Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-28

"We shall be hunted always" she de-
clared.
tied He ought to know better than
this. He oughtn't to come here"
1T must be because Gage telephoned
to him about the girl" ventured Kreis-
Ter.
ooh, yes" agreed the woman. great
ly relieved. But the frown did not dis
appear from kreisler's face.
always he is finding fault with
things we do" he grumbled. "And it
is he who makes the mistakes"
At that moment the lawyer, in even
ing clothes. stepped in at the door, fol-
lowed by Gage.
"You are wrong to come here!!" de-
clared Mrs. Martin abruptly.
whats this about your bringing a
strange woman here?" demanded the
lawyer. his manner more abrupt than
the woman's.
"That's all right" declared Mrs.
Martin. you needn't worry about
that. l know what I'm doing.'
What are you doing?" he demanded
roughly.
DO not be SO rude interposed
Kreisler with dignity. "She will ex-
plain to you"
Friedrich said Mrs. Martin quiet
~, you and Gage go downstairs and
let me talk to him"
But, my dear" protested the artist,
with a gesture toward the table. II
cannot leave all this here"
well, l guess my seats wanted"
snapped Gage. making for the door.
II suppose when it's time for me to
know what's goin' on in this shack
I'll be tipped off by the bull on the
beat"
well. who is it?' demanded Hurley,
after Gage had vanished.
ITS Miss Mazuret"-
What" exclaimed Hurley, the color
stricken from his face in an instant.
"Kayton asked me to take charge OF
her," explained Mrs. Martin simply.
my God! Are you crazy?" gasped
the lawyer.
ut would have been crazy to re-
fuse" returned the woman as quietly
as ever. Hurley swallowed hard and
bit his lip.
"This is a plant" he declared in a
hoarse whisper.
But. listen'-
1.-THE one person in the world that
you should have kept furthest away
FROM"
"Oh, do not talk, Hurley" broke in
Kreisler with Impotence and con-
tempt. Listen. listen"
Hurley gulped again, but made no
further effort to speak. and Mrs. Mar
tin told the story simply but rapidly.
when l went in that day about the
legacy he was planning to have the
girl disappear" she said. He wanted
to protect her from reporters, and, be-
house, and he wanted to throw all the
suspicion on her and put them off their
guard. 1t was my telling him that I
had furnished rooms that put the idea
in his head. He thought. of course.
that l must be under obligations to
Mr.. Argyle, and l couldn't refuse to
take her without arousing his suspi-
cions. How could L? What excuse
could l give? l couldn't tell him why
we didn't want her in this house."
1T would have been better to let
that legacy co." declared Kreisler
darkly.
Hurley had been gradually pulling
himself together. and as he listened to
Mrs. Martins even voice he lost some
of the CHASTITY look that the announce
ment had brought to his face.
Hold on! he exclaimed. "Wait a
minute. What was that? Do you
mean to tell me that he's using us to
throw the real criminals off the
track?"
YES" replied Mrs. Martin, her lips
twitching family.
well. by Jove!" exclaimed Hurley,
his voice cracking with the excess of
relief. the strong reaction from his ter
ror of n few moments before. Never
sleep Kayton" he crowed and burst
into a hearty laugh. isn't he
derful, this great detarttvap Nh i+s