The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-03


Il was not much later that Elaine
received . second visit from Mary.
DO you know why the servant al.
lowed 10 70 leave the apartmentf"
whispered Mary with . glance about
fsarfully. ~ II the walls had ears.
"No-why!" inquired Elaine anxious.
".
Hes 3 tong man who has been
chosen to DO away with the prince.
He followed me, and says you have
done his work for him. II you viii
sivs him ten thousand dollars for En-
psnsss he will attend to hiding the
body"
Here. at least,was y way out.
IT 10 the safest way out Of the
trouble. Yes. Ill do 1t. I'll stop at the
bank now and get the money"
They rose and Mary preceded her,
eager TO get away from the house.
At the door. however, Elaine asked
her to wait while she ran back on
some pretext.
Our telephone rang in the middle
Of our conversation on blood crys.
tails. and Kennedy himself answered II.
II was Elaine asking Craig's ad.
vice.
They have offered to hush the
thing up for ten thousand dollars" she
said In mufied voice.
She seemed bent on doing 1t, and no
amount Of argument from him could
stop her. She simply refused to &C.
cept the evidence Of the blood crys-
tails a. better than what her own eyes
told her she had seen and done.
Then wait for half an hour" he
answered. without arguing further.
You can do that without exciting
suspicion. Then go with her to her
hotel and hand her over the money"
"All rght-Ill do It," she agreed.
What Is the hotel?"
Craig wrote on slip Of paper what
she told him-"Room 500. Hotel La
Coste."
Hastily he threw on his street coat
Wv huNO thS ouNh hOOui ahu ECt iuC q
brace and bit, Walter. he said.
I did 80. When I returned saw
that he had placed the detectascope
and some stuff In bag. He showed
In the brace and bit also.
Come on-hurry!" he urged.
We must have made record time in
getting to the La Coste. II was an or.
nate place, where merely to breathe
was expensive. We entered, and by
some excuse Kennedy contrived to
get past the vigilant bell.hops. We
passed the telephone switchboard and
entered the elevator. getting of at
the nth floor.
With hasty glance up and down
the corridor, to make sure no one was
about. Kennedy came to Room 500.
then passed to the next room. 511.
opening the door with skeleton key.
Quickly Craig went to the door
which led to the next room. II was.
Of course, locked also. He listened
moment carefully. Not sound. Quick
ly. with an exclamation Of satisfac.
tion. he opened that door also and
went into 500.
This room was much like that In
which we had already been. He
opened the hall door.
Watch here. Walter" he directed.
Let me know at the slightest alarm"
Craig had already taken the brace
and bit from the bag and started to
bore through the wall In Room 5l1.
selecting q spot behind a picture of
Spanish dancer-a spot directly back
of her swapping black eyes. He fin.
ished quickly and inserted the detecta-
scope % that the lens fitted as an eye
in the picture. The eye-piece was in
room 6ll. Then he started to brush
up the pieces Of plaster on the floor.
Craig" I whispered hastily as !
heard an elevator door, "someone's
coming!"
He hurried to the door and looked
There they are" he said. as he saw
Elaine &nd Mary rounding the corner
Of the hall.