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fers- InfrinseHents uH be vigorousIy sroseeuted.
She knew he was fond OF her, fond of her
IN the same way her own father was-but what
Of thatF Alone, with the ruby necklace she had
sufficient means TO do as she pleased and ba rer-
fectly safe from any danger?
But was she safe from any danger? Had she
not been IN danger before-yes, on the train
And the reason was because Thompson knew She
held the ruby necklace. Thompson was one TO be
feared and respected. He had well nigh proven
himself.
She unlocked the door very softly and slipped
down the Yesibuled aisle. She had reasoned out
the answer. Thompson had escaped Loubeaue
and, foiled in his attempt to gain the necklace
was still Of the pursuit
Swiftly she stepped down the aisle through
car after car until she halted abruptly and
moved back again For, doing against a pillow
IN the tourist car, long cash over his eve rem
dering him bit villainous looking was the but
ler-thief.
Lucille sought her compartments her brain
a-whirl 1t wa three cornered fight now.
Lo9beque TO retain the papers and TO protect her
lace and revenge himself upon his master But
she-Lucille only sought the papers. Nothing else
counted as against that. And Loubeque held the
papers.
Let the three cornered fight go on. All the
parties to 1t save herself had double motives.
She wanted but the papers that would lead to
the ful6llment of her hearts desire Nothing
could divert her from that. And she was so close
to them-so elose-so close that she must win.
CHAPTER XXXXI
Lucille rndulgcs a Feaintae Instfrct.
T UCILLE thrilled with inexpressible delight
when she found herself once more in San
Francisco. Somehow, it seemed harbinger of
good that she should back to the place
where last she had seen her sweetheart She
imagined him rowing the city using every means
In his power to find her. She knew he had read
Alright the message she shot him from the win
dow of Loubeque's mysterious house, that he had
hat hOYsE arI thut,
even the secret exit made by tho occupants could
divert him from his purpose OF finding her. All
woman at that thought she fought against the
natural instinct to hunt him up and rely upon
him She had far better chance than he with
Ioubeque. She only caught herself hoping that
the international spy would return 10 his home.
She knew the hope was foolish II immed-
lately turned out to ba. Not for the cunning
brain of such one the spy to go back to
place from which he had been driven and which
he had every reason to believe would be under
surveillance. Instead of doing this he promptly
took motor to the St Francis relying upon the
very audacity of his move to protect him I
Lucille followed him quietly, almost meesIy.
They had but little to say to each other Both
knew the others thoughts too well to waste time
Of purpose And. more than anything and every-
thing else, both knew that the fkht between
them must be settled very shortly, that any move
must be made quickly.
Lucille slipped out of the hotel her second
day, undecided as 10 what to do and caring little
to plan or plot Before this opportunities had pre-
which no one could have foreseen. Only at nuch
times had she been enabled to make a sattsfac-
tory move. And she felt convinced that tho very
justice of her cause would permit her tr win
when the last hands were dealt IN this strange
game. And always there was Thompson o DC
reckoned with
Thompson was the man who had been ,.apa-
BILE enough to be the right hand of Hugo Lou
beque; Thompson the one who, whfn he
turned against his former master, the one
who excited such alarm in the spy that hsg took
elaborate precautions Ruuinst him.
Thompson the man cpon whom Sbo con.
vinced herself with feminine iRtuition she must
depend. Thompson would lay open way. Aud
the hate of Thompson would turn itself agffnst
the hate of Loubeque and then her ewp are~s
Love would have it's innings.
Somehow this utterly Illogical unreasonable
viewpoint upon the situation buoyed her hoasa
to such extent that she went out the grest
doors of the hotel. fairly beaning with satisfae-
leaving Manila abruptly In the aeropnne of
Harley, her though. turned from the sweetheart
she felt IN the city to tho thought of meet
ing him. And simultaneously with this thought
dismayed alarm s.a .,,
She stopped abort. the song upon her lips
frozen there as she looked down at herself. For
the first time IN months idea REQUIRED TO her,
an idea that seemed to have formed major
portion OF heY heas in life before that time
clothes. ~
Clothes She fairly bfushed es Rhe looked
upon the beautiful dressed women upoa tho
street. Clothesl Why, she looked q Psrfecs rag
amufin. She became frghtfully sef-oonscdoua,
RscrlDtng tne Slances OF oeseoWoQ uPO1
her from pedestrians to her shabbiness- Uncor-
sciously her hAnds sought the precious nsaldaaA
She shuddered and drew into en- sreayays Sup
pose she should meet Lieutenant Gfbson 4aIh
Would he not be q bit ashamed OF hsTf A.
She speeded swiftly and furttvely down IN
street self-reHunce hnd become G part OF het
from her experiences but the thought Of obtsin.
ing money was something that appalled, hs-. Shs
had never known anything of money In hsf Hfe,
Things had always seemed to Just coma 70 hss
without the necessity for worrying. = -'lAs
Resolutely she BIT her lips and forced Hs?
way through the doors of q jswelry establish-
rnent, fighting her resolution to the point Of ap-
proaching the bespectacled. important Looking
man behind the counter. Somehow, she could not
repress q faint smile OF sight of the glttSer4ne
baubles SO temptingly outlined beneath the glass.
She found her amusement intensified by the
obvious lack of impression she mado upon the
salesman as he looked her over. y
As he bent forward politely, questioning her