The evening world., 1915-02-04
CHAPTER w.
The Golden Kev.
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The Golden Key.
RAWLINGS made by George
\ Edenborough for the First
Lord Of the Admiralty
and shown TO you because
$50 you were the stronger
neoOtsr and insisted on seeing
Asm, but only In such confidence ~
hight almost b Justified between
burs man and wife7" ,,
Fl didn't sell his drawings" said Miss
rsveliyn impatienuy. II copied them.
hors or less from memory. and sold
n own efforts"
~of course know that! It was .
- Of the tongue" he admonished
~ while marveliins more and more.
And you can put the whole thing
Saainly without 20 much a. biushi"
r en- going 70 put you to the blush
|lnsksad, Doctor Dollar" returned the
|Iady with . lighter touch. you are
vsFy clever In finding out what did.
;hut you don't ask why I ala It. That's
,nOes'oo clever Of such . clever
nan, end ! must Just snlighten you
bGDDee I 20. The nrst drawing was
~. O COPY; II was the original they
&UUl 49, tlnns. and u was stolen from
n. Marlborough on his way home
1Fum The Admiralty. He never knew
o1ap1y where Il was stolen. but al
WaSs thought knew.
SxeaA 1rs . 1T u . detective. DR..
Ds1lar: we'll. - am In my wAy. You
haev nj 1t M into the secret Of your
Unoee1s, and I shouldn't think Of
Nog1ng you with mins. ! thought II
haoVsusd - Princs's and suspected
1ooont that was all. II was last
GUu1n& and I I'D al the summer to
eA1nk about =. But when Princes
eoned I Oot 70 work. for there was
NsosM making up to ~ both ~ be-
tsuA He didn't get much change out
q QeosgA bat perhaps I made amends
wAsn 0sorUs wasn't there. and some
tinAe svIa wl.sn be was. He could
waats yoa ~. and % can l." said
LnGV 1SSvsalyn With something like q
saGA Sos her Bereavement on the rink.
"xse you copasd the other two draw
lnsu. AaA you even admit you sold
hin 4As oopissr'
Il sold them quite WE'LL" said Miss
Trsvsllyn. with sparkling eyes-'and
vuu my guess what did with the
moosy-but IT'S not fair to call them
copAsas 4 made them a. inaccurate a.
poG6lbGe without spelling everything.
| ana indeed I couldn't have made them
kssS accurate from memory. and they
wesV, only rough sketches to begin
wiAt OF course. George was wrong
70 let me sec .thom. but he was assist
ing In the best Of causes. Rocchi was
an expert professional Spy. soon
slssd him down a. one. But he wa
not j nivai sxpsrt-and I'm that a
vsItl That's my last boast. DR.. Dol.
Lar, hot tt's not unjustidable. II you
come to think of George and me b.
tween US keeping q national enemy
ouS Of serious mischief. feeding .
friendly power with false plans anc
gtvihy tho money to our own dssi
Dcnar surveyed tho radiant MINI
With 0yes that needed rubbing. Hi
oniy sorrow was that Edenborougl
di1 not bufSt through the curtaini
Without moro ado; he must have ex
traordinAry self-control, when N
ussd.
party to the fraud: he wouldn't nav
approved of It. he couldn't possibly
"But shall ten him all about 1t now
Of course always meant to tell him.
sfter 10. o.morrow-but he has had quilt
onosgh bothers of his own. and thi
WA my show. I suppose you don
En6v what's been bothering him
Doctor Dollar? He says It's over
vork. ana / do think Lord Stockton
an old slave driver; do you know,
haven't even seen George since IN
day before YESTERDAY AZ pr,nSss ianCsr viii,
thu least compunction. from tina
"Of course, I know he's all right.
\. conoluded Miss Trevellyn. as the
-SerO parting perfect friends. "becaus
. n ~ runE me up several times 7
~ n. and no looked better on mon
M than for ever 70 long. But
sauas own / shall be glad when l se
HIN Away, Tor real koou Io'. .
HhA had refused to hear anothe
VOID from, Dollar In explanation, or 9
reGret, and she made her departur
Win u me. abruptness OF a constitu
tiopa}sy decided person. But she na
ssushod once at least In the last Ie'
minukaa., And the doctor ran pac
mo IN den with singing heart, read
10 fali upon his patients neck In dee
thsnksG[ying and even more profoun
congPatulstion. ~,
"a. pattant was there to meet nj
,evon now, but the curtain swayea
Httin befors the open window. Dolia
rSochsd II at . bound; but there wa
SoAody outside on the Iron steps, an
~ -eairtain nlled behind him a. q
innsr door banged In the draft. TT
SofrN little space at the back OF u
ScssSo. between the high black wal
VlfS the broken-bottle coping. ls
10y Of all life In the plentiful ngi
lFom the back windowS-but for Q
Y 0ayly. cat that ned before Dollars pr
s1nf3ato deecent Into the basement.
9he gsntlsmau'e gone" said Mr
HnStoA Ct ouoa. He como throue
~ way some time aSo-said
AHnH wait no longer out there!"
sy ,eas DO yes su0pos' he b
~ isas." sald Nrs. Barton arni