Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

and Joined her. He WAS in a state of
great excitement and breathing hard.
hs M' ss hs as sssnn
a pale. boytsh face-he was not yet
twenty-two-to hers with q look Of alb
1ect misery. II want to speak to you. I
waiting for the chance. and now that
it's come-look here, You're not going
back on me. are your"
Going back on you:" repeated Anita.
showing her pretty white teeth in an
amused smile. what shall you mean
by that going back on YOU Ell? You
are stupid little donkey. to be sure.
But then ! do not care to get on the
~Oh. you know very well what
mean. he raped out angrily. Tt Is
not fair the way you have been treat
ing me ever since that yellow-headed
cry. Zuilika never showing herself: you
doing nothing. absolutely nothing, al
though you promised-you know you
did-and heard you absolutely heard
you perauade that St. Aubyn fool to
stop at least another night"
Yes. of course you did. But what of
II? He is good company. He talks well.
he sings we'll. he is very handsome and
we'll. what difference can II make to
you? You are not interested in me.
amigo"
mo. no: OF course I'm not. You are
nothing to me at all-you-oh. I beg
your pardon: 1 didn't quite mean that.
IL mean You are nothing to me in
to your word. You promised. you know.
that you'd use your influence with
Zuilika; that you'd get her to be more
kind to me-to see me alone and-and
all that sort OF thing. And you've not
made single attempt. You've just sat
round and fiirted with that tow-headed
brute and done nothing at all to help
me on: and-and it's jolly unkind of
you. that's what"
Cleek heard Anita's soft, ripping
laughter. but he waited to hear no
more. Moving swiftly away from the
we'll hole of the staircase he passed on
tiptoe down the hall to the majors
rooms and. opening the door, went In.
folded at the window looking silently
out into the darkness Of the night He
turned at the sound of the doors OPEN
Ing and moved toward Clock with q
white. agonized face and pair of shak-
ing, out8tre tched hands.
'Well?' he said with a sort of gasp.
my dear ma or." said Cieek quietly.
the wfsest Of men are sometimes mis-
taken. That Is my excuse for my own
Neutrality-suspicious. I said in the Begin
ming that this was. either a case of
Swtnd1tng or a case of murder. did
not? Well, I now amend my verdict.
1t IL a case Of swindling and murder.
ana your son has had nothing to do
with eitherr
''Oh, thank God! thank God- the old
man safd: then sat down suddenly and
dropped his face between his hands and
was still for a long time. When he
looked up again his eyes were red. but
hts lips were smiling.
Yet they all are easily explained
major. HIS friendship for the Spanish
woman Is merely due to a promise to
intercede for him with Zuilika. She is
his one aim and object. poor little dom
Aa Tor hS&z
body-well. If the widow herself could
hnd points of undisputed resemblance,
why not he? A nervous. excitable, i'm
petuous boy like that, and anxious, too,
that the iAdy Of his heart should be
freed from the one thing, the one man,
whose existence made her euerlastinEly
unattafnable-in the hands of a clever
woman like Anita Rosario such a chap
could be made to identify anything and
to believe 1t as religiously as he be-
major. I'm going to call up Dollops
and do q little might prowling. II 1t
turns out as hope this little riddle will
be solved tomorrow"
But how, Mr.. Clock? It seems to me
that 1t Is % dark RS ever. You put my
poor old head in whirL You say there
10 -swindling; you hint one moment that
the body was not that of Chichester, and
IN the next that murder has been done.
Do. pray, tell me what It all means.
-Tn do that tomorrow. major; not
tonight. The answer to the riddle-the
answer that's in my mind. 1 mean-is
at once 90 simple and yet so appafingly
awxul that I'll hasard no guess until
I'm sure. Look here'-he put his
hand into his pocket and pulled out a
gold ptece-'do you know what that
IL. mator?'
TT looks like a spade guinea, Mr..
pocket piece I've carried for years.
You've hoard. no doubt. Of vital things
turning upon the tossing of a COIN
Well. II you see me toss this coin to-
morrow something OF that sort will
occur. It win be tossed up in the
comes down 1t will be a riddle no Ion
ger"
Then he opened the door, closed 1t
after him. and, before the major could
utter q word. was gone.
Whatsoever had been the result of
what Cleek had called his might prowl-
whsn he sn4 the major and the majors
SON ard Senbrita Rosario met At break
fast the next dey (z0fitka, true to her
training and the traditions Of her peo-
the eeclusdon Of her own bedchamber,
4ud then on her lkAess with her face to-
ward the Aast). nor did he allude to 1t
at any period throughout the day.
He seemed. indeed. purposefy to avoid
the major and to devote himself to the
Spanish woman with an ardor that was
positively heartless, considering that as
they two sang and dirted and went in
for several sets Of singles on the tennis
courts. Znilika. like a spirit Of misery,
kept walking. walking. walking
through the halls and the rooms Of the
mouse. her svotul eyes liked on the car
Pet, her heaaa-stafned fingers con-
stant1y locking and unlocking, and
again from behind her yashmak as her
gwayang body moved restlessly to and
fro. For today was menorable Five
weeks ago this coming nightfall u
chester had flung himself out Of this
house In fury OF wrath, and this time
Of bitter regret and ceaseless mourning
had begun.
She win 20 out Of her mind. poor
creature. 1t something cannot be done
to keep her from dwelling on her nsfs-
cry like this" commented the house,
keeper, coming upon that restless figure
pacing the darkened hall, moaning.
moaning. seeing nothing. hearing moth
ing. doing nothing but walk and sor-
row, sorrow and walk, hour in and hour
out. IT'S enough to tear q body's
heart TO hear her. poor dear! And that
good nothing Spanish piece racing
like she tomcet-the neartless hussy!
Her and that simpefing Silly that's trot-
ting round after her ought to be put in
2 bag and shaken up-that they ought,
It's downright scandalous to be carry
ing on hike that at such q time"