The evening world., 1920-09-23

! the brutes believe They're frightening
/ us"
Annesley agreed in silence; but In
/ her heart she was glad 70 lengthen
out the adventure. soon she would
have 70 creep back TO her dun mod
ern substitute for moated grange
aud after Uiat-not 1.-The deluge;"
nothing 80 exciting; extinction.
/ A. they walked out OF the restnu-
/ rant together the girl glanced up az
| the dark profile. mysterious as
! strangers, yet familiar as n friend's-
/ The man had told her nothing about
| himself except that he was in danger.
and bad given no hint as to what that
I danger was: but the girls heart was
warm with belief In him. II thsre
/ were q question OF crime. tho crime
was not his His superiority over
| those creatures must be moral as we'll
as physical and social
Scarcely we're she aud Smith seated
on a sofa before the others appeared.
/ The men sat down In chairs drawn UP
at little able; and not only must
those In the corner pass by them I'm
| escaping. but every word spoken
/ above a whisper must be overheard
This fact did not embarrass Smith.
/ He ordered coffee and cigarettes. ana
I talked 10 Annesley I'm an ordinary
/ tone about a motor trip which II
/ would be pleasant to take. The
watchers also demanded coffee But
the waiter they summoned was slow
IN tulflling their order. When II was
Obeyed. before the pair had time to
MT cup to lip. M. Smith took impish
pleasure in getting to his feet.
| Come, dear" me said, wed better
be on"
He laid on the table money for the
coffee and cigarettes. with a satls-
factory up/ Then without looking az
! their nclghbOrg he and Annesley
| passed, walking shoulder 10 shoulder
with a leisurely step toward the en-
/ trance.
II suppose there's no chance %
shaking them off2'' the girl whispered.
! None whatever" said Smith. -But
we've had the fun OF cheating them
out Of their coffee. because they won't
chance our stopping to pick up our
wraps They'll be on our heels till
| the end OF the journey. so there's
nothing for Il except 10 stick 70 tbs
original plan OF my going home with
you. hope you don't mind7 1 hope
| you're not afraid OF me now7"
I'm not at all afraid" said Annes-
ley.
Thank you for that. II our taxi
outruns theirs. ! sha'n't need to tres
pass on your Kindness beyond the
doorstep. But II they overtako uA,
and are on the spot before you can
vanish into the house and can dis
appear In some other direction. arc
you still game 70 keep your promise
the promise 10 let me 30 Indoors
with your"
Yes, am game 70 the end-what-
ever the end may be-" the gir1 an
| swored; and she wondered at herself,
because her heart was as brave as her
words
Five minutes later Annesiey,
wrapped I'm her thin cloak. was step
ping into a taxi AS Smith followed
and told the chauffeur where to drive,
the two watchers shot througA the ro-
volvlng door In time to overhear, and
also to order taxi.
For few moments neither the
] girl nor tbe man spoke, although
AnneAley felt that there were a
thousand things 20 say. Every sec
ond was taking them nearer to Tor
Z rington Square; and their parting
must come soon. After that, all
would be Darkness for her. as be-
fore this wonderful night.
Such thoughts made the girl q
/ pllnolltI ul hAlellGts huu ME- oIulLN~
was also tongue tied. Was he con-
centrating his mind upon some plan
/ OF escape from these mysterious
enemies7 She told herself this must
be 80! yet his first words proved
thai he had been thinking OF the risk
she ran.
"If the dragon comes out OF her
den and catches US at the door. viii
that mean a catastrophe for YOU or
| 4 IA nHnInlnaA - h. A.
quired.
Il don't know" said Annesley.
"And somehow I don't carei"
II care" the man replied. Il can't
have harm come TO you through me.
But tell me, before we go further
does It matter to you, Miss GRyle.
that In n little while YOU and / mny
see the last OF each other2 | feel /
have a sort OF right TO ask that
question, because you're the best
thing that ever came into my life
And II dared hope that / might
mean 10 you some day half what
you've begun TO mean for me already,
why, ! wouldn't let you goi"
Annesley clasped her hands under
her cloak. They were cold yet ting
ling. Her blood was leaping; but
she could not speak. She was afraid
OF saying too much.
Cant you give me a grain OF HOPPER
he went on. His voice was WlsttuL.
1--WE have so little time"
"What-do you want mo 70 say9T
Annesley stammered,
| ~ want you 10 say--that you don't
wish TO see the last OF me tonight"
Il shouldn't DO human II ] could
wish thatl" the words seemed 70
lspeak Themselves; and she. who had
been taught 10 repress and hide emo
ton as II Il were vice, was glad
that the truth was out. After all
they had gone through together she
couldn't send this man away believ-
ing her Indifferent. Tit doesn't
seem as II we we're strangers" she
fRltered on.
strangers / should think not"
he echoed I'VE mayn't know much
about each others tastes. but we do
know about each others souls. which
r. more than can be said of most
men and women acquainted for half a
! lifetime As for our pasts. you haven't
had one-and well, II | swear 10
you that I've never murdered any
tOdy, or been In prison, OF committed
an unforgivable crime. win you take
my word?'