New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

SUNDAY MAGAZINE Fl
mess ana nnally, adnonishing NIaneaI 80.
to forget the tonic and ernbTocario,,l 10, tioC
ratified OF to the railway station in doc
Wen. questioned Mansel. "wbst A. :,
you think of Fordyce's opinion" u0
agree with him about the s,,nerr,o+,,,1
end' but 1 guess there's something in = We
have not found out. My people have ali De
They have!" Mansel calculated "Tex
pected as much. They know what tbe-e :
IN II, II you and Fordyce are skeptical''
MISS hansel stepped out on the norcb
and her brother made a sign to lroD the s,,h'
jeCt. 'i40 SUI
Do you know what is the matter with
the servants?" she asked. M nj ~ -
jingle .Iangling about, wringing her hands
and the head khitmutgar is contin17aIIT
gIanc1ng over his shoulder as If he expected
TO see a ghost. Then that horrible man has
been sitting IN the road again opposite"
BY Jove. calculated Perrin. This
thing IS getting on my" He broke off on
catching a significant glance from Mansel.
/ mean l wish the new assistant engineer
they promised to send out would turn I'D.
THE serving of dinner came as an oDDor-
tune interruption to a topic both men had
agreed to hold secret; but with the fall of
nlght q creepy sensation temporarily affected
Perrin. He found himself glancing uneasilv
from the pleasantly shaded light OF the din
ing room INTO the blackness without, and the
inquire OF the gaunt fanatic Swallowed grinnly
IN his mind. What he expected would have
been hard TO define, except that the common
place assassin 5 bullet had no part in that
overhanglng something. He wondered at
Alansel 5 calmness, considering he believed
himself q doomed man without power of re-
slStance- While joining absentmindedly in
the conversation, his thoughts gradually
shaped q definite purpose. This he dis
closed later when AIansel' sister had retired.
See here, Nansel." he said. " It 5 hardly
fair that YOU should take all the risk. pen
atty. or whatever It is, OF landing that muir
derous Brahnan. Why they should choose
YOU III preference to me for their tigers claw
trick, | don't quite understand.
Oh, I've been threatened before" re-
turned AIansel. Now comes the settle
ment!"
Well, anyway, I've formed kind OF
idea, which may be all wrong, But I'd ike
to try II. Do you consent?
Before l know what your idea is?
Perrin nodded.
All right. Go ahead. I presume it is
nothing prepOsterOuS.
Simply that l should like to occupy your
room tonight.
Why. what do YOU suspect"
Can't say that I suspect anything posi-
lively" replied Perrin; but what I may
call a suggestion is floating in my mind.
But my room is an addition to the bunga-
low, - protested Mansel. In a way it IS sep
arated.
That's Just il" replied Perrin. That
IS why I should ike TO Try II for night"
What IS -:he real motive: asked Man
sci.
III tell YOU in the morning. Do you
agree TO let ne sleep II Your room:
oh. yes. If YOU wish
All right. But well make the change
after II might be presumed YOU had gone TO
sleep. Their Is also reason Tor that.
Perhaps upper1nost IN PERKINS, mind
when he made the proposal was 10 see for
himself what happened; provided Of course
an act q some kind took place. While he
did not believe that the mark Of the tigers
claw on AIansel's breast came by black,
white, or any other kind OF magic, or, as