The Dermott news., 1915-10-07

Jennings, CalIeu Elaine. bet
Patrick and carry the trunk in
Together the butler and the gar
dener dragged it Off.
Thank you" said Elaine. endeavor-
! ing to pay the farmer.
mo. no, miss" he demurred as he
clucked to his horses.
We waved to the old fellow As he
started to drive away. he reached
down into the basket and drew out
some yellow harvest apples. one ut
time he tossed them to US rs he lum-
bered off
Truly rural" remarked voice be-
hind us
1t was Del Mar. all logged up and
carrying a magazine in his hand
We chatted Il moment. then Elaine
started 10 go into the house with Aunt
Josephine. With Del Mar | followed.
AS she went Elaine took a bite of
the apple. To her surprise 1t separated
neatly into two hollow halves. She
| looked inside. There was note.
/ Carefully she unfolded il and read
/ Like the others. it was not written but
+ printed In pencil:
Be careful to urpack all your trunks
! yourself. Destroy this note. A Friend.
What did these mysterious warnings
mean. she asked herself in amazement.
! Somehow SO far they had worked out
all right. She tore up the note and
threw the pieces away.
Elaine went into the house and we
followed. Del Mar. however dropped
Just bit behind and as he came to
the place where Elaine had thrown the
pieces OF paper. dropped his magazine.
i He stopped to pick it UP aud gathered
+ the pieces. then rcjoined us.
I hope you'll excuse me" said
Elaine brightly. We've just arrived
and haven't thing unpaeked"
Del Mar bowed ard Elaine left us.
Aunt Josephine followed shortly. Del
Mar and | sat down - a table AS h.
talked he placed the magazine in his
lap beneath the table, cu his knees. /
could not SEE. but he Vas in reality
secretly putting together the torn note
which the farmer had thrown to
Elaine
Finally he managed to tit all the
pieces \ glance down Wis enough.
Hut his facn betrayed nothing. sun
eader the table, he swept the pieces
into his pocket and rose.
IN drop in when yen are more set
tied" he excused himself strolling
Iclsurcly out agalu.
Up in the bedroom Elaines maid,
Marie. had been unpackins
well. what do you know about
+ that she exclaimed rs Jennings and
Patrick came dragging in the banged
up trunk
Very queer" remarked jennings,
detailing the little he had seen. while
4 Patrick LETT.
The entrance ef Elaine put an end
70 the interesting gossip and Marie
started to open the trunk.
NO. Marie" said Elaine. IN I'm.
pack them myself You can put the
things away Later You and jennings
may go"
Quickly she took the things out Of
the battered trunk Then she started
en- the other trunk. which was like it
but not marked. She threw out i
couple OF garments, then paused, star
+ tied
There was the lost torpedo-where
j Bcrtholdi had stuck II in her haste,
| Elaine picked it up and looked at 1t In
wonder. as il recalled all those last
days before Kennedy was lost.
Finally she decided to lock 1t up
4 in the bureau drawer and tell me. Not
only did she lock the drawer. but. as
/ she lett her room. she took the key OF
the door from the lock inside and
locked it outside.
| Del Mar did not go far from the
house. however. lie scarcely reached
the edge OF the grounds where he VAS
sure he was not observed when he
placed his fingers to his lips and whis-
lied. An instant later two of his men
! appeared from behind a hedge.
You must get into her room" he
ordered. THAT torpedo is in her lug
gage somewhere. after all"
In the rear OF the house the two
emissaries OF Del Mar stole out of the
shelter OF some bushes and stood for
a moment looking. Elaine's windows
were high above them. too high 10
reach.
"We1l have To use the Dutch house
mans methods" decided one.
Together they went around the
house toward the laundry 1t was
only few minutes later that they re-
turned. No one was about Quickly
one Of them took of his coat. Around
his waist he had wound coil OF rope,
Deity he b, an to climb a tree whose
upper branch,s iell ever the roof. Cat
like he managed TO reach the roof,
He made his way along the ridge pole
to chimney which was directly back
IN line With Eiofna'a windows