The Lamar register., 1920-07-07

lie held 1t up In surprise, gazing at
It through his glasses.
'Why, Lord bless melt Is isn't it,
Must have took II out o ther drawer
an never thought Of the darned thing
agin."
MAY | see itr
sure; 'taln't o. no consequence ter
me; | reckon the woman sOrter packed
in hurry, and this got lost. The
Chink found II under the bed"
She took IL in her hand, and
crossed the room, finding seat be-
meath one of the bracket-lamps. but
with her face turned toward the hall.
II WIS just single sheet Of folded
paper, not inclosed in an envelope.
and had been torn across, so that the
two parts barely held together. She
felt that here was the key which was
to unlock the secret Of this strange
crime. Whoever the man upstairs
might prove to be-the real Caven-
dish or some impostor-thls paper she
held In her hands was destined TO be
a link In the chain. She unfolded 1t
slowly and her eyes traced the written
words within. II was .hasty scrawl,
written on the cheap paper of some
obscure hotel In Jersey City. extreme
ly difficult to decipher. the hand OF
the man who wrote exhibiting plainly
the excitement under which he la
bored.
II was d message OF warning; he
was leaving New York, and would sail
that evening for some place In South
America where he did not say. Love
only caused him TO tell her what had
occurred. A strange word puzzled
her, and before she could decipher II,
voices broke the silence. followed by
steps on the stairs. She glanced up
quickly; 1t was Westcott returning.
accompanied by tall, rather slender
man with a closely trimmed beard.
The two crossed the room, and she
met them standing. the opened letter
still In her hand.
Miss Donovan. this is Frederick
Cavendish-the real Frederick Cav
endish. have told him something Of
the trouble he has been to US ALL"
The real Frederick Cavendlsh
smiled down into her eyes, while he
held her fingers lightly clasped ia his
own. She believed In him, liked him
instantly.
"a trouble which l regret very
much" he said humbly. ''WestcOtt
has told me a little. IL very little, OF
what has occurred since l left New
York so hurriedly two months ago.
This is the first knew about it, and
the mystery of the whole affair is as
puzzllng us ever
Her eyes wldened wonderingly.
'You cannot explaln1 Not even
who the dead man was found mur.
dered In your apartmentsT'
~ haven't the least idea"
Erred has told me all he knows"
broke in Westcott. but 1t only ex-
tends to midnight when he left the
city. He was In his apartments less
than ten minutes after his valet re-
tired. He supposed he left everything
in good order, with a note on the
writing-table instructing valois what
to do during his absence. and lnclos-
Ing a sum of money. Afterward, on
the train. he discovered that he had
mislaid the key to his safe, but this
occasioned no worry, as he had taken
with him all the cash It held, and
the papers were of slight importance"
But" she broke In impatiently,
where did he go7 How did he e.
cape encountering Beaton and why
did he fall TO answer your messenger
The eyes of the two men met, ana
they both smiled
The very questions I asked" re-
piled Westcott Instantly. ''In the In
structions left Valois was "A check for
five thousand dollars made to my or
der. tn be forwarded at once. Fred's