Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-22

given up their bags of spoil to their
hostess. rose from their knees.
Then Fitzgerald came to where Race
still stood by the door. Every one was
listening, but all he had to say was to
thank Christopher for his dramatic
conccption>of his part"
Your one slight mistake" lie fin
ished. has proved Il blessing i'm dis
Suisc, for IL enables me also to change
my mind at the last minute. and
my friends will stay TO supper and
hear oar fatc--in the matter OF the
blue diamond. You are free to do as
you choose"
81 must be getting back to town"
with your car? Very well. we Will
meet later"
Fitzgerald was the hero OF tho oc-
! casion. and one OF the young, men Of
Miss Dauvray's party presently slipped
| Away unnoticed. Perhaps two others
did the samc-ChriStophcr did not
know I;It when he reached Scarlet
Hummer, To hi" intense surprise there
sat Miss Dauvray in the scat next to
the drivers.
'Will YOU take me homc"' she asked.
with pleasure he said
and quickly?"
III YOU wish"
they started, and for Il few momcuts
neither spoke. Then Christopher ask
cd. "Did ! do the thing you wautedo"
Yes. she said. Il thought Won
would do it,"
%" hNpno,iaed ME. perhaps But
was II u game. Or"
oh Il game, ii you like. Ru, a Ter.
riblc game. would have given my
lie to stop il. or--yours. You've s;,ve6
poth. can live now. | think If Ia
Wins The prize he'll let me alone for
awhile. Bat If he'd succeeded to-uimbt
couldn't have borne it, What woulI
mere nave been for me" Only to dis
"PHe'r' rs he meant to do. or--disap-
pear III another way, uuieter wny
| should have chosen that. I'm so vcrv
tired. you see
FRED o! what" Christopher oucs.
toned her almost nercclv.
vi playing cats-law for him. I'm
. coward I'm horribly afraid of him.
ii could ruin me. i've helped hin
several timcs-n country house. where
We been staying. It's nearly killed
me but had 10 no il, This would
nave hcrn worst OF all. though. love
''''e MiiiE van l'outcn. bear her no
SfiNHc 10: taking .Arrowtlale from me-.
because didn't love him Ii was only
his money and title | w;ntcd-neoi.G
II YOU like. I'itz thought I'd he glad
ct revenge. but I'm not vindictivc
hclped only because | was forced to-"
Why"
'oh. it all began with the mos, uw-
!ui losses ut bridge and IA hundred OUT.
sue dcbtS Ia drive me half mad. One.
vas mad then. thini,--I cheated
fith saw and saved me. for--this kind
"i tang. Hes in awful straits TOO
!:ut the blue diamond will save him.
i; nc sets it. For your sake, / hope
he wiii, as well as for mine. lie
How did En mean to rid himself
OF me Tonight" asked Chri%tophc,
quietly.
You cnn guess. thirll OF course.
the story of the pastry cook and tho
pie. and giving bac!; the jewels. was u
hctio" for your benefit iiu, you would
nave heen asked To stop yo,ir car at
certain place. believe, as II TO meet
the pastry cook aud then--theu-
they wouldn't have killed you, for Fitz
was going TO disappear and You
couldn't have Identified the other man
'iut T"u would have had a knock on
the head. and I'itz would have driven
y"ur car where M liked. He can
drive one or Two makes OF cars ana
hes been taking lessons with your
kind for the last three days. Eut now
don't ask me any more questions, viii
YOU? I'm 40 tired. II YOU are kind.
let M. rest"
driving fast Neither spoke IL ;ain until
he had brought her 10 her own door
in Regents Park
Then. as he stopped Soar!c, Runner.
hc broke out:
All this time I'VE been thinking OF
What you've said. p"
She burst into merry, II nervous
laughter. what I've said? Surely you
didn't take all the wild nonsense Sc
riousiy' OF course, was joking, /,
was fairy story from beginning 10
end. believe me"
~ can't" said Christopher
'rhcn you are the April fool after
all aren't YOU? ISu, THINK you, never
thclcss. thousand times. for bringing
me home. And take tarc--FitZ won't
hc pleased with YOU for changing the
end OF his game.
stunned. CHRISTOPHER let her slip
away from him. Had 1T been joke
then. the whole thing: He would never
quite know. /; might be. But he had
a very strong theory: and that theory
did not prevent him from wishin. to
see EioIsc nauvrav again
"a New Adventure Next Week.