The Washington herald., 1914-11-01


now, suppose, have gone hacIs to the;r
ing" 'e"
ne swung open the door. There were
: uozen men stu IN the hall, standing
11eAlnst tne wall almost like Statues
IIen eyes were fixed upon CammerIey
Iney seemed ready to obey his siiebt.
81 gesture. Brooke glanced at the
door; Cammeriey smiled.
Inc only modern thing aboot ,L.
plaes' he remarked "A double lot 80
irnsany wonderful pattern. WouId vo,,
me 20 see some of my booksS Or vrn,,I5
y y amuse you to hear Lucy tailr ~ bs-
continental experiences? - " "ei
me telephone bell rang again Can.
mercy spoke. apparently, To ! vb;n :,
tne House of Commons ~
shall be in my place =, ST..
brooke heard him saw ~Tbe 49,.
I suppose, IS not likely to conc - -
iore dinner timel Thank youI
An interesting thing. the t.I.oh.s
ne continued, replacing the rece;y.r -
turning to Brooke. 1T seems n, - 80
one so into touch with the oIJts;de ,,n-iS
from the most impossible places dosr,;,
n An, the taxicabl Stay here nIsss.
Mr.. Brooke. Miss Robinso1 y;iS -
properly received, without a doubt"
constance was ushered into the room
moment later, by the gray-haired wo.
m]n VINO mad admitted Brooke. She
was as usual, exceedingly quiet in h.r
manner ana very seif-composed
n IS Mr.. Cammerley, is il notp" Sbe
= nolqing out her hand @And
| am sure that this is Lucy Fra0sd.5
II IS very interesting to meet Won Soth. .
Cammerley smiled.
Without hattery," he remarked "T
may say that there have been MANY
VINO have found it interesting"
Constance was standing between Iurv
Fragade and Cammerley. She seemed
very small.
have come" she announced Hto
take MIR. Brooke back with me"
Lucy Fragade looked at her ct,r;ous.
ly. Cammerly smiled
Mr.. Brooke was a LITTLE loneIvS \.
said Il have no doubt that ne viii find
your coming of benefit to him"
Ours must be only a iyina visit"
Constance continued quietly aBeforr
go, there IS question have wanted to
ask Mr.. Cammerley ever since I Lnew
OF his existence. This will probably be
my. only chance. Should l be too ex-
acting If ! begged for-say, thirty sec
onds IN which to ask it?"
have no secrets" Cammerley re-
phed Fray ask your question"
constance looked at him intentiy.
IT was a question" she murmured
winch occurred to me first when /
heard that Blanche Fragade was in
Lucy Frsgade," the woman inter-
rupted.
Constance accepted the correction. bot
she did not at once continue. She was
looking steadfastly at CammerIey. There
was perhaps no one else IN the room
who noticed any change m him Yet
brooke, who was nearest, and who
found the temperature of the apart
ment on the cold side, was suddenly
surprised to see two little drops of per-
spiratlon standing out on the mans
forehead.
Cammerley looked toward the woman
and said something to her IN a tongue
which neither Brooke nor Constance un-
derstood- She nodded and left the room.
Cammeriey leaned a little toward Con
stance as she passed out.
Go on" he said.
Is there any need?" she asked cain,-
y, Y have friend in Cyril Mansions.
The letter is ready for the post-if
We do not return"
Cammerley's face was, for 4 moment
Ike the face of a skeleton. His ewes
shone large behind his spectacles. His
ips had parted, showing his strong, vel
ow teeth.
Your terms7" he whispered.
This is not our affair" Constance.
'aid softly. I was wrong to send him
here, she added, motioning toward
Brooke. 7, too, am of the people. So
tong as it is not life you take, he and
are silent"
Cammerly asked for no pledge. He
understood For moment he listened.
Then he led the way toward the door. In
he hall several shadowy figures came
stealing toward them He waved them
back and opened the front door.
You will find a taxicab at the cor
ler," he said.
At the corner of the street they STOP
BED to look around them. Brooke
glanced back at the house they had Jeff
3ehind it was the lanyard, and a Iittle
turther away they could see the rnasts
n the river.
"A queer place" Constance observed
They say that he is a real
'hilanthropist His house is filed with
III sorts of outcasts from the streets
Q whom he gives temporary shelter.
That IS the reason he lives there"
rs il" Brooke replied dryly. There
nothing would please me better than
o go over it with half dozen police
nen at my back"
She shook her head.
1T is forbidden. think those two
eople, mistaken though they NAV be
things with which we do bet
er not to interfere"
AT least" Brooke asked, Ct NAV
lquire who Blanche is?"
But for Blanche" Constance told
I'm, i should never have suffered Won
go to that mans house, because /
now that they are suspicious of YOU
nd of me. Blanche is Lucy Frigade's
lster. She left her home mysteriously
ome years ago. Lucy does not know
here she is. Philip Cammerley does
here are only two things in life great
than that woman's devotion to her
auSe. One was her love for her sic
n; the other her passion for Cammer-
y. | should say that he was a mar
no feared but one thing in the world,
vhen spoke .le saw the possibility
it."
Brooke handed her into a taxicab.