The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-13
By L. 7. MEADE
and ROBERT EUSTACE.
Copyright 1906 by w. c. Chapman

possibility be discovered. Madame is
invincible, Have you not seen Lord
Kairn?"
Yes, and have told him to be pre-
pared 10 accompany me home tomor-
Very we'll"
Dr. Ffetta walked across the room.
unlocked the door and threw IL open.
our plans will suit me admirably"
he continued. II shall stay on here for
rev days more, as l have some prf-
Ndte business to transact. Tonight I
shall sleep in peace. Your shadow has
oeen haunting me for the last three
days"
+ ] went from Fietta's room to the
boys. He was wide awake and start
ed uD when he saw me.
have arranged everything, Cecil"
l SAID, and you are my charge now.
mean to take you to my room to
Sleep"
oh" he answered. II am glad. Per-
haps L shall sleep better in your room.
am not afraid of you'll love YOU"
his eyes, bright with affection.
looked into mine. / lifted him into nv
arms, wrapped his dressing gown over
his shoulders, and conveyed him
through the folding doors, down the
corridor, into the room 1 had secured
Tor myself. There were two beds In
the room, and I placed him in one.
1 am so happy" he said. II love
you 50 much. VIII you take me 10
NesuVlus in the morning, and then
home In the evening""
Il will see about that. Now 90 10
Sleep" 1 answered.
He closed his eyes with a. sigh of
pleasure. In ten minutes he was sound
asleep. / was standing by him when
there came knock at the door. went
TO open it. A waiter stood without
He held salver I'm his hand. II con-
tanned letter. also a sheet OF paper
and an envelope stamped with the
name OF the hotel.
From the doctor, to be delivered to
the signor Immediately" was the lacon-
ic remark
Still standing In the doorway. tool,
the letter from the tray. opened it. and
read the following words:
You have removed the boy, and that
action arouses my mistrust. I doubt
your having received any communica-
ton from the Madame If Won wish
me to believe that you are a bona flde
member of the Brotherhood. return the
boy TO his own sleeping room inrne-
diately"
L took a pencil out of my pocket and
hastily wrote few words on the sheet
OF paper, which had been sent for the
purpose
retain the boy. You are welcome
10 draw your own conclusions"
Folding up the paper I slipped II into
the envelope, and, wetting the gum
win my tongue, fastened II together
ana handed 1t to the waiter, who with
ureW. re-entered my room and locked
the door. To keep the boy was impera-
I'VE out there was little doubt that
tletta would now telegraph to Mime.
koluchy (the Geographic office being
open day and night and find out the
trick / was playing upon him. / CON
sldered whether I might not remove
the boy there and then to another hotel.
out decided that such a step would be
useless. Once the emissaries Of the
brotherhood were put upon my track
the case for the child and myself would
be all but hopeless.
There was likely to be little s1ea1 for
me that night; I paced up and down
my lofty room. My thoughts were keen
and busy. After a time, however. a
strange confusion seized me- One mo-
ment 1 thought of the child, the next
OF Nine. Koluchy. and then again I
found myself bordering some abstruse
and comparatively unimportant point
III SClSnCSt winch L was perfecting at
home. L shook myself free of these
thoughts. to walk about again, to pause
by the bedside of the child, to listen tn
his quiet breathing
Perfect peace reigned over his little
face. He had resigned himself TO me.
his terrors were things of the past. and
ne was absolutely happy. Then once
again that queer confusion Of brain re-
turned. I wondered what I was doing.
and why l was anxious about the boy
Finally 1 sank upon the bed at the
farther end Of the room, for my limbs
were tired and weighted with a heavy
oppression would rest for a moment,
but nothing would induce me TO close
my eyes. So I thought. and flung my
self back on the pillow. But the next
instant all present things were for
gotten in dreamless and heavy slunber
awoke long hours afterwards TO
find the sunshine flooding the room, the
window which led on to the balcony
wide open, and Cecil's bed empty. I
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