Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-28

umphant. Then as realization OF vh..
meant TO be spy began to dawn nm y
she had to throw this comforting tbo,"a
aside. She endeavored TO find n sn,",slt ,snt
which would clear Chris both Of uon u.,
personal interest in Miriam and OF uus co..
plicity In her designs '"'
I'm sure Chris isn't spy" she s,,s
last. THAT woman has used hin, az az
what It is. You know how Chris hoii"as
everything he hears he is much too rsss
that's what's the matter with him. sh...
Just used him. Shes spy I'm sure of Il .
Matters were going quite as Mr. n,
lock had wished. I'm bound to tell vov = &
he pointed out. that suspicion rests n,,. \
marily and most strongly upon Brent,r
Molly sat for moment with her 6ns...
pressed over her eyes, thinking bach g..
the events of the day. She thought NJ ~.
Miriam had prevented her running out ~
Chris when he was on the lawn with his .ls
gun, ana how 1t had turned out afterwara
that il had been Mrs. Lee who had te.s.s
him into shooting the pigeon. which showea
she had some amount of influence over him
Molly remembered. too n little incdert
that had occurred that evening as she ras
going up to dress for dinner She was p,s.
ing Mrs. Lees room, the door of which b,A
swung slightly open. and she had seen he,
taking something from the front OF hsr
gown. For no other reason than that everv
thing Mrs Lee did was q source of un,yi
ing interest TO Molly. the girl stopped fo, :,
second and looked at her 1t had been +.
folded paper which Mrs. Lee took from bsr
gown and which she slipped inside n hand.
kerchief sachet lying on the dressing tab,s
Molly had watched her idly. and then. sua.
denly aware that she was doing rather an
odd thing in gazing through some ons,s
bedroom door, had fled on to her own roor
Now the little incident assumed potentialI.
ties unthought of before. Molly jumped nm
Father, have an idea have Thought
of something. Wait. I'll see what can do
I'll be back in a minute" She ran toward
the door. and as 1t happened, straight into
Brent. who entered at the moment. He had
caught hold of her arms just above ths
elbow before he saw Mr. Pollock who was
glowering at him from the hearth rug. Hi,
fingers gave swift. reassurng pressure
before he dropped his hands lie looked
from Pollock to Molly.
"Awfully sorry If I'm disturbing you" hs
said. We've run out of chalk in the bill.
lard room and Mrs. Sanderson said I
sfoNld ind some in the drawer here"
Don't run away" said Molly in low
urgent voice. 'I want TO talk to you I'm
be back in a minute" and she ran out .of
the room. Molly went swiftly through tho
deserted hall. past the silent piano and up
the stairs. When she reached Mrs. Lee IS
door her courage saciened somewhat
Never in all her life had Molly done any
of the petty. dishonorablc actions many
schoolgirls indulge in, Now, just because
Mrs. Lee was suspected of being a SPY she
in her turn was going to spy on her Molly
went through, in far lesser degree what
Brent had been feeling alone in his room
| that evening before dinner. Then the
| thought of Chris came surging back at her
and she gently turned the handle of the
| door.
| The room was in darkness; she switched
| on the light and entered, shutting the door
| behind her. Her heart was beating vio-
| lenty. She knew that Mrs. Lee had been
playing smoker since dinner with Chris;
| and now that he was in the sitting room
| with her father, Mrs Leo might come up
| stairs for any womans reason. just such
| a little things as wishing TO powder her
| nose And then what could Molly say at
| being caught in her room? Nevertheless,
| Molly could not resist q quick survey, an
| attempt to try to something which
| would be a clue to Mrs Lees personality.
| CONTINUED TOMORROW