Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
BY YARCK VANARDY
Author OF "The Two Faced MAN.
"Alias the Night Wind" etc.

and Belknsp could not have found entry
to the Nest without the personal assist
ance Of Katherine, therefore she was
hiding him.
Try as he might, he could find only
one possible solution of the problem, and
that was that Belknap had succeeded in
so working upon Katherine's sympa-
thies that she had been prevailed upon
to help him to escape. That Kath-
erine--his wife-Lady Kate of the Po-
lice-peerless and fearless Katherine
was afraid of the man, and had been
forced through fear of him to do what
she had done, Harvard did not for q
moment believe. "And," he told him
self, "in her own good time she will tell
me all about it..
So, in sense he shrugged his shoul-
ders and dismissed the thought Of ii;
or tried to do so.
But, just the same, he did not intend
that Conrad Belknap should get away,
even IL it were Katherine's wish that
he should, and SO he set himself to
watch.
That being settled in his mind, he
felt better; quite at ease, in fact.
Katherine was quite the life of the
party at the dinner table that evening;
so much so that her husband regarded
her with well concealed astonishment,
and Carruthers, who had arrived at not
unsimilar conclusions, with interest.
Both men, husband and brother, were
at fault in their reasonings-yet Kath-
crime had her own reasons for her
gayety. .a...
Why should she not have been gay?
She had obtained possession of the
Eye of Nadia, and had concealed it,
without breaking any of her promises to
Belknap in any sense of the word.
That evening was not pleasant one
outside, after dinner! Fog had blown
in from the ocean, and q gentle rain,
without wind, was falling. The guests
remained indoors. The absence of Bel
knap was commented on. and regretted.
Inc atmosphere even within the house,
was surcharged with unrest, and the
members of the party, one after another,
discovered that they had letters to write,
or books to read. or complained of head
aches, or otherwise found excuses to seek
their several rooms very early.
Bing was himself among the first to
find one, and go, and he took Clancy
with him. Carruthers disappeared soon
after dinner. Betty yawned several
times without concealment, and depart
ed, and so on, until Katherine. little
past 10, found herself alone with Ro-
berta-and the trouble was that Ro-
berta seemed inclined to more conf
dences; seemed eager for another heart
to- heart talk with Katherine. But
Katherine found a way to avoid even
that.
| Roberta she said, when they were
alone, II wish very much that YOU
would take the daguerreotype Of Mrs.
Clancy's great grandmother that. you
stu have in your possession to my
father. You will find him in the library,
reading. l want you to ask him to
help you to work out the puzzle of your
likeness to her. He can do it,"
Thus katherine was free to 20 to the
Nest whenever she chose-anf she de-
cided to go at once.
| Would she have been disturbed. do
you suppose, If she had guessed that
her husband. having taken Tom Clancy
into his confidence and secured his aid,
had taken Tom with him, and gone al
ready to post of observation whence
any persons who entered Or departed
from the Nest could be seen? :.
Would she have been disturbed il she
had known that Carruthers and sew
eral of his men had drawn a Gordon
around the house and grounds of Ny
quest through which, as they confidently
believed, no person could penetrate?
! CONTINUED TOMORROW