The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-02
CHAPTER vIII-continued.

"Your position is unanswerable. ]
will tell you all l can, but that may
sot be much"
"You mean ] am to question your
you may try. but warn you: am
very difficult subject. i may answer
and I may not. n refuse. still you
must pretend to be content. Are the
terms too rigorousT
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-
rause of duty to others. Now will
tell you al can"
"You greet me as Philip Severn to-
night. yet last evening l told you my
name was Harry DAILY. How did you
know liedf And how did you dis
cover who really wasi"
Her eyes sparkled with enjoyment.
II knew that would be your first
question. The answer is extremely
simple. Did you wonder why did
not denouncel you to those men In the
other roomi Oh, you dbl You
AnCW yOu were tHcEc
In disguise, under a false name, mas
querading as a friend of that fellow
Horner. You knew it--well, SO did l."
but how could you know that7
What gave you such suspicion3 And,
knowing It, why should you desire to
protect mer'
"Fll 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
Mgnet Of 1899 are not going to be con-
nected with that kind Of a gang" she
said gravely.
But" exclaimed, bewildered, 'how
did you recognize the signet7"
my brother wears one"
"Your brother! In my CLASSY You
will not tell me his Manner
mo, Mr.. Severn. have reason to
believe you know him very well, or did
. few years ago. However, that was
why trusted you 30 suddenly. !
pinned my faith on the honor Of old
Yale. That is why kept silent and
asked you to call at PAT lie Compile
street."
NJ did CALL" rather Indignantly.
"And was informed there was no Miss
Conrad residing In the house."
I! II suspected you might make some
! such discovery. Yet your coming was
appreciated; It afforded me the oppor-
tnnity ! 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 IL no such person7"
II would hardly 60 IS far as that
undoubtedly there Is; In fact. I know
very estimable stenographer by tina
name. but she does not reside on Ii
Compile street"
"But how could my inquiry Their
have brought you the information de
siredf I was not asked my name"
"A boy got into the car with 20,
at the corner, did he not--a Jewisl
boy1 You paid no attention to hir
after that; you had no conception tina
he got of also where you did and wa
not far behind you when you entere
the hotel. He did not remain Ion,
merely long enough to assure himsel
that you were given key from tn
box and went upstairs. That prove
you to be registered guest. TIE
minutes later he met me outside an
told me what he had learned. The
paid him and he went away. NJ
at all complicated, you see."
mo, but even then your informatio
( was incomplete"
yet / found 1t quite easy to FIJI
the details. DO you recall your ella.
picture, with the names printed b,
lowf ! copied those names-it we
quite a task-and, in a way, memo
lied them. With these In mind ra
back over the hotel register until
came to Philip Severn, Washingto
d. c., G-145' Then I knew l hs
found YOU" She laughed softly.
"Then you did not return to Was
ington1"
There was really no need. u
sides, circumstances compelled me
change my plans"
The answer instantly brought ba,
to my mind what those circumstanc
might be. Her immediate present
b9r ease of manner and happy mo-
" speech had for the moment obllts
Aed the dark crime with which 81
was associated.
you know of Alva's death, / pl
sumer' asked, endeavoring to p
the question carelessly.
Her lips were grave again. but h
'sltwr eyes met mine frankly.
II reed what the papers said.
W. sery terrible. Who do you 81
pore did itr'
tn police seem to have no clev
ans~ sred, astounded by her cali
mesa r wondered II you knew an
thipgf He asked you to ride dov
wt1k him. ana he notr'
why. -, be ala make such . 81
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