The evening world., 1915-02-02
CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER II.
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The LITE PresevUer.
- z was--an accidsntf' he said.
hoarseiy. He could look At
II a. though the accident had
not been fatal: he had less
:. d. command Of his voice.
II cell it one; the law may not"
saSA shs resisnsdly. Yet I didn't
even know that I possessed such .
weapon - this: II was sold to me ~
q n1s-prsserver. and nothing else, out
ef Q pawnbroker's window, whore I
Aaposned to Sc II on the very morn
iAG oe the raid. ! thought 1t would
bs Just the thing for smaAhinS other
windows, especially with that thong
70 20 round ones wrist. ! thought,
tee-I dent mind telling you-that,
q I were roughly handled. It was .
thing could use In self-defenss, a. I
oeuldn't very wen use . hammer
"And you were roughly handled by
Sergeant Simpkins3" hs suggested
eagerly.
very" she said. with certain re-
lvctance. But expect the poor fell
low was as excited az was when ]
tried to beat him or"
II suppose you hardly knew what
you were doing. Lady Vera7"
mot only that. DR.. Dollar. but.
didn't know what had done"
"Thank God for that!"
Il did think that had knocked
him out. But that was all that ever
entered my head until this very
morning."
"Were you close to your broken
window at the timer"
VERY close. and yet out Of sight In
the tog,"
.And you had seen nothing Of this
man Croucher, and his hand In the
AFFAIR."
Not after I'd done my part. did
Just before. I'm certain 1t was the
snne huge man that they describe
But 1 heard the whole thing while we
were struggling. They were blowing
q police whistle and calling out
"rhievesv 1 remember hoping that
the policeman would hear them, and
let me go. But I suppose his blood
was up, as well as mine."
"And after you had-freed your
self?" said the doctor. trying not te
set his teeth.
II ran of, of course! knew that
had done much more than l ever
intended; but that's all l knew. OF
suspected. even when l found thii
hosrid thing open In my hand"
The doctor groaned; he could no
help II. Yet It was his first audible
expression Of disapproval: he had re-
=. strained himself while all the worst
acknowledged his consideration.
II didn't know what I'd done, re-
, member!" she said with sharp solici
fuda. II never did know until thi'
xnorning, when heard OF the case To-
the first time, and for the first tim'
saw the stains on the dagger
which you've been trying 80 hard no
Dollar. OF course. there can be n
AoaJbt what they are. but ] shall b.
Ouly too glad for you to prove II u
Oveeybcdy's satisfaction"
ssOnly too Rlad,' Lady Verar
sDoctor Dollar" she said. tensely
shokhing can undo this hideous thins
tAOugh hope to live long enough u
nSko such poor amends as humal
betng can. But In this other direc
no uso thinking Of what can't be un
done tfll we have undone what VI
Wa-if We are quick! That's why
triod TO 20 straight to the Home sec
roSary. and why have come stralgh
70 you. Take me to him, Docto
Ool1ar, and help me to convince hii'
theA what have told you Y the whoi
trvth and nothing e!se' u you tnin'
IL win make It easier. satisfy your
ssk cbout those bioodstains. Then VI
can take the dagger with uA
Shs doctor applied q crude tsst o.
Ahs spot. He stopped over the nrs
heated the stained steel bstwsen tn
bsrs. coolod It at the open window
picked on q scale and examined !
brtofly under q miscroscope, All thL
wsS done with tremsndous eneIS
tempsrsd BY extreme W prsc1iis,v~ sc1inwsd IN IN
opHrstion with an impersonal interes
thst could not but include the oper
! ator. 40 Intent upon his task, 90 oo
viously thankful to have q task o
fhnv sort In hand. But when ne ros
from his microscope 1t was with
shrux of the shoulders. an almost an
CRY, shake OF the heao.
of course this is all no good' 20
knowr' he cried. as II It were ne
test, "It would take hours TO max
fhs analysis that's really wanted.
"But as far as you have sone' ID
Dollar2"
"As far as I have gone-which ism
q lagai or medical inch-it certainl
does look like blood, Lady Vera
VOf course It Is blood. There's ar
other thing that will help us, too
"What's thatf"
zone of the best points In the d.
Tense, 30 far a. I've had time to MAX
out, was about the prisoners knit
New, II We take this with us, eitht
- .sss Home Secretary. or, II he ST
refuses to sec me. to New Scot'Au
Yayd"--
LADY vera." the doctor intsl
ruptsd, sshsst at her suicidal ses
I'D Il possible that you realize u
position you arc in? It isn't only
situation that you've got to fac'
that you have already done. q
,pSrbiyl But have you any conceptio
Of the consequsncesr
h -I think ] have" said LADY Yer
n srnilinG. II don't b0liovo they WI