Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-03-07
SECOND EPISODE
The Suspect.


 What's your hurry, my pretty one?' said Sphinx Kelly as the astonished Pat stopped in her wild rush from the Cafe Chat Noir.
 For an instant Pats faculties were stunned by surprise. But her brain worked quickly and her hand almost as quick. She dealt Sphinx resound- around him, picked up her skirts and ran madly down the narrow street.
 Kelly was too surprised to move. His eyes followed the retreating girl, and then turning to enter the cafe, he glanced down at his feet to make sure of his step. There was a glint of re- fected light and, stopping down, Kelly. picked up the Van Nuys necklace, where Pat had dropped it during her sudden exit.
 The Sphinx pocketed the jewels and entered the cafe. In moment he re- appeared, and walked leisurely along the street in the direction Pat had taken in her flight.
 Just ahead Ahe saw woman's form dart into the doorway of dilapidated house. Kelly hastened along, and be- gan an investigation. It was, indeed, Pat, whom he had noticed, but his search of every house in that section of the street failed to reveal the Ob- ject of his quest.
 Pat was covered by the bedding in. poor family's dingy rooms when k k{<va <1,ra old bag who lived in the hovel made unintelligible answers. When Kelly tried to search the filthy quarters the old woman arose in rebellion and drove \ him from the house.
 Throwing the covers from the filthy bed, Pat emerged, when Kelly had been driven away, and expressed her thanks to the old bag for sheltering her in the emergency. Pat slipped a few pieces of silver into the old wom- ans hand.
 Pat had made good her escape from the Sphinx. That knowledge pleased the old woman, and the money brought relief to her misery.
 When Kelly returned to his apart ments at Des Ambassadors early in the morning his two assistants were waiting for him.
 "I wish had followed the butler from the gardens myself. instead of losing sight of him to report" said one of Kelly's men.
 ''Yes, it is shame-we had them caught right in the Van Nuys' grounds"
 Kelly stood for moment, cOntemplat- ing his companions in this disappoint- ment Then he drew the Jewels from his pocket and said:
 We will go to Mrs. Van Nuys in the morning and give her what she sent us after." Kelly's men were far more excited than was their chief, in the Knowledge that the Sphinx had once more triumphed.
 Pat had said nothing to her aunt about her adventure at the Cafe Chat Noir, and the girl was quite as much surprised as was Mrs. Van Nuys when Kelly, and his two assistants, called the next forenoon to return the jewels.
 "Mr. Kelly has lived up to his repu- LdtlOu, Edt, SttIu MES. LII NuyS, rd- diently happy in her good fortune.
 The Sphinx was modestly silent. His cold gaze swept Pats beautiful face and marvellous form without any sign of the admiration the girl was so ac- customed to creating.
 It was Kelly's disinterestedness that piqued the beautiful girl 7 Kelly had surprise in store for Pat when they were left alone for a mo- ment while Mrs. Van Nuys went to her boudoir to draw a check with which to pay the Sphinx his promised reward.
 "Last night, at the Cafe Chat Noir, I saw girl who closely resembled you, Miss Montez-but, of course, 1t couldn't be you" The remark startled Pat, for she believed that she had es- capped detection when Kelly had so suddenly confronted her.
 "Oh, that's one of my weaknesses" Pat managed to stammer in reply. 'Tm so ordinary that people are always tell ing me how much remind them of other girls"
 There was a taunt of defiance in her tone. She gave the detective search ing look from her big blue eyes, and her dainty mouth curled ia mild dis