The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-03
CHAPTER XV-Continued.

For a few seconds after James Ince had
told his CHASTITY story both he and St
Quintin maintained dead silence. Then
the younger man spoke;
You're not sure of this?"
Wei imagination does play tricks
with one, but l could have sworn it-al-
most"
Then you think"
7 only wonder Remember what YOU
heard yourself It's not more than a
week ago. The man has disappeared
Burdock. I mean. And YOU heard cries
OF Help and Murder Putting two and
two together, and recol.ectins that hor-
Tible. polluted atmosphere that was dis
tinCt and all-perv8diug. even with the
windows wide open, one asks ones self
whether this Leblanc is not merely what
we know him to bean artfuI schemer.
bent on getting all that he can out OF
everybody-but one Of the vilest criminals
OF the century"
ST. Quintin shuddered
"One wouldn't Ike 90 think that"
"Of course not. 7 myself shrink from
the thought, try To tell myself that
only imagined and did not see. And It's
trya thar The very chest which 7 ssw
This moment empty was the one I'm which
I saw, or thought I saw, human fingers
pale fingers. deathly fingers"
& orintin stared m him
The question IS. Did Leblanc see Won
looking i'm ~ fine Window
ole NAV, have dome so That's what
one saws MAT he rrust have done Rut 7
was NOT conscious If if"
They walked ON a LITTLE w3v IN silnce.
Then James Tnca stopred short.
Tool- here 81, r.s sat5 ..y,. have some
thing tn do We must wafr for this OAR
u4u and camDara notes with him"
"Wait for him., echoed ST Ouintin in
a threatening tone ct don,t want IN
sneak m the felI1w, A bound.r like
tst T."
Come Won r,rsrp't take thar tome nm
iii Won know something about the cfrc,m-
stances. Probably he's been fleeced. like
YOU and the rest"
How have been feeced?"
We'll. not extensively as vet but. de-
pond upon it. old Leblanc is only waiting
g.. an ,-.-...,.,.,i+,. 80 ,,..,f,-s- .F.. ..-s,,
0oii 'li''N you '"7"I ~ en- ~
much Tor granted protested ~ Qunuh'
uneasily. You see. we may be doing
Inn ain Injustice all the time As for
what 7 fancied 7 heard and Won fancied
--o, sar- NJ, ro4n hove =, o,qD vra
-, -. =. - - 80. .,,f.
bafAaH paying heI allenloh, ana lne
rest Of them-WeA Leblanc mas never
made any secret Of the fact that there
are lots Of men after her. has he? And
he's almost as open about his intention
Of bap5ip,, her over n the man who
-. - .,.. - 1fl,s1,. - - ~
gnu" ms -.
generous li''9o.'i'N
Or nephew, suggested Ince.
But ST. Qulnttn was determined to look
on the bright side Of things. and 10 shut
his ev-s if ne rouId IN the Dnssibfffry
,bs+ lao rnigst ta oiled rnon n look
=. - -.
upon -iilo % % ''eS
ana s"lhdieIs-
We shall only get snubbed BY this
fellow if we attempt 10 waylay him." he
said.
You leave it to me. and 7 think we
can avoid that But mind Won mustn't
he inn4ffent until Won have fouud ONT on
what terms he stands. or supposes him
self to stand. with the people. To nv
mind the most probable thing is that he
has been encouraged and led on. Just as
ven have been"
Not by Miss Densley." said ST. Ouin-
FIN. fercelv. Surely Won could see with
hale an eve that he was boring her To
death II isn't her fault if her mfserabI
old uncle keeps a dozen men on the
hooks. dangling about her aud hopjng
that the prize will fall into their mouth
al LAST"
Ince hesirated.
No doubt she likes a good-looking
follow like Won better than others like
1arbeau and this DarnaH. for instance
Fut if I were you. I shouldn't take any
thing on trust"
IN take her on trust But as for her
uncle and aunt, real or not. why. YOU
NAV find cut what Won like about them
and all the difference it viii make to me
& 70 increase my anxiety Ia tal<e nor
AWAY from them"
They had STONED and turned hack and
were strolling in a leisurciv w9v within
sight of the garden gates of Rriar Lodge
They waited and watched long time.
and began 10 fear that Cant Darna1I
might have been invited to stay to din