Evening star., 1918-08-11
Anna Katharine Green :

of late"
Did she say she was going to bring
hersdaughter with her?"
"Yes. she mentioned Angeline. Also
the name of the ship on which they
, expected to SAIL"
WAS this letter mailed from Paris
or London?'
ut came from Paris"
Did you understand that she was
leaving France for good?"
II got that idea. certainly"
Bur not her reasons for it?"
mo. The letter was very short and
not very explicit. really have given
you all the information I have on
this subject"
"Mrn Duclos. it is my duty to in
form YOU that your sister-in-law had
deep and intense hatred for a man
to us at present unknown. Can YOU
name him? Is there anything in her
early history or in what you know of
her later life. here and abroad, to en-
tighten you as to his identity?"
With steady look and slow
shake OF her head. Mrs Duclos de-
MED any such knowledge, even show
ing marked surprise at what was
evidently new development to her.
"Antoinette has had little to do
with the men since our brothers
DEATH" she said. II can hardly con-
ceive of her being greatly interested
either IN favor Of or against any Of
yet she is--even to the point of
wishing him dead"
Mrs. Duclos rose quickly to her feet,
but instantly sat again,
Should he tell her? At first he
thought NOT; then he reconsidered his
decision and spoke out plainly.
Madam" said he. Some day you
now and from me. Nine Duclos left
the lodging house where she was
SO safe because she was detected, or
was suspicious of having been de-
tected, shooting the face from a
as target in the small hours of the
night"
"Impossible" The woman thus ex-
claiming was quite sincere 7 can
yet she did. We have the remains
of the photograph"
And who was the man?'
When We know. that we sshall
know all. or be in the way of know
You alarm mel" She certainly
looked alarmed.
Why. madam? Do you not think
it. better b.t, for M :. the truth to be known
"You forget what told you. An
toinette will not survive the betrayal
of her secret. She said she would not.
anu she Is a woman who weighs her
words. There is a firm edge to- her
resolves 1t has always worked for
good till now. cannot bear to think of
its working in any way for evil"
'1ias she socialistic ideas? Can her
hatred be for some of our plutocrats
pr 1ie4 supposed 0ppresS0Fs Of the peo-
i. "Oh, no; she is Of aristocratic
descent and proud of her order. The
Duclos are bourgeois, but Antoinette
is a De Montfort."
his instructive amusement. This fine
American woman was not without q
sense of reflected glory. given
ny law 'aas WAS a A'i De Montfort! Ex-
pressing his thanks for her candor, he
rose to depart.
"For all that" said he, ''she may be
at heart a revolutionnaire." Then as
added softly: 1.-The least clue as to her
present refuge would make me greatly
your debtor"
81 cannot give it; do not know it,
And somehow he believed her as abb
solutely as evens she could desire.
to find this elusive madame, it would
have to be through some other agency
than these relatives of hers by mar
riage.
AS he passed out he heard fright
ened gasp from somewhere back in
the hall. Turning, he asked In tns
most natural manner whether there
were children in the house.
Mrs. Duclos answered with some
dignity that she had three daughters.
You are fortunate, madame" he
remarked with his old-fashioned bow.
II live alone. My last grandchild left
me year ago for man many years
my Junior"
This brought the little one into his
view. She was smiling, and he went
away in a state of relief marred by
but one regret:
He was as ignorant as ever where
to look for, the mother of Angeline.
CHAPTER Xxx.
Mr.. Gryca and the Unwary Woman
Nevertheless Mr.. Gryce was proud