The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-27
Copyright, 1915, by Lippincott's Magaz inc. Copyright, 1915, by MSBride, Mast & Co.

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 comings of certain essential details. Denise's plan,, good one in many re- spects, had the fault of being over elaborate. Now, when it was too late to advise her friend of any amend ment, Helen perceived that there was no occasion for her to suffer the SO ciety of Gianapolis. /
 To bid him good evening and then to follow him herself was plan much superior to that of keeping him com pany while Denise followed both.
 Moreover, he would then be tmuch more likely to go home or to some ad- dress which it would be useful to know. What very womanish scheme theirs had been, after all! Helen told herself that the most stupid man i'm aginable could have placed his finger upon it's weak spot immediately.
 But her mind was made up. If it were possible she would warn Denise of the change of plan; if it were not then she must rely upon her friend to see through the ruse which she was about to practice upon upon the Greek
 Good night, MT. Gianapolis," she said abruptly and held out her hand to the smiling man. His smile faded '.I should love to join you, but really you must know that it's impossible"
 She barely touched his extended hand, turned and ran feetly back to- ward the door of Palace mansions. Ere reaching the entrance, however, she dropped a handkerchief, stopped to recover 1t and glanced back rapidly.
 Gianapolis was just turning the cor ner.
 Helen perceived the unmistakable form of Denise Ryland lurking in the ing frantically to her friend, who was nonplused at this change of tactics, she hurried back again to the corner and peeped cautiously after the re- treating Greek.
 There was a cab rank some fifty paces beyond, with three taxis station ed there. If Gianapolis chartered a cab and she were compelled to follow in another, would Denise come upon the scene in time to take up the pre- arranged role of slelthhound? Gianapolis hesitated only for few seconds; then, shrugging his shoul- ders, he stepped out into the road and into the first cab on the rank: The man Ncranked his engine, leaped into his seat and drove off. Helen Cum berly, ignoring the curious stares of the two remaining taxi men, ran out from the shelter of the corner and
 jumped into the next cab, crying breathlessly:
 ."Follow that cab! Don't let the man in it suspect, but Hollow, and don't lose sight of itr'
 They were off.
 Helen glanced ahead quickly and was just in time to see Gianapolis' cab disappear; then, leaning out of the window, she indulged in an extrava- gant pantomime for the benefit of De- mise Ryland, who was hurrying after her.
 "Take the next cab and follow me!' she cried, while her friend raised her hand to her ear the better to detect LuG WOFOS. CduuOt walt lOI JOu VT the track will be lost!''
 Helen's cab swung around the cor. l ner. and she was not by any means certain that Denise Ryland had un l derstood her. But to have delayed would have been fatal and she must 1 rely upon her friends powers of pen etration to form. a third in this singu lar procession.
 While these thoughts were passing 1 in the lpursuer's mind Gianapolis, light l ing cigarette, had thrown himself 1 back in a corner of the cab and was mentally reviewing the events of the evening-that is, those events whicf 1 were associated with Helen Cumber iy. He was disappointed. but still hope l full
 By Whitechapel station he discharg ed the cab and, standing on the pave ment, lighted a new cigarette from tht glowing stump of the old one. A fail amount of traffic passed along th; l Whitechapel road. for the night wal yet young. Therefore Gianapolis at 1 tached no importance to the fact tha
 
 cab turned and was driven away
 second cab swung around the corner l of Mount street and disappeared. 1 But could he have seen the biI 1 limousine drawn up to the pavemen
 some fifty yards west of London hos
 pital his reflections must have beer l terrible indeed
 l Fate willed that he should know 1 nothing of this matter, and, hi
 thoughts automatically reverting agail
 to Helen Cumberly, be enjoyed tha
 imaginary companionship throughou 1 the remainder of his walk, which let
 him along Cambridge road and iron
 thence by devious route to the north l ern end of Globe road.
 | It may be enlightening to leave Gi
 annapolis for moment and return t.
 Mount street.
 Helen Cumberly's ca bman,. seeing th
 cab ahead pull up outside the railwa. l station, turned around the nearest cor
 ner on the right, as has already appear ed, and there stopped. Helen, wh 1 also had observed the maneuver of tn