Evening star., 1917-09-30

almost laughed at Bergson's command
To find himself and kill himself-but hi
sense of the ludicrous was less insist
ent than his sense of peril.
And after that?"
You are man. Carvajal," cried Berg
SON NO doubts, no wondering, NJ
thinking for yourself! After that. yo,
say? You came here. on the Montana
as Jacques Pelletier. eh? Then resume
that name. Go to-oh. the Plutonia
and remain there"
And If 1 can't get this Waring?''
Try! I shall delegate others, too, a.
soon AS We have talked enough
There are two cars outside. Come
But Henderson," said one OF the
men.
He thinks. and not always foolishly
He will telephone from near by before
he comes here. If there Is no answer
he will go to one of the offices-quick.'
There was not a police officer in sigh,
as he reached the sidewalk. There was
not man within block. Helplessly-
It would do no good to attack half a
dozen armed men by himself-W airing
watched the two cars drive off. There
was not even taxi in sight whereby
he could trail them. He could think OF
no excuse to detain the girl. He could
think of nothing, save the fact that
with the society at his mercy. he had
been duped by Henderson and was
lucky to have escaped with his life
much less capture the kidnapers OF
Conybear and rescue that millionaire.
This house was deserted of the So
ciety: the Hancock square house was
deserted. Bergson, whether from eau
tion or because it simply wasn't neces-
sary to waste valuable time giving in
structions to his latest recruit. had not
told Waring where the offices" to one
of which he had said that Henderson
would go. were located.
And there was no use in his trying to
locate Henderson. That treacherous
gentleman would doubtless do just what
Bergson prophesied that he would do.
From some place he would telephone,
get no answer. take alarm. Waring felt
like a fish out of water. He did not
know what to do.
OF course. he could still go to the po-
lice. But if he did, what could he tell
them of any value? That he had located
Bergson, had helped to force Burton
Conybear to draw money from the bank
there was the weakness of his posi-
ton. The police would not complais-
antly believe everything that Waring
told them. They would arrest Waring
on suspicion, anyway. If he could lead
the police to Conybear's prison matters
would be different. But If he could
merely tell them that he had pretended
to be one of Bergson's gang and could
not tell them where the gang was now
the police were an unimaginative lot;
they would not believe that any one. an
innocent any one, would have found it
necessary to assist in crime in order
to get evidence. The police would ask
why Waring had not denounced the
plotters in the bank. They would laugh
at Warnings fear that both Conybear
and himself would be instantly killed.
No, If Waring went to the police now,
he would, at the very least. be put un-
der surveillance. And Bergson's men
would soon discover that "Carvajar'
was shadowed, would wonder why,
would learn that the police were shad-
owing, not 'Carvajal." but Waring.
Trust Bergson's crew to learn so simple
a thing as that.
At this the plot to raid the Conybear
vaults would be abandoned and some
other scheme would be cooked up and
would be put through without inter
ference from a bafled police depart
ment. Waring could help better II he
delayed informing the police until he
was in with Bergson once more-as he
would be, il he registered at the Plu-
tonia as Bergson had commanded.
Maybe it was his duty to inform the
police, but-he was not a member of
the police force. If he chose to go
ahead and do some detective work of
his own. he was we'll within his rights
in so doing-the more SO, inasmuch as
he would be, perhaps, saving Conybear
from death. For the girl whom the
voice Of Cantrell had called Claire"
had had the same thought at first as