The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-24

If you go { shall go also" she coil
tinued. BY so doing | put nlysen mt
the most deadly peril. Will not the
thought of my danger influence you
IT is not necessary for you TO go
and it is for me-" l replied Miss
Ward. / cannot understand your mo-
tive, ncr why you persist in harassing
me as you are doing, but / can only
act on my own judgment and rs ]
think best Leave me now to my fate,
whatever it is. | have my work TO do
and must do it,"
Then it will be as l said" she an
swered. You are imperiling your life
ana mine. but 1 have spoken can
add no more"
She left the room, closing the door
after her.
Making great effort I tried to
Danish neF words and her strange per-
sistency from my mind. / put on my
hat and started off. l went down the
lawn. crossed the little front parade
and began to ascend the pathway. ]
walked on for about half mile along
the edge of the cliff. looking 70 right
and left fer Lockhart. My mind was
torn with conflicting thoughts. Should
/ tell IOckhart about Miss Ward or
should l forbear? Was there by any
possibility some truth in the wild
words Of this girl, who had followed
me down to this lonely place on quest
Of such evident peril? ] had always
prided myself on reading character
well, and the straight glance of those
dark and troubled eyes added now to
my perplexity. She looked like one
who was speaking the truth. Still, to
believe her was impossible, for to be-
lieve her was to doubt Lockhart
I walked on. wondering that he had
not yet put in an appearance. 7 was
now close to the golf links. Suddenly 1
heard to my right and not long way
OF the sharp cry of a woman. 1t came
on the night breeze, once. twice, then
there was no further sound. l rushed
i'm the direction from which the cry had
come. and the next moment stumbled
up against LockhaTt- He spoke in an
eager voice; there was a tremble in it.
They have got me down here on
some cock-and-bull idea of Analysing
the water supply" he exclaimed.
But" / interrupted. did you not
hear that cry-aL woman in some sort of
trOuble-did you not hear it?''
mo. ! can't say 1 did" he answered.
What is the matter with you, Head ;
you look quite Overcome?'
There was a sound just beyond you
as if woman was in trouble" ! con-
tinued. "She cried out twice: are you
Certain you UlO ilol near HtF
Quite certain" he replied but let
us listen for a moment. If we hear IL
again we must, of course, go to the
rescue"
We both stood still. The huge form
of the bacteriologist was between me
and the sea. Not a sound broke the
stiffness.
You mistOok the cry of one of the
numerous sea birds about here for that
Of a woman" said Lockhart: but. be
it woman or not. 7 am afraid we have
no time to attend TO it any longer. Do
you know that the tubes l brought with
me have been stolen? But I was too
clever for my foes. whoever they are
| suspected mischief and threw the real
culture away while we We're crossing
the SOlent. and substituted plain broth
in its stead. Nov, what are we to do2
This is a very Unprotected place and
believe there is only one policeman"
we must stay quiet until the morn
ing" l answered. and then get help
from Newport. With our evidence they
have not the ghost of a chance. But,
Lockhart, 1 have something painful to
tell you. Your secretary"
"Oh, don't worry about her now; she
is safe in London. We shall catch the
whole gang by the first light if we are
wary"
''valentia Ward. What do you
mean?'
We continued to walk on and to talk