New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

very original, had been marred by ~.
most inconceivable recklessness. Su,.as
some better scheme could have been 4.
vised for getting her out of the Cra;o;.s,
house than sudden fight without wo,,
of explanation-and a flight, moreover -
another house in the same island wh.,.
gossip would certainly spread in n.
course O. . very few days. And tho,
again. Why had Eileen consented to such
Wild plan:
sat down and wrote for an hon, =,
two 70 keep me from thinking further n,
the subject, and at last, about midngh,
resolved to go TO bed. The want of frrsh
ail, had been troubling me greatly, and !,
struck me that q safe way of getting
little would be to put my head throupb
the open skyleht for a few minutes Il
was quite dark in the cupboard, SO ths,
no light could escape. and brought
chair along; stood on 1t, and looked out
with my head projecting from the midst
Of the slopinc states and q beautiful, coil
breeze refreshing my face.
SO cool was the wind that there n,
evidently north in it, and this was con.
firmed by the sky, which literally blana
with stars. I could see dimly but pretty
distinctly, the outbuildings at the back a,
the house and the road that led to III.
highway and the dark rim Of hills beyond.
Suddenly l heard the back door gently
open. and. still! as had stood on my chat,
before, | became like q statue now. In "A
moment the figure of Tiel appeared, and
from flash of light | saw that he car.
ried his electric torch. He walked SLOWLY
toward the highroad till he came to low
wall that divided the fields at the side.
and then from behind the wall up jumped
slant by flash from the torch and then
just distinguishable in the gloom.
held my breath and waited for thu
crack Of pistol shot. gently Withdraw.
ing my head a little and prepared to rush
down and take part in the fray But there
was not a sound save q low murmur Of
voices, far too distant and too hushed for
me to catch Il syllable of what they were
saying. And then after two or three min.
utes | saw Tiel turn and start to stroll
back again. But at that moment my Oh.
servations ceased, for ! stepped hastily
down from my chair, and stood breath.
lcssly waiting for him to run up to nv
room.
He was quiet almost as 4 mouse. had
not heard him pass through the house as
he went out, and I barely heard sound
now as he returned But | heard enough
to know that he had gone off to bed and
did not propose TO pay me visit.
"What in heavens name did it mean%
I asked myself
a dozen wild and alarming theories
flashed through my mind, and then at
last I saw ray Of comfort. Perhaps
this was only rendezvous with Ashing.
ton or some subordinate in his pay.
My sleep was vevy broken, and in the
early morning | felt so vide awake and
my thoughts were so restlessly busy that
! jumped up and resolved TO have another
peep out Of tie sl1ylight Very quietly |
climbed on the chair and put my head
through again. There was the man, pac'
ing slowly away from me from the wall
toward the hignroad | studied his back
closely. and OF two things ] felt certain;
he was not q sailor Of any sort-oficer Or
blue jacket. and yet lie walked Ike a drilled
man. A tall, 0are-shouldcred fellow in
dark. plain clothes, who walks with a
short step and a stiff bacA-vlat does
shat suggest? A policeman of some sort
constable CT detective, no doubt about
that.
dressed quickly and this time put on
my uniform. This precaution seemed
urgently-and ominously-called for'
And then I slipped downstairs, went 70
the front .hall. and UP the other stars
and quietly called. "Tiel' For, ! con-
fess, I was not disposed to sit for two Oh
three hours waiting for information.
At my second cry he appeared at Dis
bedroom door, prompt as usual.
"Whats the matter?' he asked.
WHO did you speak to last nign''
asked point blank
He looked at nc FOR an instant, an'
then smiled. Good heavens, it WASH
you. was it"'
Me" / exclaimed.
Il wondered how YOU knew otne''
wise"
told him briefly.
"-And now tell me exactly what nap
paped,' demanded
Certainly said he quietly. Il Ss.'
out as | often do last thing at n'gnI
see that the coast is clear. and tins up
I found it wasn't. A man jumped.
from, lNobi,,1 }I,o ,,,,11 ;,,c4 oc Won saw.