The Washington times., 1918-07-02
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Lillian, Reading Late at Night, Is
Startled by the Noise of an In
truder in Geldenstein's Study.
Part oDe-(continued)

Al the Fifth avenue house much
She same response was given to in
. reviewers. No anxiety was mani
Tasted, and II was plainly hinted
that publicity was not only unnec-
essary, but undesirable So after
. few days the sensation died
down. A particularly brutal muir
der had occurred in an East Side
dive A sailor. a man OF some re-
pute In his own set, had been
foulry cone to death BY knife
sthrust m the back. and there was
no trace OF the murderer, and the
YaEar1es OF the millionaire were
forgotten
In her heart Lillian was not sorry
that Won GeIdenstein had yielded
70 his strange caprice and spoiled
his chArsca OF matrimony. To do
her Justice IL must be said that
her qualification was more for
Ane,<aA-s sake than her own. But
~ chs a.ue time she was very
comforEable In Fifth avenue, and
had ne desire to leave Rachel was
fr4nl3y pleased
we en- sOCtls down again, my
asar." she said, looking up from
her intsrIAnAhle needlework- Won
GGl0eDGlem Won't InluG OF mar
riage after thiS-"
But have you no idea where he
goes or what he does?T queried Lii
han. she had asked the question
many tines before, and had always
reesfved q curt negative for answer.
Rachel shook her head She did
not know, and. As q matter Of fact,
she did not care She never inter
fered with her brothers affAirs- He
vas well able TO take care Of him
self, oEhsrwtss he would not have
risen 70 the position he now held
Miss Rachel always retired early
20 bed, q habit TO which Lillian
could never accommodate herself.
One ntght-it was about a week
after IErale's disappearanee-LflliRn
was reading In her own boudoir q
particularly interesting book, and
she had sat up late to finish It The
Bervanfs had gone TO bed, and the
nights were out throughout the
house The last chapter finished,
she pat down the book and rose
With q yawn to make her way to
her bedroom. At that moment she
; became conscious OF q sound in the
room Immediately below, . sound as
OF cautious footsteps. and the
steaithy moving OF furniture
CoaaeiOus Of Some One Near.
Lillian paused at the door. What
Vas the meaning OF this? Even had
the servants not all retired for the
.aight, nobody would have been in
he room from which the sounds
0Ftnetly came. for It was Won Geld
snsteIu's study. and a room reserv-
Cd exclusively for his use During
his absence the door had been kept
locaed
1,hs thought Of burglars shot
maintained that the room was in
secure. It\had . large French win
dow opening on TO a veranda, which
bounded the back of the house.
There was a small garden-such
luxuries are possible to million
! aires. even in Fifth avenue-and
from the street beyond the low wall
which ineIosed the sloping turf the
verenda was plainly visible. The
windows were shuttered, certainly.
but shutters are no great obstacle to
the up-to-date burglar. Further
more-and the idea struck Lillian
with sndden alarm-no one had en-
tered the room for several days, and
Il was quite possible that the clos
ing of the shutters had been over
looked
Won GeIdenstein kept a large sare
IN his study-a safe of which he
was particularly proud, for he used
70 say that no burglar could ever
open II, and IL was far too heavy to
be removed II was worked by a
peculiar mechanism. of which only
he knew the secret-it was his own
iuvention-
And now a burglar had come, and
was pntting this assertion TO the
test. Was 1t q burglar? Might it
not have been Lfilian'B Imagination?
She ala rot like TO warn the house
without making certain The sound
Ghe had heard might have been
caused by some strange cat rust
ling about the creepers on the YER
anda- Rachel and she had taken
chafrS out there that afternoon;
perhaps these had not been brought
R, and the creature might have
overturned one-there were hun
dreds of possible explanations for
the sounds apart from burglars.
Lillian was no coward Cautious
b she descended the stairs, taking
q lighted candle with her TO avoid
switching on the electric lights. All
was dark aud silent in the hall. She
stole Up to the door of the study
and listened breathlessly: no sound
came from within. She drew a sigh
Of relief: how easily one can be mis-
taken over noises at night time! She
felt glad that she had not raised
the alarm. After a few moments
she turned the handle very gently,
but the door did not yield to her
pressure Miss Rachel had locked
II and taken away the key. so this
was only what Lillian had expect
ed.
To Make DOubIy SURE.
She was about to make he way
back. reassured. when the idea oc- |
Cured to her that she would YER
fly her explanation Of a cat on the
veranda. She did not feel sleepy. !
and the night was fine and frosty. |
il was quite easy to let herself |
ont The garden door. locked and
,bolted from the inside, was close !
at hand.
On the veranda there was no |
sign OF any disturbance The light |
chairs STOOD where she had placed 1
them in the afternoon. and the |
fewer vases were untouched. The |
night was clear and starry. but Al
there was no moon. u
Lillian gazed TO right and left. |
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