The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-31
CHAPTER XI-fContinued)


Betty had regained consciousness that
first remembered morning. Since then
Betty had never been there. She mad
a DOLL baby suite of rooms well for
ward. hardly tenable for one so tall
and athletic as Betty. While most or
her time, even in stormy weather. was
spent on deck. still many OF her meals
were served in the tiny sitting room,
ell gay with blue and gold-blue the
color OF Betty's eyes, and geld like the
sun in June weather.
Betty stumbled along the unfamiliar
passageway. Tyoga knocked twice at
q bolted door and after little wait the
portal swung inward and Tyoga thrust
Betty within
she wanted to see you," she an
nounced, brusquely. I've got to get
dinner"
lie Malheureux bowed low. I'm glad
Of your company" he said nave
q lonely life, and such an interruption
is a pleasant one"
We'll. If you appreciate nay coming
so much, show your appreciation, sug-
gested Betty, do tell me why am
here. and who you are?'
Malheureux. do not ask me. l d,s-
like TO be compelled to be so dlscour-
teous as to refuse you, but must
You have been very i'll, but neaitn Is
returning to you. and when you re-
turn home you will think OF this jour
ney only as a pleasant dream You
have had no cause to complain OF your
treatment here. save you!
No" faltered Betty. only I'm ac-
customed to knowing why and where
fore, that's all"
That's ALL you say" said lie Nal
heureux Don't you know that why $
and 'wherefores' are the sum totai OF
existence? Don't ask me about tnem-
Ask me anything else."
Then / shall promulsate a 'wno'
CHANGED Betty. desperately Tell me-
do you know who murdered Cerisse
Wayne?"
She was unprepared for the reply
vet intuitively knew that it was what
she had anticipated.
Yes" assen.ed lie Malheureux-
"Uhst is more" he continued, watch
ing a swift question form on Betty
lips. Il saw the deed whan 1t was
done,"
Betty shrunk from him with eyes
dilated, mouth agape.
Then you" she began.
II did not" promptly retorted lie
Malheureux. L did not kill her. l
would have saved her il i could. But
II was impossible. The tragedy was
inevitable. il was foreordained and II
had to happen Nobody can ever
clinch with Destiny. The hrst Few
davs YOU were aboard this boat you
tried il, my dear Miss Lancey- The
result? You nearly had second at
tack of fever and nervous prostitution
When you resigned yourself to events
rs they course, you commenced to feel
better as YOU must admit To dis
miss the unattainable, and to welcome
what may come, Is the right doctrine
of living. Why do you worry with
what you cannot affect?"
81 don't dare to think" said Betty.
but since you. whoever you are. have
hauled me off In this high-handed
fashion, / consider there's some largess
coming to me. If you knew who muir
dered Cerisse Wayne, why don't you
tell me? That is. unless you're In duty
bound to protect the murderer! Come.
tell me, do"
What benefit would that be to you ?''
questioned lie Malheureux.
you forget I'm a newspaper wom-
anu" argued Betty. and draw salary
for gathering the news and turning Il
In to my city editor"
some distance from your city editor
now, aren't you?" suggested lie NAL
heureux.
well, couldn't I send my paper a
wireless?" flashed Lefty. You've an
instrument there"
-Ho, ho." laughed lie Malheureux
so that's why you wanted to come
into my laboratory. is it? You heard
the clicking. recognized IL, and thought
II you dared enough you might COM
municate with your friends. A great
idea, that, And 1 must confess you
are a plucky girl, Miss Betty, but ]
warn you. IL you tamper with these
instruments in here. you'll tamper with
eternity, and I'd advise you to let these
apparatuses alone"
BAH I'm not afraid" sneered Bet
a..
been afraid OF the trouble she started
till it's too late to stop It, You're a
woman, and of course you'll do as you
please, but"-he shrugged himself
again-.you'd better be warned"
I'll promise not to NEEDLE IL you'll
tell me one thing" persisted Betty.
You should have been a corpora
tion lobbyist responded lie Malheur-
eux: still shall be generous. But
what is it,"
who did kill Cerisse Wayne?"
"A man who loved her." replied LIE
Malheureux. laconicaIly. Come here
and see what have done to this ger
anium leaf 1t is magnified and remag-
nified- Look how it's eyes have re-
sponded to the influence of these con-
vergent rays-a new ray | have dis
covered myself. / have found the eye:
of plants and their souls, Some day
shall uncover the human soul itself
not only the physically corporate. blu
those that ride. as Omar says, naked
on the air OF heaven"
Betty looked into the globe he held
out before her. Within she saw 4
pulpy green substance. throwing ou
dozens of the most minute of antennae
These writhed and futtered mos
weirdly.
.Oh. can't stand this" she decIar-
ed. nor the air in here. Tyoga, Tyo-
ga,come and take me upstairs"
When the old nesress had led he,
back to her shady seat on deck Betty
Lancey sat and scanned the offing for
sail. and wondered how she could sse
word to Larry Morris where she was
and how in the world she could senc
the news she had to the Inquirer Of
flee.
Somehow her hunger for Larry wa
far worse than her desire to satisf'
the newspaper appetite of delivering
her portion of the solution TO tn
Wayne murder mystery. Betty. self
reliant Betty, weakened by the first Sc
we're illness she had ever known: Bet
ty, stripped of the practical ROUTINE
adjuncts OF the daily life TO which sh
was accustomed; Betty, who had open
ly fiouted at poetry and romanticism
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