The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-06-17

took 1t. l Q1Q not uOllCe, liz "OFOi'
that she was careful to place it in
particular spot with the back to the
wall.
I laid my hat and gloves on the
table. AS I did so, one glove must
have dropped on the floor in an lncon-
spicuous place by the leg of the table
sat down while the maid left me
for a. moment to call her mistress. In
nv best detective manner 1 gazed
about the room, endeavoring to ex-
tract some clue. I was about to ex-
anime the room more closely when
heard someone coming and restrained
nv interest in the surroundings. lnez
entered, and I rose.
won't you sit down." she asked,
with exaggerated politeness. FOR
what am 1 indebted to you for this
visit?''
"We11," I replied, perhaps you re-
call the last time we met"
Inez stood by the table, listening
to me, thought bit mockingly. AS
7 spoke her hand moved to the edge
of the table Suddenly, before I knew
it, the room swan before my eyes and
all was blackness.
Inez had moved her hand over and
had pressed a secret knob. A bar in
the wall just beside my head had
sprung out, striking me terrific blow
and knocking me out.
The maid, who had run in, and 1nez
lifted me up, unconscious, and car
ried me into the back room.
mil after
| that Kennedy came to the entrance to
| the apartment. There he noted the
mark which had made. He had just
| decided to go in, when he heard a
| noise. 1t was Cissy, arrayed in all her
glory, going out, with a parting word
of instruction from Inez. He drew
back into the angle of the hall.
was still unconscious, and Inez
was standing over me when she heard
the tinkle of the bell.
Craig unconsciously took the very
chair in which l had been sitting and
sat down nonchalantly. A she saw
him, she had given a little gasp.
AS Craig watched her keenly, how
ever, he was able to discover that,
underneath her calm exterior, she was
| very nervous and excited.
"Well?" demanded kennedy with an
enigmatical smile "You didn't expect
to see me again-so soon, did you?'
Inez seemed to be overcome for the
moment. She rose and moved over
to the table
wait a minute" interrupted Ken
nedy "Come back and sit down.
have something to say to you
Nervously her hand gripped the
table and moved along toward the
secret knob.
Kennedy notice it, but he had MOI
moved his chair from the position II
which it had been placed for me. A
that moment, though, his eye fell or
my glove, which I had Inadvertently
dropped on the floor. He reached dowr
and picked it up. AS he did SO the
: bar in the wall flew out, just missing
his head as he bent over.
Seeing that her scheme had failed
Inez made a dash for the door. Ken
nedy sprang to his feet and seized her
oratory, had gone to the conservator!
of the Dodge house, and there wa
busying herself pruning the ros
I bushes.
t Once she happened to glance up a
: the end nearest the street. She coul'
see a strolling gypsy going by, an
I the gypsy, apparently, had spied he
: through the open window.
$ Good afternoon, Mistress" greete
a the gypsy coming up to the fence
wouldn't you like to have me rea
e your fortune?"
:. Elaine was lonesome. She locke
}, the gypsy over, and the picturesque
:. ness of the woman appealed to hel
g: Laughingly, she consented, and tn
r gypsy entered.
}, The gypsy took Elaine's hand an
looked at it carefully you are i
it danger from a powerful Oriental GRIN
e inal,' announced the gypsy at last.
e Elaine was, to say the least, in
pressed.
k "He is very dangerous man." wen
d on the gypsy.
n "And that is not all,'' the gypsy hin
5, ed. "In darkness 1 could make 20
q see the vision of your prosecutor an
his den."
)" She nodded knowingly at Elaine, an
n at the same time from a fold of he
h dress drew out the lead case, manage
# to open it and took out the handke
D. chief. Above the table she twisted
into a fiat band.
it LET me show you," she said, han
ct ing the handkerchief to Elaine. EFT
ID that over your eyes,"
h Elaine was sitting with her ow
lie handkerchief in her hand, but 81
Id turned quickly. When she faced tt
Id gypsy again she had a bandage fl;
lie over her eyes.
"Now, mistress, try-let yourse
ne go" urged the gypsy. LET me guit
/ your mind. will show you.''