Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-30

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been admitted 70 ny room.
Ny curiosity was By now vsry kssa
to learn what had developed in the
interval regarding the Cameron mys-
terry. Had he. By chance. been heard
from? What had the detective agency
reported concerning Philetus Muir.
phyi And what. I wished to know
most Of all. had Yup Sing discovsrsdi
! was in Q dressing gown. pillowed
and footstoolsd iu Q great leather
chair awaiting my visitors-for Mrs.
Lancaster came with Evelyn-when
their names were announced. I sup.
pose I looked ill-though. save for
grisvous weakness. I was feeling At
enough-for Evslyn's smile as she en-
tered merged instantly into an ex.
preston Of mingled anxiety and sym.
pathy. know that with her coming
! awoke to the truth that my desire
for Information was q far less moving
factor than my craving for sight Of
her and for the music Of her voice.
and my only regret was that the un-
derstanding between us had not
reached the stage Of acknowledged
betrothal: which. l make haste to
add. was certainly no fault of mine.
Weak az was my arms ached to fold
her In a reassuring embrace; yet
must I content myself with q mere
fervent hand-clasp and an oral decla-
ration that was by no means so
feeble a. I appeared.
Nevertheless I was delighted to see
that she gave small evidence Of the
strain she had been under Save for
a slight additional pallor she was still
the same wholesome-looking, thor
oughly-poised girl Of q fortnight ago.
And my admiration for her took on an
added measure because Of this renow-
ed evidence of her sterling courage.
And you promised me to be dis
creet!" she reproached, her smile re
turning. her hand still In mine.
Il did not forsses such provocation
to indiscretton," l pleaded, w.t. an
attempted gayety Of tone that 1ust
have seemed incongruous. ITO have
been discreet under the circum.
stances would have involved q repeti.
tion Of the one mistake for which you
blamed me. You don't know. Of
course. why jumped down a ladder
into a pitch-black cellar, do your"
Il know you were in pursuit Of
some one-a pickpocket. they say.
who had taken your watch"
do they say thatr / asked. inter.
ested.
That 10 what Miss Clement learn
ed"
Miss Clement" I Queried. who
10 Miss Clementf"
"Oh. forgot that you don't know.
Miss Clement 10 the missionary who
found you In the-is It hop joint'
they call itr
THE lady with the kind eyes?"
you remember her. thsnl" she
cried. delightedly. Hasn't she kind
eyes? And she doesn't belle them.
eittes. She's just the dearest, most
self-sacrincing creature ever knew"
For the moment we had both for.
gotten Mrs. Lancaster. and when
would have apologized I found that
my nurse had carried her OF into the
next room and was interestedly show
Ing her some framed photographs of
the Siena cathedral.
And Miss Clement learned that I
pursued q pickpocketf" I went on.
when Evelyn had drawn a chair near
me and sat down. "A very clever
explanation to account for the disap-
pearance Of my watch, but not the
true one. A. q matter Of fact, the
person l followed was q miscrsant of
deeper dye. When I last saw him,
previous to this encounter. he was
known 40 Peter Johnson"
Wide-eysd. the girl stared At me for
an instant.
Peter Johnson!" she repeated.
slowly. 80. l was right. He was IN
the plot. He had something TO do
with Uncle Roberts disappearance
He was the one who broke the amyl
pearls on board the yacht"
1t was my turn now to start. OF
what was this young woman talkinRf
"Amyl pearls!" Was I mad. or was
she?
She saw my perplsxity. and hasten.
ed to enlighten me.
"Oh. dear. Philip" she exclaimed.
II forgot again. There 10 90 much to
tell you. Really, ! hardly know where
to begin. Miss Clement has been of
such aid to us! She 10 what they call
an independent missionary That 10,
she has no afnliaton with any Of the
church societies or reform associa-
tions. For fifteen years she has been
working In Chinatown among the
white women. and she knows the
place and the people 40 II she were