The Washington times., 1914-08-25
PART TWO.
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| PART TWO.
Dunbar was still sitting where we left
him at the close of yesterdays INSTALL
| ment Of this story when the hall door
bell rings; he raises his head to listen.
He hears his Wallets voice, hears an
| other voice answer. and then there
| stands in the doorway the man who is
bis double and yet is not his double.
WELL says the newcomer. sullenly,
l here / am. What do you want?"
Dunbar extends to him the jewel
case. AS the others gaze falls upon It
his eyes narrow. For a moment neither
| man speaks.
Then, from both,, the words pour
| forth. Sometimes their voices mingle,
sometimes one snaps out sharp, quick
questions and the other answers de-
family or evasively. Then suddenly,
as Dunbar rises and with clinched
| fist is uttering a threatening demand.
his counterpart turns on his heel and
disappears. A moment later the hall
door slams
An hour after this scene Dunbar call
ed his Japanese to him. He told the
man to listen artentively.
''Koto,' he said, directly, Il know
who took the cameo necklace Within
forty-eight hours 1 expect to return it
to its rightful owner"
But why, Koto asked, does the
Because" Dunbar answered, Il may
lose my life before this affair is over
end you must clear my name IL mat
tiers go so far as that"
From an inner pocket of his coat
Dunbar produced a slip of cardboard
and placed it in the Jap's hands. AS
Koto looked at the photographed like
nesses upon its upper surface his eyes
widened in surprise.
"You?" he asked. rs this you. mas
ter. or is this the gentleman who was
No" Dunbar replied steadily. trying
rainly TO hide the bitterness in his
voice, mot l. but my twin brother. He
is criminal. He has been criminal
for years. For my own sake and for
my family's sake I have done what 1
could 10 shield him. Because of the
likeness between Us / have been mis-
taken for him more than once. In
deed. at least twice 1 have actually
teen in danger of arrest for acts OF
which he was guilty.
q II endured all that. but when as a
chief IL the night he invaded the house
where / have been welcomed as guest
that-that marks the end of my endur-
ance. This is ny sccret-a secret which
cause my brother lives under an alias
but II is my secret nc longer.
You now share Il with me. / CON-
mand that you respect my confidence
until such time as ] give you leave to
tell the whole truth. If / lose my life
go directly to Miss Margaret and tell
her all 1 have tod you"
The Japanese sravely promised and
left tie room.
Having once resolved upon his
course, Dunbar lost no time in taking
the next step. He drove straight to a
dreary street of dreary tenements on
the lowest west side. moving like
man who was well acquainted with |
the surroundings, but who yet was n |
doubt Of an exact location. Then for |
tune favored him. |
The dog Ami passed him and made |
for the battered door which led to a |
disreputable looking ten (
ement house. The dog entered, and |
Dunbar followed He mounted dark |
stairs to an upper floor OF a shabby |
house and. finding the outer door un-
locked. walked without knocking into |
a badly furnished room. The room
was empty. which was exactly what
ne had expected
Seating himself at table, he wrote
1 short note, signed it. sealed it, ad-