Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-16


He will have to say something" I
said uneasily. He couldn't have ca
reened around there very long without
falling into the hands of the police;
and they would certainly arrest him.
They usually arrest everybody in sight
when one person has got ava and
they don't know quite what the trouble
is"
Mr.. Tabor nodded. Eyes, they
doubtless have him safe behind the
bars now; but l don't think hat will
hurt us any. Personally. l can imag-
inc no other place where / should rath-
er ave him, unless 1t were far upon
or under the deep blue sea-"
But, father, dear, that is terrible.
II they have him in jail he will have
to talk, and he will be blamed for that
poor wrecked room and everything,
He'll have to give some explanation to
save himself; and he must know that
we are the only people that would be
likely to come for Sheila in an automo-
bile"
THE Italian, my dear, is not that
breed Of man. We may be very glad
once that he is an italian. There
is only about one thing In the world
that a man of his race and class will
not do-and that is ak to the police.
1t is part of his faith not to. He will
either invent some all enfolding lie
that tells nothing whatsoever, or else
he will not say a word"
But he must have struck her with
something" said Lady. Suppose
they should find that, father. He'd
have to tell them to save himself"
l slipped my hand into my pocket.
81 don't think they will find. it," said
1, and showed the thing above the
table. Lady shuddered and 1 quickly
returned it to my pocket.
Just what you would expect said
Mr.. Tabor, land If you would have left
it, L am afraid Carucci would have
had some difficulty in explaining
things. A ~marlinspike, isn't it? Poor
Sheila was really very fortunate that
he didn't stab her with the sharp end.
A stab would have been more in his
line-the beast. AS it is, 1 don't believe
he police will ever find out mr. of the
truth of the matter
well, even if they do" said !, at
won't do any great amount of harm.
They might arrest me for speeding,
but that would be about all. No one
in his senses would likely accuse IS
of murder"
MY good young man. Mr.. Tabor
answered, they absolutely mustn't
dream that we had any hand in it at
all. They mustn't even hear of us.
Ande neither must anybody else"
Lady sighed YEARLY. 81 am sure that
it will be all right. father she said.
THE chauffeur will be quiet for the
sake of his own character" l added,
He's as anxious to avoid any connec-
ton with it as we are. And as for
me, sir, you may be sure that moth
ing shall. leak out through any indis-
erection of mine"
Mr.. Tabor pushed aside his finger
bowl. 81 understand that" Mr.. Cros-
by, and I appreciate how uncomforta-
BILE it must be for you to act in the
dark. Believe me. l regret vsy much
the necessity for it, and appreciate
YOU generosity"
Lady was looking at us, and ! col
ored. I'm very much at your service,
Mr.. Tabor I said.
You may perhaps wonder what this
Italian has to do with us at all. That,
at least, l can tell you. He was a
sailor on one of my ships in years past,
and when the girls were" He paused.
when Lady was a little girl, you un-
d%erstand. we took quite a voyage for