Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-30
COPYRIGHT. 1914. BY JOHN FLEMING WILSON

and passionate beauty in silence until
she repeated her question. Then he
said quietly and in his own exquisite
ly modulated English: You need have
little fear. The servants are honest
and discreet. And"-he let his eyes
meet hers fully-"I think It is possible
that she is safer now than she has
been for some time. Good night, mad
amp
While Wilkerson and Mrs. Darnell
had been hurriedly arranging matters
with Sing Wah. Drake had gone In
search of lodgings nearby. He found
them in what had once been a noted
hotel, which had fallen into sad decay.
1t was In the faded rooms he engaged
here that the three met to consult on
the future
"The first thing to do is to get hold
Of those deeds and papers she has in
her grip" said Wilkerson. "I wonder
you didn't think to get them before.
JEAN"
The woman's eyes lit with dull
hatred, but she made no answer. She
watched him fuss with the locks of the
hand satchel which she had indicated
as the one in which Ruth carried her
valuables When it opened and Will
kerson thrust his clutching fingers
downward into 1t Mrs. Darnell leaned
forward as If in protest. He paid no
attention to her, but continued his
search with ever increasing haste. At
last he Strengthened up with an oath
so venomous and deadly that even
Drake shrank back.
"The deeds aren't here" Wilkerson
said thickly. "She's hidden them"
"But wherer'
This question seemed to break Will
kerson's almost steely intensity of pur-
pose The question put his whole prob
lem before him in two words-but
where? He shifted his eyes from the
emptied satchel to the curtained win
dow. Instantly there leaped before
him the picture of the truck turning
slowly over in the gulch, of the huge
billow Of smoke. of the little lances OF
fire that charged through the dry un-
dergrowth as If to preserve to the
flames their prey. Was it for this that
be was a murderer? The curtain blew
inward before some vagrant wind from
the bay, and Wilkerson drew back In
terror.
"What is it. Harry?" demanded Mrs
Darnell, instantly taking alarm.
Nothing" he said sullenly. 81 was
just thinking of something" He turn
ed on Drake. you've got to do the
trick" he went on.
"How's thatT' demanded the young
er man.
Wllkerson eagerly formulated his
his plan, ticking off the points on the
tips of his quivering fingers.
First you're Everett. turned up at
last. You find her.
Chinatown" sneered Drake.
you can easily gain her confidence
aud get hold of the papers, and may
be-
Drake laughed uglily. 81 look like
the kind of joker who would dress up
rs banker and then proceed to renew
my clients acquaintance in a Chinese
Joint. How am / supposed to know
she's there? tell you. Wilkerson, that
you can't travel straight, even when 1t
pays you. Why In Gods name you
ever took that girl to that place of
Sing Wah's is beyond my comprehen.
sion. Any place would have been bet
ter Now you have put the heads of
all Of us in a moose. You know what
people will say when
They'll say nothing" said Wilker
son furiously, and he proceeded once
more to argue that Drake could easily
continue TO impersonate Everett and
in that guise carry their scheme to its
profitable conclusion. In spite of his
ragerness and sophistry he was unable
TO move either Drake or Mrs. Damell
from their attitude of frightened con-
tempt. At last Drake agreed to do his
hest to make Ruth trust him.
"But don't like this impersonation
business" he said firmly. 81 might go
to hotel and hand in my brokers'
card and ask for an interview. but
haven't lost my senses
well" growled Wilkerson. "just see
TO T. that you worm out of ber where
those papers are"
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