Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
My Lady of Mystery
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the letters and cigarettes. You have said
nothing to prove to my satisfaction that YOU
are not the person was waiting for tonight"
You don't mean that you suspect"
Miss Thorne began. in Il tone of amazement.
Il don't mean that l suspect anything"
Grimm corrected placidly: . l mean that YOU
haven't convinced me. There's nothing in
consistent in the fact that YOU what You
say you are and that in spite OF that YOU came
And he was interrupted by laugh. the
throaty. silvery note that he had never heard
but once. His idle hands closed spasmodically,
only to be instantly relaxed.
Suppose, Mr.. Grimm, that / should tell YOU
that Immediately after Madame Boissegur
placed the matter in my hands this afternoon
l went straight to your office to show this let
ter to YOU and ask your assistance: she IN
CURED. suppose that l had left my card for
YOU with a clerk there on being informed that
you were out.-remember l knew from Mad
anne Boissegur that you were on the case
would that indicate anything else except that
| wanted to put the matter squarely before YOU,
and work with YOU
We will suppose that much" Grimm agreed
equally.
That is q statement of fact" Miss Thorne
added My card which you will find at your
office will show that. And when l left your
Office l went to the Hotel Hiliard. where you
live with the same purpose. ou We're not
there. and left card for YOU. And that is q
statement of fact 1t not difficult, owing
to the extraordinary circumstances to imagine
that you would be here tonight, - Just as YOU
were.-and l came here My purpose. still.
was to inform you of what knew, and to work
with YOU Does that convince YOU"
And how did YOU enter the Embassy:
Grimm persisted.
Not with latch key. as You did" she re-
piled. MADAME Boissegur, at my suggestion,
left the French window in the hall there un-
fastened. and l came in that way,-the way. |
may add, that Monsieur IAmbdssddor went
out, when he disappeared
Very we'll commented Grimm. and finally
81 think, perhaps, | owe YOU an apology. Miss
Thorne-another The circumstances
now. as they were at our previous meeting. are
so unusual that Is it necessary to go on:
There was a certain growing Difference in his
tone now. " | wonder If YOU account tor Nj.
Boissegurs disappearance as l do" he in
quired
Il dare say" and Miss Thorne leaned toward
him with sudden eagerness in manner and
voice. Your theory is" she questioned.
"If we believe the servants. We know that
NJ. Boissegur did not go out either by the front
door or the rear Grimm explained. That
being true. the French window by which YOU
entered seems to have been the way
Yes. yes!" Miss Thorne interpolated.
And the circumstances attending the disap
pearancei How do you account for the fact
that he went evidently of his own will"
Precisely as you must account for it if you
have studied the situation here as have.
his desk there and he turned to indicate it,
"he could readily see out the windows over
looking the street. There is only narrow
strip of lawn between the house and the side
walk Now if some one on the sidewalk or
or"
8 In q carriage:" interposed Miss Thorne.
"Or in a carriage Grimm supplemented.
had attracted his attention,-sOme one he
knew-it is not at all unlikely that he rose
for no apparent reason, and passed along the
hall
And through the French window. across
the lawn to the carriage and not person in
the house would have seen him go out. Pre-
cisely. There seems no doubt that was the
way" she unused. And of course he must
have entered the carriage of his own free will
g. In other words. on some pretext OF other,
he was lured in. then made prisoner, and
HE paused suddenly and his hand met Miss
= Thorne's for an instant. warninglv. The
silence of the night was broken by the violent
clatter of footsteps apparently approaching
the Embassy. The noise was unmlstakable, -
it some running.
The window" Miss Thorne whispered.
She rose quickly and started to cross the
room. to look out Grimm sat mOtlOnlesS.
listening An instant later there came ire
mendous crash of glass.-the French window
in the hallway. by the sound.-then heavy
footsteps. still running along the hall Grimm
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