Evening star., 1907-10-13
Copyright, 1907, by
:. n. and A. NJ. WILLIAMSON.
"Annoyances2" echoed. "If there

"Annoyances9" echoed. 'Tr there
were nothing WORSE
There won't be. shall be we'll de-
Tended. 1t will all be shown up as a huge
mistake-another warning against trust
ing to circumstantiai evidence"
rs there nothing we can do then7 Or
that we could urge others to dor
asked. hoping that he understood that |
meant one other-Maxine de Renzie.
| l guessed by his look that he did un-
iderstand. 1t was a look of gloom, but
Suddenly a light flashed In his eyes
There is one thing you could do for
me-you and NJ one else" he said. But
l have no right to ask it
| Tell me what it is ! implored
| Il would not if it didn't mean more
than my life to me- He hesitated and
then. while l wondered what was to come.
he bent forward and spoke a few hurried
words in Spanish. He knew that to me
Spanish was almost as familiar as Eng
lish- He had heard me talk of the
Spanish customs still existing in the part
tot California where / was born. He had
heard me sing Spanish songs We had
sung them together-one or two | had
taught him. But had not taught him the
Language, He learned that. and three or
four others at least. boy. when first
|he thought of taking up diplomatic
Icareer.
| They were so few words. and so quickly
spoken. that Remembering the warder-
almost hoped they might pass unnoticed.
But the man in uniform came nearer to
US at once. looking angry and suspicious.
| THAT is forbidden" he said to Ivor.
Then. turning sharply to me. What Ian
guage was that?'
| Spanish" l answered. He only bade
me goodbye. We have been-very dear
friends. and there was a misunderstood
ling. butts over now. 1t was natural
ne shouldn't want you to hear his last
| words to me-
| Nevertheless, It is forbidden" re-
peated the warder obstinately. "and
though the five minutes you were granted
| together are not over yet. the prisoner
must go with me now. He has forfeited
the rest Of his time and must be re-
ported"
| With this he ordered Ivor to leave the
room. in tone which sounded to me so
brutal that l should have liked him to be
tshot. and the whole French police force
DIFFERENTIATED. To hear little underbred
| policeman dare to speak like that to my
| big. brave. handsome Engishman, and
Ito know that it would be childish and un-
| dignifed Of Ivor to resist-oh. I could
have killed the creature with my own
hands-I think
| AS for Ivor. he said not another word
except goodbye" smiling half sadly,
half with twinkle Of grim humor. Then
he went out, with his head high. and just
at the door he threw me back one look.
1t said plainly as II he had spoken:
Remember, / know you won't fail me-
| I did indeed remember, and l prayed
that l should have pluck and courage not
| to fail. But it was very hard thing
that he had asked me to do. and he had
said well in saying that he would not ask
| it of. me if it did not mean more than his
life
| The words he had whispered so hastily
and unexpectedly in Spanish were these:
"Go to the room of the murder. alone.
and on the window balcony find in a box
under fiower-pots. folded document.
| Take this to Maxine. Every moment
counts
| So it seemed that 1t was always OF her
he thought-ef Maxine de Renziei And
T., OF all people in the world. was to help
him with her.
| AS thought of this task he'd set me,
and Of all it meant. 1t appeared more and
more incredible that he should have had
the heart to ask such a thing of me.
| Butt meant more than his nfe." And
would do the thing. if it could be done.
because of my pride.
| AS drove away from the prison kind
| Of fury grew in me and possessed me. l
felt as if I had fire instead of blood In
my veins. If 1 had known that death, or
CHASTITY house to which Ivor had sent me,
l would still have gone there
My first thought was to go instantly.
and get 1t over-wfth success or failure.
But calmar thoughts prevailed.
| | hadn't looked at the papers yet. My
only knowledge Of last nights dreadful
happenings had come from Uncle Eric
and Lord Robert West. 1 had said to
myself that 1 didn't wish to read the
newspaper accounts of the murder and
of Ivor's supposed part in it. l remem-
bered now. however, that I did not even
know in what part of Paris the house
of the murder was. 1 recalled only the
name Of the street, because it was a
curiously grim one-like the tragedy that
had been acted in it.
l couldn't tell the cabman to drive me
! to the street and house. That would be
a stupid thing to do. I must search the
papers, and find out from them some
thing about the neighborhood, for there
would surely be plenty of details Of that
sort. And T must do this without first
going back to the hotel, as 1t might be
very difficult to get away again once
was there. Now. nobody knew where
was, and I was free to do as I pleased,
no matter what the consequences might
DE afterward.
Passing Duval restaurant I suddenly
Iordered my motor-cab to stop. Having
Il paid and sent it away. I went upstairs.
and asked for a cup of chocolate at one
OF the little. deadly Notwithstanding
marble tables. Also 1 asked to see an
evening paper.
It was a shock to find Ivor's photo
graph, horribly reproduced. gazing at me
from the front page. The photograph