New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

hanging lace from undcrsS1rt 70 's lden ao-'-'
ment however he realized that She bad ra"n an o.
long packet OF blue tinted papers from aeI SocAils
These papers she looked down ~ ior moment, as
though 10 make sure of their identity. hen she he'd
them on, 20 the Russian. He stepped torWard al.
swept them from her hand with decision md prompt
ness that rather amazed the watching Sa.c-
THE woman, now white and pass,Ee as a statue
stared at him without moving. 81, gontinuei
watch him as his hungry eyes ran through the coseg
folded packet What II made up ~ S.ee could 10
even guess Bur II had disappointed a.m little
think that they had been carried into thai room as 9
had been carried. The fac, that they haa IN 50 mecca
gave q touch of sordidncSs 20 figure That hal ole'
wise proved SO appealing, SO capable u. touching s
romantic Imagination. Skccl could not -tayze DIS .ee'
ingS in the matter. All he remembered Was that i
some way lowered the tone Of situation from "-'~
he had looked for nothing SO unbccomirs so incohs
Gus. 50 discrcdtabc.
But Skcc promptly forgot his own feelings in u:
matter His attention was fixed on the Russian W..
was again going through the papers. one by one "
Was now only too plain that these papers were l-'
prints OF some sort The woman beside Tie door, IS %
companion examined sheet by sheet, began 70 '~A
again She was apparently explaining, na sing excuse
striving 70 impress him some fact that De- refused
accept or was unable 10 comprehend lie uecaiae ilo
eXpostulatorv rs he looked up az her from TINE 70 u
more autOcratiC more aCCuSatory. as Though ihi's-
at some sin of omission or commission on .cr part JIG
woman IN lUfI, DtOdllt llOlt tNlltHl -4t ..Nt
tons more passionate in her hurrcily reiterated Pc
tests \ subtle change seemed o. occur I'D ilcf r.
tionship. The huge llmbcd Russian became more '.-
ever the domineering master The woman semen !.
betrav herself more and more under me HI, .".''
his will They stood facing each other almost 81, H"so
and servant Yet about that alert and dara eyed ~o1
there was nothing to imply either suascrtD'oe OF s
iugaton. She suggested, rather, GUARDED stcieI'V
ness as though she held under lock and kcl me .'n -
chamber which her gross limbcd comi mon s1'-'
never invade.
Skecl's BODY fairly tinglcd with anxcty 70 catch q;
some key 70 the enigma, read some sor' ID. CoAeh
into their clattcr Of foreign tongues lie aed 20 A'
what it was all about. One word alone struck me o-
eye Of his S,raining attention, and thar S me wy
Carey He heard the woman use +, t"lce' 'a',i
times. in her Gatng-gun vollcy Of wor's he .ge.
the man repeat the name with grunt ot .r+iiH I.e
he looked back at the folded hlucshcc,s . paper COM
ing them over between his fingers as ns,c; spe'''
counts money held fanwiSc IN ms hand .p....
Then came a sudden TRADE IN which 'Hg Nofd $3.50
ma" occurred again and again with The ".''ih on.
ing parryng. cXpoStulatng. repeating d.. one '" ~
word "Wkic as she did So. Then as '"D papers wy
checked off, an English phrase or Two began 20 sc~.
on the eavcSdroppcrs ear He caught Che words w..
son turrctS" and q moment later "m,rr oA''''it,r
Here and there. bright AIS metal granu.. I'D so.t III
quart the drone of the unknown Russr WAS >,'tt.,
with such words as Notifications and lt-o
troll" Then came what seemed 20 hc ge.e' PINE
San Diego and Puget Sound, "for ""oS"0"
and Fort Hancock" 49, 3
Then the talk seemed 90 revert 90 o.. PROBE II
panama again; and again the woman >t."in'-
protested, until the Russian stepped close, I'D N'.
spoke IN an unbrokcn low rumble which sC1f.tN ,
Skccl's ears. The hidden listener saw De-, lowe, a.. L.
thrust veil speaking through }, as she & he
with her ingcrtipS. And when .Or nh, r' .'-.s
overheard the namcof "Wilhc hch,g.n o. So di' .e
man under discussion WIS not the Nihic r ""I d., he
where read OF a> head OBJ! the Score, Service n.
WAS too busy watching the outer ,.0m Z" tF' '''