Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-14
BY MARY ROBERTS R1NEHART
Author of "The Man in Lower Ten

: Author of THE Man in Lower iei'
SYNOPSIS. ,,.. .,d
Hilary. Klnsston, artist, 9neI,iIidi' ~ ep,Iied IN an
money. or his men one. HUT ls ,,I ~ Who Who
With HE dauEhter; ElinSogi ,n nSo5gi,sVs n nothing,
ne her fatFsr ala. The assistant rector ys o.,
The town in whleet, Ist,tT iRey e5yo6spirator. Borodey
is suspected by the police SisSnn iissn term. he
Stg.ss 5Swssn ,S9 S9nfS52n ss4 h The police arc dsap
pointed. .-,..,-r, y
noRoDAY had used his days ireeuon
! Is to warn the band and to make plan
for regaining his freedom. or money u
bsd none What he had made under OH
Hnary's leadership had gone back L
Russia. dollar for dollar, He had hnanoe'
mart NJ the Klev defense Of the Jews ha'
! s,y.d PRINCE ovarsky from Siberia. Their
were other things,
Money would save Boroday And ther'
was practically no money.
nv unanimous consent they kept 'he
news Of his arrest from Elinor.
n was Talbot who planned the coun,
try club coup. The Russian was IN Jail
then, on a trumped-up charge. Ola f1u-
arv was dead and Boroday in jail-there
was no one to advise caution.
"Borodny mr. Elnor exclaimed. TheS
were accounting for his absence from her
saturday night dinner. why, then he
should be here where he can be careu
1--WE told him that" Lathbridge was
always readiest with his tongue. But
he's not sick enough to need much, ana
he's deucdely disagreeable when he's laid
up"
Elinor was a little hurt
In the arbor. after dinner, they plan
ned the robbery Where old Hilary
would have taken a month to think anu
plan. they took minutes There was a
ball at the club that night, the last ot
tho waning country club season. The en-
trance to the grounds was a mile from
the clubhouse-two iron gates standing
open between pillars and dense shrub
berry all about. Talbot would wreck his
car there. driving into one Of the gates.
That would require each departing car
to slow down, probably to stop.
Tho arrangement was that Talbot walk
up to the club and establish an alibi and
his innocence by telephoning 10 a city
garage for help. The rest was left to
Huff and Lethbridge A quarter of
mile away across the golf links, they
would have a car in which to make their
getaway.
Lethbrldge was only lukewarm
We'll get a lot Of jewelry," he OBJ
But Talbot was sure the loot would in
Clude money
1t was rather cleverly planned. From
the vault HUFF brought up n fine chain
studded with spikes. Stretched across
the road outside the entrance, II meant
that every car passing over II would limp
along on fiat tires. II meant time to the
bandits.
Huff and Lethbridge. who had left their
car In a thicket over the hill went first.
Talbot followed soon, in his gray car.
Good luck, boys" said Elinor in echo
of her father. from her garden and went
back into tho house to watch the clock
dances were early ones--she was to be
IN her garden again. The loot would be
thrown over the wall.
She was there much earlier hands cold,
FPS shaking with nervousness, Always
Did Hilary had done these things, She
vas profoundly frightened.
Ward, walking rapidly home from the |
'lub, saw her there, little after mid
light. There was young moon and at |
trst he thought he must be mistaken. |
Then, when he was sure of her, he ran |
~ the shallow steps. The gladness that !
vas over him rang out in his deep voice.
80 now l have your secret" he said |
rally Like all the other fairies, you
re only to be seen in the moonlight"
In the daylight" said Elinor trying
o smile, II frequent the woodlands, and
Miss my most agreeable visitor-my only
istor." She corrected herself
Her hand was ice in his.
You are cold"
There was minutes pause. They had
o common ground between them. Ward,
'ho dreamed of her eyes, and took long
'alks up the hill in the mere hope of
eeing her in her garden, found himself
umb, now that he stood before her. He
ad meant 70 be most impersonal, to run
4, say CHEEKY good night" to her and
e off. But face to face, with the dark
ouse looming over them, he plunged into
he thing nearest his heart.
Are you still so--alone?"
There are the servants"
IL think Of you often. One of my win
ows faces this way, and l can see a
sht burning very late
II read at night. l do not sleep well.
ut you-you arc up late, also"
"Ah"' He bent little toward her in |
Is eagerness. You know that? You know
- Window"
''Yes. / witch It very often"
1t was well for Walter HUFF, crouched
the shubbery at the country club eyes
automatic revolver In hand,
lat he did not hear the thrill in Wards
oice that night in Elinors garden, or her
ut reply
Many things cried for utterance in
lard; his pititul sense of the girls loneli-
sss, yearnmg desire to comfort her, to
, near her-even mode, that magic night,
mad longing to hold out his arms ana
'aN her into them, as one might coax
me shy creature OF the woods
But Elinor was suddenly aloof and dis
mt again. At any time now a car would
'me wildly down the hill, and toss at her
et It's dehaEee or law and ownership.