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

Mrs. Tabor's health. Sheila was Lady's
nurse-and a very pretty slip of an
Irish lass she was. Naturally, we took
her along, and the rest is one of those
WITNESSES of fate that you can never
explain. This Carucci fell in love with
her; what attracted her was more
than anyone of us could imagine. but,
at any rate, she married him. Married
him as soon as we got back to New
York. Well, after that things gradu-
ally went wrong. The man got a taste
for drink, which is unusual-the Ital-
ians aren't a drunken people-and, al
though l kept him on against my cap
tain's advice for Sheila's sake, in the
end / had to let him go. From time to
time. when there has been trouble. we
have taken Sheila into our family to
give the pool oma some protection,
though her loyalty makes 1t pretty
hard to do much for her. Carucci,
however, .resents III interference, and
pretends that we force her from him.
He is becoming very troublesome"
Mr<Tabor had lighted a cigar, putting
1t slowly throughout his story. He
talked very easily; and I was ashamed
of myself for wondering whether he
was telling all the truth. Perhaps my
encounter with him had made me sus-
p~icious, but I could not forget that DR..
Reid had given Carucci money. | felt
uncomfortable; and with the mental
discomfort, I realized that 1 had been
through a ~sleepless and violent night,
n ~d t6o4 7 mas .yarrr ftrod vo,tot houo
shown some shadow of this sudden
WEAKNESS, for Lady rose from her
chair decidedly and stretched out her
hand.
Now you must go back to your room
and get some sleep, Mr.. Crosby. You
can come back this evening, If you like
we should have the evening papers
by then. and we shall see how much
notice has been taken Of us"
"Oh, I'm all right" I protested.
You are tired out said Lady. 81
know. I'm tired myself, and l." she
stopped, flushing.
Her father was looking at us with
half a frown, and it "a to him that
I turned. "Well, then, I'm off," said
I. but I'll be back to help you dissect
the associated press"
had not thought that I could sleep
during the day, or even rest, except
from worry. But the strain, and per-
haps even more, the relief of the last
twenty-four hours, must have relaxed
me more than l knew; for / did sleep
soundly until late in the afternoon.
When l returned to the Tabors in the
evening, Mrs. Tabor was still invisible;
and the others were seated about the
big lamp in the living room, busy over
a bale of last editions. The fioor was
strewn with open sheets, from which
wild pictures and wilder words stared
upward.
Come in and be thrilled" was Lady's
greeting. you're an unknown slayer
and a mysterious criminal. We seem
to be sufficiently notorious, but thus far
we remain unidentified"
Outrageous, the tone of these
things" growled her father. IT never
realized 1t before. They haven't got
u names. though
AS for Doctor Reid, his mind was so
concentrated upon the matter in hand
that he barely looked up for a me-
chanical salutation and plunged again
into the abyss of journalism.
How Is Mrs. Tabor" l said, land
Mrs. Carucci-is she badly hurt?"
"Oh, mothers perfectly we'll. She was
tired a little after sitting up for us
and went to bed early, that's all. And
Sheila is doing splendidly."
TO BE Continued Tomorrow