Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-20

. the sUaying deck nausea CNcrcamc her
But the woman. who was prepared Tor
this emergency, offered glass fllco
with cloudy liquid.
Drink this." She said. 1T will make
you feel better"
Doris looked into the womaus face,
and rcco gnizing the aromatic odor. took
the drauEht.
The nausea passed after a moment
and she managed to pct up ana make
h"r way to the bathroom. rs she
bathcd her face, memory returned. full
memory of the events Of the previous
, night. the scene upon the cliffs with
cyril. the destroyer. l,izzio, Strykcr.
. Rudha Nor tn" yellow Dove and then
wore Vcstigcs Of it upon her clothing
StIll, They had druggcd her When
She took off her shirtWaist something
fen to the floor \ paper Sh" picked
note to her at kilmorack House, asking
her TO com" to Ben-a- -Chielt.-sn that
h. might. make her prisoner! She re-
mcmbercd now that she had thrust it
into her waist when she went out She
folded tn" letter carefully and put IT IN
her stays After the other indignity
that they had not searched her. too.
She would keep the letter. Perhaps
later she would lind use for it
John Rizzio' It was difficult Tor her
nind To- associate him with the Villaiuy
of abduction And yet. as her brain
grow clearer. She became quito sure
that there was no other answer to the
lproblem, indeed, from the replies Of
the stcwardcsS she knew that John Rig
zp had chosen that she should know
II was to be II problem no longer The
SNlph. that WAS his yacht. She had
been on the boat before, two years ago.
during the races i'm the Solent. AbduC-
ton tie had dared She was not
frightened Yet Fury at his tcmority
blinded her to ali sense of danger. a
phrase of Cyril'S came back TO her. Ii
Eliminating the chaos of her thoughts.
You know too much--too much for your
own goodmor mine. Cyrifs cigarette
papers! She was tho only on" beside
cyril who had read their contents ltia-
Hio had carried her off. had brought
her to the Sylph. which was out Of sight
Of land. speeding for--Germany What
was he going TO do with her?
Fury passed and weakness followed
Sh" did not know what time Of day IL
was. hut she was aware that it had
been long sine" sh" had eaten In the
cabin she found q tray set with food
and coffee which the stcwardcss in
sisted upnu serving her She sank into
an HrllChair. refusing to cat hut the
woman persisted aud the "dnr Of the
coffee was tempting, II was luncheon.
she found. aud remembered that sh"
had had no appetite Tor dinner at Lady
licathc"to's aud that It must be- quite
twcnt N-fOur hours since she had broken
. bread Tho coffee gave her courage,
and in spite of herself she found that
. she was eating heartily with a genuine
ItllSIl SI' was a Sbou sailor ana inc
, nausea. which she now knew was the
: effect of the drug. had passed. The
: StoWardeSS stood beside her aud TO the
r other questions Doris put to her an
sWcrcd politely. but volunteered moth
p ing further than she had already told.
4 In spite of the woman'S care and at
tention, the girl could no; get rid of
, the idea that the S,cWardvss had been
I sent as II guardian rs well as "A maid.
|, She was a prisoner Of John ltiZzio. of
l Germany. whittier he was bringing her
, as fast rs the yacht could take them.
e Finding at last that her attempts to
= extract information from her stold servi-
| tresS were fruitleSs and feeling strength
, cned by the food she had taken, she
: got up and told the woman that she
q l;izzlO he Informed that she would see
= him As she emerged upon deck the
e. crisp, Wintry air sent the color slowly
p into her pallid checks. The yacht was
p bowling along with the wind and sea
A quarterinG and the foam-crestS leaped
/ alongside. sending an occasional spurt
e of spray into the air, where the wind
Y caught II and blew il across the decks
d in fcathery mist Of rainbows.
n The sunlight ginted on polished wood
@ and brasswork, and at the stern caught
q in the Cross of ST. George where the
The flag Of England sheltcring ohr
: Rlzzio' She scanned the horizon IuX
v iously Perhaps an English cruiser OF
Y desiro%er might come to whom she
7
d OF the Owner OF the vessel But there
:. was no vessel in sight. \ sailor passed
e her and touched his cap. The deferenc,
g encouraged her. II reminded her thai
she had stood when John Rizzio was
suing for her hand. an honorable hos
when she had been an honor guest.
loud cracking came to ser ears from
the wireless room. He was there, al
ready in commpnication with his en-,
ployGrs in Germany, Even now. will
+ she found 1t difficult to believe that
= John Rizzio was England's enemy anG
s the price of his treachery q picture
. The Descent from the Cross, Whai
a mockery that a man who would stool
= to such dishonor could make its price
It a picture which typincd the conquest
T.. of sublime virtue even over death
, The wind was searching and the maid
: brought a heavy coat with brass but.
! tons from below and put it on her
Z with the word that AR Rizzio had sent
= II and would come to her ia a few
q moments She sat in Il, deckchar il
: compressed. trying to think wha. his
! uterior purpose might be. planning a
!. defense which might make her invul
nerable. an attack which might search
q his intentions and discover the trus
II relation that was to exist between them
. He came toward her from forward
d muftied in greatcoat, and carrying q
"A rug He took off his cap with an all
of Difference, which answered at once
d some of her questions. She rose and
o faced him, her color high
e What are you going to do with me?
Q she asked, trying to keep her lips from
Y trembling
7. He smiled and pulled at his mus
e taChe.
d First, hope you'll give me a chance
h to explain"
"What?' she cried hotly What car
. you explain? Don't you suppose | know
@ what you are? A German spy, a traitor
n 10 England. and worse than that
n woman-baiter and a coward, Mr.
q Rizzio."
a He bent his head
- II make no defense" lie said except
S necessity And then gravely indicat
r ing the chair from which she had riser
l. won't you sit down? The voyage may
d be long"
\ But she still stood.
/. 81 am a prisoner. not guest"
e Then | command you to sit" h'
said with a laugh. Wont you?'
A sound of evaporation came from