The Washington times., 1910-07-08
CHAPTER VI.
A Friend In Need

a. Ei~i14 was right The man was
4 the messenger
Standing above his dead body, 7 won
ae-eu atreSl what desperate -rTand had
brought him from his far-away, half
le1-l5rG home 10 meet his death Ia
tll5 presumably safe and Cly4 1rd CUG1-
try Great. indeed. mus be The issues
and desperate the DlOttfrs Eyi-O dared 10
commit deliberate murder ure-elg 10 re-
move a possible ally Of Marian and her
il they rfsked so much for so small a
Ee-u- what might they not venture
against Marian Gerselfe For ] could no
longer doubt thar the man hlQ been
slain ou account 5f his connection with
the L-E-Ours-
Shaking with helpless rage and terror,
raised my eyes 10 ind the Bishop re-
-ariluE tLe corpse sadly His eyes were
@IeG uIIE tears and his lips CUiverCd.
Good and fEithful servant and
friend he mIEE- .lred- May heaven
punish your cruel murderers-
set my Jaws For the first time the
EIzl-E1-S Eeur.sueSs aueered me- but
did not permit my rage 10 be visible
Whom saa-a we notifyZ'' ] asked
.NoHoGy- To what end2 II would be
utterly impossible 20 convict the man
with no better evidence than we have
we should only draw attention TO our
selves. which is just what We wish 10
80 we can do nothing just now
Let She criminals think themselves
safe Later ne may talk OF punishment
Today ue are helpless
There was truth IN what he said
IrIr[raEaa-e PROOF Woull pe he9e9-
Sa.r- before we could convict the muir
Carer- and irrefraEable proof we cl2
not have Moreover, any move we
--f-E. make would certainly delay
Us and delay might mean Lte anu
death TO Marian. whose safety mus
come first Of all with bota OF US
Ha~HarS even now II terror }
turned Ln the bishop.
Miss LsatUur- ] E1speC-
Efe OWNED my thought and answer
cd IT. quickly.
Il -rfrIz She IS still safe" ne said
Clearly she was not near when Erls
razra-EI- murder took place 1 take
Il she sent Frrzuto 60 the neWsp4Her
rFEre with her advertisements and
that he was waylald on his return %
rre boat She was 10 write. If posi-
BILE i'm care of a friend here. must
-u and get her letter Gomez
followed alm. pul AZ az tle ..,.4 ooeE 81 81
-aa Ug-EEe / stopped II occifte e1 20
me that ] had better md my yacht
and make the 1CaCasnt tance OF my
captain and crew before / took the
Bishop on board Liars nave 10 con
slider many things
PERHAPS we had better separate FOR
the time being I suggested I must
ind guL whether my yacnI is mere
and IS ready for sea You can get
YOUR letter and then Join me on
board The yacht is named the sun
s.
Very well" The bishop heSltatec-
AR Scott" he said. solemniy- glad
as 7 am Of your aid ] should DO
-v-ouE If / did not ask YOU To reueCI
once more before You cast your lot
I'm with ours EOu see now that this
aTair Is no child.s play II involves
more than YOU can guess
--Cv- opponents are yIEilant and OAR
F frz- and VIII stop at nothing You gp-
srruc- their plans at peril OF your ili-
Remember. that so far we have seen
only she tracks Of the Russian The
. German and the EuEIishman are still 10
E Do ~rrE1neT with Their methods VIII
I be- different. but they are not likely to
De- less determined
You have notninE AT STAKE ana pc
( for. Won become hopelessiy involved 7
want Won TO ask yourself seriously
t---a-H=- the game Is worth the C2nole le-
/ 1t is NOT too late for you. 10 stop now,
but it soon VIII be-
/ shook my head
) ssT---e enlisted for the war I declared
: ..-.e=+=--zr-- t-T wish YOU were free 10 tell
---r can't. You can't I know ] am seTv-
ti-e Miss I.atouT. and that's enough for
Tho --sEeur Besides, 7 like the game
/ ~ for rlv life. wish could make you
Z --rr-=--=-=-5 Of how little consequence
|-r7t Is 10 auybOdy-eVen myself an
. al YOUR disposal absolutely
{ Good The bishops face Frightened
and he held out his hand ] am more
e-zH of YOUR aid than ] can say AND
{ =f j cannot tell YOU more OF the confess
& f- which we are engaged. ] can at least
Z +r7T Won that il IS one which / glory IN
well I'm burned il it amt the loo
I tenant
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