Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-18

really her attention was conferred on
Mrs. Anthony and the swami together.
Of Singh. evidently engaged in watch
ing the same two that was. Did he
have some suspicion OF Mrs. Anthony
Why was he watching Mrs. Rogersf
moro closely. saw that Kennedy had
already noticed what had seen.
deliberately modulating his voice 80
u., was that. just before he was
Killed. some one sent g prayer-bsan
At the mention Of the necklace saw
Voluntarily she shot = glance At Mrs:
not wearing the necklace now.
that Enslishwoman q member OF
later. as. quite naturally. he looked over
oh" replied Mrs. Rogers. quickly,
is . Hindu believe. a former nautoh-
girl. daughter Of a nautch-girl She
passes by the name Of Mrs. Anthony. but
really her name is Kalia Dass. Every one
Kennedy quietly drew his card case
from his pocket and handed q card to
Mrs. Rogers.
n.1 : should Tx: to t.,n to you about
whisper. III anything happens-don't
hesitate to call on me-"
Before Mrs Rogers could recover
from her surprise Kennedy had said
goodbye and we were on our way to
the laboratory.
That's q curious situation" OBJ
served: Can you make it out? How
does Shirley At into this thing?'
craig hesitated a moment. as though
DEBATING whether to say anything. even
to me. about his suspicious.
suppose" he said, slowly. that Shir-
ley was secret agent Of the British
government, charged with the mission Of
nnding out whether Mrs. Rogers was
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. perhapa-to
Matching another Indian mutiny? Would
that suggest anything to your
And the nautch-girl whom he had
known in Calcutta followed him, hop
Ing to worm from him the secrets which
Not too fast" he cautioned. Lot US
Y am not mistaken. we shall seq
something happen soon. as a result Of
what said to Mrs. Rogers"
Excited now by the possibilities opened
which knew must have amounted to a
Certainty in his mind. I watched him
impatiently. as he calmly set to work
cleaning up the remainder of the labora-
tory Investigations in the affair
It was scarcely half an hour later
mat car drove up furiously to our
door and Mrs. Rogers burst in, terribly
agitated.
You remember" she cried, breath
lessly, you said that 1equirity bean
was sent to Capt. Shirley"
Yes" encouraged Kennedy.
well. after you left I was thinking
about 1t. That Kalia Dass used to wear
necklace of them. but she didn't
have 1t on today. began thinking
ABOUT 1t. While she was talking to
the swami went over. I've noticed
how careful she always is Of her hand
in the loop about her wrist. 1t dropped
on the floor. We both made a dive
for 1t. but got 1t. managed. also. to
open the catch and. when I picked II
up to hand to her. with an apology.
what should roll out but score Of
out. too. She almost tore them from
my hands: in fact. one of them did tear.
After 1t was over 1 had this scrap. a
corner torn Off one Of them"
Kennedy took the scrap which she
handed to him and studied 1t carefully.
It was queer alphabetical table.
Across the first line were the letters
singly. each followed by a dash. Then.
in squares underneath, were pairs Of
letters-AA. BA. CA. DA. and so on.
read IA. ABB. Ac. AID. and so on.
THANK you. Mrs. Rogers" Craig
said. rising. This Is very important"
She seemed reluctant to go, but. as
there was no excuse for STAYING longer.
set to work studying the scrap Of pa
per and the cipher message he had
copied. while I stifed my impotence
as best / could.
I could do nothing but reflect on the
possibility Of what Jealous woman