
All, OF a 70; gery. Ny heaven could
PeTigord have sent it?'
Who is Kaputsky-who is Perigord %
demanded Crogeingham with a splendid
assumption Of jealous imparieuce. II
seems 10 me. Rats, that you have q lot
OF secrets"
"Kaputsky II friend. one high Ia Of
Gee; the othes Is a bitter enemy OF our
society Let ne think! There IS 4 rea-
son IN al thus. I almost commence 70
see. Perhaps my abduction had been
planned. Perlgord grows more daring
every day, thsy say. II is true that
have been warned quite often lately At
any rate. We are safe since It Is not that
other Something grave must have hap
pened, though, for Kaputsky 20 take this
step; some grea- danger must have
/ threatened. ana he has adopted this
high-handed pan Of saving me, knowing
how obstinate / am at times. That
must be It; yes, that must be IL. Al.
how I wish knew. Tell me, Frank,
what were the women like who carried
me2'
Foreigners beth (nzdame's maid was
English; Germans, ] think, or Aus
trians. They we're dressed in black, and
seemed pretty Plain and middle-aSed
did not notice anything else, indeed,
saw them only fol second, as they lett
Immediately they had disposed OF you
I wonder what they did with nay
servants; ali. J remember the footmaa
put the chlorofoTm in my face. He must
be one Of Us.
VERY likely: a. any rate, YOU can be
sure that your friend Kaputsky, would
know how TO avoid publicity IN the az
fair Wei, I Suppose all we can 90 is
wait What about breakfast, Kate?"
a good idea Madame prepared to
eat. The viands had grown cold in their
dispute but bofh were hungry and IN
clined as well 70 appreciate the two
small bottles CT sweee champagne which
BeIlaiTs thoUghtfuluess had provided,
The meal was quite bright affair, for
Inadame's fears had been dissipated and
CressinghaIu was entirely Contented with
the manner IN which an ugly situation
had been settled Afterward madame
reminded him that the spy outside must
be considered. and pTopriety. Crossing
ham agreed With her, and departed.
Madame had not offered once 10 kiss
him: indeed, he had never found her 50
cold and felt piqUed to understand the
reason.
Il might have been that pique which
induced him 10 approach his dressing
room and there to don fresh and immac-
ulate apparel. TO spend a long hour at
his toilet table and finally emerge q
spotless end vsTy handsome dandy But
his trouble wGs wasted on madame, il,
indeed, he Ead undergone that trouble
on her account. Lying back IL the chair
with her eyes smut she maintained per-
fecL silence fer SO long that he guessed
she must be sleeping. He turned at last
in despair TO BeIlsir Tor C0mpanionship,
but when aout TO speak the lackey put
his fingers 10 his lips with a gesture too
impressive to be misunderstood, and walk
ing slowly to the room door, stood with
bis hack against it, Then he lifted both
his hands and comnlsnced to use the deaf
and dumb alphabet which, fortunately
Lord Francis understood.
Madame listens" he telegTaphed On his
fingers. 7 heard what you told her.
Keep IL up. Ask me questions
Cressingham nodded. What the devil
do you mean BY fooliDg round that door,
sir" he demanded sharply.
Bellsir answered impertinently; I know
my duty, sure. J ana not responsible to
you
'fNo matter; shall not allow that sort
Of practice here. Madame has not wings,
therefore she cannot fly. You have No
need to spy on her in that fashion.
Mon Diu." growled the man. 7 was
told TO keep an eye on her, and must
obey Instructions.
VINO gave you such orders. you inso-
lent dog? Not Mons. Kaputsky-IH
swear"
+yVhat-you know
yes. knew, and shall presently in
form him Of your insolence.
a thousand pardins. monseigneuT.
had no intention to onend-II1-"
Keep silent, then, and let ne Try to
foroget your presence here.
Bellair smiled his appreciation and took
a chair some distance of. Cresslngham
yawned and buried his face IN a book.
At last madame wanted tea, 1t was AZ
Ter and she was so thirsty. Bellair
was called into the room, and after some
by-pley, which involved the acceptance
Of a heavy brirbe. he was induced to 90
out for tea and also TO order dinner, pro-
vided that he was allowed 10 lock mon
seigneUT in with madame during his alb
sence. Naturally madame was az first
terribly shocked at the mere suggestion
Of such n thing, but she was hungry.
and Cressingham specious. Were they not
Madame blushed diyinely and
consented.
She had effected quite 3 toilette during
her lonely hours. The man marveled at
her appearance and complimented her
quite ardently
Madame blushed (really she appeared