Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-14


of the Night Wind, becomes sus-
picious of Belknap and of Rather
ines attitude toward him. Belknap's
confederate, Bcrta, or Roberta, ar
rivcs on the scene under the name of
Senorita CervantCz, a pianist who is
to entertain the guests. She pre-
tends to be dumb and writes her
words on n pad of paper. Her action
mystiies Belknap. Harvard attacks
Belknap one night after he has re-
ceivcd notes from both Katherine and
Roberta from a balcony of the house.
Belknap does not recognize his as
sailant.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES.
uER lips parted as if to speak, but
L she remembered in time and closed
them. She was cropping for her tablets
with wandering. uncertain fingers when
Katherine put her arms around her and
drew her into n close and fond embrace.
ut doesn't matter who you are,
dear" she said. Whether you are
Maxwilton or n Kepse or if the won
derful resemblance to the old portrait is
only an accident, the fact remains that
you are here and that we are both fond
of you; that l am certainly. And"
she added, with another thought, Il am
not going to let you go away Monday.
as planned. l will see to that"
Roberta let go of the tablets which
she had found and graspcd She whis-
pered into KathcrineS ear:
II don't know anything about it,
Mrs. Harvard; nothing at all. 1t is
all a mystery to me. l am dazed, ex-
cited, speechless, thoughtless. 1t is all
SO wonderful-so overwhelming. May
I--may L go to my room now? And
may take the likeness with me, please?
want to study it; l want to think
about it. Please let me take it..
Katherine repeated the substance of
what she said to Betty.
"Of course, you can take the pic.
ture," Betty announced; and then they
pVth hlSseu utI SOou ulSlt, ana Sne lett
the room.
What does it mean" Betty de-
manded of Katherine after she had gone.
Katherine shook her head.
Il don't know" she replied Il
will ask my father about it. He has
got the entire Maxwilton genealogy
tucked away in his head, ever ready
for instant reference. He will be likely
to know; or, if not that, he'll be more
likely to know how to make gucsses
about it than we are"
Betty kissed katherine good night
She started for the door and stepped
halfway to it.
Katherine" she began.
Yes? What now, Bctty%'
DO you think that Mr.. Belknap
might have known the senorita some
where. sometime, before he met her
here?"
What question. Why?"
Il have heard that when people walk
in their sleep they follow out ideas that
were predominant before they went to
sleep. And-and, honestly, Kitten,
don't believe he was asleep any more
than / am now"
why, Betty"
1ou just wait moment, ! saw him
before l came into this room. was on
my way to find if you were still up and
to show you that picture. saw him
in the hall and lodged into the room that
Bing always reserves for Mr.. Chester.
j peeked out when he passed the dool
and saw him plainly and if ever any
body was wide awake in this world he
was. He was scowling and showing
his teeth, and as mad us a bear with
sore paw. Asleep? l reckon not
And he went as straight to the senior
ita's door as shot out of a gun. He
raped on it, too and kept on rappins
Just as if he had right to do it or if
not that, a8 if he knew that he could
make her answer him, whether she
wanted to or not. And l was scared out
of my wits when J sneaked along the
hall to this door, afraid that he would
see me but he didn't; and you could
have knocked me down with a cobweb
when l found the senorita here. And,
Kitten"
swell, dear?"
"While l am on the subject there is
something else that want to say: Tom
doesn't like the man, and l don't.
either. Tom has put Rodney Rushton
onto his track and"
'What?" Katherine cried out.
n L. h..
how, whether you like it or not. Tom
thinks that
A wild cry like the screams of a
banshee, instantly followed by three
pistol shots in rapid succession, inter
reputed her, and both young women
stood spellbound and frightened.
"They came from Outside-from the
gardens = didn't they?" Katherine
asked bseathlessly.
II wonder" Betty said, ''if Bel
knap went back to the senorita's room
to wait for herr"
The wild scream and the pistol
shots that followed it momentarily par
alyzed every energy that Katherine and
Betty possessed, coming upon them as
they did at the moment when they were
about to part for the night.
But the effect on them lasted only
for moment. Both of the young
women recovered their self possession
instantly, and each of them was cour-
zeeous, resoureeful, and quick to act.
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