The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
CHAPTER viIl-centinusd.


"Your position Ia unanswerable.
will tell you all l can, but that may
Dot be much"
"You mean am to question your"
"You may try. but warn you; am
4 very difficult subject. may answer
and may not. n refuse. still you
must pretend to be content. Are the
terms too rigorous?"
ut sounds like test"
ut is a test. must remain a mys-
terry, not from any real desire to con-
real my Identity from you, but be-
cause Of a duty to others. Now will
tell you all I can"
"You greet me as Philip Severn to-
night. yet last evening told you my
name was Harry DAILY. How did you
know ! lied? And how did you dis
cover who really WASP"
Her eyes sparkled with enjoyment.
II knew that would be your first
question. The answer is extremely
simple. Did you wonder why did
not denounce you to those men in the
other room? Oh, you did! You
knew you were there surreptitiously,
In disguise, under false name, mas
querading as q friend Of that fellow
HOrner. You knew it-well, so did l."
"But how could you know that7
What gave you such suspicion? And,
knowing It, why should you desire to
protect mer
"Tll waive your last question; that
can wait its own answer" She leaned
toward me and her extended hand
touched q ring wore.
Because men who wear q Yale
agnet Of 1899 are not going to be con-
nected with that kind Of a gang" she
said gTavely.
But" exclaimed. bewildered. show
did you recognize the signet?"
my brother wears one"
"Your brother! In my class? You
will not tell me his namef"
"N0, Mr.. Severn. have reason to
believe you know him very we'll. or did
. few years ago. However, that was
whysI trusted you 80 suddenly.
pinned my faith ON the honor Of old
Yale. That II why I kept silent and
asked you to call at 247 lie Compile
street."
II did CALL" rather Indignantly.
"And was informed there was no Miss
Conrad residing In the house."
II suspected you might make some
such discovery. Yet your coming was
appreciated; II afforded me the oppor-
tunity sought to discover where you
were stopping and under what name
you registered. To confess the truth,
this was my sole object in the sudden
invention Of Miss Conrad"
Then there 10 no such person.
n would hardly 60 as far as that;
undoubtedly there Il; In fact. know
. very estimable stenographer by that
name, but she does not reside on lie
Compile street."
"But how could my inquiry there
have brought you the Information de-
sired1 I was not asked my NAME"
"A boy got into the car with you
at the corner. did he not-a Jewish
boyf You paid no attention to him
after that; you had no conception that
he got on also where you did and was
not far behind you when you entered
the hotel. He did not remain long,
merely long enough to assure himself
that you were given key from the
box and went upstairs. That proved
you to be q registers.d guest. Ten
minutes later he met me outside and
told me what he had learned. Then
paid him and he went away. Not
At all complicated, you see."
mo. but even then your information
was Incomplete"
"Yet found II quite easy to FIJI In
the details. Do you recall your class
picture. with the names printed be.
low! copied those names-it was
quite task-and, In a way, memoir
lied them. With these in mind ran
back over the hotel register until |
came to Philip Severn, Washington.
d. c. G-l45.' Then I knew had
found you She laughed softly.
Then you did not return to Wash.
ington?"
"There was really no need. Be.
sizes, circumstances compelled me to
change my plans"
The answer instantly brought back
to my mind what. those circumstances
might he. Her immediate presence,
her ease Of manner and happy mode |
Of speech had for the moment obliter.
Med the dark crime with which she
WIS associated.
"YGu kEOw Of Alva's death, I pre.
sime! ! asked. endeavOring to put
the question carelessly.
Her lips were grave again, but her
clear eyes met mine frankly.
Il rcod what the papers said. II
wac 'sry terrible. WHO do you sup
In'se did it?'
IT." police seem to have no clew."
a"A. "reu. astOunded by her calm
'ess. = wondered II you knew any,
h'ne? Tie asked yon to ride down
M MIN. all he notT' |,
Why. yes. he did make such q sug, I
eA'isr hur ! Hevsl likes: the ran