The Raymer enterprise., 1915-11-04
TWENTY-slXTH EPISODE
THE MASQUERADE BALL.

THE MASQUERADE BALL.
SO confident W9s Elaine that Ken
oady vas sill alive that she would
not admit to har8stf What 10 the rest
NJ us seemed obvious.
She even refused To accept Aunt Jo-
saEiinc's hints and decided to give a
masquerade ball which she had
CLAIMED ns the Ia-i event of the sea.
boa before she closed thn Dodge town
house and opened Ter country h0uae
on The Bhore uf Connecticut
II vas shortly Rtt.z tho strange an.
paarinee OF tite iy-J old gentleman
tlnt dropped a. one afterHCnu 10
tind Elaine addressing Invitations.
while Aunt Josephine helped her As
w. elftteG. | rIrkrd NJ one Of the
wn frh mechanically cortemf.Hed
Tho address
w. BoI Mar Ha'yi La Costa. Npg
VOID City"
= d1Ht Ike thar fellow" re-,
mhl lked Sinking uy lead dabIously
On, you're JEALOUS. Waiter
inuFhrd Fleinc, larjng the cuve;opc
s'Gy frrm me and l..ng tt again With
tho Gthers
.tus It Was that m the mornings
man EieI Mar. aluns with lltn fert Of
~ received q uaaly rnslagsd little
lnTtia'ieE
Miss glzlo- 2gage
F.ugcsts
the Feasure O. Or prc1eH-e
AZ tie
Nasqp sde aalI
70 Be
Gnen at Her Residence on Friday
Evening, June let.
Good" he exclaimed. reaching for
tas telephone. "lij su
Iu q restaurant a. the white light
i',triCt two Of thgaa Who had been en-
EIa.d fI tie preliminary plot TO steal
Erultdgg wireless torpedo model. the
4AEpE Woman sc raphsr who Ead
b-rayed her tru 1aa The nan to
Suau. she had passed tIe Tfdol out
9f The window In Washington, were
seated nj a table.
So secret had been tie relations Of
A' those Ia the plot that one group
it not know the ether, and the
rtfangest methods Of communication
hhd been adopted.
The man removed Il cover from a
tIsh, Underneath, perhaps without
sYcn the walters knowledge, was a
cote.
Here are the orders at last" he
whispered to the girl unfolding and
reading the note. Lock. The model
ID, the torpedo Is somewhere in her
house, Go tonight to the ball as a
masqnerader and search for It.,
oh. splendid" exclaimed the girl
I'm crazy for a little society after
this grind Pay the check and let S
get out and choose our costumes"
The man paid the check and they
left huFriedly. Half an hour later
they were at costumer's shop choos-
ing their DISCUSSES, both careful to get
she fullest masks that would not ex,
cite suspicion.
Il vas the night of the masque.
rade.
During the afternoon Elaine had
been thinking more than ever Of Ken.
nedy II all seemed unreal to her.
More than once she stopped to look
at his photograph. Several times she
checked herself on the point OF tears.
No" she said to herself with a
sort Of grim determination. "No-he
Is alive. He will come back to me
he WILL"
'bu ttt QUO Idu u l'tlluE VI ter
rife loneliness which even her most
powerful efforts could not throw of.
She was determined to go through
with the ball. now that she had start.
ed II. but she was really glad when
II came time to dress, for even that
took her mind from her broodIng.
As Marie finished helping her put
on a very effective and conspicuous
costume, Aunt Josephine entered her
dressing room.
Are you ready. my DEAR" she
asked, adjusting the mask which she
carried 30 tnat no one would recognize
her as Martha Washington.
TN Just a minute, auntie." answered
Elaine, trying hard to put out OF her
mind how Craig would havs liked her
dress.
Somewhat cartier. IN my own apart.
nent. had been arraying myself as
Boum-B Boum and modestly admiring
y. - .>ysos = x.ade OF q circus clown