Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23

| know. For four years 1 have been look
| ing for you. That is why. when l looked
down from my rooms last night and saw
you singing in the passage underneath.
| saw you and the hunchback and the mon
key. that / rushed down like a mailman.
determined that this time at any rate.
you should not escape me-"
She drew away. You were foolish. .
she said. "You are foolish now"
II do not deny it," he answered. Il
have been a little foolish ever since l
used to see you. almost daily. singing In
the streets. You were never very gra-
cious. Sometimes when you saw me there
among your scanty audience you would
even frown and look annoyed. You
scarcely ever spoke kind word to me,
and yet, when you disappeared. l COM
menced a search which has never ended
until now"
Her face was no longer sullen. and with
the passing of the frOwn from her dark,
silky eyebrows, her eyes seemed somehow
! to have increased in size. They watched
him steadily. soft. brilliant. inquisitive.
anything but tender. Her mouth was no
longer hard. Her lips had parted in a
faint hooking smile.
And now that you have found me-
she asked, what do you want?"
ITO help you IL l cam Hanpaway said.
| 81 believe" he continued that this time,
at any rate. you are really what you
seem. l believe that your poverty is not
| disguise. You really trudge these cruel
streets for a hard living. You were not
| born for it. 1t is not right that you
should live such u life
| You wish to help me?' she asked.
II do" he answered. fervently.
'"rhen you can tell me-. she said, lean
| end my search--tell me the whereabouts
of the man whom we seek"
| 81 could" he answered, but l will be
! frank with you. I have no Information
| to give away. / win sell it at a price. "
| SELL" she repeated. scornfully. Look
at me. My hat has been soaked through
| a dozen times, and it cost me five shll-
lings My clothes were bought ready
made. My boots-well. the soles are
thick. but they are what your country
girls wear who walk to market Look
| at me- ! have no gloves. All my jew
! elry. the lite ever had. is in the pawn
| brokers' s'.ors of Paris. Milan. Rome and
those otf.r places. What have l to of1er
| you for Jour informatiOn!
''Yor can repay me-. he answered. IN
] the I 20 coin. You are in search Of
| A. lin her hand flashed across the table.
| ST. seemed about to close his lips. She
| r ng on his wrist and her terrified eyes
.ashed into his.
BE quiet. oh, be quiet: she. said.
! "You must not mention him. 1t is not
| to be thought Of.
| He smiled. This is England, he said
but it is London" she interrupted,
4
/ London is as bad as any place l know OF.
| There are many who say too much mere
! who never speak again"
/ Hannaway drained his glass. My dear
young lady, he said. caution, up to a
certain point. l approve of most thor
| oughly. But now listen to me and un-
derstand this. j will give you. at this
| moment. the name and address of the
man whom you seek if you will tell me
| who it was you helped to escape, you
| and the dwarf and the little black mon
| key. when you"
Stop she cried. with pallid lips.
'-You must not!
| He shook his head. I'VE are safer here
| than In the Streets" he said. you know
| when l mean. l saw you going down the
| hill: saw you pass into the Rue Pigalle.
! saw that strange little hunchback run
, ming pushing the little piano before him
| and I saw man walking by his side.
! You were there. too. / saw you all turn
/ into the boulevard. l saw your shadows.
| j even heard the sound of those creaking
wheels. You turned the corner and you