Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
By V4RICK V4N4RDY
Author Of THE Two Faced Man."
"Alias the Night Wind" etc

Bcknap Joined the society buds at
, the end of the vcranda, who like to
coqucttc with him, and Roberta (it was
2 thus that Katherine mentally named her
| now was standing beside chair oC e
cupicd by Nine. Savage. and was writ
/ ing rapidly upon one of the tablets
t again. evidently responding in the Ian
, guagc of CASTLE.
So she was quite prepared in that
way, too. and was not to be Surprised
when katherine went outside.
Katherine went to them, and Roberta
wrote:
please go with me 10 the piano and
lot me play for you first, but
others not to follow MS. l wish to play,
now, to you, alone"
SO Katherine made the announce
mcnt-and then, as they went toward
the doorway side by side. she felt one
of Roberta $ arms passed softly around
her, and heard the faintcst of whispers
in her ear, saying:
MAY !. pcasc?" And. when Kath
crime nodded her head in reply, and
they had passed the portal, that far
away, almost indstinct whispering con-
-
.'nu"u lou are so sweet ana lovely
to me, Mrs. Harvard. Forgive me if
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| Was the strange woman a saint in
the tolls of Satan, compelled against
her will to become Bclknap's accomplice
in diShonor and crime? Was she, also
If RoIl,n,r hocouvo nf sor,n ,.oarat ef
hers that the man possessed? Or. was
she Just n willing tool, an immoral crcn
! turc, a beautiful vampire. and. with II
all, a perfect, a superb actress?
Katherine sbruddorod ;rvoI,,r.or;I,
even while sho returned Rnbcrto.s orn
brocc Sbo v.,s rorollcd and ,ttro,,nI
The woman frightened her. and charmod
here She wanted to strike hcr and
hurt brr berauso of hcr ossociatior ,,.;tl,
Rclknon and sho Ionycd to ombroco h,r
ond mako a friond and confidanto of
hcr bocousc of tbo ,rogrotisr, ord .Lo
fascinstion that She cyortcd
D.,. ,,
''I P'"' ,n'
Nat th"rlnc mad dropped upon chair
I
her chlh Ill hcr hahd'
Never, never, had she listened to such
music as she heard then.
Scnorita Ccrvantcz had written trulv
unon hcr tablet whom shc ossnrtnd that
she could talk with hcr fingers
, Surh fingers and hands such mos.
saCcS rs they sent ont. surh musir nc
they produced. 1t was wondcrful-im-
promptu, also, Katherine believed.
1t hcran with brillianrc rs If nor
! troving tbc f,lInos. az lifo., oortn,,t
ment. if rIidcd into thc rhvtbm of
ouict harmony. as if two who woro
nil tbc world to ono another woro oIono
topcthor. and dwclt in honninosS. II
rumblcd into distant storms and tho
threatcnings of gathering clouds; il
crashed into violeifcp, and uphcaval. and
strife, and terror; it minored into
pathos and sorrows, and into the shad-
OwS of regret and remOrsc; it rose again
into tarantclla of recklcsSness and
abandon. of license and irrcSponsibility
it subsidized, slowly, into the humdrum
of mingled storm and clearing; it died
away. gradually. in major and minor
lllluSlluSS VI anu uOuDtS.
mitigated by the offerings of promises
and hopcs-and at last it tinkled away
into silence. at high treble, followed by
a single, distant note of bass. uncannily
giving the impression of a double in
terrogation at the end.
Truly the woman could talk with her
fingers.
Rohrrto loft tbo niano and wont .oI
Katherine whore sha sot in viIont and
motionIoss ohsorntion Shp hont down
close to hor beautiful vonnp hostess
as beautiful in different tynp os hor-
soIf-ond with her Inns tourhing Koth-
o,ino's oar whisnorod so foiptIv that
il was an impression rather than y
sound that cscaped her.
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