Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14


real danger. 1t seems, when there's been conclusion
of the BRAIN people often in the state he's in now,
dazed and dreamy, if they'd been drugged. But it
is terrifying to him like that, when he has always
been vital, so full of strength and energy"
at must be terrible Conal forced himself to agree
-but-perhaps it won't be long before he"
3No, thank Heaven, it won't be long!' Mira
happy to her humble friend. 3Dr John can't
promise exactly; but he's almost certain that in fort
night three weeks latest have the wedding
Cona clenched his hands, but he kept his expression
stolidy unchanged 3That's good news for you, he
said in low voice.
3Ah, yes7 she sighed aSoon we shall forget all this
grief and fear it had been. Or else shall
be happier remembering the danger through
which we passed
@You heard the lost piper this morning." Cona1
could not resist asking though he had not meant to
speak.
Annira started and faint color to her cheeks
as she looked up at him suddenly from the hghbacked
red chair into which she had YEARLY dropped. "The
lost pper!" she repeated in frightened tone 3Oh no.
surely-surely not! IL dreanned-but my sister
said"
Lady Daura heard it. know Conal insisted merci-
lessly. 3And did l. It about four o'clock just
at the beginning of dawn
where your she inquired unexpectedly
Conal turned his eyes from hers. II out of the
house-walling. could not sleep. Perhaps he added
boldly his eyes coming back to her face perhaps be-
cause it was to be your wedding day.
Il know-you're always sympathetic, she said,
completely obvious of his meaning, and of all that
filed his mind and SOUL that Conal could have laughed
or groaned aloud. aBut you're poet. You have
imagination. You're always thinking of unearthly
things, and writing about mermaids and historic
heroes who fell in love with wraiths. You ancied you
heard the lost piper. IL don't believe in him!"
4What about Lady Daura? Could she too have fan
cied the sound of his playinga'
aShe might. Maybe it the wind, the sea-
Mira paused for an instant and then asked quickly
10 o1,rfrff to
night"
3No, Lady Annira.' 1t has nothing to do with him.
It's concerned with Mr.. Conway, and wth-your we'd
ding presents. -.
4How odd!7 exclaimed Annira evidently thankful to
change the subject. please tell me. You make
very curious
A MAN named Emmons has come who says that Mr..
Conway engaged him to guard your wedding
presents while they're in the castle Mr. Conway had
an anonymous letter. announcing that there would be
attempt to steal your pearls before they left Dunu
This is detective an American, one of Pnker-
tons staff. He in London when Mr.. Conway was
there and they happened to meet the day of the anony
nous letter. Mr.. Conway had known him before, in
business for the mint at Philadelphia where Mr..
Conway chief clerk, and he had to believe
in Emmons clever detective. The ought to
have been here the day Mr.. Conway arrived with
the pearls but there attempt to delay him in
London, which succeeded. Emmons thinks it was a
plot. He arrested by mistake for a well known
American gambler, supposed to have to this
side But Emmons believes that the information given
to the London police part of the trick to keep him
from getting here in time However, he had some ac-
quantance in Scotland Yard; so he released
than might have been expected and up north the
minute he free That's his story, Lady Annira
and in my opinion it must be true, because | myself
knew this Emmons when was in Chicago He was one
of Pinkerton's men,
as that why he sends his message to through
your" asked Annira who greatly surprised by this
rgmarole of Conas concerning detective secretly en-