Evening star., 1921-04-25

pitched the stump of his cigarette
into the crate. falteringly she tried TO -
dissuade him. With her hands on his
coat. and her big eyes misty with her
fears for him. she begged him to give
il all up. And even as she spoke,
she gloried in the fact that she knew
it was quite useless. Which made
her plead all the harder as is the
way of woman with her man.
And then. after a while. her voice ~
died away. and she fell silent. He
was smiling. and SO, perforce. she had
20 smile. too. Only their eyes spoke
those things which no human being
may put into words And so. for a
time. they stood.
Then. quite suddenly. he bent and
kissed her
Il must go. little girl" he whis-
pered. I've got to be in Paris to-
night. Take care of yourself"
The next moment he was gone.
For Gods sake take care of her.
Toby. he remarked to that worthy.
whom he found sitting disconsols:is
by the front door. Those b'-yhtcrS
are the limit"
Sinclair. grufny Good huaut -
He watched the tall figure stride
rapidly to the waitin; car. tne &C
cupants of which were simu1at,ry
sleep as a mild protest at the dcla.
then. with smile. he rose and lnih-
ed the girl, 4.
Some lad he remarked "Ano is.
You don't mind my saying so. Miss
Benton. | wouldn't change him If /
WAS you. Unless. Of course h.
added. as an afterthought. you pre-
fer me-
Hav" YOU got him all right. Ted 80
Hugh flung the question eagerly at
Ted birmingham. who was founginE
In a chair AT Half Moon street. with
has feet on The mantclpiccc.
We got him right enough" an
swered that worthy. hut he doesn't
ue. He's gone off the boil. Become
quite cugga again" He stood up and
stretched himself. Your worthy ser
want is with him. making hoarSc
noises 10 comfort him"
He'll" said Hugh. Il thought ""
might G.> something out of him. III =
go and have "A look at the bird. Seer
in the corner, boys. if you want it -.
He left the room. and went along
the passage to inspect the American. !.
Unfortunately, birmingham was only !,
too right. The effects of last night .
injection had worn off completely. and,
the wretched man was sitting mo-
tionless in a chair. staring dazedly in
front of him.
"'Opeless. sir" remarked Denny.
rising TO his feet as Hugh came into ;
the room. He thinks this ere meat r.
juice is poison. and he won't touch
it.
"All right Denny" said Drummond.
Leave the poor blishter alone. We've
got him back. and that's something.
Has your wife told you about her
little adventure?'
His servant coushed deprecatingly. /.
She has. sir. But. Lor' bless you. .
she don't bear no malice"
Then shes one up on me. Denny. .
for | bear lots of il toward that gang
of swine" Thoughtfully. he stood in
front of the millionaire, trying iu
vain tn catch some CLEAN of sense
in the vacant eyes. Look at that poor
devil: isn't that enough by itself TO
make one want to kill the whole
crowd" He turned on his heel
abruptly. and opened the door. TRY
and get him to eat that if you can"
What luck?" birmingham looked
up as he came back into the other
room.
Dam all. as they say in the YER
nacular Have you blighters finish
ed the beer"
"Proba bly, remarked Peter Dar
rell Whats the program now?"
Hugh examined the head on his
glass with a professional eye before
replying.
Two things" he murntured at
length. fairly leap to the eye. The
first is 10 get Potts away to place
to Paris
We'll. let's get gay over the first.
as a kick off" said birmingham, ris-
ing. There's car outside the door;
there is England at our disposal.
Wen take him away; you pad the
hoof to Victoria and catch the boat
train:
1T sounds too easy" remarked
Hugh.
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's starr