New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-10

ou Consent to Come With Me, Sir"
House and sounded the big bronze
knocker with the s%elf-confdence of !,
prince.
The door few open and Il footma1
stood revealed, staring.
Christopher wrote something on a
visiting card.
This must be given instantly to the
gentleman whose name l have written
across the top" he said, pointing at an
underScOred line. II will wait here
and l expect an answer in ten minutes
ut least"
He got it in six but it was neither
verbal nor in writing. The nan to
whom he had sent the urgent message
appeared himself at the door.
"YOu are very good" Christopher
exclaimed. But I knew you would
come.
"Of course 1 came. I am not made
Of stone" said the other. "And you
wrote that it was a matter of life and
uVttti WI d HluIl l NuluCu.
"Do you value young Max Lind, sir?'
asked Christopher.
II do, indeed, and intend to show
my appreciation. He has just ren
dered me Il great service, in accom-
plishing a mission tactfully, adrOitly,
as few other young men could have &C.
complished it. And l have done my
best not only to assure his career, but
his happiness for the future as a re.
ward. Why do you ask such a ques-
tion?"
Because at this moment Max Lind
believes that you have doomed him to
death, as Il CHASTITY failure who has
compromised the government for which
he was working. He believes that you
have put into his hand a revolver and
told him the only thing to do is to blow
out his brains"
"Great heavens! But this is mad
ness"
at will be suicide in less than an
hour, unless you will consent to come
with me, sir"
leave my friends who are enter
tanning me-tO gO-where?"
ITO the Wood, Hammersmith, the
house of the Linds, where a man who
uSurps your dignity and uses it for his
Own-Or some Observation-Disclosures is
expecting me back every moment"
"A nan WHO Can you mean Gus
tav KrOkeSiuS?"
IF Gustav KrOkesius is the living
image of you, sir, has cultivated a
voice like yours, and wears clothes
copied from yours"
"He does, and for the best of rea-
sOns-because he is what you English
would call my understudy. A man
who naturally resembles me remark
ably, and is paid to cultivate every de-
tail of that resemblance, taking my
place during my visit here whenever
l wish it, before the public, that l may
enjoy myself as I please and not be
spied upon by reporters or-anarchists.
But he is off duty tonight"
"Officially, perhaps. Yet he has been
at work. He went to the Charles
Street hotel, got back a letter left by
you for Lord Thanet, who is my cousin.
and drove out to the Wood"
"HOw do you know all this?"
Because l took him for you, ana
acted as his chauffeur until l began
to suspect. Then l came here to get
you to save my friend, Max Lind, from
misery and d~isgrace-my cousin, Ivy
de Lisle, from a broken heart"
"That lovely girl! All, I guess the
mystery. He is paid for this business
by Won Hess, who loves Lady Ivy
and hates Lind. But Won Hess shall
pay more. He shall pay me. AS for
KrOkesius-it's a pity. I shall never
again find so valuable an understudy.
But his engagement is finished, and his
is to begin. Did you say
We should find him still at The WOod?"
81 said that I left him there-watch-
ing. When he sees you coming with
me-"
1--WE will be too quick for him."
said his majesty, looking pleased.
And they were too quick; for he is
a man whose prophecies usually come
true.
He made several people happy that
but Gustav Krokesius was not
one of them, nor Baron o Hess.
AS for Christopher. he was glad that
he had quarreled with his uncle, glad
he had not pledged himself to
look for the girl that uncle had wished
him to go and find, somewhere in
glad that he was free, with a
year of adventure before him.
(End Of First Episode.)