The evening world., 1915-02-06

ing IN DR.. Dallor's ONCE.
TITS no use boating about the
bush," said Vera Moyle. and there
was no sort of tremor in her voice.
DO you mind telling me exactly
what you know Of Mr.. Mostyn
Scarth? You met him In Switzer-
landr
II did" replied Dollar weightily.
'He was supposed to be looking after
q young temporary lunatic. who was
Of age. rich. and not irresponsible in
the eye Of the law. Scarth induced
the boy to leave him vast sums of
money in a will. and then made two
distinct attempts to murder him."
And yet you did nothins!'
There was not much to be Done"
he protested humbly. I'VE were In q
foreign country: tho evidence
wouldn't have been overwhelming
under our own law. I let Scarth know
that I had found him out. got the
boy out Of his clutches-pulled him
together all right-and laid the whole
case before Topham Vinson whom I
came homo. He consulted his law
ofncers; they thought I had so little
to 30 upon that our man wasn't oven
marked down for surveillance by the
police. l had to keep my own eye on
him whom he turned up In town again.
Scarth made that easy by immedi-
ately getting on my tracks, and dis
covering in Mr.. Croucher another old
friend who had his knife In me. They
tried between them to pervert nay
chauffeur; then lost sight Of them;
and It was then l wanted to put YOU
on your guard, but you were never in,
and my letters seemed to miscarry,"
i don't want to waste many words
on Mr.. Scarth," she began, in the
least vindictive OF human voices;
but l ought to tell you that I quite
liked him until the other day. met
him first at a country house where
he was supposed to be tutoring the
boys. but was really the life and soul
OF the whole party. 1t was extraor-
binary how he ran everything and
everybody for those people: we were
all devoted to him, and he says I
asked him to come and see US in
town, but he certainly never came
until near the end Of this last season.
Mr.. Scarth asked me to marry
him
"Good Lord!"
"Of course didn't like him we'll
enough for that. though he had put
me against you!"
"How? said Dollar grimly.
He knows what l did two years
ago"
"Croucher. Of courser
"He said 1t was you--that you gave
me away to him in Switzerland"
And you believed him?"
He made IT just credible. He said
you told him in confidence; he showed
me a letter In which you reminded
him not to let 1t go any further"
"A forgery"
II see that now; but II was a very
good one. written on your club pa
per-"
1.-THE mans an expert forger. Any
body can go into a club to write q
note and steal some stationery. II
you only had tackled me about i'll"
II promised wouldn't. could
hardly believe 1t of you. all the same
mot that you were the first to tell
him. But-but It did put me on-in
spite Of everything-and that was
only in July"
Just when l was trying to see you
to put you on your guard!"
His position was that ] and my
secret would only be safe with him."
"As 1t never was with mer
THAT was II; but now he knows
that ! don't believe him. ! told MIN
so when he called last week"
II wonder what his next move
II don't know about his next. but
can tell you what his latest move IL,
said Lady Vera. "He has taken Il
logging me all over the place. to see
IL don't commit another crime! Ht
was one Of the alleged detectives a.
Pax Monktons Chase!"
"Never!" cried Dollar.
II happen TO know It," said LADY
Vera, with some little embarrassment
II had II from-the other detective.
''Not"-and Dollar stopped TO frowI
mot Croucher himselfr
"Yes."
He has dared to speak to you!"
For the very first time since tina
night in the train: now do listen. ant
be fair TO the poor fellow. lie neve
was as bal os You thought him; YOU
say yourself that he's a saint com
pared with Mr., Scarth." Dollar wa
too savage to smile at this free YER
sion Of what he had lald. well. the.
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