Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
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a sride defeCttpe dHe o,'oo " pypVu
from ldcver dnf,ous 70 get ria oJ
Gcdpfnoers. re attempts us aianona ,9,
soy,osJySeyit. because Polly lie Brun asks
Gis, N Get 10 for her, and nc escapes
na nnna nistoi shots ,oith the detective in
",s ".s,Et He Is engaged as secretary
the ieomdn he attempted TO rob, q
.I.e,sd business Domen totfh q real
TO- hidden under rough exterior.
aWssJdon. The lapper nho offered the
eesoO0 bribe. has charge Of the legal
sSo;.s of this tooHdn, aud she had
f fa make inquiries Of the ,cherc-
s.So,t, Of q grandson. He finds the
.ovro man IN. the person Of 'Lady-
smy sS.oeyy,." He reported him dead.
WSSdou had been paying court to
Erclvn Dolly. The supposed hcress.
ske Is fckle and uncertain; ne trtes
% force clima5 ov retat,,,no 20 , nsr
M.s Mss.,eod Of herselt. A large sum Of
usrsv w had been removed from the
.avnty "vt hank TO Mrs. Stethorirs safe
-. oye nioht-Haddon tells Aske he
I.,t ,teal this money, give him S1O,-
sno and then net out of the country.
P"t polly lie Brun reveals to AShe a
s,a, coucocted 'by Haddon and Am
Rsosc 10 capture and steal from him
~ loot he steals from the safe, then
~ Ioud him at the penitenttdry.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
oIJT he had had ample time in which
5 N consider his position from all
r.,,s, md his determination was firmly
S.Ss Now there was nothing to do but
.,it Wait through the hours which
,,,o-ratcly seemed creeping and flying
q. was given up Enid, but not for oil
tmo Surely not for all time. Ihat
rould be hideously impossible. He had
u,r;,,en n letter which he would slip
under her door tonight, which she would
rs,d ,hc first thing in the morning. She
vas going to awake with him In her
thoughts. His letter would bring sor-
row hut she would understand. She
uou,d suffer, but she would forgive.
sbe would wait. And some day, some
day
Already his clock indicated the clev-
srth hour of the night. The eleventh
hour, His lips tightened grimly. lie
took IN his hat and left the room. Long
syo had the big house grown silent.
There was no use waiting longer.
He went along the dark hall, down
the carpeted stairways, silently. He
came to Ends room and stopped. Upon
his knees he slipped the letter under her
door. And then, his head again in his
hands. he remained very still, kneel'ng.
81 am coming back he whispered
,t last. II am coming back, some time
Enid. Good-by, Enid.
He moved on slowly, cautiously,
making no sound. For a little he
thought only of Enid, Enid sleeping
just yonder. But swiftly his mind
switched from her to the immediate.
personal danger which he felt to be
lurking in the darkness for him. The
one thing now was to keep clear of ar
rest, to keep his freedom so that in
the future he might be arbiter of his
own fate. Haddon and Ambrose might
even now be watching him. Ashc must
be ready as well as he might.
He thought of other nights in dark
houses, with safes to be opened and a
policeman Just outside. The silence and
Obscurty and void about him were ia
miliar. Through window whose shade
had not been drawn he now saw that
the night was clear with moon. Non-
der across the hall lay a little patch
OF light. He must pass through it. lie
paused, listening.
He was again taking his chance, and
he knew it. realizing all that it meant.
But. though intensified, his sensations
we're the old, oft repeated sensations OF
other chances taken. He was prepared
to leap forward or back instantly. to
throw himself to right or left, to fight
It out. to seek the open by dash
through window or door. His blood
was tingling but rather pleasantly now
than otherwise. For the moment the
emotion standing highest in his breast
was one of aest. He was 1Iadyfngcrs.
who had deficd such as Lieutenant Am
brosc for many years, Ladytingcrs the
debOnRir, fearless, confident and \capa-
bic.
And while he moved on noiselessly.
ready for anything, there was some
one quite near him. some one who also
was taking her chance. Ashe himself
had told her. "Sometimes it's the only
way Of getting the thing you want. y
Rachel Stetheril herself, crouching like
q thief in a little alcove which looked
into the study, waited.
She saw him come to the study door.
She was scarcely breathing. her heart
was beating wildly. her little old body
was shaking pitifully.
"Oh. God :" she whispered over and
over. "he is just boy. And
he won't do this thing, he won't.
| know he won't -
She saw that he had paused again.
that he appeared to hesitate. lie took
q step forward and her trembling hands
cIaspCd each other tightly, lifted
little as though adding their mute sup
pliCation to the quiet prayer of her lips.
II was quite dark and yet not the utter
blackucss to hide his form entirely. She
could see that he moved another step,
that again he paused. That again he
moved
"He is going by" In the tenseness
OF the moment her body ceased shaking
and grew rigid. '"Thank God. he is
going BY"
1t was so hard there in the darkness
TO see just what he did But
he had not passed on. He seemed again
70 hesitate, to be listening even as she
listened. to be watching as she
watche1
He had come into the room. She saw
him come forward swiftly now, she
even fanCicd that she saw him lift his
shoulders lightly. He had his hat on,
he passed between her and q window.
He was going straight to the corner
OF the room in which the safe stood.
,,i II was upon her lips to call out
stop. Don't do this thing" But
bne kept her silence. She would wait
nntlI the last second, she would not be-
lieyG until -.
AShc was bending over the safe. In