The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-28
THE THREE KEYS

ness OF the Spanish wOns n The per-
fect-dtting tailored suit she wore show
ed to advantage the CURING Itheness
Of her slender body
"Oh. Morris, Morris, You have re-
turned Thank HeaVenu' she cried fer
vently, IN soft rich voice, ruusicalIy
vibrant She drOopsI u LathrOp-s
weeping
He wal ed patiently un ii the par
oXysm vas past. tilsn he led her back
to the chair which 5l35iiaC vacated
mere there Ri-a-' T. sad, sOOtll-
insiy. as to a child 4 nave changed
my mind since wrote You that letter
yesterday. 1 should have been up TO
see you within the half hour. How
long have you been here2"
oh. since 10 o'clock this morning.
the girl answered, plaintiVely. Il re-
celVed your letter al that time and so,
OF course / came at once on Morris.
ca are not gong away as you said IA
NO dear. [ am not going away
Lathrop assured her; at least, not at
prescnt-nOt for two weeks, 7 think
anyway But you should not have come
mere Rita l told you that when you
4 could not help it: indeed. I could
not the girl pleaded. TREMENDOUSLY.
Your letter was so strange Norris
that It frightened me- It made me think
that might neve.. see yoLz eeain. and
/ should have died II that were true
You VIII not go away without coming
10 bid me goodbye. viii yOu2 Esver2
Promise me that, MorrIst'
Yes. ] promise, If IN return you viii
promise never To come here again IN
der any circUmstance-that is, alone I
don't suppose you have had any lunch
con, have your he demanded
No, nor breakfast, either I came at
once when I received the letter.
Poor child, you must be starvedG''
Lsuhrop acclaimed Come. we viii so
at once"
Where were You going. AIorris2- the
GAL asked as he bUttOued her coat
peared ana now. sunshine sparkledr in
her eyes and upon her face
We'll" he replied. somewhat grim
j.. 7 am not exactly certain where I
was going The route that I had Sc
l6CJed might have taken me 70 either
of two destinations, hut I am in some
doubt as 10 which one would have
fitted me the better are you
ready2''
He turned toward the door. His
hand was upon the knob, when there
came sudden and sharp rap upon
~ panels
LathrOp directed. in a low tone Then
after giving her time to obey he threw
open the door and Immediately utter
&c an involuntary ejaculation Of as
tonishInent, for at the threshold stood
Edna Trevor
May I come in. Morris" she de-
manded, brightly, with a uaisch eviOus
smile at her own audacity III this eX-
hosts permission she stepped past
him into the room and paused in the
center Of II. deVOurinE With eager
eye the decorated walls, the bTic-a-
L.athrop, excessively annoyed, stood IN
silence. regarding her with frowninS
brOws.
Its loveIy-iust IoveIvt" the girl
TrrFu D.
4 never saw a bachelor apartment be
fore, you know, and I have 50 wanted
TO. Pipes and swords and armor and
shields! 1 was going by, and
great for my powers Of resistance
So here ! am Aren't YOU going 10
give me some tea, Morris -
7 am very sorry, but haven't time
to do that" LaJhrOp replied. rather
coldIy- Il was on the point Of going
out when you came
ooh. you were!r Edna exclaimed.
with q uOut OF diSaDDOintment- Then
IN an instant her manner changed
What is that2" she cried, sharply
She had been moving about the room
inquisitively while speaking Now
she stopped short and picked up some
thing from the floor. 1t was q dainty,
wine coIored glove tiny thing,
much too small even for her shaDely
hand She held IL between her I'm
gers dIsdain1ully for moment
Then she turned slowly toward La
thrOp.
Whose glove IS this2 Where did Il
come from she demanded
Il found IL in the elevator LsthTOp
lied. glibly-
Nonsense, MOrrisr' Edna TetOTted.
with manifest contempt IF you had
found il there you would have left It
70 be claimed There has been some
one here All there was some one
here when I came. She is here now
Yes, I can smell her I know I can
You can-what2' Lathrop cried
aghast-
s'I can smell her. Edna repeated. no
whit dIsmayed- yes, violet perfume
Morris L.athrop,'' she continued, stern