The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-26
NUMBER THIRTEEN
A Powerful Serial Story.
BY f. NJ. WHITE.
Author OF The Crimson The



forced Si- Charles 10 the ground and
tore open his sleeve A moment later,
and The syringe had done It's work.
only few seconds ELAPSED before
the baronet collapsed altogether, ana
lay like log on the carpet.
No more trOuD.e win MIN Tor th'
next four and-twenty hours" tie doe
ter said cheermlly. so he must ~
GOT to bed and his CLONES removed
VIII You help me, sirP
Il will help YOU with the creates.
possible pleasure" Braybrooke SAIL
erimly. indeed. | am vastly Obliged
by your ready assistance You take
his head. and IN take his ieet,
f.; ncy can pilot You no o his room
ail right,
Man Of wonderful resources i
Thomas" Colyille mute ed compls
Gently
Lady Al,amout laughed unpIeasant-
Is. and Braybrooke noted the mirtt
With appfchension. Things "ore go
inc -hlS- MaN-n aM.-nHt b. was not Ou
of The Wood yet. II would never do I.
leave Coivllle and that woman alon
together. yet al the same time u wa
impossible 20 do anything nnti tn
body OF Sir Charles had been properl'
disposed OF
The latters bedroom WAS reached al
last. and the unconscious form cepos
tied with much ceremony on the own
cr's bed. few moments ater and H.
was stripped and made comfortable.
rte Is nkely to do pretty well nov
tcr some time 10 come, the doctor
said II tho fellow goes Oh Ia III"
saue way. ! Wouldn' give month for
him to live Altogether. you seem %
be- a queer lot in these part.
We are" Braybrooke said grimiy
We are very queer lot on BON sides
o. the party wall But tell me. how Il
your ratient next door getting on?
understand that she is nice" OF tn
ot hous"keeper Is she DETER p
She Il IN pretty bad way, the
doctor exclaimed Still. she nnlf
wants res. and quietness to pull her
round # isn't for me 10 ask too many
Questions but should be inclined -
doubt the statcmen, that my patient
il niece OF that old lady But rea,
~ must be getting along ! shall be
clad If ven can see your way To lettins
me Udt az the house I'm pretty well
done UP cor want Of sleep, ana don
wan 20 stand There ansWerlnG lot
OF silly questions
Nothing easier" brayEroONe said.
y car LEI you out OF the fro't door
here and fasten it behind YOU Then
can go back next door by The wa
We came.
Five minutes later ana Bra brooke
was back at No 10 once more. t!c Ic-
turned very quietly, 50 lric',Y ih'i
LADY Nltamont was not aware OF his
presence lie was about to say ha
he had got Sir Charles comfortably ~
bed hen a word Of the conversation
arrested HIM He drew back in The
shadow. and stood there listening IN
tcntly Il say YOU are Nrons. Cot
lie muttered YOU know nothing
phout IT, lou say that ! turned my
wife out OF my house. ana ! am not
prepared TO deny H. But you de- not
knew. nobody will ever know what
rrCVocatiOn | had. Your sister was
n, great an adventures as yourself.
Ana Won are not asking all these ques-
nons our of any affection that YOU feel
fo~ her. oh. know a great deal more
tlan YOU imagine You it'll, know
how carefully | have had my eve ON
Won for some considerable time pass.
/ could tell YOU pretty ven lnythinF
that took place in your house on the
occasion of your masked ball \ wo-
nan comes ~ yUar house who Is /
perfect stranger 20 YOU AMI she meets
vi;h a strange accident there. real
al! about IL IN the papers Vow
laughed UheI. ! read the report Lady
Altamont who was greatly disturbed.
Coald give 10 account OF her mvsteri-
on visitor. or how she came 10 be
injured Oh, Oh Lady Altamont.
with her usual kindness. il doing all
she can for the sufferer. A trained
nurse has been engaged. in fact every
thing that could possibly be due, etc.
etc. And all the time there were two
OF us close together who could hav"
TOLD the whole truth. If necessary.
Il might have guessed ,"me'hing 81
this. she said ! shall have TO be
m re or less candid with You The
woman IN question has disappeared.
and she has vanished from M house
IS completely ~ If she Had never ex-
isted That must be the wo.k, OF
some deadly enemy OF mine Of course
And when Sir Charles "ame in and
declared that he had seen her face
locking out Of one Of your bedroom
windows felt quito certain that"
TN Ne q