The San Francisco call., 1910-04-10

collecting materials for camp. From the wreck
he dragged spare coat Of Carters and the other
halt OF his own garment. Among the trees along
the road he found quantity OF dry branches. The
downpour threatening before he had finished
He called the little girl to shelter and made her
comfortable while he started the fire. The rain
came presently, with santing, sashing fury and a
roll of thunder, of the electrical storms OF
late fall 1t left them fairly we'll protected. Car
ter found some broken bits of cigars in his pocket
and the men lay about the fire and smoked. Mar
garet, warm and sleepy did not to be afraid of
the thunder or the occasional flicker of lightning
'How your egs?' asked Van Ness after
time
Bad can't move them at all rather think
the right one is fractured" H nursed them ten
DERBY. It was small deceit, for the numbness had
been slowly passing. and although he felt sore all
over he was sure that he could make shift to stand
before long
Buck up, R. Pendeton,o said Van Ness. so
ciety is not to lose its shapely mirror of fashion
easily. You'll keep your shape, I'll bet that. ;"
The rough mockery of the tone and words, the bold
smile and the white line of teeth set the memory
cord twanging more. The man had dropped
a corner OF his veil OF refinement. And then, sud
denly, Carter caught the note of that cord Van
Ness was the man of the rosewood cabinet, the
captor of Prince Augustus. "Mackintosh" his old
enemy! Now he knew why he had missed
tachc.
He repressed the start and fash of recognition
and met the sharp smiling Of the other quietly
the Virginian keeny for a moment, if waiting
tor some sign Of aroused suspicion Reghting his
stub OF cigar from blazing twig with steady hand,
Carter rearranged his covering careessly A wlirl
OF possibilities raced through his mind and he sought
to arrange them.
The presence of Van Ness argued the progress of
crime so much was fairly certain. AS to what
crime, Carter could only guess. He firmly believed
that the little girl did not belong to the man His
manner when she began to tell her name aided that
belief The childs very Willingness make friends
and call any one Oppy" argued it. Margaret Mar
garet what! And then tin Cling thrill shot through
him.
The suggestion seemed incredible, mad, but it per-
sisted In the smoking of the Wampum weeks
before ne had heard whispered rumor that the
daughter OF one OF the most important and exclu
slye anies IN socetys inner circle had disappeared
The matter had been hushed I'D by the
efforts, had never been brought to the attention of
the authorities and was being handled by army of
private detectives according to this 1t had
passed the way of such reports without attracting
notice
But Carter remembered now another fact among
the thousand tries that it his business to store
away. ne recalled that the practical withdrawal OF
the Mandewells from participation in social affairs
wonted phenomenon had knocked at his curiosity and
It had been strongly impressed upon him that George
Mandewell. and indeed all the family, rested under
some sinister shadow He brought before his mental
VISION M aidewefis face he had last seen itdrawn
haggard sharply marked with the stamp of agony
and suspense And Mandewell, he knew, had
daughter Margaret, about three years old
The Night Watch
s II e. yaWned, disposed Of his legs comfortably and
stretched out under his coat Van Ness. apparently
saushed with his scrutiny. followed the example.