Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-03-05

Suit yourself, then. The sooner you
understand that . am determined 90
marry Storm. IN spite Of all your OBJ
jections. the sooner peace win come TO
this house"
Baird had good control over himself
II was very dIficult TO resist the
charm Of this high spirited giri. tie
silently cursed the real Hassam Az
for outlining a cold aioofnecs toward
this grit Well. In n little while he
would I've free Of tuis damnablc wig
and the painted lines on hIs face and
the stoop In bis shoulders.
Neither Zudora nor Storm saw any
one they knew weIl. but the music
was good. and they enjoyed the dane.
ing Zudora was warmly welcomed
BY Nine. Du Val. They saw Bassam
All At the beginning Of the Festivities.
but after the arst dance he vanished
And with good reason. Tie had dodg.
ed into n dressing room and removed
his Hassam All makeup, determined
10 meet Zudorn under bis own coiors
He had played n hard but clever game,
controlling both bis facial muscles and
the tone OF his voice He was rea
sonsbly positive that zudora would
not have the least idea what or who
be was lie Immediately sought Nine
Du. Val. rrt
u want an introduction to zudora."
he said
AN introduction 10 Zudora. Good
heavens. forgot OF course she
will not recognize you. SO you want
! an introductioni You shall have H.
And now listen carefully. The men
are back Of the wall leading 10 the con.
servatory. The wall has n secret door
Al 10 O'Clock promptly you must ma
ncuvcr her over there. Al the same
time VIII occupy John Storm. keep
him busy when he finally misses IN
dora he WIN not be able TO point IN
any way 10 me" .t
u get the point Hut N she begins
20 ASK questions, due TO that mysteri-
Gus note Of yours STOUT the boy Van
wichr
Nine Du Val smiled Leave all the
details TO me. my friend Tomorrow
your Zndofa will be Just where you
want her" Under her breath she add.
ed; "I'erhapsr'
"very well. introduce me" And IN.
der bis breath he added lyon tiger
cati You mean some triekery that !
shant be In on. Hut " you harm one
hair OF her beadr' stin his lips were
smiling Ill the while.
Tue introduction took place. That
instructive warning as OF old did not
stir Zudorn. This rather agreeable
young man In no wise created any sus.
plcion In her mind. And when she
accepted an Invitation 60 dance she
was pleased 20 nnd a nimble dancer.
Storm. however. did not take TO this
new man. AZ matter Of fnct he did
not take 90 any young mnn where Zu'
dora wns concerned. SO he fretted and
fumcl during the dance aud regretted
that I've had bcen persuaded 10 come.
Nine. Du Val talked. but he never
could recall what sho talked about.
Finally Baird brought Zudora back.
bowed and made ~ elsewhere. rather
satisfied that no had mnde some I'm
preston upon his whllom niece.
Como" said madame 20 both zudora
and storm. let us 10 10 the conservn'
tory. have sOluo remarkable or
chlds"
She led the WY. and u occurred TO
her that this moment would be ~ good
az any She rather wanted Balrd out
OF the way while disposing % Zudora.
in the corridor there WIS a wall seat,
rhe entrance 10 the conservatory was
at the other end of the corridor.
let rs sit here fot a moment" said
the hostess "Mr Storm viii get ~
an Ice. and then we'll take look nj
the orchids"
rhe two women sat down and storm
buried on toward the supper room
Nine M Val leaned back aud absent
~ tapped the wall with bcr fan.
"Wall Just moment she said. rls.
ing Il will get you an orchid before
Afr storm returns"
Zndora watched her complacenlly.
She scpsel no danger whatever. Per
haps her mind was too busy With this
problem of the Van Wick boy Some
one IN this house knew; some one had
warned her 10 keep away. She won
dered " she dared tell Mmc IN Val,
who seemed 10 be uu agreeable crca.
ture She heard n slight sound anf
turned
Immediately she was seized by strong
arms A hand covered her mouth and
she was drawn swiftly behind the
wall. Nhich closed instantly into place
again She felt her hands aud ankles
being Tied, and she was hlndfulded
aud gagged, No one spoke. ShO was