The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24

1lre would prevent him from keeping
the appointment.
On the northern heights of London.
betweelt the top of HaNerstock Hill and
left of the main road. and known as
Neville street.
The houses in it are of the broken
down. seen-better-days order. not by
amy means small. but on the contrary,
of fair size.
that. about half past II on the night
after that upon which ELLA had re-
ceived Harold 18axter's letter, IL man
wearln" Il long, dark Inverness cape,
and II broad. soft felt hat. made his
way With u caution that showed he
feared recognition.
Within the shadow of a builders
gateway crouehed a woman. whose ever
low voiced cry WAS. will he Gomez
Pray heaven he does not GOMEZ"
AS she saw The cape wrapped figure
advancing up The street, her heart al
most ceased beating, and, as it passed
her. she slided out, and noiseless!y fol-
lowed in its wake.
IL was only when the man had ac-
tuai1y mounted the steps OF the house
he sought. that ELLA Rayne awoke to
the vital necessity for arresting his fur
Their progress.
TO her lips sprang the cry that had
been chosed down in her heart an
.hfough the time of weary watch and
waiting.
She had not the time to stop him.
"Haroldi Iiarold:'' she cried. ..Ha,-
oid! stay, for your own sake, and for
mine!!"
But the net was spread for the birds;
the door was on the jar; and even
as his loves despairing appeal broke
on me sun night air. Harold Baxter
passed rapidly in. Without so much as
hearing h voice of her who would
have saved him. and-the door was
shut.
For the m she was the woman
only, as II leant, broken in spirit.
ald weakened of limb and brain,
against the ratings of No. 10 Neville
ST., and she sobbed as though her heart
would break.
Then, the power in her nature reas-
serted itself, and h began to ask her
self how she could gain entrance INTO
this mysterious conference house.
She could not gain admittance by the
front door, so sought some other and
surer way of getting In.
1t suddenly ccurre to her that
perhaps. at the bottom of the builders
yard, there might be access to the end
garden walls of the houses on that
side of the street.
She had already noticed that one OF
the yard gates had negligenlly been
left unfastened, so that she was free
10 pass through to the rear of the place.
There being no moon, she had to fee
her way towards II house. her only
visible guide being an illuminated win
DOW OF the first floor back.
Across the blind she now saw, more
than once, human shadows pass and
repass. This but stimulated her TO re-
neWed exertions. though as yet she had
not formed any definite plan for enter
ing the house.
Presently. she came to a door-it was
locked. Then she tried the window of
the back Kitchen, which to her joy she
found urrfastened.
Now everything seemed clear and
straight before her. Softly Slipping up
the lower sash, she crept through into
the room. A few red embers in the
crate gave just sufficient light for her
to steer her way to the door without
dlsplaclng the furniture, and SO maxi
ing a noise.
Out in the passage. and at the foot of
the stairs. h made out a faint light
at the top of the latter, proving con
clustvely that the conspirators, il CON
spirators they We're, had. for some rea-
son, the door Of the back room open.
What should she do? Had those
above heard her movements? But her