The Washington times., 1918-08-27

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head. He gave her soothing medi-
cine, so now she sleep"
"oh, the doctor has been"
yes. madame. but he come
again tonight. He beg me to say
that she do we'll"
Thank God!- cried Guy.
After Clemenetine had departed,
Lillian continued her story. Guy
became very excited aS he learn
ed OF the dangers 20 which Esther
drugging. Like Lillian, he cried,
The man Is mad; he ought not to
be at liberty"
Il expect DR.. Brooke win say the
same thing when he comes to-
night" said Lillian '1 never saw
. man so astounded as he appear
ed when I met him outside Har-
old's house. He was inclined to Be
doubtful about me, but he has
quite altered his tone now. He
may be very useful to u.s.
$50 you propose to take active
steps TO fight these enemies OF Es-
ther's-ghosts, bogies, or whatever
they are?'''said Guy. well, Lillian.
I'm with you heart and soul In the
JOB"
That was my idea thought
we'd take Edgar Swan into our
confidence"
"He's a smart man, and I've a
notion he knows more than he win
admit I can bring him here to-
morrow
But after Whist I have told you
OF my interview with Harold today,
do fhNaLr -
wisely to interfere?"
Il wouldn't back out of It for
Harold" cried Guy, who was al
ways welcoming a new idea with
enthusiasm T don't think the
fellow knows what he says. Any
how, let's consult Swan"
So IT was arranged that Guy
should bring the detective to Join
In a consultation the next day.
"We'll get to the bottom OF it"
cried Guy with energy 'T'n take
my oath upon It"
After q few moments, and as II
struck by q sudden idea, BY the
bye" he said; there was an ugly
looking fellow standing by the
door when I came In"
tfYour talking about the gypsies
at Helm reminded me of it I felt
inclined to ask him what the devil
he wanted He looked like .
gypsy"
Lillian looked disturbed. Like .
gypsy?" she asked Tell me about
him, Guy"
"He looked at me rather curious
~ when ! went In, with q kind OF
spiteful leer. Then he moved on
It's rather dark out, and I soon lost
sight of him."
II don't like it, LilIan's face was
grave. -Of course, IL. may have
been nothing. We get lots of beg
gars here, but.
At this moment there came an
interruption The door was thrown
open without warning, and Clemen-
tine ran In
4"oh, madame. oh. nnadamer' she
cried, breathlessly.
what is IT. clementine? What b
the matter?'
The children" Easped the wo-
man
~Ye-ye-what about themE
They have run away-or they
have been stolen-I know not
which,"
CxvI-AN OLD LOVE REVIVED
It was a little while before q
connected story could Be gathered
from the excited, woman And even
when she was rather calmer Il
transpired that she herself knew
very little. so IL was necessary to-
send for the weeping nursemAid
who had been In charge OF the chi1-
dren- From her, though not wtthz
out difficulty, the facts were
elected
She had gone, according to her
Instructions. into the park But,
instead OF keeping to the paths, a.
she had been particularly advised
to do, she made for the open space
by the Worth Monument, where
street orators are wont to congre-
gate While listening with vrapt
attention to q brilliant outburst OF
rhetoric from a street orator, she
allowed her eyes to wander from
her charges, in spite Of their rath-
er Independent spirit, Of which
abe was fun conscious.
Suddenly becoming aware OF the
fact that they were not by her side,
she looked round anxiously and saw
them standing by the curb. talking
to the occupant of a closed carriage
at least. she thought that they
were doing so-and being new to
the place, and knowing nothing Of
the history OF her charges, IL did
not strike her as at all curious that
they should be doing this. What
more natural that some acquaint-
ance, passing In a carriage, should
have seen the children, and stopped
to talk with them? For all the
nursemaid knew IL might have been
Mrs. wiIloughby herself. ReasSur-
ed. she turned her attention once
more to oratory.
To Be Continued Tomorrow