The evening world., 1915-06-02

occur to him that somebody already
might be within. but no contented
himself with the belief that the deteo-
tive had neglected to make fast the
door after his visit Sunday afternoon,
Settling the incident thus to his
own Satisfaction, he entered and
closed the door behind him.
At once he was surrounded by q
murky,, yello wish gloom; for the. win
d0wss were so coated with dust and
Crime and SPIDERS webs that. such
light as entered was about AZ effective
as sunshine filtered through q cloud
or smoke. Ho was v n hall. On one
aide was q storeroom. on thSsother
the laundry. Farther along he made
out a flight OF stairs.
tAnd scarcely had he arrived at the
first floor than his strained attentive
ness was rewarded by a sound that
was unulstakable-.-one that brought
him short--a sound OF human voices.
A distinctly unpleasant tingling sem
sstionrphyed over his scalp and at
thg back OF his neck. The temporary
alarm, however. Instantly vanished.
and instead he was filled with wonder
and curiosity ut this unlocked for
turn OF HIS exploration.
. Who COULD nave :chosen a spot 30
desolate 'and God forssken IN which
TO carry on a conversations
,Qpa Of the voices was a woman's-
naG 4 sirrs.
- Aid now no was able TO locate tho
source " the sounds. They came
,cVotfi osoips W here IN the second story
and ward the rear OF the house.
With infinite caution he crept up tho
front stairway TO the upper hall.
y T'ha svoices soubded necessarily.
frat mans. boarse and rumblinB.
then tho girls. then sometimes both
together. Van vechton paused at a
realization that the two were quarrel
hing and that tho girls voice was
quivsfihg with intense Indignation
Rudolph advanced more rapidly.
and presently came 10 n halt before
a closed door, on the further side OF
which tho two disputants without
doubt were engaged. And thon per
force he became AN eavesdropper.
do, go, gol" cried thu feminine
voice, shT1ll with evaporation ana
anger. u Yell You. I will not stand
this annoyance. Whatever In the
world possesssd you 10 follow me !
can't snsgine. 90. get out OF my
sight I don't want 10 hear . word
you have "a sayl"
Al the next words Van vechtsn
started 10 violently that. had thu IN,
fHen couple been lass absorbed Ia
their quarrel. they must have heard
him The RtTf wha stu sponkina
You have dOns many things 70
anger me that 4 have overlooked.
John Calls. but your following mo
hsrs II jyst biz moro than J ehn
endure kov 7 n"an 20 tell father
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and. mark my words. ha vii pui
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