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

vacuum cleaner. as we'll as the 5eQutr-
ity beans he had taken from Mrs. An
thongs Jewel case.
I do not know how much sleep he
had, but I managed to snatch . few
hours rest. and early In the morning
I found him at work again. examining
the cipher message which he had
copied.
ing up as he saw me again, there 10
something quite important which you
can do for me-" Rather pleased to be
Of some use. waited eagerly. Il wish
you'd 60 out and see what you can
fnd out about that Mrs. Beskman
here that will keep me for several
hours: 30 como back to me here"
It was such a commission as he had
often given me before, and, through
my connection with the Star. found
no difficulty in executing 1t.
I found that Mrs. Rogers was well
known in q certain circle OF society in
the city. She was wealthy and had the
reputation OF having given quite liber-
ally to many causes that had interest
ed her. Just now. her particular fad
was oriental religions. and some OF her
deal Of attention. A couple Of years
before she had made trip around the
world, and had lived in India for sew
eral months, apparently fascinated by
the life and attracted to the mysteries
OF oriental faiths.
with my budget Of Information has.
toned back again to Join Kennedy Ct
cipher was still unread. From that.
conjectured that It was. as he had
guessed. constructed on some new ana
difficult plan.
what do you think Of Mrs. Rogers?"
I asked. as I finished reciting what
had learned. '1s it possible that she can
be in this revolutionary propaganda"
He shook b; hs.d aSrstfui1y that .x,.,.
in India today" he replied. is due to
the announcement and financial assist
ance which 1t has received from people
here in this country. although only
ever heard of US. Much Of the money
devoted to the cause Of revolution and
anarchy in India is distributed by
worthy people who innoGsn ds.tin seY 70
promote the cause Of native enlighten-
ment prefer to believe that there 10
some such explanation In her case. At
any rate. ! think that we had better
make a call on Mrs. Rogers"
Early that afternoon. accordingly. we
found ourselves at the door of the
large stone house on Riverside drive
in which Mrs. Rogers lived: Kennedy
TO a large reception room. the very
decorations Of which showed evidence
of her leanings toward tho orient. Mrs.
Rogers proved to be widow OF banning
age, good looking. with certain inde-
Enable attractiveness.
Kennedy's cue was obvious. 1t was to
be an eager neophyte In the mysteries
of the east. and he played the part per-
fectly without overriding II.
Perhaps you would like to come to
some Of our meetings Of our cult OF the
occult" she suggested.
Delighted. am sure" returned Ken
nedy. She handed him a card.
I'VE have a meeting this afternoon at
L." she explained. II should be gald
to welcome you among u.s."
Kennedy thanked her and rose to 30.
preferrins to lay nothing more Just
us In the Shirley case. lest 1t should
make further investigation more DIFF
dcult.
Nothing more had happened at the
hotel as We heard from Grady few
minutes later. and, Is there was some
time before the cult met, we returned
to the laboratory.
even in the few hours that he had been
studying his meager evidence. Not
only was he making series Of delicate
chemical tests, but, in cases. he had
several guinea pigs which he was using
also.
some Of the particles 81 dust from the
Little bits Of glass" he said. briefly,
taking his eye from the eyepiece. Capt.
mot .hst!" repeated. How was
Kennedy eyed me sravsiy.
,o "ss!.'ey vas murdered BY = poisoned
said nothing, for the revelation was