Evening star., 1917-09-23

was she the frightened-eyed girl vhon5
Carvatal the dancer had aecosted In
her eyes then. as now. had been fear.
but 1t was disdainful. prideful fear
the fear of something unclean touching
hor. The fear that waring saw in her.
eyes now was something different; IL
was fear that seemed to have eaten
into her soul: II was horror.
And she WAS the girl OF his dreams.
the girl whom, absurd though IL seem.
ed: ne loved. Waring no longer hesi-
tated: though every instinct warned
him to back down the steps, he CROSSE
Cd the threshold As he did 80 a voice
called from the floor above-a mascu-
line voice:
'Have YOU answered the door,
Ciaire?'
The girl pointed toward an open door.
She put her finger on Warnings lips.
The intimate touch thrilled him, al.
though he noted. with anger against
some one underlined that the finger waa
hot. feverish. She motioned him to-
ward the door. gently urged him with
her hand on his shoulder now. War;
Ing tiptoed into a large room. But hs
stood by the door.
.o1Ih The door He marvsied at the
telephone that's ringing"
Il heard the doorbell. too
"aFlng watched the girl He saw her
open the door. not quietly. as she had
done when he rang, but noisily.
There is no one here: it must have
been the phone" she called
Well. answer IT, them snapped the
voice upstairs.
command Waring trusted that he
would meet the speaker soon.
Il was just going to- she replied
She walked swiftly down the hall and
lifted the receiver to her ears.
Yes" she said. Yes All
right"
She hung up the receiver and came
down the hall Her face was white.
w no was it?' called the voice from
upstairs.
1T was A mistake. some one got III.
wrong number"
Waring marveled again at her cool.
ness. at the hrmness of her voice, the
nonchalance, almost. with which she
falsehood.
oh" grunted the voice upstairs,
stay down there where you can anS
swer 1t II it rings again"
again Waring resented the quality
Of command in the voice, again hoped
that he would meet the speaker soon,
But the girl answered calmly that she
would Then, humming. she entered
the room where Waring stood. She
crossed to the middle Of the room, War
ing following her. Her hummins
ceased
Go" she said. quickly, Mr.. Hender-
son Just telephoned. It's the second
time His cars broken down and he 10
gong TO take the train at Rollansville.
He said that you knew-that he'd
tricked you into coming here-that's
why i was waiting at the door-so
ready 1 didn't tell them-upstairs I
sa:a-it was the grocer-please CO."
Waring looked at her Her bosom
heaving. her face no longer white. but
crimson with excitement, she was even
bered.
But you asked me in," he protested.
wanted to speak TO you-to warn
you'll thought that he"-and she pointed
please co.
And leave you here? Tell me-where
40 you come In. anyway? Is Henderson,
y know 1t all. Henderson is with
them. He-they'll kill you. Please 20"
henderson won't be here for a while
yet. II he's just taking a train 1 want
you to explain'-
But the others, Bergson-they'u be
here haven't dared to go out-not even
to tell the police. And I've been AFRAID
they might kill Mr.. Conybear-and the
She put her hands to her face
Please. said Waring please, n
you'll tell me-what you know
Nothing he answered Except that
Mr.. Conybear and some other rich men
nave been kidnapped by man named
bergson, and that Henderson Mr.. Cony-
bears secretary. is In the plot
me that"
Ny uncle-I have been living with him
.n taris. But / was tired of France.
wanted to come back to America in
sisted and he let me. But-there yere
certain things-he explained certain facts
90 me-that had not known-things that
1ound him to Bergson. and ! told him
that I'd help him-break those bonds.
thought could, but-oh, can't
explain now. Please 60"
TO the police"
,o,,1s mes' ooII9 N9-oh. l don't know. If tho
alarming them-oh, don't know"
Her body shook as she fought against
sob. Waring patted her shoulder.
ITS all right. I felt as YOU do-about
Henderson fooled me''-
oh. IL uncle had sent the man he was
going TO send He told me-when | lefe
he send some one. But may
'e he was afraid. Bergson is danger
ous'-
Waring suddenly remembered the mama
II her uncle. Peter Randall. And ''P.
T." undoubtedly stood for that namel
But II was hardly the time to tell her
nurderers. II she thought that Peter
Randall aimed at Bergson instead OF
with the chief OF the inner coun-
ell OF the mysterious society let hav
mink so-for the present. at any rate
Look here" he said I'VE can't STAY
lere-ether OF US. You come with ma
Ven go down TO police headquarters,
I'll tell them all ] know and you tell
hem what you know. We can slip QUE
low quietly"
And they'll miss me and suspect and
,erhaps kill those men at once. You go,
III stay and"
Her voice died away At the front
loor were men entering the house She
ooked wildly about her. But the only
oor to the room was the one through
which they had entered.
The window, she gasped.
But Warfng shook his head. II ho
we're TO die, he preferred to die facing
lis enemies: he did not care to be shot
n the back. But the first words Of
'ergson. bursting into the room told
i'm that death was not too near to hi,l
o be avoided IL his wits were quick.
or Bergsons suspicious were not yeu
wakened.
You. Carvajal?" he cried. What arg
ou doing here?"
Waring saw the light of hope-mysti.
ed. yet still hope-fash in the girIa
yes. And Waring, fighting for his life,
e knew. found that his wits were
narpened by his danger.
ST saw a man spying when left Han.
ock square," he said. He followed mo
nd II eluded him and then followed
i'm. I saw him go to telephone-in a
aloon. He left and still followed him,
lie came to this house. mounted tha