Evening star., 1921-06-02
tcopynEbt. B, Little. Brown I Co.,

ithat up to Tonight Il have not. been
able to see q. gleafn Of daylight, / had
dismissed the young lady from my mind.
ScTi s;,nn,w noEsysr, caanot do 90;
the Baroness de, sturmr Wray yson
.sThey are living together" He.
neage reminded him. "a condition
winch naturally makes for a certain
do you know anything against the
DaronessE Wrayson demanded
Against. herr Heneage repeated
tnoughtfuiiy.. Well. that depends"
! DO you mean to insinuate that
s1e - az adVenturess Wrayson ask
Certainly not, Heneage replied.
She is representative OF one NJ the
Oldest families in europe, a persona
gran At the court Of her country.
and an intimate friend of Queen
,as,srt vansrrasa Sne Is by no. means an adj
Then why" .Wrayson asked,
snanid you attach such Significance
IT, e. the fact Of her Friendship With
Because" Heneage remarked. lieht.
ing another cigarette, Il hannen ia
know that the baroness is at present
| lance
Wrayson started Heneage.s first
hdd reaSsured him; = hfe
later one was simply >-rrifying. He
stared, at his visitor IN Iumb alarm.
came to know of this in rather
a curious way" Heneage continued.
My information. in fact. came direct
from her own country. She is being
watched. with ext: aordinary care.s in
connection with some affair of which
l must confess that l know nothing.
she IS staying in London, a city which
naDpen to know she detests. with
out any ostensible reason Cf all
parts. she has chosen Battersea as a
pace H .ot residence: 1t is her compan,
ion whom saw leaving your fiat al
O'clock on the morning Of Barnes
murder. 4 am bound to say, Wray-
SON. that l find these facts interest.
inE;u su,, =, =.
do about them?"
4 am going to set myself the tas',
Of solving the mystery of Morris
Barnes death" 'Heneage answered
calmly. IF / succeed. / am very much
afraid that. directly or indirectly. the
shat night will become known"
Ana You advise me, therefore,
Wrayson remarked. Ito take a voy-
ase-!n Pain words. to clear out"
"Exactly." Heneage agreed
Wrayson threw his cigarette angri-
iy into the fire
What the devil business is ii of
yours?" he demanded
Heneage looked at him steadily.
Wrayson," he said. I am sorry
that you should use that tone with
me. am no moraJst. admit frank
ly that take this matter up because
my personal tastes prompt me to.
But murder, however great the provo
cation, is an indefensible thing"
NJ am not seeking to Justify it,
Il am glad to hear that" Heneage
answered. Il cannot believe. either,
that you would shield any one direct
crime. ] am going to ask you, there
fore, to tell me what Miss Deveney
was doing in these fats on that par
ticular evening"
Wrayson was silent. In the light
of what he had just been told about
| the baroness, he knew very well how
Heneage would regard the-truth. OF
course. she was innocent-:nnocent OF
| the deed itself and of all knowledge
f, of 1t. But Heneage did not know
| her: he would be hard to convince
| So Wrayson shook his head.
Il canatel1 you nothing" he said
| II admit. frankly my sympathies are
1 word ikeayz4e.sbrlag svenb tncenren,
7 fence upbaa Miss .Dete ney,t.iG iGo5si
''Dareoyou 4eA1osNeS;. Heneakes ask ed
calmly, that her VISIT Hds TO- you
No! l thoughr not he added; az
Z tWraysoas remained, SNent~ II. believe
mystery Sof 7AotHts Barnes. death. /!
she chose'"c -s;'G:-t-. --.cc' -t-.ss Fs'-5
| Then wraysonn had an idea. AT AMI
| rate. the disclosure would do no harm
! "Do you know who Miss Devenes
is?" he asked. sl4z.s.e