The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-03-17

St9Ime and Two other men stepped
outSide ana investigated. They found
h9lhinS in the least suspicious.
IN the meantime the servants had
rSnsacked tbs house from tor to hot-
ton' ana found no one. Miss Dumont- s
jewels were intact.
The dinner was resumed. The girl
VINO nau tainted concluded with ne
rest, that she had been scared and that
the . hole thing was the result OF her
imagination. order was restored and
the subject or the burglarieS dr1pDcd
only one man had the right OF the
dIdlI. ana ms conversation on the cor
hef or the street explained IT,
by George exclaimed AIR RurIze
TOT II was ne. But had a narrow es-
cape. Somebody saw ME Iookin' i'm tie
NlhuOW' ana Jney pretty near nabbed
me That would a been a good thiua.
lie waited 4 few minutes To deter
mine Whethe' there was any effort at
pursuit. and then went on.
But he's there, all right, al right
Hes there, and he won't get away with
out jimmy burke astern. You can
place Your bottom dollar on that
S,umpy, TO any tune YOU please"
the Dumont place
\ note for Mr.. Storme." announced
Storme took and re- il hastily
Fi'cn Hc looked M ..- watch
IL am called away ne exclaimed
ITS hair past eleven. and [ must go.
I'm sorry to
lie made his apologies and sIippsd
out MISS Dumont followed him.
quired anXiously.
StoTme shook his head
1 don know" he replied. L thought
tonight that l would be free. Here is
me hoie. you may read IL if you viii.
she started as she looked al il Then
she read IT, u was as follows
Ny dear StOTme.
BE at the IroQuOise Club at 70 o'cIocl-
II possible. Some friends OF yours viii
~ pc, ,"eIe ,- neiween twelve and half past
The note was unsigned
W nat does II mean" she inquired
doh know, little girl lis mart
OF the general scheme Of duties I must
throw them up altogether"
am sorry \ou-yOu must 60 she
went on. in puzzled tone.
so am ], Helen" returned S-orno
and / nate To leave YOU uuproterfed
Ihese robbers that they talked about
tonight are serious, IL seems. You rny,-t
De careful 10 keep the house locked nm
li-H anything should happen" re
turned pale as he spoke Tiff an,
ihlnE should happen To you. I don't
know what I'd do"
She looked up in his ewes with a 20
assuring smile
You need not fear for me. she 70
turned We are safe here The coach
man can be summoned in an instant
and William, our old butIcr sIeo,,.
down stairs. one II the maids IL -
ing distance '''-i' % IL
Ny aunt sleeps in the front room
ana ! steep IN one OF the back ones
the one az the CCTneT'--cle Indicated 3.
with Eesture-"and the street V,bfs
shine upon il ali night long. Our ho11ee
is well exposed. and we've ncyer rsd
any trouble, and we never expect 10
ei,ner. Nothing will happen-nothing at
Storue bowed.
81 sincerely trust not" he said grave
You Will come tomorrow she asked
as he prepared 10 leave
ct will come tomorrow no roDlioJ
And then he vert After he had LEFT
she discovered that she had unv-ir+ioe-,,-
retained possession Of the note Sic
ihreW open the door and called after
h1m 20 no purpoSe-le had zone
she closed the door and stood unrp~-
fanny beneath the light ana -ead the
note again
\ troubled expression settled rDon
'er lace She remained IN an attitude
OF hesitation FOR an instant. and rher
instead or returning 10 her guests era
ran lightly M Tho stairs 20 her room
u was a singular hing that as long
Nlt N.i1 NHe"H Sl'ime- Helen DII-
mont mad received from him but rv.,
letters. Both had come within tho mas,
few weeks
She opened drawer and took the lei.
terS out. She uncned them and com
pared them carefully with the note
which had come for Stcrmc that night.
suddenly she save little cry
What does % AN mcsu-uhat does 10
mean" she exclaimed
For she foud that the note az to-
night was written IN the same hand as
were the other two I'm the lardVrffirr-
Of II. StanleiSh Sto-mc.
What does IL uean7'' she srIo5
again.
And then she went downstairs.