The Washington times., 1913-12-12

! opened vide the door. She stepped out.
8 de and slammed IL shut again, and die
! II SO quickly that Harvard mad not time
or opportunity 10 interfere.
Wait, please, he called to her.
Katherine paid no heed to him She
knew that he could not follow. In thai
far. she took advantage of his condi.
| uon.
She stepped forward out of his range
! OF vision, and spoke hastily and in a
hear, but he caught not a word of what
! she said to the b ack. He was greatly
puzzled by ali that had happened so re-
Gently. There were hundred questions
| that he wanted to ask.
! He pulled himself along the seat To
the side of the cab she had Occupied
| and thrust his own head through the
! open window. She was already moving
+, away, and Julius had stared the We
"Katherine?' Harvard spoke the
name softly and with the same self
! tender enunciation he had been accus-
| toned to use while he had been under
her care and julius when he was II .
different tone. he added: wait, Ju-
lius"
Julius stopped the cab again. Kath-
crime half paused. seemed to hest ate
for the fraction of an instant. and
would have continued on her way II
Harvard had not spoken to her vet
again.
please, Katherine" he said.
She turned her face toward him. but
she did not advance.
She complied. She came to the win
dow and stood quite near to him. but
she did not speak. Neither did he for
moment. Then:
But. II you would please me most. for
get me-"
Harvard withdrew his head from the
window and would have said no more
Indeed. he leaned back again upon the
cushions and C osed his eyes. believing
that she had gone.
But the cab did not start forward, and
he opened them again to discover why.
Katherine's face was still at the win
COW. Her eyes were gazing into his with
an expression that startled him.
But the moment she discovered that
he was looking at her their expression
changed, and she stepped hastily away
from the open window. Nevertheless, she
spoke to Harvard through it.
Il hope that you will decide to follow
the advice that Julius will give you"
she said. Good night
Wait" he called to her.
''Well?' she made answer, without
turning her face tofard his.
This is good-by," he said. Il DON'T
know where Julius is taking me; but
and without further question"
There Is much that / now wish l had
said to you, Katherine; but perhaps Ii is
for the best that all of it shall remain
unspoken. AS soon as ] am able to
travel | shall 90 away. ! have no idea
where, but 1 shall go-after 1 have per-
formed the one last act of justice that
my own fault defrauded me of tonight.
But j prefer not to think of that now"
He was speaking rather lamely ana
haltingly. When he stopped altogether,
at that point, and she did not reply. he
went on again:
Il want to thank you for all that you
have done for me, for all that you have
been to me. and for all that you might
have beee. katherine.
God, Do you wonder that, when |
think of IL, | want 10 kill that hound
who has spoiled my life? Go, now: Don
answer me. I'd rather you would not.
Good-by, Katherine; good-by."
He closed his eyes to shut out the
vision of her.
He did not know that for an instant
after he had ceased speaking she stood
erv still: that then she turned and
.epped quickly to the window again
tut he heard the words she spoke to
Unjust one sentence, uttered very
apidly:
Il shall see you again "hen you iease
no. no, Not that!' He started for
ard in his seat to reply. But she was
one, and she had SO managed her go.
ig that he could catch no glimpse OF
aer Evidently she had also signaieo 10
-. . ...e Gao started Tor" ara. and
,e speed at which julius drove II re-
ninded him of that wild night. not SO
!ery long before, when they had shot
,yer the le.gth ana breadth OF the
reater city establishing an alDl.
Jnce, somewhere In the lower part OF
nc city--Harvard vas giving no atteh-
al t1,nEf 4t.lNu
C touched the signal button. and the
g back guided the machine TO the
arb and stopped. He leaped down.
90, and came to the window.
Il am not used to going INTO
DlindfuIded, julius. and | want to ask
.ume questions" Harvard said.
Very well. sir. l hope / can reply to
hem. viii you ask them now?' the
lack replied.
Indeed l will. In n moment: This
niounded leg of mine Observation-Disclosures
win have it properly attended to
before very long, SIR
''Oh! will we? Good. Where are you
e Juiius?'
Hiss Kitty asked me not to tell you
until we got there. sir-unless you real
reckon that she Just nacherly hoped
that you wouldn't Insist, Mr.. Harvard
oh! All right. then. Never mind. IL
that is the case: | don't want you to
there. This leg is beginning to get on
my nerves. II feels like a pillar of
stone that a buzz-saw is trying to an
initiate. 1t doesn't hurt; II just BOTH
ers. Go ahead Julius. / wish. though.
that YOU would wait here long enough
to explain how Il hannened that Miss
- "-'-e '"'--i mo 'n '''"t bark ward"
julius complied. He began by telling
how Lady Kate had seen him hiding
in the shadow in Center street, and that
they had trailed him in the cab whom