Evening star., 1921-06-26

if they can't block Alsop's dirty >poli-
tics any other way. And. remember
you're fighting woman VINO Deha'es
like "a ghost. Take it from me. she's
the one you've got to De aIraio oi'
She has the brains
IF l could get something out OF
Brown" Garth unused.
Maybe he's conscious now, the in
spector said. Run up to the hospltai.
then look over the neighborhood
where he was found. Come back mere
by five. and we'll lay our plans.
down. The greenish light scarcely
rather the bandagE, Ehastly and
white. wound thickly; ab61t the head.
From time to time Brb@h's hps moved
with a pitiful futility. Garth. while
the nurse cautioned him to silence:
bent closer. so that at:last ne coulo
eyelids that trembled. Suddenly the
eyes opened. From them into Garth's
brain sprang an impression OF I'M
measurable terror as II they stlil Sc
creted the outline of some monstrous
vision.
Garth started back as the injured
man. apparently spurred by tnat All feeU,- col
right, his head swaying drunkenly.
while from his wide throat vibrated an
accusing and despatring cry:
1.-The veiled woman! On. my Goo:
The veiled woman.
Take hold of yourself! You've seen
this woman. You've got to talk to
me-
But Brown screamed incoherently
with a diminishing power. The nurse
had run into tire hall. Through the
open doorway her voice tore anxiously,
summoning house physician: n, hoh;,d
the white veil: No! No! have.
The doctor slipped in and hurried to
the bedside. In response to his toucn
Brown lay down.
Don't dope him." Garth begged.
many lives depend. He must tell them
to me before night. When will he be
able to talk straight"
..You don't seem to understand. A
frightful fracture at the base OF the
brain He seems inclined to be quiet
enough now" .,
The doctor turned away. Garth. fol-
lowed him to the door. urging him 10
use his skill tc make Brown talk. The
nurse had remained by the bed. Garth
heard her sharp cry through his own
pleading. The sound puzzled him be Pc
doctor, however. turned like fash
and hurried back to the bed. Garth
looked. The nurse bent over the BAN
daged head The doctor fumbled quick,
" beneath the bed clothes, He arose,
glanced at Garth. and spread his hands.
Garth picked at his hat, unwilling to
believe.
YOU mean." he whispered. that he's
gomez"
The doctor nodded. The. nurse
sobbed once. Garth had not noticed
how young her face was
The block where tie murdered man
had been found was fianked by long
rows of similar houses. It's cobble-
stones, unfriendly to traffic. made 1t
an ideal place for the brutal deception
which had been attempted.
Opposite the spot where Brown. had
been picked up Garth paused and
looked curiously across the street.
The dreary house line. was broken
there by a number of basement ana
first-story shops. His eyes a.ert lor
ment window displayed intricateiy
patterned rugs, lamps of the orient,
Unfamiliar and barbaric jewelry. The
fact that he had not noticed the win
dow sooner testified to a significant
discretion in it's arrangement. 1t was,
he fancied. designed less to attract
curiosity than to satisfy IT once II
was aroused. Half-derfstveiy ne re.
called InaG OIlcHkdA "OAASAs
veiled-customarily secreted their
faces behind white wells.
He had intended entering all these
shops and houses in search OF q wit
ness of the attack on Brown: He de-
termined now to proceed rather more
warily. Suppose Brown. spying or
about to spy. had been. assaulted IN
one of these basements-for instance.
in the oriental shop which had
straightway aroused his interest?
He crossed the street and darted
quickly down the steps from one side,
80 that he was sure he had taken by
surS-ise whoever was in the place.
10 special detective sense was inn
mediately Impressed by much that
was ominous, in the shadowed room.
The echoes Of such an attack rs
brown had suffered could have been
easily smothered here. )
4 + + .s-
A LONG, low t1ivan sprawled In, the
n rear Of the shop against q tapes-
try hanging Of colorful design. On
this divan. seated cross-legged, was
the figure of . man. like an image in
somber. and guarded temple. He
wore fsf.i sst formally on his head.
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