Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-15

| or what is he trying TO do! Tell me
was the demand that he made upor
her: and her reply was ready AS soor
as the last two words were pronounced
"Nr RplknapY" she questioned in
stantly-and Katherine was perfect
actress in such emergencies.
rTho ,,,,o,,roo,,,o,,+ 90 poI,ror,,
a.t..lI,, p.onoa.te VI 80 A' ,'.i.i
smoh lnnfoat si,,niotion 90 ostorndo,
surnr;lo thot - r.os oMito onomnL With
ou+ e fnrtbom ,3t ,,," roo,I ~ r. wos 80 ndrniti,
dono tbot II disarnrG Harvard. and
uolie si"L II ..,,.%n Wa, l'" H. Ia. a. 49,
tr;od ~ do.to nog WV r,bot couII
ho do-wha+ conIJ anvbodv do-vhst
couId anv nersou try TO do to bingham
Harvord's vifo-or dare to trv to do
that might affront herr"
Harvard sighed, unconsciously, and
with an inward sense Of relief.
''Then, dear, answer your own Qucs
tion-the one that you have Just
asked, he said. "What has any
oouE uorG, or Irl'" " uo' ''"' ! wv
10 your nkihE!
-, No'LI!nE, sne Lepiisu. a., a.. H.
"u' =, - ,Lstit,,+;r,r sI tta ,,,rl
WY .G9 .I'9'' .ta. ~ sio LaJ nror toId r,
her husband.
When the door had closed and he wus
gone, Katherine moved about the room
in her final preparations for bed
mpthOdically; automatically Is perhap'
Il better word.
She turned down the pea C'o'"lnH
snapped on 'he ']IHnis, ] iT'"' rev. r ns" ~ ,.' Wv,
o'u' E"' i"S' - ,,;II,,., nrl
u'F' T'"hE"u '''''
cloSIu &c., H'I 49, ,,,os o,othcr Katherine
-, ,.,. no+ tho Same norsonoIitv thnt
,aor I;tIo met vorv LITTLE
s''S ~, b,foro
',s, Sho had told bor husband n lie,
cIoonIoss although motionless and
..:.L dIa.,d oros- tor sba was irving
.Io, tbo n,orts Of tbo richt since
w.. ,,,,, - bor room, from thn vrrnudu
.'">.ai :, no,.io,, hoforo bor Shc mcn-
io,5.. t'rT ,.;',,,,liao5 oyorvthirg rhronoIoc
!am. ,,,,iI
Ira;r in r.trosnoct she mt on her
,.,.I!,aa ,.nornod off bor Iiybts and
u, .,, en.a, ho. ,,.indov. to tbo HttIr
''ll''I ,i,,. .,a ni,h+ oir
Agalu l'eINu"i ''"''' ms "pl''"'
oeh'ain ue' "In"""' anu "''.'u W "'
dress h"r lhli'll"'elH' oE nt' Ei,e" Ih'''''
ana by "h"lAer one ""lc" o"'s nn 'N
tremeIy favored t'" We're permitted "
use ; again the srhori'a-ho -'"'''' Il.
to h'r ROOM lrISn'en'"' VI P''''''''"H
to be 1rIghleheu' oE o"rs'n'S'
KATHERINE nad not p'll''ru' ,"'n'
nor dld She Delle'e "hl'e S.e '"ouSn, ~
over, III the gehulheheSS OF 'h"t lrlsh,,
Sh" had thought th'h' as She sun
thought, that 1t had Deeh SIm"l"'e"'
But why Tor What purpose
In the lght Oh WHAT h"u ""pPeh'o
atterWard Twin the appearance ol r'"'
burglars ana the attempt'u entrance
to the room OF Nine. savage WIN th'
abSenc" OF b"Ikhap from the sr'n' '''"'
followed ana with the s"hori'a 10"
reluctant r'aPpearahce' ho'erinS at t",
edge of the partly clad group OIL star''e"
guests-theS could Dc only one answer
to those two questions
Katherine opened her eyes VIDE ana
sat up in bed startled INTO sudden
revelation Wheh thal ahN"'T "''uII '"
to her; and she whispered 1t breath
leSsly, in a hushed whisper.
That attempt at burglary upon
Mime. Sayag"~vaS real; 1t was genuine
Belknap knows who those burglars
were, and was expecting them lie
went from tn" Veranda INTO the paths
among tn" ShrUbbery ana trees |" meet
them. They saw him under my WIN
dow. and they qunrrPled; perhaps lhat
accounts for his bruises. Roberta ~
Belknap's accomplicc-Sh" knows why
he is at MyQuest-what he intends to
dO-and she came to my room to warn
me by the only method Sh" dared to
use.
Instantly when she arrived at that
solution of the mysteries of the night,
katherine sprang out of bed. seized
her discarded negligce, and without
switching on the lights, thrust h"r feet
into her bed slippers and ran-literally
ran-to the door.
She opened it softly, passed to the
outside, closed it noiselessly, and gided
like ghost in pink to the seuorita :