New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

vi the part. by dl1lI Vi lNPO oI,citp1
and not a little flattery StuyVerai!.th - tand.
the information that she was not wv Ir1 been
| lady, that the latter was out, anu l'',N eone
for two or three days, and alSo u'iIs once
| perfect LADY, had occupied the Iool" , O
rented to Miss Steck for several uayI ,rben
The perfect lady had been VelleIi ~ III, his
| She came and had never been seer! ~
informant, who was merely a servant, eho
This was deception number one ~, H., ne.
herself was proprietor OF the uUCOI IoIlar
elected house. Stuyverant paid iici Ming
to take him 70 the room IN que. 81 tScre
| that young woman friend had cdieu tt;oJ
that morning and had left triiie oci.,,, hnn he
The strife" was on the hoor' Wit" Srh,,r.
came to the place-the bunch OF roSes .n,lr ,lu
ley had carried to comfort a comiorIlcSo oi'an oJ
Convinced that no one else could nav IL.
them there, Stuyverant took theI'i e's0'''
then glanced about the place III. hall
II was simply a wretched niue pdLN, S'.i Ser.
cave, dirty, i'll smelling, aDomiii3iDll rod
nished with rickety old Junk, ana H. n,'.'
everywhere with half smoked cl8alo.'C45, 90
There was nothing, absolutely noIIIis' 40.
furnish the slightest clue as TO reCeh'li 20
parted occupants, save the roses aIG"uy -
cured What other parcels lhulIGy if
brought had been carried away WIN NJ tte
When Stuvverant left he possessed ,IS SS
meaoer intelligence that the "perfect LADY
Of the veil was tall, and that several men ildt
called TO pav her their respects at various
times. His most skilful corkscreW melhouS
could extract no more than that. As 'IIdI-
fer Of fact. the wizened little woman Khe"
almost no more herself. ,,r.
Stuvvcrant acknowledged TO hlmseit tIiai
he was almost as much in the dark as ne iiaI
been half an hour earlier. He felt certain
that Thurlcy had actually been to the room
and droppcd her roses at the moment ol
some attack. He was convinced 1t was she
who had been seen placed hepleSSly III al
automobile. But concerning the iho.i'C'
Thurlev's condition when abducted WfiGle
she was taken, and the perpetrators OF inc
outrage. he was helplessly at sea ,..,
He telephoned to Alice, relating the little
he had managed to discover; then MORN
ing her that he would call by elght at the
latest, deliberately set to work TO discover,
if possible the abiding place of Wenck ana
Baron Won IIochhaus. =,
He only knew he loved this glorious girl
who had come to his assistance IN the PARK.
He only knew he must serve her now, II II
| Law in his power, with the final drop OF Olood
| in his heart.
But his search was vain. FOR more tilah
two hours he was driven up and down, from
one small high class hostelry to another, be-
fore at last he was rewarded by the intorna..
tion that two Germans, neither one named
Wenck or Baron Hochhaus, but who might
have registered under pSeuGonyms, ana
might have been the parties sought, had
STAYED in this house two days They had
gone together but no one knew where, as
neither received or expected letters here ana
| had left no future address.
1t was nearly halt-past eight at night and
the storm still ragged sayagely, when he came
again to Alice Van Kirks-to be Knocked by
his evenings search.
Both Wenck and BaronNon llochhauS had
arrived five minutes before him, and Alice
| had lust come down.
TEMPTED to send in his name and re-
quest admission to the conference, Stuy-
verant curbed the impulse and went to the
great empty drawing room to wait impa-
tientlv the outcome OF this wholly uneX-
pected Development
Alice. in the reception room, had scarcely
more than greeted her distinguished visitor,
conceaing as best she might her state Of
agitation when the servant, acting on in
struction,, quietly announced Robleys ar