Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
lcopyrisht. 1919. By the Macaulay Co.
,iyfisht, 1919. by the Public Ledger
THIS STARTS THE STORY

~ .copyrisht. 1919 By the Macaulay Co.
tpfyrlsht, 1919, by the Public Ledger Co
THIS STARTS THE STORY
A. house party is being given at the
country home of Katherine and Bing
liam Harvard Among the guests is
Ono Conrad lIclknap. Katherine dis
covers him chcnting at cards. Con
WINGED that he is concealing his real
4: sjientity. and that he is there for some
Interior purpose. Katherine deter
mines to ferret ont the mystery. She
has formerly had experience as a
police headquarters detective and has
been known as Lady Kate OF the
as Police. She intcrcepts a telephone call
of Bcknap's to a woman confederate
named Roberta. and. in turn. speaks
Xto the woman. Realizing that he is
Stuspected by Katherine. Bclknap
threatens to accuse of crime her
brother, ROderiCk MaXwilton, who is
believed to he dead bingham fiar-
ynrd, who once bore the title of the
Night Wind, becomes suspicious Of
Belkpap and of Katherine's attitude
toward him. Roberta arrives on the
scene under the name of Senorita
Cervantcz, a pianist. who is to enter
n tain the guests At midnight kath
erine discovers Roberta in the grounds
s,vith A strange man whom she be-
tliyes to be her supposedly dead broth
= e,. RodcrcA RclknGp accuses Rob.
erta Of decciving him. She admits the
nrescnce Of Rodcrick Her love for
him is revealed \ stranger named
CaTruthcrs with scar on his face.
eesnes TO the hGMsss5 RuShton. de
~. or tftp tfuuins - Ss-ih-
profits were smaller than ever ci
- -, &c ln
extremities and sought the advice of an
old friend of his father--a man who p
was a successful exporter.
After hearing Bob's story, the friend
smiled and said: " u
4 ,-s,r4,s 4asr tn snc where you fell down. u
Yor arranged IT, that It, .n%smnn very "",5'yi isI
without having company. Bclknap re.
marked as they drove,o out past the Iodg"
gates. -
Katherine shrugged.
II suppose | must endur" IT, She
raid rcsigncdly. and shrugged second
Nme. ....
Endure what? The Lady katc
he asked, with his wolfish smile Which'
however,
yes were upon the road ahead OF them.
-eyhv did you demand this oppor-
tunity for an uninterrupted talk; she
asked unmoved. e..
''Because | have a request to make.
,-r- "A request. did you say
f'Call it what you like. For the mo-
ment | am n monarch whose requests
are commands. l hoped that the softer
Mord might plpaSe YOU.
ya'what is it," she asked him. press
ing the accelerator and returning her
attention to the roadway before them.
Before I state it, there is a ques-
tion--possibly two or three of them
"wellT"
Have you any idea as to the identity
Of that chap who came here last evening,
aid who is due to return today
'Nonc save that he r. Mr. Daniel
tCarruthcrs, and a friend of Mr.. Sauls-
bury
''Dear lady. he is neither the one, nor
fthe other. He is a certain Mr.. Bruce
sBrainard. an operative in-A the secret
sservice of the United States Govern.
$ment. Carruthers is not his name, and
kfor that matter, Brainard may not be,
teither. Nor is he friend. in the sense
vou mean. of. Saulsbury's. He may
be an acquaintance. although. even so.
ne is doubtless recent one. 2And. now
'---yes, there is another question. DO
YOU guess why he comes to Myquest?"
mot unless he is after one Conrad
Belknap-in case that happens to be
your name
Splendid! You're q cOrker. Lady
Kate. You score bulls eye first shot. -
How do you know this--if it is
truey katherine was inclined to
doubt, attributing his statement to one
OF hisodd methods of annoying her. His
reply convinced her.
My call to the telephone last nigh,
wss to warn me of his coming, although
neither the name nor the description
cSnfrms it. When l rode out to the
;Sld mill this morning I went to meet
smessenger who was sent to me with
Mere particulars than could be, re-
henrsed over the phone. Even the de-
scription did not tally with the man
nut, | have no doubts about il, Just
fte same
ffou say that he is after you: TIC
.arrest you?''
lie seeks several persons, of whom
happen to be one. So far as arrest
fsJg me is concerned he will do that in
'iM own good time--if he can-and n,
fhisown pleasure and convenience--if h,
y permitted to have his way about If +,
t"Why?" f.. '''
siWould it interest you to know"
would not have asked. otherwise
~ IS too long tale for now, den
lady Later--when you have hidden m
away securely, If the necessity arises
viii tell you"
lf'Why do you tell me this? Don
you realize that"
THAT it gives you power over me
you would say, to betray me to him
Not at all. That it offers an oppor
tunity for you to rid yourself of m
presence? Again, not at all, swee
Katherine of the immaculate heart. I
does neither. You could not betray m
BECAUSE you have nothing to betray an,
You cannot be rid of me, because
will not be gotten rid of-until hav
accomplished what l came to Myques
to do"
You intend to stay on, then, an,
- defy him?"
Il intend to stay On--yes and l.
defv him also uD to a certain uOint