The Washington times., 1916-10-14

tempting display on the tabie. he Al
vahced to the window ana softiy
opened II. that his way OF escape faisbt
be ready II needed. -
TN lot him gather M thu s,o,I .,A
then. as he comes out, I'il nsh Mn, a.
pher. ShrIsto-
FOR brief moment he had foryot,..
me Nuremburs watch, and All ~. 80
Ihcting Interests entangled ROUND n. n,,,
as the long beam Of light once mara
ht up the dressine-tabie he had ina nss,
reasons for remsniberinr' n a..,n
There II lay, plainly visible, .s ~.
dark. moving arm advanced 10 push N.
crowding gold toilet things aside tina
lean hand grabbed II up. and a n WITH.
drew Into shadow the unlocked accs
sudden ~ opened. Framed IN q sausss
OF dim light from the corridor Stood
NORA CcIiingwcod. = fiickerins candle
With a Shrek Of fear and surprise m.
started back, then. recovering herself
trsss"s.s 'e oS, t Sss, q. e ave her
dark lantern. and with one spring the
burglar made for the window. swoop.
ing swiftly az be went 70 pick up re
4 thousand thoughts seemed To s..n
and light up Christopher's brain, like
the bursting OF fireworks.
The Nurefnburg watch. The thief had
Y n In goc Sas,ss Or or bag, 10 christophsr
as So s'' 6 h ' Sss ssSsf Is. s s
too. for she was close to the WindSw
at the mans heels. and there were
voices and auick-runnine footsteps m
the corridor outside the open door.
what to. DO. and then the lean fiEurS
had dashed through the window Into
Christophsr,s, arms; In the shock Of
pher, SELLING him with BULLDOG Erip
by coat collar and leather belt. caurht
him off his feet ana cast him away Ike
parcel. The revolver exploded In the
sts .hs s non sSds s and ,. re be sSSSd
ton, Instinct impelied christopher 10
throw himself fiat on his face. but he
had no time to carry out his intention.
distance Of twelve or fonrteen feet
whirled him like q leaf against the
house, throwing him backward into the
open French window.
we're rse c.! s ana r .esS fS sSt sni Is
bent above him az 10 lay dsaed and
only half conscious. One OF the fsces
was Nora Collingwood's --or he dreara-
ed %u itsnd Simly he heard hiWself muir
Nuremberg watch watch-expIosive-f
dom
e, c ! n top suffered 70 serious IN
and the heavy. fall on the back OF his
head took a form resembling concus-
sion Of the brain: For tWenty-feur
hours he was unable to speak coherent.
might have suspected him TO be an ao-
complete Of the dead burglar. had Il not
been for the somewhat confused evi-
dence of his chauffeur, and the
was consin OF Sir Gordon Race.
Christophers part In the. drama was
scarcely understood. and therefore the
newspaper correspondent who wrote up
sss II bet. tn 70 fSf ,s the m
sketchily. The name u Christopher
Race became, by a misprint, "Christo->
pher Dace;' but even had he retained
the r." which made the difference be-
would have mattsred little TO London
that day. There was only one Race
whose name was worth speaking. and II
rang through England.
But the end of the murder trial had
been reached in way which no one
could have foreseen. not even those
the AFFAIR.
her secretary. Miss Mendell, the half
sister Of the murdered man, had been
,hs principal witness against LADY
Miss Mendell had sought to destroy
her sister-in-law's defender, lest the
woman she hated should be saved, and
the fortune she desired lost. The secre-
tary had helped her. not knowing her
true dss,sn. , but. finding Il out had
Calculations had been In trustinc MIN
too fuIsr Terrible admissions were
wrung from the stricken man and WON
admissions bearing upon the past
az we'll as the puresent. on the incident
Of the Nuremburg watch Sir Gordon
Race, with almost diabolic ingenuity,
made the poisoning case turn, turn
against Miss Mendeli. After the cross.
questioning Of the pair by Lady Men
delfs counsel, no jury on earth would
less the elder had first been made 10
stand her trial for her brothers muir
der, and been proved innocent.
Only one man In England could have
accomplished this change. the world was
saying. and perhaps q certain American
millionaire decided that such son-tn-
law might DO almost rs acceptable a. q
duke. AT all events, the engasement OF
Wood Of New York Was an Dea SS BE-
fore the trial OF Miss Mendell for the
crime which had so nearly engulfed the
Innocent. But Christopher Race was the
first man allowed to offer his congratu-
lations; and his idea for n wedding
present caused him to search the curios-
ity shops for a Nuremburg watch Of the
early sixteenth century.
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