The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-10-27
CHAPTER xI.-fConlinued.l

HAc 1Atu 1uOftit1 ana leu tllr "o1 w" "
the hatchway 70 the laboratory whers
Betty had regained consciousness thai
first remembered morning Since thea
Betty had never been there. She had
doll baby suite OF rooms well for
ward. hardly tenable Tor one 50 tai
and athletic as Betty, While most Of
her time. even in stormy weather, was
spent on deck. still many Of her meals
were served in the tiny sitting room
all gay with blue and gold-oiue the
color OF Betty's eyes. and gold IKE the
sun IN June weather.
Betty stumbled along the unfamiliar
passaseway. Tyoga knocked twice az
bolted door and after little wait the
portal swung inward and Tyoga thrust
Betty within
"she wanted to see YOU she an
nounced. brusquely. I've got to get
dinner
lie 1Ialheureux bowed low I'm glad
Of your company he said 4 have
q lonely life. and such an interruption
Is a pleasant one
well. II you appreciate my coming
80 much. show your appreciation sug-
Eested Betty. do tell me why am
here. and who yo1 are2"
4 win do neither answered lie
1alheureux DO not ask me- dis
like to be compelled to be SO discour-
teous as 20 refuse YOU. but must
You have been very III. but health IS
returning TO YOU and when you re-
turn home you will think Of this jour
ney only as a pleasant dream You
have had no cause to complain Of your
treatment here. save your
NO faItered Betty only I'm ae-
customed to knowing why and where
fore. that's all
That's ALL you say" said lie Nal
heureux Don't you know that Why's
and 'wherefore's' are the sum total OF
existence? Don't ask me about them
Ask me anything else."
Then I shall pr0mulgate who
CHANGED Betty. desperately Tell me,
do you know who murdered Cerisse
Wayne2"
she was unprepared for the reply.
yet lntuitiveIy knew that It was what
she had anticipated
Yes assented lie MalheureuL
~What is more he continued. watch
ing a swift question form on Bettys
lips. I saw the deed whan It was
aonel"
Betty shrunk from him with eyes
dilated. mouth agape.
"Then you she began
4 did not" promptly retorted lie
Hfalheureux. I did not kin her
would have saved her il I could But
II was impossible. The tragedy was
inevitable. it was foreordained and It
had 70 happen. Nobody can ever
eIfnch with Destiny. The first few
DAYS you were aboard this boat you
tried Il. my dear Miss Lancey- The
RESULT You nearly had a second at
tack OF fever and nervous prostitution
when you resigned yourself to events
as they course. you commenced to feel
better, as you must admit To dis
miss the unattainable. and to welcome
what may come. is the right doctrine
Of living Why do you worry with
what you cannot affect7"
L don't dare to think" said Betty.
'But since you. whoever you are, have
hauled me on in this hlgh-handed
fashion. consider there's some largess
coming to me II you knew who MUIR
dered Cerisse Wayne. why don't you
tell me? That Is. unless you're In duty
bound TO protect the murderer Come.
tell me. do"
what benefit would that be to your
questioned lie Malheureux.
you forget I'm a newspaper wom-
anu" argued Betty. "and draw salary
for gathering the news and turning It
In to my city editor"
Some distance from your city editor
now. aren't your suggested lie NAL
heureux-
well. couldn't / send my paper. a
wireless7" flashed Lefty. You've an
instrument there."
-Ho. hos" laughed lie Malheureux
$50 that's why you wanted to come
into my laboratory. is IT. You heard .
the clicking. recognized II. and thought
n you dared enough you might COM I
municate with your friends A great
idea. that And I must confess you
are a pluclSy girl. Miss Betty. but /
warn you. II you tamper with these !
instruments in here. you'll tamper with I
eternity. and I'd advise you to let these !
apparatuses alone"
~Bahl I'm not afraid" sneered Bet
ty. 5
Neither has any troubiemaker ever
been afraid OF the trouble she started Il
till it's too late to stop It. You're a G
woman, and o. course your do as YOU n
please, but"-he shrugged himself q
again-"you'd better be warned"
TN promise not to NEEDLE IL you1 a
tell me one thing" persisted Betty. q
you should have been corpora a.
tlon lobbyist" responded lie 1falheur- G
eux: 'still shall be generousi But "
what Is it2v OF
WHO did KIN cerisse Wagner
"A man who loved her. replied lie d,
Malheurepx. iaconically Come here Ia
and see what ! have done to this ger 81
anium leaf Il Is magnifed and remag- "
nided. Look how iis eyes have re-
sponded to the influence Of these con- ty
vorsent rays--a new ray I have dis llfl
covered myself I have found the eyes 81
OF plants and their souisl some day OF
shan uncover the human soul Itself. 70
not only the physically corporate. but ca
those that ride, as Omar says. naked 81
on the air Of heaven'r
Betty looked into the globe ne held "a
out before her Within she saw m
pulpy green substance. throwing out