The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-24
Continued From, Yesterday.

Continued From Yesterday.
That man. Diana pointed a
shaking finger. It's that awful
creature who picked me up that
night when I was stumbling along
in the darkness after l had run
away from Dominguez."
THE one whose wagon you
jumped from
She nodded.
"And when told Dominguez
about 1t the other day. he looked
frightful knew he'd already
done away with one of his servants
who took the money Lynn john
ston had smuggled to me"
Then it was likely Dominguez
who did this job" said the doctor.
Il should judge that the man has
been dead about twelve or fourteen
hours. II that was Dominguez who
tried to climb into your window
last highland there's no shadow
of a doubt but what it was-he
evidently met this fellow on the
trail. dispatched him, and rode on
to our house"
Diana shuddered as she thought
Of that sinister hand which had
softly raised the sash of her win
dow Suppose the starlight haS
shown II crimson with blood
The doctor smiled at her quizzi,
cally.
We'll, Diana. here's another
added to your list of victims"
"Oh don'tI" pleaded Diana. brush
ing her hand across her eyes. 81
feel like a Borgia."
Come. come. I didn't mean to
upset you," said the doctor. COM
fortingly. This fellow probably
richly deserved all he got. Be-
sides, IL DominCuez chooses to ap-
point himself to go about avenging
insults to fair ladies it's hardly
your fault. Except in so far as you
are responsible for your irresisti-
BILE charm" he added, smiling.
nerves you"
An Uneasy Conscience.
During the remainder of the long
hot drive to the railroad station,
there was little conversation. Bach
OF the three were DusN 7" TN
thoughts. To Diana. the miles that
unwound in endless dun-colored
panorama before the fat little
pony's jogging feet were filled
with reproaches and determinations.
why had she told Dominguez
about her encounter with the other
man. II It hadn't been for that
revelation, he might be alive TO-
day,
But after all-the comforting
thought occurred to her-there was
no certainty about their suspicion
that IL had been Dominguez who
killed the man. There was some
thing distinctive about the knife
which had been driven to the hilt
In the poor chaps heart, but she
could not recall that 1t bore any
likeness to the knife she had seen
carelesNy thrust in Dominguez's
belt.
Moreover. granting that II had
been Dominguezzzzz, what need
was there to believe that he had
killed the man in revenge for an
insult to her. Might there not be
other ample reason for the MUIR
DER
Nevertheless. despite the assur-
ances Of her logic. Diana felt de-
cidedly uncomfortable.
She knew suddenly that she
would be glad to leave this coun-
try where tragedy and mystery
and lawlessness and death stalked
freely. She experienced swift
nostalgia for Fifth avenue and the
CAV music-filled foyers OF the
Plaza and Ritz. She wanted her
own world. where a most terrible
calamity could be the failure of a
modiste to deliver a ball gown IN
time for a party.
A sudden fear assailed her.
She reached out and gripped the
Doctors arm.
Lynn Johnston-rve just been
thinking-if Dominguez puts peo-
pie out OF the way so easily, isn't
IL more than possible that he has
done something terrible to Mr..
Johnstone?"
But only last night. you receiv-
ed word from Johnston that he was
free" the doctor reminded her.
Taken aback for a moment-she
had almost forgotten Dale's letter
in the exciting course of ensuing
events-she recovered her poise
with difficulty.
"But-but-couldn't that have
been a blind. something that Dom
inguez wrote to keep US off the
traii?" she stammered.
The doctor frowneo.
You are not familiar with
Johnston's handwritingT
i've only seen II once before In
my life-that was the night he sent
me the note warning me against
Dominguez. 1t was only a scrawl
but not a bit like yesterdays let
ter. as I remember
She flushed a little. It was not
.asv p liza to the doctor.