The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-09-03
CHAPTER VllI-Continued.

viii tell you all l can, but that may
not be much"
"You mean l am to question your
"YOu may try. but l warn you; | am
very difficult subject. l may answer
and l may not. If refuse, still you
must pretend to be content. Are the
terms too rigorous?"
ut sounds like a test"
at Is a test. l must remain a mys-
terry, not from any real desire to con-
ceal my identity from you. but be-
cause of duty to others. Now L Will
tell you all / 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 was"
Her eyes sparkled with enjoyment.
81 knew that would be your first
question. The answer Is extremely
simple. Did you wonder why l dld
not denOunce you TO those men In the
other room? Oh, you did! You
knew You were there surreptitiousiy,
in disguise. under false name, mas
querading as a friend of that fellow
Homer You knew it-well, so did |.
"But how could you know that!
What gave you such a suspicion? And,
knowing II. why should you desire to
protect mel"
'Tll waive your last question; that
can wait rs own answer" She leaned
toward .e and her extended hand
touched a ring ! wore.
Because men who wear a Yale
signet of 1899 are not going to be con-
nected with that kind of a garg," she
said gravely.
But" l exclaimed, bewildered, how
did you recognize the signet?"
my brother wears one"
"Your brother! In my class? You
will not tell me his nameT
mo, Mr.. Severn. have reason to
believe you know him very well, or did
few years ago. However, that was
why l trusted you so suddenly. l
pinned my faith on the honor Of old
Yale. That is why / kept silent and
asked you to call at PAT LIE Compile
street."
"I 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 1t afforded me the oppor-
tunity I 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 is no such person?'
81 would hardly go as far as that;
undoubtedly there is; 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-
sired? was not asked my name"
"A boy got into the car with you
at the corner, did he not-a Jewish
boy? You paid no attention to him
after that; you had no conception that
he got off 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 q key from the
box and went upstairs. That proved
you to be registered 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, bat even then your information
was incomplete"
Yet | found 1t quite easy to fiji in
the details. Do you recall your class
picture, with the names printed be-
low! l copied those names-it was
! quite task-and, in a way, memoir
xed them. With these In mind l ran
PACK over the hotel register until |
came to Philip Severn, Washington,
u. u G-l45. Then l knew / had
round you She laughed softly.
Then you did not return to Wash
ingtonr
There was really no need. Be
ndes. circumstances compelled me 70
change my plans"
The answer instantly brought back
70 my mind what those circumstances
mignt De. Her immediate presence
ner ease of manner and happy mode |
o. speech had for the moment obliter.
ated the dark crime with which she |
. was associated.
IA you know of Alva's death. I nre-
sumeT asked, endeavoring to mt
the question earelessly.
81 Her lips were grave again. hut bor
gear eyes met mine frankly.
a 4 read what the papers said. II
was very terrible. Who do you SUD-
pose did itY'
# Inc police seem TO have no cIev ~ |
! answered, astounded by her calm.
ness I wondered if you knew anv.
oangi He asked you to ride down
b sith him, did he notY
n why, yes, he did make sucb a src
suon. but l never liked tbc man
course only met him that night |
~ remember in the saloon, bur he |
as very disagreeable even during the |
noft Time we We're together would
vi nave ridden alone with him NJ ,ho.
aour for worlds. Mr.. Krantz ora ,
sme downtown together on a street
LIE was the old man, Won NAV
moer l asked him to escort me :"
am very glad IN 49, me-