Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

z snpe, was astonishcd to see the cir
he had left in triumphant possession
I 1f the two pearls making frantic CT
forts to disentanEle herself from the
: folds OF a heavy portiere which had
s been thrown about her by the cSecu-
Homer.
Great Scott" cried the young man
tushing to her aid, "what has hap
) pened?"
( lima. recovering her breath, was
yearly in tears. IT don't know" she
s arrange man. whose face l could no,
sec, threw this portiere around me
! sfter tearing the pearls out of my
y hand"
THE pearls gone" cried Harry.
Gone" echoed lima. Some evil
late is ours. Do you suppose 1t can
be the same stranger who stole into
Your room the first night ] attempted
to recover the necklace"
y "The one you call Ncmesis?" asked
Harry. ....- .a
lima NODDED. But then we mustn't
stay here. Where is that vfllainous
lack? 1 suppose he fed long ago.
Well It's a satisfaction to know that
he at least lost the pearls"
iki They FASTENED to leave the house,
not scorning TO go out by the win
( low. AS they dropped to the grass
i and made their way over the wall
they were accosted by n pcculiar-look-
ing old woman who stood cracking her
ganEer-jo
She leered at lima. We'll, my dear.
Aid you recover the pearls?"
+ lima, too astonishcd to reply. shook
her head That's too bad" muttered
4 you'll have better luck"
St THAT woman reminds mo OF some
ane," insisted Harry. I'll tell you
&who she is. Why she's the one who
5ywarned me could get back the pearls
Rtf 1 could catch Handsome Jack In
81 tho robbery" He stopped to look
II back, but the old woman was shut
SAing away.
az If he had kept his sazo fixed mo-
#nent longer he.would have seen the.
s.xecutioner leap niinb1y from the WALL.
Jump into a passing Limousine and lean
,sback with a diabolical CLEAN Of sat
Sisfsction. .t.-.t,,.-. $50 s,.s -.
p The executioner. safe in the ear,
made haste TO .eSaplIpe.ths pearls while
6ae was whitIed.. along. H. seemed
bride annoyed and shook his head ON
sSinously as he thrust the masnifying-
$slass into his pocket.
S lima was too upset by the worry
s2ot the past few hours and the excite
3sment attendant on Horoscope to listen
.Sto Harry's invlfati on TO drop into, a.
restaurant and talk the matter over.
[She would only promise TO call him
up the next day II anything worth
while happened.
"It's too late to come up" she said.
lIas they arrived at, her building. 80
8sood-by till :morninE.,'--~t...-Nnd' Harry.
3vowing he would not rest till she had
achieved the recovery of the necklace.
went slowly home. wondering who the
daring robber could be.
For lima. sleep solved NIL, hsr din
cuities. She was soon in the land OF
ldreams. where she was triumphant!y
returning the necklace to the Sultan
ps and saving her father from the death
hanging over him. s.r'.s
She made an alluring figure when
she appeared the next morning attired
an gossamer morning gown and wear
ing a pretty lace cap.
To her delight she discovered on the
Comfortable OF her Nving-room a vase
of magnificent roses. She ran toward
them with the eagerness born OF n
passionate love of flowers and received
a further surprise when she became
aware that they bore a message-a
dainty envelope nestled under the bios
SONS. Ilmas eyes opened with TO read
a communication signed by tho very
4 name she had applied to the myE-
FERROUS stranger, Nemesis" It's
tmeaning puzzled her.
Dear lima: Too bad you lost the
always youE- faithful friend
Faithful friend!" shifted lima. She
might have gone on had she not been
attracted by the sound OF scratching in
the bedroom she had just left. What
could 1t be" lima opened the door a
little nervously but the sight that me,
her eyes gave her no cause for alarm
IT was not cat nor a mouse, but a
choice little Japanese poodle. with 4
large blue ribbon tied about its neck.
Surely gift to delight any girl.
lima dropped the roses. gathered the
pet TO her arms and Rugged it, The
little dog seemed quite at horne and
1t was not for some moments that It's
new mistress discovered q second note
IL was fastened TO the big bow and
contained something more substantial
than mere words. 1t held the two
pearls and a warning: and lima was
INCLINED 10 believe the warning. il
view Of the gift with which il was ac.
companied.
Dear lima" the note read. hero
are your pearls. Nemesis is not wo-
man, but man. Don't trust him
at ''K1SMET."
AS between Kismet and Nemesis the
former won. lima FASTENED 60 cal
up Harry.
Good news" she cried into the
phone; u have the two pearls we los,
last night Isn't II mysterious Tn
dying to see you and 10 tell YOU al
about It,"
~ Inns listened 10 IIarry's remarks
With evident pleasure Suddenly II,
rang off, after hasty promise to sc,
her at once.
Harry's abrupt ending of the con
y yefsation was not due to any desir,
On his part 10 stop--far from IL; bu
10 the entrance of Stayne, one OF III.
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