Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-06

cipher: Dispatch received. Will at
tend to it, signed. And I wired to
the manager of the hotel to notice the
man who took the dispatch. 1t wasn't
man, 1t was lady"
"a LADY,"
yes. she had an order for Mr..
Makers kilograms. Mr.. Makers gave
the order. Mr.. Makers himself only
stopped one night and went away in
the morning and nobody seemed to re-
member him particularly; he was a
nondescript sort of party"
But the lady?" The colonel's mouth
felt dry.
The lady? She was tall fine figure,
well dressed, dark hair. the telegraph
girl thought. but she didn't pay any
special attention. She had Q very
pleasant, musical voice"
That doesn't seem to be very def
mite" remarked the colonel, with a
crooked smile.
II didn't look like clew to Warne
bold, either; but he was convinced Of
one thing namely: That it would pay
to watch the exsecretary.
and" chuckled he, there's cheer
full side to the affair. Atkins is loaded
to the guards with short contracts.
and the Midland is booming: II the
rise continues, he can't cover without
losing about all he has. By the way.
we got another wire later in the day
demanding what we were about. what
it all meant that we hadn't obeyed In
structions. Same address for answer
This time we thought we had laid
nice trap. But you can't reckon on a
hotel; somehow, before we got warn
ing, Mr.. Makers had telephoned for his
dispatch and got it,"
Where did he telephone from?"
From his room in the Palace"
Il thought he had given up his
room?"
"He had. But-some body telephoned
to the telegraph office from somewhere
in the hotel and got Mr.. Makers wire.
You can get pretty much everything
except moderate bill out Of hotel"
Il see" said the colonel, and inn
mediately in his heart compared him
self to the immortal blind man." for
his wits appeared to him to be tramp
Ing round futilely in maze; no near
er the exit than when the tramp began.
That night after Warnebold had de-
parted, leaving most ELUSIVE thanks
and expressions Of confidence. Winter
was standing at his window absently
looking at the garden family colored
by the moonlight. while his mind was
plying back and forth between half
dozen contradictions.
He went over the night Of the at
tack on Keatcham: he summoned
every look, every motion Of Janet
Smith; in one phase Of feeling he
cudgeled himself for wooden fool
who had been absolutely brutal to a
defenseless woman who trusted him;
he hated himself for the way he would
not see her when she locked toward
him; no wonder at last she stiffened,
and now she absolutely avoided him!
But, in swift revulsion against his
own softness, he was instantly laying
on the blows as Justify because of his
Incredible, pig-headed credulity. How
absolutely simple the thing was! She
cared for this scoundrel of an At
kins who had first betrayed his en-
ployer and then tried to murder him.
Very likely they had been half en-
gagged down there in Virginia; and he
/ Lad crawled out Of his engagement;
it would be quite like the cur! Later
he foundathat Just such distinguished,
charming woman, who had family and
friends, was what he wanted; it would
be easy enough for him to warm up
his old passion, curse him! Then, he
rad met her and run in a bunch of
3lausible lies that had convinced her
hat he had been regular angel in
main clothes; hadn't done a thing to
Cary or to her. Atkins was such
enooth devil! Winter could just pic
IRE him whining to the girl, putting
Ms life in her hands and all that rot;
nd making all kinds of tool of her
shy, the whole hand was on the
loard! So she was ready to throw
/ aem all overheard to save Atkins
! ,om getting his feet wet. That was
Thy she looked SO pale and haggard of
morning sometimes, in spite of that
eady smiles of hers; that was why her
yes were so wistful; she wasn't a
alse woman and she sickened of her
.lualid part. She loved Aunt Rebecca
nd Archie-all the same, she would
urn them both down for him; while
IS to Rupert Winter, late Of the United
states army, WORKOUT, lame, elderly
idiot who had flung away the profess
ion he loved and every chance Of a
future career in order to have his
hands free to keep her out of danger
where were there words blistering
enough for such puppy-dog folly! At
his point in his jealous imaginings the
pain in him goaded him into motion;
ne began furiously pacing the room,
although his lame lag, which he had
been using r9morselessly all day, was
sending jabs and twists of agony
through him. But after little he
halted again before the easement
window