The Arvada enterprise., 1911-02-17

-. ous ne ulu not see now Sne WAS
70 lla MIN Of the watchful Japanese.
Y nere's Just one thing" he :whis.
pered' Whatever is done, will have
20 pc done without help from outside.
THIS Is not matter for the police"
y understand. Why can't you just
leave 1t to me? | don't believe you
trust me little Bit"
but | do" he protested. "I am abb
solutely in your hands"
He heard her sigh family. "I'm
going to put down the window now"
she said 1T amt safe for me to stand
here talking to you unless l do. That
Arima fellow might pop up the fire
escape any time"
She was back in few moments. He
had heard the window creak down, and
slipped past him in the closet, and he
Lhad wondered whether the action
would add to Arima's suspicion.
III he comes up now," she explained
In an undertone, the glare on the out
side of the window will keep him from
bcoiu6 III very plain.
| After that she did not speak fol
some time, but the occasional move
ments OF her body, as she leaned
against the panel, were audible tt
Orme. He found himself wondering
about her-how she had happened tt
take up the career of fortune-telling
She must have been handsome
woman; even now she was not unat
tractive.
The delay grew more and more irk
some. 1t seemed to Orme as thougl
he had been behind the panel TO
hours. After while he asked:
What time is it,"
About two o'clock. Amt yo
hungry"
Orme laughed softly. 81 hadn'
Thought about it."
| Wait a minute" She moved away
When she returned she pulled up tn
hanging and opened the panel. In he
hand was a thick sandwich.
81 was just going to eat my ow
lunch when you came back throug
the window" she explained.
He took the sandwich She locke
at him boldly. He was standing clos
to her in the opening. There was a
expression that was almost defiant |
her eyes. II want my present"
You shall have 1t, Madam Alia," b
said
"You amt my kind-and it won
make no difference to you" Her voiC
faltered and her eyes dropped. II wal
you to kiss me-"
Orme looked at her, and understoo
lHe put his arms around her and kiss
tber gently on the lips. There was
Va Ssoyaity in 1t. He was simply sat
wing the craving of this poor womal
soul-a craving for tribute to whi
she could always revert as the symt
of a high frisndliness. She felt tt
he was of different world; he kn'
that the world was all one, though pi
titioned of by artificial barriers, b
he could not correct her view.
She clung to him for a moment aft
his lips left hers, then released hers
from his clasp and moved back ir
the room, her face averted. Was 1t
hide blush? Orme did not ask hi
self. but respecting her reticence
spirit, silently closed the panel a
was again in darkness
For time he stood there quiet
His back was against the WALL
hands easily touched the paneling tt
shut him off from the room. He We
dered what this secret place was f.
and taking match from his pocket
lighted it.
The inclosure seemed to extend
the way across the side of the roo
Farther along. lying on the floor a
Sanding against the wall, were cont
vances of which at first he could ma
nothing-poles, pieces of tin, and
were those masks, heaped in the CT
ner? From row of pegs hung lol
rooes-white and black
- The truth flashed into Orme's min
He was In Madam Alias ghost close