The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-05

WOuiO BOs tu0 IlI0 mas IoSCln0to0 nor.
! begged her not to- felt was dis
I dot tell you. Scarlet, wish ]
had never seen her. never persuaded
her to try that foolish dive. She'll
miss some day-like the other one.s
ITS my fault more than yours"
said. Couldn't you persuade her to
give Il up7"
II offered to educate her, to send
her to school, to work for her." he
said. "6hs only looked at me out Of
those sea-blue eyes-you know how
the little witch can look you through
and through-and then-snd then she
walked away into the torch. glare.
clasping her cat to her breast. and 1
saw her strike q fool Of soldier who
was strange child-proud and
remember-A strange. sweet child
almost q woman, at times and-I
thought her loyal
He walked to the window and
stared moodily at the sea.
Meanwhile" ! said., qusstiy. II an
goin9 TO set up"
He gave me look which inter-
preted a.. Get up and b damned"
I complied-in part.
"Oh. help mo into these things, wilt
your said. at length: and instantly
he was at my sido. gentle and pa
tient. lactng my shoes. because It
made my head ache to bend over,
buttoning collar and cravat. and slip
ping my coat on while leaned
against the tumbled bed.
"well!" I said. with q srimacs. and
stood up. shakily.
~ohNAA shArA ara
again, as poor little Grigg says"
with our salaries in our pockets
and our possessions on our backs"
And no prospects" he added.
mot Q blessed one. unless We count
q prospect Of trouble with Buck.
hurst"
"He won't trouble Us unless We In
terfere with him." observed Speed,
drumming nervously on the window.
But I'm going to-" I said. sur
Doing to interfere7' no asked.
wheeling to scowl at me.
Certainly"
"Why? We're not in government
employ. What do we care about this
row. II these Frenchmen are tired
OF battering the Germans they'll bat
ter each other. and we can't help IT,
can we?"
1--WE can help Buckhurst's annoy.
ing Madame dc Vassart."
"Only by getting her to leave the
country" said Speed. "She will I'M
derstand that. too" He paused. rub
bling his nose rehectively. Scarlet.
what do you suppose Buckhurst 10
UP tot"
II haven't an idea" replied. All
I know Ia that. in all probability ne
camo here to attempt 70 rob the
treasure .trains-and that was your
theory, too. you remember
And I continued. reminding Speed
that Buckhurst had collected his ruf.
flaniy franc company In the forest:
that the day the cruiser sailed no
had appeared In Paradise to proclaim
the commune: that doubtless no had
dere Tor the cruisers departure: that
a few hours later his red battalion
had marched into Paradise.
Eyes, that's all logical" said
Speed, but how could Buckhurst
know the socret-code signals which
the cruiser must have received be-
fore she sailed? To hoist Thorn on
the semaphors. he must have had q
CODE book"
thought a moment. suppose
Mornac Is with him."
Speed fairly jumped. "That's 1t!
That's the link we were hunting for!
It's Mornac-it must be Mornac! He
is the only man: no had access TO
everything. And now that his EN-
peror Is a prisoner and his Empress
q fugitive, the miserable hound has
nothing to lose by the anarchy he
once hoped to profit by. Tell mo.
Scarlet. does the tail WAC the dog.
after all7 And which u the dog,
Buckhurst or Aornao7"
II once thought It was Buckhurst,"
I said.
80 did i. butt don't know now.
I don't know what to do, either. !
don't know anything!"
I began to walk about the room.
carefully. for my knees were weak,
though I had no headache.
Its a shame for q pair OF hullsins
brutes like you and mo to desocrate
this bedroom" muttered. MUD on
tho fioor--look at It: sawdust and
candle-wax over everything! What's
that-all that on the lounge? Has
q dog or a cat been rolling over II ?
It's plastered with tan colOred hairs!"
Lions hairs from. your coat" he
observed. grimly.
] looked at than for . moment
rather sohsrly.. They glistsned like