New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

man 70 give her permission u enter. What
pretcXt could she give TOR wanting 70 see the
premises If she inquired at the office on lSt-Stt
She could think OF none Better think It over
and plan a campaign. She had SO much mtOr-
nation. at least Now what She had % do was
to find some plausible theory to utilize it.
Back she went to her room and cried herself
To sleep as any other woman would She
missed Astro more than ever. Before, She had
a hunger and thirst for his presence. now she
wanted his help and protection On. she was
sure enough now She felt lost without HIM;
She saw how necessary he WAS 10 her. how he had
made life different romantic, picturesque
tt was a sad little Valcska that crept to the
studio next daV. She took up one OF the
cushions of his divan and kissed IT pasSIonately
buried her face IN 1t for awhile, then sat reso-
lutcIv down 1T his desk % work out the mystery
Of his location The more she thought oi It
now. the surcr she became that he must have
left these clues on purpose 70 guide her IN heT
search. Il would bc Ike nm e. test nfr una.
way. there was a sort Of hunor IN 1t that. at
last She saw. Well, then. She would he
worthy pupil She would prove thar his lessons
had not been without effect She. too. WOULD
be a Seer of Necrctsl
With a smile on her lips now. she began the
problem But again She stopped II was
absurd u think OF MN Is being away she was
So used 10 seeing hIm here III the -tuli' tntt she
could not take her task seriously t'u4t not
She 20 INTO a trance he had so often pre-
her spirit To meet his' Could she not perceive
the radiance Of his secret black light directly
through her Iutwtou-, without TINS ts'ii'u7
and stupid analytical logical process AS she
sat there She could almost feel him at her side.
leaning over her shoulder, laoking from the
door ri his laboratory. Shc looked up with a
start from her revere and wIs A little fright
yned e. find herself alone IN the great sturi'
with rs shadawy corners Then She went 'asN
-pu-.fcrtlpusly % lc~ -tudv-
+hs.r of &
II was evident that Dee could not De In anyone
at the places Was there any c-oteric ~iEnlti-
canoe - the Wechawkcu ferry or Pier ~, She
laughed at the iica. All she could gather from
the addresses WAS that AStr' was probably IN
New York. Well that was soucthng Her
mlui rumpel u the Square with IilE1n.ll~- u
the cross On the cnvclpp. How did they 1T m
Whv for al she knew. the pattern on the car
pet or the legs OF the chairs could solve the
mystery
Mo. there must be- some relationship be-
~ tween these things. II these evidences were
lett uurppselv they were correlated one e. an
other. Her mind went back O. memories OF
Astrp. He used % Jump up and walk back srid
forth as he considered hls problems 80 up
rose Naleska and began 10 pace the room.
As she passed the bookshelvcs. She noticed
that one book stuck out % little from the others
Ia was a volume of Poc's '' Tale She pushed
II back and continued her promenade. She
went over the addresses dgalu.--Nalnt Pat
rick S. Fer NJ. go hUI-4NC-. tnc gas W'IkN-
u came u her vaguely that these places were
| about equal distances apart Now could that
mean anything, Then she thought that she
could consider them more clearly II she had q
map.
She went To- the shelf therefore took down
and uuiolded a large map Of New York, and
| laid II on the table She next took four pms
| .r,m the case IN the top drawer and marked
| each place. They were indeed equal dis
| tanlcs apart she measured them with a ruler
| Then she noticed thut they seemed u form
| square and tested II with "A little rubber TRAN
| gle Astro used for plotting horoscopes, and
! found II was true. The sides were about mile
and "a quarter long. Again she dropped her
| chm on her palms and her elbows on the table
| and studied the pms.
! But her thoughts wandered IT seemed as If
| Astro should he there 10 help her as he always
| had. She thought with "a sad smile. that II 1t
was propnqulty that had made her love HIM.
proplnquIty was what She wanted most. But
| She forced her mind - the subject and rcmcm-
| bcrcd the diagram drawn on the blotter If the
| table. Why that Wa square tool And It
| had ITS dIagonals drawn. The hint reached her
| at last and scizing pencil and ruler, she drew
| IN the diagonalS on the map and looked curl