The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01

drunkenness. Gold had evidently dined
vel and given himself a generous need
or liquid refreshment.
Al uninvited. he put down hat and
| stick and seated himself. Madeline Grey
remained standing. looking at l:lm with
2 cool contempt which she made no eff
50 completely in Jimmy Barton and me
that she no longer felt any fear OF Gold.
IL she had been gifted with second
sight and could have seen us struggling
yainly. with the combination OF dold's
| safe her trust might have wavered.
| better OF.
The Woman Scorns Him.
Gold leered up at her. just maud
lin enough not TO feel the GOODNESS
OF her contempt. and sufficiently under
the influence Of liquor to enjoy the
aloofness which he felt could be only
temporary.
an agreement about those letters" said
he.
III you haven't the money. my dear
Riss might do as partial payment"
The man leaned close az he spoke nd
Madeline suddenly awoke to the fact
that he had completely misinterpreted
the face with the fiat OF her hand. and
cried In sudden fury: You beast. I'll
have the letters In an hour from now"
Too late she realized that the man
was not sufficiently intoxicated to fail
to get the implication OF her words. She
had warned him. He stared at her for
moment. then sneered in triumph and
| rushed from the room
| And the npba fp.. ,yo,~.. at.
had put herself beyond any chance OF
help.
| II was Madeline Grey's rash dec
! iaration that she would have her let
ters In an hour which brought Simeon
Gold rushing home SO far ahead Of
schedule time. We are all "pawns in
the game" say some fatalists. And
perhaps her reckless admission to the
man she wished to keep unaware OF
her plans was Madeline Grey's newt
able move In the game she had play
ed almost to her undoinR.
| While l stood crouched in the dark
closet waiting for Jimmy's action 10
Sves me me the signal as to what 4 were
the chink OF light which was giving
me my bulletin that Jimmy had pull
ed silken mask from his peck ct
and was peerinE through the eye siits
n nart az ss ~ ne were accustomed to the
Gold. still holding his sun ready 70
nre; stepped to the safe and tried its
SSS ,u Finding e tbs that the combipa alton
lar had been in the apartment. ne
smped In ugly triumph;
lie hurried over to the closet door
S ed n 5sEssd ,h open EN- sprinsing back as
As the door jerked open staggered
into the room. and Gold. seeing a WON.
an. forebore to dispose OF her at once
she explain her presence there.
u had decided on a course of action
We we could ,s not open the door OF the safe
I'm a friend of Mrs. Grey's." !
smiled my reply In the most matter OF
fact tone In the world as II Il ought
to be perfectly obvious to any one why
friend OF Mrs. Grey's should be call.
ing on simeon Gold at midnight.
And i suppose you came to get the
letters. Well, the safe door is shut
It doesn't look much as II you hat
succeeded; so you haven't got the thing
You came for, have your
Back of the waving curtains I knew
jimmy Barton was poised to spring out
and protect II there were need OF him
I knew. too. that he had faith enough
in me to let me manage the situation
and not to interfere with my plans
even though. what 1t was could not YET
be clear to him.
So replied quite calmly; "Oh. yes
got them. / dropped them out of thai
window to friend who was waiting
below. II You don't believe me, yot
| might look for yourself"
Gold studied me for a moment, bu
met his glance quite fearlessly. will
the scornful smile OF one who has sue
ceeded and Is willing to take the conse
auences. IT half convinced Simeon
Gold. He started toward the safe ant
then stopped suddenly.
In answer to n sharp whistle. tn,