The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26

/ the light. the other with a qualit,
individual and. as =. Sybarite tool
Il. somehow n,imidating--too com
pls,a in its promise.
And go for dnrkiy dubious mo
rnent the little man hung back. n
his quick Celtic instinct thers
seemed 60 inhere. In that open. dark
and silent window. something as sin
lister and rcpcllant rs the inscrutable
soundlcss menace of a revolver pre-
scented 20 ones head.
MomcntRrily. Indeed. he expert
sncsd anew something of that odd
terror. unreasoning and inexcusable
{ h { had assailed him some time
since. outside the bah door to this
abode Of enigInauc and unoanny aui'
ct
But at length. shaking his head i'm.
paticntiY--as u 10 rid II OF its poster,
ing swarm OF fancies-he stepped
noiselcssly. In his unshod feet. down
thru the window, cautiously parted
the drareries. and advanced into
darkness 80 thick that there might as
WtAt AANF Vf@fI ilEIt VhAfiNf lUNtteth
OF glowing daybreak.
Then. with eyes becoming accus.
toned 10 the change. he made u I
shapes and masses that first con.
frmed Peters Eurnise as to the ma.
ture Of the room. and next gave him
his bsarinFp.
over across from the window stood
n door. its ohlonE dimly luminous
with light softly shining down the
walls Of private han. from a point
some distance 10 the left Of the open.
ing.
Rounding a dining table. p. Syba.
rite stole softly on. and paused, lis.
teninE. just within the threshold.
From some uncertain quarter-pre.
sumably the lighted room--he could
hear "A sound. very slight: so slight
that II seemed guarded. but none the
less unmistakable: the hiss OF car.
donated water squirting from a sy.
phon into a glass.
Ceasing, n short wait followed and
then O faint "Aahr' OF satisfaction.
with the thump OF a glass set down
upon some hard surface.
A n d at once. before p. Sybarite
could by any means reconcile these
noises with the summons Mt the front
door that Ind been ignored within
the quarter hour. soft footballs be.
camo audible in the private hall.
shutting toward the dining room.
Instlnctively the little man drew
back (regretful now that he had
yielded to Peters prejudice against
loaded pistols rotreating sideways
along the wall until he had put the
bulk Of a massive buffet between
him and the door: and. in the small
space between that article OF furni-
ture and the corner OF the room,
waited with every nerve taut and
muscle tense. In full anticipation OF
monument detection.
In line with these apprehensions.
the footsteps came no further than
the dining room door: then died out
a pause as illegible to his understand.
ing as their manifest stealth.
why need Shaynon take such elab-
crate precautions against noises in
his own lodgings?
Suddenly. and more confidently.
the footballs turned into the dining
room: and without glance right or
left n man STROBE directly 10 the
open window. There for an instant
he delayed with an eye 10 the crack
between the curtains: then, reas-
sured. thrust one aside and stepped
into the emhrasure. there 20 llnger
with his head out of the window. in.
tently accommodating. long enough to
enable =. Syharite 20 make an amaz-
ing discovery; the man was not Bay.
ard Shaynon.
En- silhouette against the light. his
slight and supple form was unmis.
taxable To one who had seen IL be-