Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-07
CHAPTER V
TiE PURSUIT CONTINUES

A r o'clock Doris was awakened by q
"A loud knocking on the door leading to her
dressing room. She had sopt the sleep of
utter exhaustion and aroused herself win
difficulty. a little bewildcred at the unusual
sounds. Then she dimly. remembered lock-
ing the door and got quickly out Of bed, put
the yellow packet IN the drawer of her desk
ana pushed back the holt Of the door.
To her surprise her father confronted her
| and behind him were other members Of IN"
| family In various stages OF their morning
! toilets
THANH, the Lord" said David Mather, with
| a sigh of relief.
| girl slancng from ono to the other in alarm.
Her father laughed "Oh, nothing, now
| that you're all right burglars that's al
| Of rcviving memory the Incidents Of the night
before came. quickly back to h'r'
| "Burglarsi' she Stammercd
"Ycs, they got in hero--Came mp tho
water spout" pointing to the dressing room
window, "and a fine mess they made Of
things, You'll have to take account Of stock
She glanced around the diSordcrcd room.
very much alarmed The drawers Of her
tents ecattcrod about on the floor.
! "When dd--dld It happen" She asked
| timorouslv more because she had 70 say
something than because that was what she
some Il time before dawn" said her father
! "wilson was here until ? thinking that YOU
might want hcr and then went out to her
own room In the winG.'
"Yos. | remember" said the girl. passing
very we--so I asked her 70 stay here for II
while, But ] can't understand why ! didn't
wake
broke i'm. w" were afraid the snoozcrs
mirht have got in 70 you--"
ITS lucky you had Your door locked
"'rhcv were at my library desk too she
heard her father saying. Must have gone
down the hall rrom here. But SO far as I
| can cec they didu't get ANYTHING
Ann a
IMAM, the Lord" she nut in revercntIy,
at least were al SAT" and sound"
| Stunned at tho daring of f;izzio's men ana
bewild"rcd rv III. persistenrH, with which they
had followed their quest while she was sleep
ing. Doris managed to formulate quick plan
| to hide the meaning Of thi9 intrusion from
| the members Of her family.
| She had been examining the disordercd
contents Of the upper draWeTs OF @ bureau.
| hodroorn" she said, "hut there was an
emerald hrooch TO he repaired which put IN
| this drawer yesterday. IT'S gone"
''';s She "'I saw puzzled look come into tho
! ewes Of wilson who stood near the window
and ganc", nassed between them. -,
! coward tn, door ever" lucky 1t wasn't
worse. lin phoning to Watford for con-
S'Tf TINS was what Doris had feared and yet
she could not protest. SO she shut her lips
nrmlv and let them go G,!, out Of the ROOM leav'
| ,ntr her alone with Wilson,
i's Sbe knc,y that the woman was devoted tc
her and that she was not in the haht oi
talking bolowStairs, bnt her mistress mac
sonn tbc look of incredulity in the woman's
cvcs last night aud the pu2aled EXPRESSION
a moment ago which indicated suspicion
Connecting Ooris's arrival IN the Hall will
,nop, poriS know that she must tell hei
something that would satisfy her curiosity;
In order TO gain time. "And say nothing
you understand ,,,,,n eat, ,,-,,.o,,
with her broad kentlsh smile Il wouidh
| ha' dreamed of It
TIC, The cool water refreshed and invigorateC
,he girl and she planned skillfully. BY th'
I'm. Wilson brought her breakfast tray sh'
ha1 already wrapped the yellow packet o
cigarette papers and her Cousin Toms tobac
on nouch in a pair Of silk stockings sur
, | o"upded nv many thiCkuesses Of paper and II
u dispuised handwriting had addressed II Il
Lady Heathcote at her plaGe ~ So9tlahu, Sn
nF n change in plans and OF her intention
| to come TO her upon the following day ASK
| iug in n postscript twice underlined 10 keep
| anr,ain pacliage addressed TO her and careful
| iv described safely under LOCK- ana key 10
her without opening until her arrival Sh
, "oH' CLEAN of hope had penetrated TO he
| ,brongh the gloom that encompassed he
,hnughts-only n CLEAN at the best! hut
; 10 - enough TO give her courage to go on wit
: her efforts TO save cyril from immediat
4 danger. And this was the eeiiet born OF IN
torcible and secret entry Of the house tina
Ne men who were in pursuit of the fatefl
: nacket were not in any way connected wit
se9tisnGS SeeVed II the % papers to be if her pos
; session they would have come boldly in III
s,aht of day and demanded of her fathe
US right to search the house. These wer
Wv Wv times when the War Office hestated
p Matters which concerned the public interes
5 IT, Rizzio, for some reason which sh
could not fathom, was acting upon his ow
. ~ keen his object secret,
: she pondered those things for a long viii
= ood then with sigh OF uncertainty disnisse
I them from her thoughts, which were too fu
i 80 the Immediate necessity to carry out h,
| carefully formulated plans. First she calls
| | Wilson and after assuring herself that st
| Was making no mistake, took her PARTIAL
i into, confidence. teiling her OF the importal
napers intr1isted by Mr. Hammersley 10 III
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