Evening star., 1917-10-07

nuai trip abroad on the Montania?"
Henderson wet his lips. "Yor
mean"-
Gould two men of the same name
and address have crossed on the same
boat? Does it sound possible? And q
Frenchman is killed In front of War.
ing's apartment. And Carvajal arrives
at Hancock place. And from Hancock
place Philip Waring goes to the tele-
phone to inform you. Henderson. that
Conybear is a captive.
but this Carvajal helped get money
from the bank: he was one of Cony-
bears guards" gasped Henderson.
BerHson's hands went above his head
Unreasonable, yes. but-what would
you? In what other Way
you mean that your Carvajal is
Waring?'
unspoken allegiance to Henderson. For
II was Bergson whose mind worked
quickly, whose voice rang firmly, whose
manner spoke Of command
"Ranney, go at once to the Plutonia
It was there that Carvajal said that he
would register. I ordered him there
Take Cantrell and Durney. Goat
once"
Cantren and Durney hesitated. but
only for a moment. Henderson said
nothing until after they had departed
Then he spoke.
But if-if Carvajal and Waring
are the same-will he go to the Plu.
tonia? VIII he be such a fool as To-
f,sMEv in ebs saddle Befsseo Of
again-''he has been fool enough to
pit himself against the society once;
he was fool enough to pretend to be-
come one of us; he was fool enough T.;
telephone you and give his name. Ha
will be fool enough to go to the
Plutonia."
And then?"
Bergson shrugged his shoulders. "1t
was you. Henderson. who had me en-
gage Cantrell and Durney. Murder
was their trade. you said. And
Ranney does not fear the sight OF
blood One cannot be a fool too
often. my Henderson. without paying
the price Of foolishness."
All his confidence seemed restored.
CHAPTER XII
The Sd Avenue elevated deposited
Waring at 14th street He walked slow
ly westward to the subway. He had
not been seen leaving the side door Of
the Sinsabaugh mansion: that much he
knew. So, for q few moments, there
had been time to think, to plan.
But what was there to plan? If the
police had traced him to the home of
Sinsabaugh-and he hoped that the
railroad man would get into no trouble
through aiding in his escape-then the
police by this time must have effected
an entrance to his apartment. must be
lying in wait for him there There
must be great many detectives upon
his trail for two policemen to have
traced him to the Sinsabaugh home
1t was hardly credible that a detec-
n of Wur
Waring upon the street and followed
him to Sinsabaugh's. Had that been
80. there would undoubtedly have
been no delay in an arrest. There
fore-well, there were his clubs. The
police evidently knew of Conybear's
abduction: he (Waring had been seen
with Conybear. the dragnet had been
cast; Warnings rooms and clubs had
been visited. But he had been over
all that several times already. and
had each time come to the same con-
clusion, that 1t was not safe for him
to go any place where he was known
1t would not even do to telephone his
apartment.
In common with most other people.
Waring, while he openly jeered at the
Intelligence of the police, had really an
absurd respect for its powers. Those
powers had just been manifested: he had
been traced to the Sinsabaugh home. If
he telephoned his own apartment il was
within the bounds Of reason that a de-
tective would greet him as he stepped
from the telephone booth. And though
he did wish he could warn Mike, there
was really nothing about which to warn
his valet Hitherto his reason for wish
ing to speak with Mike had been to tell
Mike not to be alarmed, not to tell the
police that his master was missing But
as the police already knew that, and
had probably interviewed Mike by this
time
He must go to the Plutonia and reg
lister as Jacques Pelletier. and await
bring him to Claire once more-his
Claire. not the Claire Sorel whom he
had just unceremoniously left, and who
was He shook his head; mystery
piled upon mystery. Still, this latter
mystery, this oddity Of there being two
girls with the same given name, and
with uncles who were apparently one
and the oam0 pornou was n nvsfary