The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-24
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings

she said: you are in great danger.
Don't land at Yarmouth. Take the re-
turn boat TO Lynington.'
Her voice was so earnest and there
was such Il ring of real distress in II
that try as l would. ] could scarcely
treat her with the harsnness which
thought her conduct deserved.
You are a woman 1 began. but
ooh. l know all that you think of
me-" she answered, but the risk is too
terrible, and my duty too plain for any
harsh judgment of yours to influence
me. Go back, go back while there is
tire.
Il cannot understand YOU" / said.
You warn me of some vague danger,
and yet you allow Lockhart. the man
who employs you. to run into what, ac-
cording to your own showing. is a trap
for his destruction. How can respect
YOU or believe your words when you
act in such manner"
I dare not tell you the whole
truth, she answered. Il wish 1 had
courage, hut it means too much Mr..
L6ckhart is in no danger; you are.
Won't you go back-won't you be guild
ed by me9''
No" 1 sai1; where he goes 1 will
go; his danger is mine also. Miss Ward,
you are duplicating yourself in the
too plainly that you are on the side
Of
You think that I am Mime. Ko-
luchy's agent?" she answered. well.
there is only one of saving you. I tried
yesterday to dc what could: YOU
would net be warned. When l heard
your voice, and that OF your friend, in
Mr.. Lockhart's dining room this morn
ing my agitation was so great that
almost betrayed myself. on your be-
half | have listened and watched and
acted the spy all day. You can scarce
ly realize what my awful position is.
But it you will not yield 10 my en-
traties ] must tell you everything"
Just then a friend whom 1 happened
to know and who lived in Yarmouth
came up, uttered an exclamation of as
constituent and drew me aside. He in
vited me to spend the night with him.
but knowing that LOckhart expected
me at FTeShWateT. / declined his inVi-
tatiOD. l was glad of the interruption
and kept by his side until we reached
Yarmouth. 1 then looked around for
Miss Ward, but she had disappeared.
now hoped that 1 had escaped her
altogether. / took a carriage and drove
to the hotel at Freshwater. where I in
tended staying until Lockhart commu-
nicated with me. / knew the place well,
having spent many summer holiday
there in my young days. The hotel was
nearly empty. the season not having
vet begun, and [ found myself the only
occupant of the coffee room. l ordered
tasty meal and was just beginning
to eat Wnen q lady dressed in black en-
tered the room and sat down at a dis
tant table. A waiter came up and asked
if she wanted anything She ordered Il
cup. of coffee. which was presently
brought to her | do not think she
touched it. / saw her slowly stirring
it with her teaspoon, she raised her
eyes and encountered mine. She was
Miss Ward. 1 perceived she had fol-
lowed me. Ny dinner became instant
~ distasteful I took up a paper and
pretended To read. In a few moments
a waiter brought me a note. 1 tore il
open. 1t ran as follows:
II am staying here at a big house
called the Towers. where the work is to
be done. Come up the path by the cliff
toward the golf link. VIII meet you
there. We can talk alone and arrange
our plans This is a matter Of life and
death"
I thrust the note into my coat pock-
ct and. raising my eyes, saw that Miss
Ward had left her seat and come up to
my table.
"You are to meet Mr. Loekhart on
the path by the cliff towards the goie
links?" she said, in an interrogative
voice.
/ made Nv reply.