The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-08-12
CHAPTER VlIl-contjnued.

"Your position is unanswerahle. /
not be much.'
You mean | am to question your"
.You may try but ! warn YOU ! am
a very difficult subject. | may answer
aisd ! may not. ii refuse. still you
u pretend to be content. Are the
terms too rigorous?"
1T onnds like a test"
TT is d test. | must remain a mys-
terry. no. from any real desire to con
col my identity from you. but be-
csase Of "A duty to others. Now | will
tell you MI | can"
"You greet me as Philip Severn to-
night. vet last evening | told sou my
name was Harry DAILY. How did you
know ] tied? And how did you dis
cover who | really was?"
Her yes sparkIed with enjoyment.
Il knew that would be your first
question. The answer is extremely
simple. Did You wonder why | did
Q dennunce you 70 those men in the
other room? Oh. you did. You
knew Won were there surreptitiously.
In disguiSe. under a false name mas
Qufradlng ms a friend Of that fellow
HOrner. Your knew it-weil, so did l."
"EHt how could you know that?
What gave o such a suspicion? And,
Knowing II. why 81. ould you desire to
protect mc?"
It'll wnive our last question; that
can whit it's own answer" She leaned
tOyvNrh me and her extended hand
touched a r,ng l wore.
"Recause men who wear a Yale
sicnet IT 1899 are not going to be con
necfed with that kind Of a gang she
said srnveIy.
''Buf." ! exclaimed. bewildered, ''how
did Won recognize the ~signet?"
MY brother wears one"
'YOur brother! Tn my class? You
Will not tell inc hrs name?"
no, Mr.. Severn. | have reason to
sbeateve you know him very we'll, or did
= few years ago. However, that was
why frusttvi you 40 suddenly. l.
pinned my faith on the honor Of old
Yale. That In why | kept silent and
asked you to cnil at PAT lie Compte
street"
~ did CALL. rnfher Indignantly.
'.Ansi was informed there was no Miss
CDnfnd' reading In tie house,"
! ~ suspected 0 might make some
Buth discovery. Yet your coming was
appreciated; II afforded me the oppor-
ttunity 4 sought TO discover where You
were stopping and under what name
>yssus registered. To confess he truth.
this wnx my sole object in the sudden
iuyentiNo o. Miss Conrad"
Then there Is no such person."
n would hardly 60 rs far as that
undoubtedly there Is: In fact. | know
d very e<tlInable stenographer by that
naine. f1i she does 10 reside on lie
Compile Street"
Hut how could my inquiry there
have brous;ht you the information de-
slredf Was not asked my name"
- bOy cot into the car with you
at the corner, did he n0t-a Jewish
bOyf You l.aid no attention to him
afters that yum had no conception that
~ got on also where you did and was
FAR behi1d you when you entered
The tote4. He did not remain long.
merely long enough to ISL himself
that yOu were given a key from the
box and went upstairs. That proved
y0H to be q registered glest. Ten
minutes later he met me outside and
told me what re had learned. Then
paid him and he went away. Not
% ~ complicated. you see"
mo. hut ever then your information
waes Incomplete"
Eyer I found 4 quite easy to fill in
the detaiis. Do You recall oar class
pttture. with TIN. names printed be-
low4n copied those names-it was
quite D tnsk-and. In q way. m
i1ed them. With these In mind | ran
haek over the hotel register until |
c1Ino to phillip Severn. Washington,
ri q, G-145.' Then I knew | had
1DuDdl you She laughed softly.
Nl5en y0u did not return to Wash
msvfons'
There a really no need. Be-
N6des. circumstances compelled me to
cf1auGee ms plans"
U11e nswer instantly brought hack
~ ~ mind whet those circumstances
4dl41t ~. Her Immediate presence.
- 0ase Of manne and happy mode
~Mpe0ch had Tor the moment Ohliter-
m4od the dark crime with which she
1Iloo uasDeiAted.
S s4Ni know of Aiva's death, | pre-
nnoF anh0l endeavorine to put
assertion careiessiy.
af Mr. were grave again. but her
xsaA me- mine franktys
@ySG nead what the papers, ssid. II
n 1eey tss1dbie. Who dc yOu sup-
1h4t ttfs
pB1ce seean To have NJ few"
6ESeeas SetoNnded ~ her caisn-
alNen6lereds III ynn knew any !
1r~ aAkasas yp,i to ride down
Gtli h1A IN NJ n0tEf
1yes " dills make such q sug
~ neyar liked the man