The Washington times., 1912-01-01


| the roofs.
They heard the faint crash as tn.
door gave In.
Then came the sound Of hurried feet
in the rooms below. ana the two women
fed over their own roof to the next
The parapet which separated them was
about four feet high, but the Jewish
oman scaled it With an asity ~ Iss Ssrn
helped her up. They dropped to the
other side and ran across to the next
wall. Before they could Chamber over
they heard some one pursuing.
| AT the moment when Burroughs was
standing erect on the parapet, iooklns
out over the roofs In search OF them,
the women were crouching IN IN
shadow Of the wall opposite, and IN iu.l
view Of him. BUT their white garments Us
were blue in that light, and mingled SO
| nicely with the shadows that they were
| perfectly concealed
They saw the man. tall figure .nns. out, out,
breathlessiy as he slowly pivoted round,
| surveying every point within range, HIS
Moorish dress and his cowled head ef-
fectively disguised him.
To Elise, he was merely one OF the
race whose hand had been against her
almost from the moment she set foot
on the continent. Sne shivercd In 81
lence while he stood there, and drew
relieved breath s;a ownes;ts when ne sbn nmay got
For nearly half an hour they re-
mained i'm the shadow. Twice Elsie cs-
sayed question In English and French
Each time she was met by curt sen:
only answer duly:
Il don't understand. Je ne compre-
hends pas" So for the most part, they
sat in silence.
rose to her feet. glided across the roof
and pulled herself up SO that she could
look over the parapet. What she saw.
or didn't see, was apparently satisfac.
tory: for. returning; she ne. tSSsEed tSsg .ss at
The scaled the wall again. and. with
the woman ahead, approached the
stairs leading down into the house. For
came from the depths. The Jewess
now pushed Elise ahead Of her. and
they cautiously descended. Just as they
reached the foot Of the stairs, the 81
lence was broken by voices.
them gave the American girls dulled
senses q jog. 1t seemed familiar. TIL
then under the influence Of the Jew
back TO" to her IHa real SER self; her G eonscious-
She threw of the restraining hand
of the woman and rushed forward. A
voices drew her toward them. with
trembling fingers she parted the
ed. The light in the room was dim
but the picture she saw, instead of
reassurinE her; made her afraid.
He was iounsns mss !esse on
On the other side of the room. his
back toward the watcher. q tall Moor
was holding a woman in his arms. At
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silent. but the girl could see the quiet
smile Of the Jew, the speaking eyes
and voluptuous lips Of the woman.
Neither face sny gave her SIss confidence or
They were enemies.
With a sob Of disappointment she
turned away, This time she did not
Ser LOOSE from te viii oi
behind her. waiting doubtfuiiy. and
Elsie saw the way open to the street.
thing except that possible escape lay
IN that direction. she made. for the
She realized that the woman was fol-
lowing her. that the persons she had
| seen In the room were also in pursuit,
and this lent wings to her feet. She
reached the outer door and plunged
heard the woman's cry and slight
| scuff1e, and she expected that in a
moment four or five people would burst
from the door and be at her heels.
| Nothing Of the sort happened.
Looking over her shoulder as she drew
away from the house, she could detect
| no one. Something had occurred inside
to cut of pursuit. She did not know
what, and as soon as she was sure
they were not coming she did not care. .
1t was enough that she was free from
the evil atmosphere OF that house.
But though she was free bodily. she
had no real feeling Of freedom. Twice
| before that night she had escaped from
! the clutches Of those who sought to de-
| tain her, and each time her high hopes
had been dashed to the ground. She was
prepared for something to occur to
thwart her now.
In the small hours of the night, when
| the fires Of life burn low. her brain was
a fit field for superstitious fancies. She
believed that she was under some fatal
influence Of the yellow sard. 1t would
have taken more than q course of lee
lures to have convinced her that some
| mysterious force was not working
against her.
Thus, with something OF the attitude
| Of fatalist, she hurried away from the
house. II 1t was meant that she should
get away. doubtless she would. II 1t
was fated that she be retaken, she
would not be surprised.
The night, though clear, was exceed
! lngly raw. and her long time crouchine
aud cramped position on the housetops
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